Spanish Navy Álvaro de Bazán (F-100)-class frigate Álvaro de Bazán (F 101). The modernisation of the class is expected to extend their service lives to 2045. (US Navy) The Spanish government has ...

“The last Fleet was lost to me for want of Frigates; God forbid this should.” Lord Horatio Nelson, letter to Viscount Castlereagh, Oct. 5, 1805 The US Navy is hitting the reset button on its next ...

The United States suffered a setback in building its warship fleet amid China's growing sea power after the U.S. Navy terminated a frigate program plagued by significant delays. Secretary of the Navy ...

Not every warship is built to launch jets or fire long-range missiles. Some chase submarines, some guard coastlines, and others hide underwater with nuclear firepower. This breakdown explores how ...

MARINETTE, Wis. (WFRV) – Fincantieri Marine Group has announced that a contract for four Constellation-class frigates is being discontinued. Fincantieri officials say that the decision reflects the ...

The U.S. Navy is reducing the number of frigate warships that are being produced in Wisconsin from six to two. Navy Secretary John Phelan announced in a Nov. 25 social media post that the service will ...

The USN terminated work on four Constellation-class frigates, shown here in a rendering. (US Navy) The US Navy (USN) is making a “strategic shift away from the Constellation-class frigate programme”, ...

Fincantieri and the U.S. Navy have reached an agreement to redefine the future of the Constellation-class frigate program, ensuring work continues on the first two ships while cancelling four later ...

The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key ...

The Constellation-class frigate will now go the same way as the Zumwalt-class destroyer and the Littoral Combat Ship—expensive programs canceled well before their time, at great cost to the taxpayer.