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Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer gun dead, vessel mission being redefined

Dec 03, 2018 (UPI)

Even as the second-in-class USS Michael Monsoor departs from Guantanamo Bay for San Diego to receive commissioning and combat testing, the Navy is only starting...

Bechtel awarded over $1.2B in nuclear propulsion contracts

Dec 03, 2018 (UPI)

Bechtel is the sole-source supplier for the work involved, which is supervised under the U.S. Department of Energy along with the rest of the U.S. military and ...

Senior US admiral found dead in Bahrain: official

Dec 01, 2018 (AFP)

Vice admiral Scott Stearney, who began his post as commander of US Naval Forces Central Command -- including the US Fifth Fleet -- and Combined Maritime Forces ...

USS John S. McCain transfers from dry dock to pier following collision repairs

Nov 30, 2018 (UPI)

Until Tuesday, the McCain had been in dry dock at the Navy's Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center in Yokosuka since February. The Arleigh ...

Navy outlines 30-year plan for ship repair, upgrades at Congressional hearing

Nov 27, 2018 (UPI)

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition James Geurts testified that the 30-year plan would let them have a baseline over what ...

USS John C. Stennis carrier strike group docks in Singapore

Nov 26, 2018 (UPI)

The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Mobile Bay and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Spruance will be docked as well, according to the U.S. Navy. The visit to...

Navy contracts Thales for airborne dipping sonar repairs

Nov 23, 2018 (UPI)

Work will be split between locations in Clarksburg, Md., and Brest, France, and is expected to run through November 2020. The Navy will obligate $10.5 million i...

Navy to overhaul submarine offshore resupply vessel MV Alyssa Chouest

Nov 23, 2018 (UPI)

If all options are exercised, it would bring the total value of the contract to $54.2 million. Work will take place in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and at sea with a p...

US carrier visits Hong Kong amid heightened China tensions

Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)

The port call at the semi-autonomous city comes just two months after China nixed a similar visit by the US Navy, and at a time of heightened tensions between W...

Government Accountibility Office issues warning on submarine readiness backlogs

Nov 20, 2018 (UPI)

The report indicated that though the readiness of deployed submarines met strict standards in maintenance and training, delays during scheduled depot-level over...

Malaysia's Najib questioned over French submarine deal

Nov 20, 2018 (AFP)

Najib, his wife and key allies have been been hit with a flurry of charges since his surprise election loss earlier this year as public anger crescendoed over a...

Lockheed awarded contract for construction of Saudi LCS variants

Nov 19, 2018 (UPI)

The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, falls under foreign military sales, with work expected to run through October 2025. KSA FMS funding...

Argentine submarine wreck found one year after disappearance

Nov 17, 2018 (AFP)

There has been "positive identification of the ARA San Juan," at a depth of more than 800 meters (2,600 feet), the navy tweeted, confirming the vessel had implo...

Navy accepts delivery of USNS Burlington Expeditionary Fast Transport

Nov 16, 2018 (UPI)

USNS Burlington will be owned and operated by the Military Sealift Command and will be used in a variety of missions including overseas contingency operations, ...

Rolls-Royce to supply engines for new LCAC 100 assault hovercraft

Nov 16, 2018 (UPI)

The purchase, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is part of the Ship-to-Shore Connector program to replace existing Navy landing hovercraft with t...

Navy to commission littoral combat ship USS Sioux City

Nov 14, 2018 (UPI)

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa will deliver the principal address at the ceremony while Mary Winnefeld, the wife of former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

Norway frigate sinks after tanker collision

Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)

"The vessel is now lying immobile in deeper water," the head of the Navy's rescue operation, Havard Mathiesen, told reporters. A modern ship weighing around 5,0...

Bath Iron Works starts construction of USS Patrick Gallagher

Nov 12, 2018 (UPI)

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, made the initial cut to the first steel plate for the ship during a ceremony Friday in the BIW fabrication shop, which incl...

Navy to christen USNS Puerto Rico on Saturday morning

Nov 09, 2018 (UPI)

The ceremony will take place at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala., with Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico congresswoman Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon, with ...

Race to stop Norway frigate sinking after oil tanker collision

Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)

Eight people received minor injuries in the accident, which took place shortly after 4:00 am (0300 GMT) in a busy waterway in the Hjeltefjord near Bergen, Norwa...