Navy’s first fully gender-integrated submarine joins the fleet. Here’s what that means.
The USS New Jersey has been heralded as the Navy’s first fully gender-integrated submarine following a series of changes made ...
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The Navy will buy more oilers. Now it needs enough mariners to crew them
A Navy plan to buy at least eight more replenishment oilers for $6.75 billion has raised doubts whether the service will be ...
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Forget Aircraft Carriers: San Antonio-Class Might Be the Navy's Most Vital Warship
The San Antonio-class amphibious ships are vital assets for the U.S. Navy, particularly in potential conflicts involving ...
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The Era of Large U.S. Navy Warships Is All Done Now
The dominance of large surface warships like aircraft carriers is under threat due to China’s anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) ...
USS White River: How the US Navy transformed a landing vessel into a legendary rocket artillery ship
Today's US Navy is poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago when it had ships like ...
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Admiral announces Navy plan to ready fleet for a possible fight with China in 3 years
Drawing on lessons from fleet experimentation and recent real-world developments, Adm. Lisa Franchetti said the Navy must ...
US Navy Launches First Gender-Integrated Submarine
The first submarine designed for both a male and female crew was commissioned on Saturday, with the boat featuring various ...
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San Diego’s NASSCO gets $6.75 billion contract to build 8 ships for the Navy
21. All of the ships will carry the designation USNS because they are non-commissioned vessels operated for the Navy by civilian crews under the Military Sealift Command. Two San Diego teens ...
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Get to know the heroic WWII namesake of the Navy’s newest ship
Though he was peppered by shrapnel and severely burned after a kamikaze pilot slammed into his ship, Lt. Richard McCool Jr.
The Navy needs more manpower, training to keep ships combat-ready
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Navy doesn’t fill all required ship positions, and ...
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Report: Sailor shortage is undermining Navy’s ability to keep ships combat-ready
The Navy also is struggling to maintain its littoral ... The chronic shortage of parts was an issue mentioned by executives and sailors on all 25 ships that the GAO visited.
Navy’s latest ship commission honors actions of MoH recipient
The USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) was commissioned on Saturday, with one of the two ship sponsors being Richard’s ...