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USS Bonhomme Richard remains on fire, two more sailors hurt while battling blaze
Jul 14, 2020 (UPI)
"Significant progress has been made," Sobeck told reporters at a briefing. Previously, San Diego's fire chief had said the blaze, which broke out Sunday morning...
Major fire breaks out on US Navy ship in California
Jul 12, 2020 (AFP)
The USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault vessel, was in port in San Diego for maintenance when the explosion erupted. Thick smoke could be seen billowing...
USS Roosevelt returns to San Diego after 6 months in Pacific
Jul 09, 2020 (UPI)
The vessel was deployed Jan. 17 to the Indo-Pacific as part of the USS Roosevelt Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing 11. Following a port visit to Da Nan...
Navy scraps physical assessment test again, citing COVID-19
Jul 08, 2020 (UPI)
A NAVADMIN, or naval administrative message, announced the change on Tuesday, saying that sailors will not take the assessment, normally conducted twice each ye...
Aircraft carrier USS Truman docks for maintenance after seven months at sea
Jul 08, 2020 (UPI)
The ship was deployed to the Middle East until April, and then undertook a two-month sustainment cruise off the East Coast to reduce concerns related to the COV...
Huntington Ingalls nets $936M for Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Jun 30, 2020 (UPI)
"We take great pride in the craftsmanship of our shipbuilders, and in the capabilities of our world-class shipyard," Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccia...
Aircraft carrier strike groups Nimitz, Reagan team up in Philippine Sea
Jun 29, 2020 (UPI)
"Coordinated operations in international waters" began on Sunday in the Indo-Pacific region, a Navy statement said. The USS Nimitz, with its complement of aircr...
NATO's Dynamic Mongoose submarine exercises underway in North Atlantic
Jun 29, 2020 (UPI)
Called Dynamic Mongoose, the annual exercise off the coast of Iceland is designed to promote interoperability of the allies'submarine and surface vessels, and i...
Navy accepts delivery of littoral combat ship USS Oakland
Jun 26, 2020 (UPI)
The delivery marks the official transfer of the Independence-class ship to the Navy, and is the last milestone before testing and a planned 2023 commissioning, ...
USS Eisenhower, USS Jacinto log record-breaking 161 days at sea
Jun 25, 2020 (UPI)
Both vessels have been at sea for 161 days, having left from their homeport of Norfolk, Va., on Jan. 17 for the strike group's Composite Training Unit Exercise ...
USS Gabrielle Giffords, Japanese navy hold exercise in South China Sea
Jun 24, 2020 (UPI)
The Kashima class-training vessel JS Kashima and the Shimayuki-class training vessel JS Shimayuki of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force joined the U.S. Navy'...
Nimitz Carrier Strike Group pulls into Guam for Safe Haven Liberty
Jun 24, 2020 (UPI)
After concluding dual-carrier flight operations in the Philippine Sea on June 21 with the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, the group consisting of the Nimit...
GenDyn inks $9.5B deal for first 2 Columbia-class subs
Jun 23, 2020 (UPI)
The $869 million deal announced Monday funds material procurement, as well as industrial base development, for the first two Columbia SSBNs, as well as Virginia...
New littoral combat ship USS Kansas City commissioned with little fanfare
Jun 23, 2020 (UPI)
Social distancing protocols caused by the COIVID-19 pandemic reduced the ceremonial aspects of the commissioning of the ship on Saturday, but the Navy said in a...
China warns risk of naval incident with US on the rise
Jun 23, 2020 (AFP)
Tensions between the two superpowers have soared on multiple fronts since President Donald Trump took office in 2017, with both countries flexing their diplomat...
US Navy confirms demotion of captain of virus-hit carrier
Jun 19, 2020 (AFP)
Admiral Michael Gilday, chief of naval operations, said Brett Crozier, who was fired as captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in April, was guilty of "questiona...
USS Fitzgerald headed to San Diego following repairs for 2017 collision
Jun 15, 2020 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer departed Huntington Ingalls Industries' shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., to travel to San Diego on Saturday, the ...
France says 'no nuclear accident' during submarine fire
Jun 13, 2020 (AFP)
The submarine was under renovation in the southern base of Toulon when the blaze broke out at about 10:30 am (0830 GMT) on Friday in a hard-to-access part of th...
Italy gives ok to Egypt frigate sale despite student murder
Jun 12, 2020 (AFP)
The $1.2 billion sale of the frigates to Egypt has drawn sharp rebukes from the family of Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old Cambridge University doctoral researcher ...
USS Albany returns to Naval Station Norfolk after European deployment
Jun 11, 2020 (UPI)
"I could not be more impressed with my team of Sailors, chief petty officers and officers for their accomplishments," Cmdr. Mathias Vorachek said Thursday in a ...
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