American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun against one of the drones.

USS Stockdale destroyed the Houthi drone during a complex attack on American forces in November.

Advanced firepower will continue to play a critical role at sea as Sailors face advanced threats ...

Sailors with USS Stockdale (DDG-106) used the destroyer’s five-inch gun to shoot down a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle, the ...

The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.

The US Navy has contracted BAE Systems to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems, including the overhaul of existing systems, ...

The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45, strengthen the gun mounts and incorporate a fully digital control system.

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems over $70 million to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems and ancillary equipment.

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...

Eventually, there it was: a 3.5-foot long, cast bronze cannon ... The cannon is a wall or rampart gun, designed to rest on the parapet of an adobe house, a tripod in the field, or – in a pinch – the ...

Secretary of Navy Carlos Del Toro salutes in the rain as he arrives for the USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) commissioning ceremony at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., in Pensacola ...

but we had to wait until the 65th minute for our second of the afternoon when the returning Mesut Ozil was inch-perfect with his finish. Theo Walcott sealed the points when he linked up with Santi ...