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Friday, September 9, 2016
U.S. Navy Moves to Simplify Littoral Ship Operations Amid Flaws
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U.S. Navy Moves to Simplify Littoral Ship Operations Amid Flaws

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — Confronted with equipment breakdowns and harried crews, the U.S. Navy is moving to simply and stabilize operations of its

September 9, 2016
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
The U.S. Navy’s Largest, Most Expensive, and Most Advanced Destroyer Ever Leaves Shipyard
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The U.S. Navy’s Largest, Most Expensive, and Most Advanced Destroyer Ever Leaves Shipyard

The future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the largest and most technologically advanced destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy, has departed Bath Iron Works shipyard

September 8, 2016
Total Views: 1494

Trump To Build 350 Ship Navy (Fails To Mention Merchant Marine OR USCG)
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Trump To Build 350 Ship Navy (Fails To Mention Merchant Marine OR USCG)

by Anthony Capaccio (Bloomberg) Donald Trump is proposing an Army as big as the one President George W. Bush sent into Iraq and Afghanistan and a Navy with

September 8, 2016
Total Views: 72

Tuesday, September 6, 2016
US Navy Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
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U.S. Navy Commander Orders Stand Down of LCS Engineering Crews Following Mishaps

The U.S. Navy Commander for Naval Surface Forces has ordered an engineering stand down for every LCS crew to review procedures and standards following the

September 6, 2016
Total Views: 80

More Iranian Fast Attack Crafts ‘Harasses’ U.S. Navy Ship in Persian Gulf
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More Iranian Fast Attack Crafts ‘Harasses’ U.S. Navy Ship in Persian Gulf

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship changed course after a fast-attack craft from Iran’s Islamic

September 6, 2016
Total Views: 65

Thursday, September 1, 2016
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SPOTD: What Might Be The Most Formidable Ferry Ever

HSC Manannan is a 96-metre wave-piercing high-speed catamaran car ferry built in Tasmania in 1998. She served in Australia and New Zealand for five years and

September 1, 2016
Total Views: 302

South China Sea
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How Can the U.S. and China Avoid Sliding Into Conflict?

By Ying Fu (Bloomberg View) — As the leaders of China and the U.S. meet in Hangzhou ahead of this weekend’s Group of 20 summit, many would like to

September 1, 2016
Total Views: 27

Tuesday, August 30, 2016
How Can The U.S. Navy Defeat Swarm Attacks?
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How Can The U.S. Navy Defeat Swarm Attacks?

By David Axe (Reuters) Four times last week, speedboats belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – a sort of government-sanctioned Islamic

August 30, 2016
Total Views: 258

Monday, August 29, 2016
US NAvy Carrier USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77)
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Pentagon Orders Review of Troubled New Carrier

by Anthony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer has ordered an independent review of the $12.9 billion Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier,

August 29, 2016
Total Views: 98

Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom Suffers Engine Casualty
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Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom Suffers Engine Casualty

The U.S. Navy is investigating a casualty to one of the main propulsion diesel engines (MPDE) on board the first littoral combat ship USS

August 29, 2016
Total Views: 304

Sunday, August 28, 2016
Listen: Is The Age Of Aircraft Carriers Over?
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Listen: Is The Age Of Aircraft Carriers Over?

The United States 10 times as many aircraft carriers as any other country. So why don’t more countries have more carriers? Maybe they aren’t such a

August 28, 2016
Total Views: 179

Thursday, August 25, 2016
USS Squall (PC 7)
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U.S. Navy Ship Fires Warning Shots in Latest Encounter with Iranian Patrol Boats

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots toward an Iranian fast-attack craft that approached two U.S. ships, a

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 75

Iranian fast attack boats video
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Video Shows Iranian Patrol Boats Harass U.S. Navy Destroyer

A U.S. Navy video obtained by USNI News shows the moment four Iranian Revolutionary Guard patrol boats approached the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitz earlier

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 36

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Watch: Iranian High-Speed-Attack-Boats Swarm US Destroyer

Four Iranian boats “harassed” a US Navy warship near the Persian Gulf, ignoring orders to back off, gCaptain reported yesterday. A defense official said

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 115

Wednesday, August 24, 2016
USS Nitze is greeted by spray of fireboat to kick off Fleet Week in New York Harbor
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Iranian Speedboats Intercept/Harass American Guided Missile Destroyer

by Idrees Ali (Reuters) Four vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) “harassed” a U.S. destroyer on Tuesday by carrying

August 24, 2016
Total Views: 74

Monday, August 22, 2016
U.S Navy Sideboys Vocal Group at USS Barry, Navy Ship DD-933
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The Sideboys – Rock’n The Oldies, Navy Style

Everyone knows the U.S. Navy has a killer marching band but did you know they also have a vocal ensemble nicknamed the Navy Sideboys?

August 22, 2016
Total Views: 1138

Damaged Boomer USS Louisiana (SSBN-743)
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U.S. Navy: Nuclear-Powered Sub Collided With Support Vessel

The nuclear-powered submarine USS Louisiana collided with a U.S. Navy Offshore Support Vessel last week while conducting routine operations in the Strait of

August 22, 2016
Total Views: 126

Saturday, August 20, 2016
Nuclear Reactor Core
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U.S. Navy Sailor Convicted Of Stealing Nuclear Secrets

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced on Friday to one year in prison for illegally taking photos inside restricted areas of a nuclear

August 20, 2016
Total Views: 119

Thursday, August 18, 2016
US Navy 3d Printer
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US Navy Tests 3D Printed Critical Spares

By Vice Adm. Paul Grosklags (US Navy) 3-D printing works by using digital design data to build components in layers of metal, plastic and other materials. The

August 18, 2016
Total Views: 86

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Where Is The US Navy Going to Get Enough BioFuel To Power Half The Fleet? Australian

by Brian Parkin (Bloomberg) The U.S. accepted Australia’s offer to supply biofuel for its Asia-Pacific fleet, advancing the U.S. Navy’s goal of getting

August 18, 2016
Total Views: 80