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Navy opens probe after three suicides on USS George H.W. Bush
Sep 24, 2019 (UPI)
Hampton Roads authorities have joined federal law enforcement agents to probe the deaths by suicide of sailors assigned to the Norfolk, Va., based warship and a...
U.S. Navy ship completes three-day mine countermeasures test
Sep 23, 2019 (UPI)
The USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams, a variant of an expeditionary transfer dock, was used as a test bed for sailing with a Littoral Combat Ship Mine Countermeasu...
Navy awards contracts for work on U.S. destroyers Stethem, Decatur, Stockdale
Sep 18, 2019 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy awarded contracts to BAE Systems and General Dynamics for work on the USS Stethem, USS Decatur and USS Stockdale, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. BA...
Nuclear-powered subs set to be fastest growing segment of global submarine market by 2029
Sep 17, 2019 (SPX)
Therefore, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) are expected to account for 40% revenue share of the total global submarine market by 2029, which...
US warship docks in Lebanon amid regional tensions
Sep 15, 2019 (AFP)
The Arleigh-Burke-class vessel, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, stopped Saturday for a "one-day goodwill visit on the sidelines of its participation...
Navy's Truman Carrier Strike Group deploys without its aircraft carrier
Sep 13, 2019 (UPI)
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, minus its lead vessel, left on Thursday for training exercises, the U.S. Navy announced. The Arleigh Burke-class guide...
Thailand agrees to buy amphibious landing ship from China
Sep 13, 2019 (UPI)
A purchase price of about $200 million was announced this week, and Adm. Leuchai Ruddit, commander of the Thai navy, made clear on Thursday that the deal is a p...
Britain awards 1.3bn pound warship contract to Babcock
Sep 12, 2019 (AFP)
The Babcock International consortium said it will begin manufacturing the five Type 31 general-purpose frigates in 2021 and deliver them in 2027. The ships will...
Britain demonstrates its new autonomous naval surface vessel
Sep 11, 2019 (UPI)
The Pacific Rigid 24 Inflatable Boat, or PAC24, was tested at London's Docklands on the Thames River, with the frigate HMS Argyll present and integrated in the ...
Naval shipyard pilot program aims to improve efficiency
Sep 10, 2019 (UPI)
The Pudget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington will host the six-week pilot to help the Naval Sea System Command...
Littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords heads to Pacific with ship-killing weaponry
Sep 09, 2019 (UPI)
The USS Gabrielle Giffords left San Diego on Tuesday, a relatively small vessel built for shallow-water maneuverability but carrying missiles noted for precisio...
Australian frigate HMAS Anzac gets new mast in upgrade
Sep 09, 2019 (UPI)
The upgrade, the latest in a series of upgrades to the Anzac-class frigates, is meant to allow the ship to remain in service until being replaced with nine Hunt...
Amphibious assault ship USS Wasp departs U.S. 7th Fleet in Japan
Sep 05, 2019 (UPI)
The Navy announced Thursday that the USS America will replace the Wasp as part of the 7th Fleet forward-deployed amphibious naval forces in Sasebo, Japan, later...
Virginia-class sub Delaware completes initial sea trials
Sep 03, 2019 (UPI)
The nuclear-powered fact attack submarine, built for anti-submarine and anti-surface operations, spent three days at sea proving its system capabilities, the co...
British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth sails to U.S. for exercises
Aug 30, 2019 (UPI)
The annual event, this year named WESTLANT 19, will be conducted on the east coast of the United States. The British ships will also visit Canada on the four-mo...
Overhaul of aircraft carrier USS George Washington hits halfway point
Aug 28, 2019 (UPI)
The Nimitz-class ship, commissioned in 1992, is receiving its "force work package" in its midlife "refueling complex overhaul" at the Huntington Ingalls Industr...
GenDyn contracted for Knifefish UUV production after approval from Navy
Aug 27, 2019 (UPI)
General Dynamics Missions Systems was awarded a $44.6 million contract on Monday by the Department of Defense to start production of the undersea drones. The Kn...
Fast transit ship USNS Puerto Rico completes sea trials
Aug 26, 2019 (UPI)
The ship, designated EPF 11, completed its trials on August 22, and then returned to the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala., where it was built, the Naval Sea ...
GenDyn to build two Expeditionary Sea Base ships under $1B contract
Aug 26, 2019 (UPI)
The company's National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. subsidiary, headquartered in San Diego, will build the sixth and seventh ships in the Navy's Expeditionary Sea...
A Stone Age boat building site has been discovered underwater
Aug 23, 2019 (SPX)
Director of the Maritime Archaeological Trust, Garry Momber, said "This new discovery is particularly important as the wooden platform is part of a site that do...
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