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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Plane Landing USS Gerald R. Ford
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Can The US Navy’s New $13 Billion Carrier Defend Itself?

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) –The combat system for the Navy’s newest and costliest warship, the $13 billion Gerald R. Ford, “has yet to demonstrate

January 25, 2022
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HMAS Adelaide
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Dozens Test Positive On Australian Navy Relief Ship Headed To Covid-Free Tonga

By Ben Westcott (Bloomberg) Almost two dozen crew on board an Australian Navy ship on its way to provide relief to the Pacific island of Tonga have been

January 25, 2022
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Sunday, January 23, 2022
Old And New Super-carriers
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GE Haggles With Shipyard Over Unpaid US Navy Supercarrier Bill

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) Four years after the U.S. Navy’s costliest warship was hobbled by a flaw in its propulsion system, prime contractor Huntington

January 23, 2022
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German Navy Vice Admiral Schönbach
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Germany’s Top Admiral Resigns After Praising Putin

By Daryna Krasnolutska (Bloomberg) Germany’s top naval officer resigned after comments he made about Russia, including a call to show respect toward

January 23, 2022
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Tonga Relief Ships
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New Zealand Navy Steams To Tonga Amid Omicron Concerns

New Zealand said Tonga, one of the few countries to be free of the new coronavirus, has agreed to receive two of its ships carrying water

January 19, 2022
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Saturday, January 8, 2022
Indonesian Navy Releases Rescued Turtles
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Indonesian Navy Releases Rescued Turtles

By Sultan Anshori KUTA, Indonesia, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Authorities on the Indonesian tropical island Bali released 33 endangered green sea turtles into the

January 8, 2022
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Sunday, January 2, 2022
Six Years Late And $2.8 Billion Over Budget Navy’s Costly Carrier Is Ready For Training And Operations
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Six Years Late And $2.8 Billion Over Budget Navy’s Costly Carrier Is Ready For Training And Operations

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) –The Navy’s costliest warship finally has all the elevators needed to lift bombs from below its deck so it can deploy

January 2, 2022
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Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries
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Philippine Navy Signs Warship Deal With Hyundai Heavy

By Andreo Calonzo (Bloomberg) The Philippines signed a deal to purchase two corvettes from Hyundai Heavy Industries, beefing up its defense capabilities in a

December 29, 2021
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Monday, November 29, 2021
China Submarine Model Ship
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As China Menaces Taiwan, The Island’s Friends Aid Its Secretive Submarine Project

By Mari Saito (Reuters) – For more than two decades, Taiwan tried to buy a fleet of modern conventional submarines to fend off an existential threat –

November 29, 2021
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Sunday, November 28, 2021
U.S. Navy Ship Rescues Iranian Mariners Adrift For Eight Days
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U.S. Navy Ship Rescues Iranian Mariners Adrift For Eight Days

Gulf Of Oman, Navcent Public Affairs–A U.S. Navy vessel rescued two Iranian mariners Nov. 27 from a fishing vessel after it was adrift for eight days in

November 28, 2021
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Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Naval Base Ventura County, PORT HUENEME, Seabees
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US Navy Opens California Seabee Base To Help Relieve LA Port Congestion

The U.S. Navy is opening facilities in Port Hueneme, California, which is located less than 100 miles north of the Port of Los Angeles. The opening is in

November 23, 2021
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BRP Sierra Madre
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Philippines Busts Chinese Coast Guard Blockade

by Neil Jerome Morales (Reuters) Navy vessels from the Philippines successfully completed a resupply mission on Tuesday at a South China Sea outpost, its

November 23, 2021
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Iranian ship uav
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Israel Flags Iranian Anti-Ship Drone Bases

by Dan Williams (Reuters) Israel sharpened its rhetoric against Iranian combat drones on Tuesday, disclosing what it said were two bases used to carry out

November 23, 2021
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
China-Shandong_aircraft_carrier_of_People's_Liberation_Army_Navy
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China’s New Aircraft Carrier Nears Completion

(Bloomberg) China is three to six months from launching its third and most modern aircraft carrier, new analysis shows, in what would be a milestone for

November 10, 2021
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Thursday, November 4, 2021
Leadership of Navy Submarine That Hit Underwater Object Relieved of Command- Officials
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Leadership of Navy Submarine That Hit Underwater Object Relieved of Command- Officials

The Seawolf-class fast attack submarine USS Connecticut was damaged with multiple injuries reported after the it reportedly struck an uncharted seamount in the

November 4, 2021
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Sunday, October 17, 2021
U.S. And Canadian Warships Sail Through Taiwan Strait To The Anger Of Beijing
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U.S. And Canadian Warships Sail Through Taiwan Strait To The Anger Of Beijing

TAIPEI, Oct 17 (Reuters) – A U.S. and a Canadian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait late last week, the American military said on Sunday, at a time

October 17, 2021
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Monday, October 11, 2021
Royal Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier
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Britain Reaffirms Asia ‘Tilt’ As New Carrier Arrives In Singapore

By Chen Lin (Reuters) Britain’s new aircraft carrier the HMS Queen Elizabeth made a stop in Singapore on Monday, part of a move to reassert itself

October 11, 2021
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Sunday, October 10, 2021
Navy Nuclear Engineer And Spouse Arrested On Espionage Charges
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Navy Nuclear Engineer And Spouse Arrested On Espionage Charges

Department of Justice–Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Annapolis, Maryland, were arrested in Jefferson County, West Virginia, by the FBI and the Naval

October 10, 2021
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Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Taiwan Doubles Down On Anti-Ship Weapons
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Taiwan Doubles Down On Anti-Ship Weapons

By Yimou Lee (Reuters) – Taiwan’s extra military spending of T$240 billion ($8.6 billion) over the next five years will go mostly toward naval

October 5, 2021
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
US Navy Is Both Decommissioning And Building More Of This Failed Ship
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US Navy Is Both Decommissioning And Building More Of This Failed Ship

by John Konrad (gCaptain) You maybe confused by this headline but so are we. USS Freedom (LCS 1), the lead ship of the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship,

September 30, 2021
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