The US Navy is preparing to offload two of its Independence Class littoral combat ships into the foreign military sale market during the financial year 2024. The USS Jackson (LCS-6) and USS Montgomery (LCS-8) are part of a significant decommissioning plan laid out in a Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for FiscalContinue reading “US Navy prepares to sell littoral combat ships NAVAL 27 APRIL 2023 | By: Robert Doughert”
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USS Macon CA-132 1948.
USS Macon (CA-132), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, was laid down on 14 June 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; launched on 15 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Bowden, wife of the mayor of Macon, Georgia; and commissioned on 26 August 1945 at Philadelphia, CaptainContinue reading “USS Macon CA-132 1948.”
USS Laboon shoots down four drones in Red Sea – By Diana Stancy Correll
The destroyer Laboon, pictured moored in Souda Bay, Greece during a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in 2015. (MC2 Luis R. Chavez Jr/U.S. Navy) The Navy destroyer Laboon shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles Saturday in the Red Sea that U.S. officials say originated from Iran-allied Houthi rebels inContinue reading “USS Laboon shoots down four drones in Red Sea – By Diana Stancy Correll”
Carrier USS Carl Vinson Back in the South China Sea After Singapore Port Visit – DZIRHAN MAHADZIR DECEMBER 25, 2023 6:40 PM
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) pulls into the Republic of Singapore for a scheduled port visit on Dec. 17, 2023. US Navy Photo Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and its escorts are back underway in the South China Sea following a short port visit to Singapore. The Vinson Carrier Strike Group is one of the few extra-regionalContinue reading “Carrier USS Carl Vinson Back in the South China Sea After Singapore Port Visit – DZIRHAN MAHADZIR DECEMBER 25, 2023 6:40 PM”
Circa 1900. “Cruiser U.S.S. Newark.
The first USS Newark (C-1) was a United States Navy protected cruiser, the eighth protected cruiser launched by the United States. In design, she succeeded the “ABC” cruisers Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago with better protection, higher speed, and a uniform 6-inch gun armament. Four additional protected cruisers (C-2 through C-5) were launched for the USN prior to Newark.[1][2] She was laid down by William Cramp &Continue reading “Circa 1900. “Cruiser U.S.S. Newark.”
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