Take a comprehensive look at the powerful ships of today's United States Navy. Marvel as a mind-boggling array of workers, materials and technologies combine to create and sail these ships. Exclusive footage captures the construction and day-to-day life of these amazing vessels.

Destroyer: Forged in Steel
The Arleigh Burke destroyer is America's most modern surface warship. This sleek, 500-foot long vessel bristles with state-of-the-art weapons and technology. Armed with long-range cruise missiles, 5-inch main guns, torpedoes and high-speed cannons, this extremely fast and stealthy warship will be the mainstay of the Navy's forward projection of force well into the 21st century.

At the Bath Iron Works in Maine, follow the construction of one of these impressive vessels from its keel laying to its initial slide into the Kennebec River.

Carrier: Arsenal of the Sea
The term "Nimitz Class aircraft carrier" typically conjures images of weapon-laden aircraft catapulting off the deck of a mammoth warship. But there is another side to the Nimitz Class – the more than 5,000 people who bring the ship to life!

Explore both the military and human dimensions of America's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, as she makes her journey from the shipyard to her new homeport. Follow the course of this voyage meet the crew, see the technology and the various operations that make a Nimitz Class carrier "tick."

City of Steel: Carriers
Get an inside look at the Navy's aircraft carriers with exclusive footage of the building of the USS Reagan – from the moment the ship is conceived to its delivery to a jubilant Navy crew.

Witness the world's largest crane gently nudging massive modular units into place, technicians snaking miles of cables through the bowels of ships and weapons experts installing the latest firepower. And experience the challenge and excitement of living on one these floating behemoths.

Submarine: Hidden Hunter
Climb aboard the newest shark in the water – the Virginia class submarine. Still in her shakedown period and not yet commissioned, Virginia has been designed to engage a wide array of potential threats, provide offshore nuclear deterrence and offer decisive deep-water hunt-and-kill capabilities.

Watch as these amazing machines are built and put through a battery of tests and sea trials. Head to Basic Sub School, where recruits are subjected to harrowing drills as they learn to fight fires and repair leaks. Finally, learn how Virginia will cope with non-nuclear subs outfitted with radical new gear.