The initialism was originally a bit of shipbuilder marketing—and now there are many different kinds of ship designations.

In 2021, a 400-meter-long (1,312 feet) container ship, the Ever Given, became lodged between opposing banks of the canal, blocking international shipping traffic for six days. Roughly 12% to 15% of ...

While the US Navy is developing tiny torpedoes that might one day arm the Orca flotilla, mines are ready today. And laying those mines, each powerful enough to sink all but the largest Chinese ships, ...