Interwar US Navy DestroyersIn matter of destroyers, as stated above, the US Navy could rest on a huge mass of “flush-deckers”, or “four-pipers” inherited from the Great War. More than 250 units, the last of which were completed in 1921, and half of which were still in active ...
high-steam destroyersand the second World War UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDCOLLEGE PARK Jon T. Sumida PitrofTyler AThe US Navy's move to high-pressure and -temperature steam propulsion, otherwise known as "high steam," has been viewed in the postwar period as a critical advance that made long-...
Two destroyers of the US Navy, the USS Laboon (DDG-58) and USS Cole (DDG-67) have been sent from the Gulf of Oman to the Red Sea, in the direction of occupying lands. The USS Laboon and USS Cole are both Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyers, capable of various offensive and...
Power surge Increasing onboard electrical power for the US Navy's DDG-51 destroyers Raw power There are now over 70 DDG-51 destroyers in service with the US Navy – and thanks to Rolls-Royce, the class will now receive an increase in onboard electrical power. Back in 2013, we supplied...
U.S. Navy commodore in charge of Syria strike destroyers discusses missionBy David Martin David Martin April 7, 2017 / 7:06 PM EDT / CBS News Navy commander on strike Behind the scenes of the U.S. Navy's Syria strike 03:16
The author covers the Fletcher, Sumner, Gearing, and Forest Sherman classes of destroyers (DDs) and the Norfolk and Mitscher classes of destroyer leaders (DLs). The gun DDs provided effective gunfire support for ground forces in the Korean and Vietnam wars. The Fleet Rehabilitation and ...
US Navy looks to integrate IRCPS on Zumwalt-class destroyersRobin Hughes, Gold CoastIHS Jane's Missiles and Rockets
On 13 December 2012, workers at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, Maine, co-ordinated the four-crane lift of a 1,000-tonne steel/carbon composite deckhouse structure for installation on the hull of the US Navy's (USN's) first DDG 1000 class guided-missile destroyer. The...
US Navy approves service life extensions for four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyersMichael Fabey, Washington, DCJane's Navy International
The US Navy is sending destroyers into the Black Sea to send Russia a messageBen Brimelow