Hydrofoil patrol boats promised speeds and maneuverability unlike anything the Navy had ever operated. Lifting their hulls ...

It was never intended to be anything but a mismatch. On one side, you have South Florida drug smugglers, who often as not will slip into the Keys in a small pleasure boat powered by a couple of ...

PORT EVERGLADES — Patrick Price, a crew member on the USS Aquila, said he will miss gliding across the sea on the wings of one of six Navy hydrofoil ships to be mothballed next month. “There is ...

BREMERTON — It was the fastest hydrofoil in the world. Now, the Fresh-1 is corroding in obscurity behind a local warehouse. Boeing and J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding of Tacoma built the research vessel ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hydrofoils are "wings under water" that substantially increase the speed, maneuverability and stability of many boats, ships and other watercraft by lifting them above ...