Ingalls has delivered 35Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the U.S. Navy including the first Flight III,Jack H. Lucas(DDG 125), in June of this year. In addition, Ingalls Shipbuilding has four Flight IIIs currently under construction andwas awarded an additional six destroyers earlie...
There were two lesser-known incidents in the first half of the year. In January, the USS Antietam guided missile cruiser ran aground near Yokosuka base, the home port of the 7th Fleet, and in May another cruiser, the USS Lake Champlain from the Navy’s 3rd Fleet, had a minor collision ...
The US Navy (USN) has a number of unmanned surface vessel (USV) efforts planned for 2018, including the continued testing of unmanned mine countermeas-ure (MCM) platforms and of a small optionally manned craft for use by naval special forces.Geoff Fein...
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) concluded a weeklong unmanned systems and artificial intelligence integration exercise with the United Arab Emirates Navy in the Arabian Gulf, Feb. 20. Five unmanned surface vessels (USVs) from the Emirati navy and NAVCENT’s Task Force 59 op...
USS John C. Butler (DE-339) underway, possibly off Boston Navy Yard While not fast enough for fleet operations, this was enough for convoy and patrol work. It also allowed them to have a nice, long range of some 6,000 nm when poking along at 12 knots. ...
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 ...
Despite challenges, the hard work of the entire shipbuilding team enable this very proud day — watching the Navy sail this ship and join the fleet to support the defense of our nation.” “I’m very grateful for the resilient and dedicated shipbuilders on our team, each is world class,”...
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...
The U.S.Navymay not have the most ships of any country's fleet, but it is well established as the greatest power on the world's seas. TheNavy owns 11 of the world's 43 active aircraft carriers-- and that doesn't count its nearly two dozen flat-decked amphibious ships that might we...
From the Box: Your US Navy Combat Fleet is composed of 12 famous US Navy vessels, of types which would most commonly be found in a naval team at sea on a combat operation. All ships are accurately scaled to each other and may be either placed on the realistic bottom-of-the-box s...