US Navy welcomes two ships into research fleetConstruction on 73-metre vessels set to begin later this year.doi:10.1038/nature.2012.10154Mark Schrope
Review of the Atlantic Fleet Minesweeping Squadron, November 1919. USS Lapwing (AM-1) and other ships of the squadron anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, while being reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on 24 November 1919, following their return to the United St...
“Presence matters, first and foremost. The more ships we have forward deployed, the more opportunities we have to use them.”One constant ARG forward-deployed is good for competition and the U.S. Navy can surge more if needed. The
Boston Navy Yard, 1st April 1960. Ships in this photo: Pier 11 – USS Wasp (CVS-18) Essex-class aircraft carrier Dry Dock 5 – ARD-16 floating dry dock Dry Dock 5 – YFND-23 dry dock companion craft, in ARD-16 Pier 10 – empty ...
"When USS Gerald R. Ford joins the Navy's fleet in 2016, she will reign as America's queen of the sea for 50 years," said Newport News Shipbuilding President Matt Mulherin during its 2013 christening ceremony. "She will stand as a symbol of sovereign US territory wherever she sails. Sh...
“Part of it has to be that the Navy continues to struggle to put the time and money into maintenance availabilities that they need to,” Clark said. “Particularly in the surface fleet, the ships' schedules have just not been able to be freed up they...
Navy says Iran has threatened two American maritime patrol aircraft flying over the Strait of Hormuz. It's the latest in a series of encounters between Iranian and American forces raising tensions in and around the Persian Gulf. U.S. 5th Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Bill Urban said in a s...
A fleet of ships that could be switched between combat roles based on demand promised to make for a more dynamic Navy. If the changing geopolitical climate meant they needed more electronic reconnaissance vessels and fewer minesweepers, the Navy wouldn’t have to wait the better part of a deca...
Navy submarine designed with women in mind The USS New Jersey is one of the newest submarines to join the U.S. Naval fleet. It's the first Navy submarine designed with women in mind, and it boasts a crew that includes 40 women sailors. Charlie D'Agata has the story. ...
with the delivery of engines and propellers being delayed. By 1944, the Skypirate was still not airborne and it was obvious it wouldn’t be operational anytime soon. With earlier torpedo bombers performing adequately, a lack of support from the Navy, most of the Japanese fleet in shambles and...