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US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan speaks, after President Donald Trump announced the Navy's "Golden Fleet", at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 22, 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak/File Photo

US navy secretary exits 'effective immediately' amid Pentagon shake-up

Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao will serve as acting secretary

An aerial view of the Iranian shores and the island of Qeshm in the strait of Hormuz, December 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

US seizes Iranian cargo ship, Tehran vows to retaliate

The world's largest warship, US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, on its way out of the Oslofjord at Nesodden and Bygdoy, Norway, September 17, 2025. Photo: NTB/Lise Aserud via REUTERS

Fire, fatigue strain crew of US aircraft carrier during long deployment

The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, US August 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

US aircraft carrier enters Middle East region: Officials

A US warship off the coast of Colombia during exercises last year. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

US Navy warship holding survivors from strike on Caribbean vessel: sources

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) logo. Photo: Collected

US Navy ship arrives on 3-day goodwill visit in Bangladesh: ISPR

A drone view shows the Panama Canal area, the place where the world?s largest SAF facility was previously expected to be built and produce sustainable aviation fuel by 2025, before the production was pushed back to 2027, in Panama City, Panama, June 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Enea Lebrun/File Photo

US targets China's grip on global ports in sweeping maritime mission

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine, speak during a press conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US, June 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Idrees Ali/File Photo

US defense secretary tells sailors off Puerto Rico: this isn't training

The US Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser docks at the Frigate Captain Noel Antonio Rodriguez Justavino Naval Base near the entrance to the Panama Canal, in Panama City, Panama, August 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Enea Lebrun

US builds up forces in Caribbean as officials, experts ask why

A Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) soldier takes part in a drill to mobilise their Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in response to a recent missile launch by North Korea, at US Air Force Yokota Air Base in Fussa on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan August 29, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File photo

Fearing China's hypersonic weapons, US Navy seeks to arm ships with Patriot missiles

FILE PHOTO: The USS Abraham Lincoln deploys from San Diego Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, U.S., January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

US holds drills with allies off Korean peninsula, Pyongyang vows to bolster navy

A Chinese naval Z-9 helicopter prepares to land aboard the People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate CNS Huangshan (FFG-570) as the ship conducts a series of maneuvers and exchanges with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) in the South China Sea June 16, 2017. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Byron C. Linder/Handout via REUTERS

China's 'aggressive behaviour' in South China Sea must be challenged: US Navy official

The Ronald Reagan Strike Group ship's the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) conduct a photo exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship's the helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH 184), the destroyer JS Inazuma (DD 105) and the destroyer JS Suzutsuki (DD 117) in the South China Sea August 31, 2018. Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erwin Jacob V. Miciano/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

US Navy sends guided-missile submarine to Middle East