Thursday, January 16th 2020 – 08:55 UTC Full article0 comments Nearly 40 years later, the survey vessel sailed into the now-silent waters of San Carlos to pay her respects as she conducted a two-week patrol of the Falklands (Pic RN) The Royal Navy’s largest survey ship helped plug the gap between long-standing Falklands guardian HMS Clyde departing the Islands…Continue reading “HMS Scott honors HMS Antelope sunk in the Falklands’ Sound”
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Navy Believes IKE Maintenance Overrun Was Ship-Specific, Not Indication of Classwide Issue
By: Megan Eckstein January 16, 2020 8:56 PM • Updated: January 17, 2020 12:01 PM USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) departs Naval Station Norfolk, Va. as Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet orders U.S. Navy ships and aircraft in the area to sortie on Sept. 4 ahead of Hurricane Dorian. US Navy Photo This post has been updated to correct thatContinue reading “Navy Believes IKE Maintenance Overrun Was Ship-Specific, Not Indication of Classwide Issue”
Keel Laid for Royal Canadian Navy’s Future Joint Support Ship
Credit: Seaspan Shipyards BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 01-18-2020 06:30:22 A keel laying ceremony for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) future Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Protecteur was held on January 16 at Seaspan Shipyards. With a length of 173.7 meters, a breath of 24 meters and a design displacement of nearly 20,000 tonnes, the future HMCS Protecteur will be the largestContinue reading “Keel Laid for Royal Canadian Navy’s Future Joint Support Ship”
USS Doris Miller: Navy to name new $13bn aircraft carrier after Pearl Harbor hero who manned machine gun to fight off Japanese aircraft and was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor
The US Navy is to name new aircraft carrier after a World War II hero Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor in 1942 The $13billion aircraft carrier will be the fourth of the new Gerald R. Ford-class supercarriers, and is scheduled to launch inContinue reading “USS Doris Miller: Navy to name new $13bn aircraft carrier after Pearl Harbor hero who manned machine gun to fight off Japanese aircraft and was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor”
Federal Navy river monitor USS Onondaga in the James River, 1864. They were heavily armed to support ground troops, bombard forts and to less extend Confederate ships – 2×15″ (381mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns and 2×8″ 150lbs (203mm) Parrot rifles.
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