The ship will displace more than 35,000 tons and be capable of speeds exceeding 30 knots, according to the Navy. The ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Cynthia Cook from the Center for International and Strategic Studies about why naval shipbuilding in the U.S. has become so difficult lately.

China, Japan and South Korea are dominating the commercial shipbuilding industry to such an extent that it's considered a national security issue for the United States. In what can be described as a ...

Launching Liberty: U.S. Sailors and Marines stand on the deck of the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, as it passes the Statue of Liberty. The question remains: Can America build ships again?

Is the era of the XXL ship already over? With Celebrity's biggest Edge Class ship, Xcel, coming this November, Royal Caribbean's next super-sized Icon Class ship, Legend of the Seas, set to make its ...