The U.S. Navy decommissioned its only four minesweepers in the Middle East last year, but still maintains other countermine ...

The US Navy Independence-class littoral combat ships (LCS) USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara have been seen at the North ...

The USS Santa Barbara and USS Tulsa, which are homeported in Bahrain, arrived in Singapore this week.

Four Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships stationed in Bahrain were decommissioned in 2025 after each serving for over 30 ...

The Navy has retired most of its dedicated minesweeping vessels—but the Littoral Combat Ship has the same capabilities and ...

The Littoral Combat Ship program was once envisioned as a flexible new class of warship designed for coastal missions such as ...

Two of three Littoral Combat Ships assigned to Middle Eastern minesweeping duties have made another move in the opposite direction.

The Independence-class littoral combat ships were seen docked at Penang amid worries that Iran may mine the Strait of Hormuz.

Fleet Week will take place from April 15-22, bringing U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard ships to the Port of Houston.

Images of retired U.S. Navy minesweepers being transported up the Delaware Bay sparked online rumors that the United States no longer has mine-clearing capability, but the Navy has already ...

The US Navy appears to believe that its Littoral Combat Ships are not up to the task of taking on Iranian naval mines.

In the wake of the Cold War, there was a sense that warfare might shift toward smaller joint operations of all forces, known ...