The German S-Boat (Schnellboot) was a product of ingenious engineering designed to exploit a loophole in the Treaty of Versailles. Though built from wood, it became the fastest combat ship in the ...

Several U.S. naval ships are capable of reaching record-breaking speeds. As of this writing, the fastest U.S. Navy ship still in service is the Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS). Officially, it ...