US Navy: South Dakota-class (BB-49 to BB-54) By Kennedy Hickman Dubbed the Second Vinson Act, the bill allowed for the construction of fourSouth Dakota-class battleships (South Dakota,Indiana,Massachusetts, andAlabama) as well as the first two ships of theIowa-class (IowaandNew Jersey). ...
Designed in the 1920s and early 1930s, the US Navy'sLexington- andYorktown-class aircraft carriers were intended to conform to the limitations set forth by theWashington Naval Treaty. This agreement placed restrictions on the tonnage of various types of warships as well as capped each signatory...
A 2020 Department of Defense report to Congress says that China is the “top ship-producing nation in the world by tonnage and is increasing its shipbuilding capacity and capability for all naval classes.” The report also noted that China has the largest Navy in the world and ha...
All eight Battleships of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet were sunk or damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The newest battleships of the North Carolina-class were in the Atlantic and had to support operations against Germany. But the war would be entirely different than what the Navy...
Looking across the entire maritime industry, shoreside workforce shortages are having major impacts, too. Both the Navy and Coast Guard, as well as a number of commercial maritime and offshore industry stakeholders, have cited worker shortages at shipbuilding and repair facilities as having a negati...
During its Dutch Royal Navy service, approx 30% of the vessel's operational time was used by various non-military research organizations (universities and institutes). At the time, the smaller ships HNLMS Blommendal and HNLMS Buyskes, along with HNLMS Tydeman formed the so-called "white fleet...
The Ross Gear and Tool Company of Lafayette, IN won the Army-Navy "E" flag five times during World War Two. It won the first award in November 1942. World War Two Products:"The Ross Gear/TRW Commercial Steering Systems Centennial History-1906-2006" has provided a significant amount of in...
the French amphibious assault shipTonnerreand frigateSurcouflikewise conductedjoint patrolswith the Royal Australian Navy before participating in theJeanne D’Arc 21in May 2021, a milestone multilateral exercise with U.S., Australia, and Japan. The diplomatic conundrum creates uncertainty on whether such...
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That output rate is beginning to alarm U.S. counterparts. In raw tonnage when it comes to warships, the U.S. Navy remains considerably larger than its Chinese counterpart. In total, the U.S. retains almost three million metric tons of warships of 1,000 tons or more, compared to barely...