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Chief Journalist David Nagle of US Naval Sea Systems Command brings us Milestones in Ship Construction:
“So the ship’s been christened, so now it goes out to sea, right? Or, is that the commissioning? Have they put the ship into the water yet? And, when do they break the champagne bottle?”
Just as there are […]

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Pictured above is the newly refurbished ex-NOAA vessel McArthur, a 183-ft. ship that boasts “state of the art navigation systems, full GMDDSS communications, SEATEL Broadband, dedicated command and control bas, helicopter decks, hospital and multiple support vessel capabilities.”
What’s newsworthy about this vessel is the company that purchased it, Blackwater USA, the private military organization […]

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The Guardian tells us:
A nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine needed £5m worth of repairs after it struck the seabed because a piece of tracing paper covered its navigational chart, investigators have found.
The tracing paper had been used on the chart to protect it from being written on, obscuring vital information.
HMS Trafalgar was grounded near the Isle […]

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With the shows Carrier America’s Port and The Deadliest Catch ships are dominating America’s primetime reality television but a new show broadens the coverage to an international audiance. Our friends at MarineBuzz tell us:
Further to the telecast of USS Nimitz documentary series by PBS last month, it is now the turn of Channel Five […]

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Experts attempting to understand the strategic aims behind China’s aggressive military expansion have generally focused on Taiwan. But a new naval base points at Beijing’s significant and growing interest in projecting power into waters far from the Taiwan Strait.
The new underground base for submarines and comfortable facilities that would attract technically proficient soldiers and sailors. […]

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The following is posted by Fred Fry:
For those of you who missed 10-hour PBS CARRIER marathon, have no fear as they were kind enough to post the full series online.

I am about halfway through episode 2 and it’s a great show. So click on the image to go to the episode list.
Full Episodes of […]

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When we think of early Aircraft Carriers, most defer to the US Navy converting Jupiter (Collier # 3) in 1920 to CVI Langley. Commissioned in March 1922, Langley was the U.S. Navy’s first conventional aircraft carrier. In October-November 1922, she launched, recovered and catapulted her first aircraft during initial operations in the Atlantic and […]

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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is reporting the head of Japan’s Navy (a civilian)  has been removed in the wake of the sinking of a fishing vessel by an Aegis Class Destroyer last month.  This news comes after the Admiral in charge of Japan’s Maritime Self Defense was removed.
The original gCaptain post is here.
The ABC post […]

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via Military.com

Women have been serving as an integral part of the US Navy since the establishment of the Nurse Corps in 1908.
Nine years later, the US Navy authorized the enlistment of women as “Yeomanettes.” In 1948, the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act was signed, making it possible for women to enter the Navy in regular […]

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Stealth ships: HMS Helsingborg and HMS Visby. Photo: Peter Nilsson/Kockums AB
 
The folks at Giz Magazine are reporting scientists at Britannia Royal Navy College are working on a plan to use it to create the ultimate stealth vessel, according to a report in this month’s edition of Physics World.
 
Here’s a excerpt:
 
Unlike natural materials, which […]

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