U.S. Navy


Friday, August 13, 2021
bridge of the USS Winston S. Churchill
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US Navy ‘SWO Bill’ May Bring STCW To Warships

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Today, Congressmen Rob Wittman and Mike Gallagher introduced the Surface Warfare Officer Leadership Enhancement (SWOLE) Act

August 13, 2021
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Monday, August 9, 2021
U.S. Navy’s New Supercarrier Completes Explosive Shock Trials
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U.S. Navy’s New Supercarrier Completes Explosive Shock Trials

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completed its third and final round of blasts as part of its Full Ship Shock Trials off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida,

August 9, 2021
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USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams at anchor in calm sea and bright clouds
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Navy Sea Base Arrives In Nigeria For Anti-Piracy Push

By Tope Alake (Bloomberg) USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, the first ship permanently assigned to Africa, arrived in Nigeria’s commercial capital city of

August 9, 2021
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Friday, July 30, 2021
Navy Sailor Charged for Starting Fire on USS Bonhomme Richard
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Navy Sailor Charged for Starting Fire on USS Bonhomme Richard

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES, July 29 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy sailor was charged on Thursday with starting a fire last year that burned for four days on

July 30, 2021
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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
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Dear Admiral Kitchener: San Diego Urgently Needs A Fireboat

It has been well over 200 years since the first fireboat proved her effectiveness, but when one of the US Navy's largest ships caught fire in the Navy's most

July 27, 2021
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Monday, July 26, 2021
USS Gerald R. Ford Completes Latest Round of Explosive Shock Trials
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USS Gerald R. Ford Completes Latest Round of Explosive Shock Trials

The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has passed the second of three scheduled “shock trials”. The latest Full

July 26, 2021
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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NASSCO Christens First John Lewis-Class Fleet Oiler

General Dynamics NASSCO has christened the future USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the first ship for the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet oiler program. A

July 21, 2021
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Sunday, July 18, 2021
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China Sends Two Spy Ships To US-Australia Naval Exercise

By Sybilla Gross (Bloomberg) A second Chinese spy vessel is on track to enter waters off Australia’s northeast coast, adding to Beijing’s surveillance

July 18, 2021
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Thursday, July 15, 2021
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Navy’s Second ‘Ghost Fleet’ Unmanned Ship Makes Long-Range Transit from Gulf to West Coast

A U.S. Navy “Ghost Fleet Overlord” unmanned vessel has completed a second long-range autonomous transit, traveling from the Gulf Coast to the West

July 15, 2021
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Monday, July 12, 2021
China Claims it ‘Drove Away’ a US Warship on Anniversary of Tribunal Ruling
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China Claims it ‘Drove Away’ a US Warship on Anniversary of Tribunal Ruling

BEIJING, July 12 (Reuters) – China’s military said it “drove away” a U.S. warship that illegally entered Chinese waters near the

July 12, 2021
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Virginia-class submarine
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SNAFU – Over 1,600 Part Failures Aboard US Navy’s $166B Nuclear Submarines

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The U.S. Navy has swapped more than 1,600 parts among its new Virginia-class submarines since 2013 to ease maintenance bottlenecks

June 22, 2021
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Monday, June 21, 2021
gerald ford shock trials
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Watch: U.S. Navy’s New Supercarrier Undergoes Bolt-Rattling Shock Trials

The U.S. Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has completed its first scheduled “shock trials” in the Atlantic

June 21, 2021
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
new-lcac-101-usmc-navy
Navy

New USMC Hovercraft Costs Skyrocket

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) Textron’s $TXT construction of a new hovercraft for the U.S. Marine Corps, which had been plagued by propeller cracks, gear

June 16, 2021
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Friday, June 4, 2021
UFO sighting USS Omaha
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Those Are Not Aliens At Sea, U.S. Government Says

by Steve Gorman (Reuters) U.S. intelligence officials found no evidence that unidentified aerial phenomena observed by Navy aviators at sea in recent years

June 4, 2021
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Thursday, May 20, 2021
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China Claims it Expelled a U.S. Navy Warship From its Waters in South China Sea

BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) – China said on Thursday an American warship had illegally entered its territorial waters in the South China Sea and was

May 20, 2021
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Monday, May 17, 2021
UFO sighting USS Omaha
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Watch: U.S. Navy Tracks Spherical-Shaped UFO Off California

An investigative filmmaker has released unclassified U.S. military footage showing a spherical-shaped UFO as seen by U.S. Navy personnel off the coast of

May 17, 2021
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Thursday, April 29, 2021
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Can The US Navy Protect Ships From Missile Attacks?

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The U.S. Navy “currently does not have a well-defined strategy or funding” for testing to determine whether radar and

April 29, 2021
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
U.S. Navy Accuses Iran Revolutionary Guards of Harassing USCG Ships in Gulf
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U.S. Navy Accuses Iran Revolutionary Guards of Harassing USCG Ships in Gulf

The U.S. Navy has accused Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels of harrassing U.S. Coast Guard ships in international waters in the southern Arabian (Persian)

April 27, 2021
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Friday, April 16, 2021
bonhomme richard decommissioning
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U.S. Navy Decommissions USS Bonhomme Richard After Fire

The U.S. Navy held a decommissioning ceremony for the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego on Wednesday after last

April 16, 2021
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Mastering the Helm: The Women Master Helmsmen Entrusted to Steer the USS Theodore Roosevelt
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Mastering the Helm: The Women Master Helmsmen Entrusted to Steer the USS Theodore Roosevelt

Among a crew of 5,000 Sailors aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) only four are entrusted to steer the aircraft carrier in restricted maneuvering

March 9, 2021
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