THE US Navy’s $9billion “stealth” destroyer is looking very rusty after a report warned the fleet is not ready for war. USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) — one of the Navy’s first of only three guided-missile ...

The rust was quickly removed, and the ship repainted. But the rusty ship and its weary crew underscored the costly toll of deferred maintenance on ships and long deployments on sailors. (AP) The ...

The U.S. Navy would like to assure ornery observers that the rusty-as-all-hell warship that surfaced in Facebook photos in mid-December is undergoing normal maintenance to restore it to its previously ...

The Pentagon calls China its primary “pacing challenge” and Russia a major threat to the world order, but the Navy may be facing an even more formidable and insidious challenge to its fleets from ...

The guided-missile destroyer Benfold has stood up a team exclusively devoted to busting rust, priming and painting the ship, six days a week. The warship is shown here in January. (Navy) Warship rust ...