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USS Tripoli struck an Iraqi LUGM contact mine in the Persian Gulf on the morning of 18 February 1991, taking a 25-by-25-foot hole in...
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USS Tripoli struck an Iraqi LUGM contact mine in the Persian Gulf on the morning of 18 February 1991, taking a 25-by-25-foot hole in...
On 12 July 2026, during RIMPAC, HMCS Corner Brook fired an Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo and delivered the final strike that sank the decommissioned...
The trials ended in late November 1963 with 29 touch-and-goes, 21 full-stop landings and 21 unassisted takeoffs recorded. No aircraft larger or heavier has...
A five-day 2013 Gulf of Oman exercise put USS Dallas against HMS Illustrious, escorts and anti-submarine helicopters. The official Royal Navy record confirms simulated...
Japan’s Yamato-class battleships were larger, carried heavier guns and wore thicker armor. The Iowa class still offered the stronger overall combat system through superior...
The US military will still need stealth aircraft and carriers, and some airspace will remain too dangerous for an unprotected platforms. What is ending...
The Navy has sold conventional aircraft carriers to breakers for one cent, because the scrapper keeps the recovered metal. Nuclear carriers work the other...
Thousands of full-charge rounds wore the rifling out of the Iowas' 16-inch guns, and the Navy replaced barrels after the war. The spares came...
When France fell in June 1940, Jean Bart was 77 percent complete with only one of her two main turrets installed. She escaped to...
Across 30 years of service, USS Parche accumulated nine Presidential Unit Citations, ten Navy Unit Commendations and 13 Navy Expeditionary Medals — more than...
USS Constellation was decommissioned in August 2003 after 42 years and later sold for scrapping — the fate of most conventionally powered US carriers.