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Roosevelt crew isolation extended as Navy, CDC investigate COVID-19 outbreak
Apr 21, 2020 (UPI)
The Navy told CNN that it is asking 1,000 of the ship's 4,800 crew members to complete a survey and provide two new specimens -- blood and nasal swabs -- for la...
USS America, two other ships operate in South China Sea amid standoff
Apr 21, 2020 (UPI)
The Navy said in a Twitter message that the America and guided-missile destroyers USS Bunker Hill and USS Barry were traveling to the South China Sea "in suppor...
Most sailors on US carrier with COVID-19 are asymptomatic
Apr 18, 2020 (AFP)
Nearly the entire crew was tested after the coronavirus outbreak forced the nuclear-powered carrier to dock in Guam. One crew member has died. The outbreak on t...
The US Military Logistics Ship that Carries a Secret
Apr 17, 2020 (Sputnik)
The US military has a vessel that little is written or said of, and whose activities it seems anxious to downplay, writes The National Interest magazine. An out...
Half of French aircraft carrier crew have coronavirus: ministry
Apr 17, 2020 (AFP)
With 2,010 tests conducted so far, 1,081 have come back positive, Florence Parly told parliament. Of the total, 545 sailors had coronavirus symptoms and 24 were...
General Dynamics Electric Boat delivers Vermont submarine to Navy
Apr 17, 2020 (UPI)
The $3 billion Vermont is the 19th submarine of the Virginia Class, which displace 7,835 tons, with a hull length of 377 feet and a diameter of 34 feet, and can...
U.S. destroyers join NATO exercise in Baltic, Black seas
Apr 17, 2020 (UPI)
The USS Donald Cook entered the Baltic Sea on Saturday to conduct maritime operations with European allies, NATO said in a press release. It was joined Monday b...
Building, testing of 5th Ford weapons elevator finished, Navy says
Apr 17, 2020 (UPI)
The Ford has been operating at sea part-time over the past several weeks, Geurts said during a Thursday briefing on COVID-19's impact on the branch's acquisitio...
Textron awarded $386.3M for construction of new LCACs for Navy
Apr 16, 2020 (UPI)
The landing craft, air cushion is a high-speed, fully amphibious landing craft capable of carrying a 60-75 ton payload, and is used to transport weapons systems...
Roosevelt sailors scrub ship in 'bleach-a-palooza' to end COVID-19 outbreak
Apr 16, 2020 (UPI)
More than 600 sailors aboard the Roosevelt have tested positive for COVID-19, and one 41-year-old petty officer has died. Five others have been hospitalized, wi...
A third of French aircraft carrier crew have coronavirus: ministry
Apr 15, 2020 (AFP)
With two-thirds of test results in, 668 sailors from the Charles-de-Gaulle and escort vessels in its battle group are confirmed to have the virus, it said. Thir...
Hensel Phelps Construction nabs $54.3M for undersea training center
Apr 15, 2020 (UPI)
According to the contract announcement, the training center will be constructed in Oahu, Hawaii, and will support a variety of functions, including operator and...
Truman CSG to remain at sea until Nimitz can deploy, Navy says
Apr 15, 2020 (UPI)
Mabus' recommendation comes after the Pentagon and the Navy announced a decision to keep surge carrier forces at sea due to the pandemic. During an interview on...
Coronavirus or not, us Marines need their buzzcuts: top general
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
From their boot camp buzz cuts to the "high and tight" style standard for the Marine Corps, a spartan trim is inseparable from their war-fighting discipline, Pe...
Pilots complete carrier qualifications aboard USS Gerald R. Ford
Apr 13, 2020 (UPI)
The training, known as carrier qualifications, was concluded in early April in the Atlantic Ocean where the carrier, whose home port is Newport News, Va., is de...
Chinese aircraft carrier sails past Japan, Taiwan
Apr 13, 2020 (UPI)
The aircraft carrier Liaoning, accompanied by five other vessels in its strike group -- two guided missile destroyers, two multi-role warships and a fast combat...
Sailor from US aircraft carrier dies of COVID-19
Apr 13, 2020 (AFP)
The sailor, who tested positive on March 30, was discovered unresponsive on April 9 and placed in the intensive care unit of the navy's hospital in Guam, where ...
France to isolate 1,900 sailors after virus-hit naval ship docks
Apr 12, 2020 (AFP)
The flagship of the French navy docked in the southern port of Toulon, after cutting short its current mission in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic by 10 days ...
More than 10% of US carrier's crew test positive for virus: Navy
Apr 12, 2020 (AFP)
"92 percent of the TR crew have been tested. As of today, 550 were positive, 3,673 were negative," a US Navy spokesman told AFP. The spokesman said 3,696 have b...
Marines deploy to support Roosevelt carrier, Esper open to reinstating commander
Apr 10, 2020 (UPI)
According to the Marine Corps, about 230 sailors and Marines arrived in Guam "throughout the first weeks of April" to support the Roosevelt's medical staff in a...
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