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PACIFIC OCEAN – Zumwalt-class Guided Missile Destroyer Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) transits the Pacific Ocean en route to Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug 4 in and around Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Megan Alexander)

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‘Big Mistake’: The US Navy Built 3 Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Around a Gun That Fired a Shell Costing Close to $1,000,000. Standard NATO 155mm Artillery Ammunition Runs About $3,000 a Round. The Navy Never Bought a Single Shell and Has Now Cut the Guns Out of the Ships.

The Zumwalt-class was planned at 32 ships, cut to 24, then 8, then 3 — and the overruns triggered Nunn-McCurdy along the way. Its...

Caleb LarsonSeptember 24, 2026

NORFOLK, Va. (May 16, 2026) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, May 16, 2026, following a historic 11-month deployment to U.S. 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleets as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. Before returning to Norfolk after 326 days, the Gerald R. Ford crew conducted 23 replenishments-at-sea and sailed over 57,713 nautical miles. Embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 logged more than 5,760 flight hours and 12,200 flight launches. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike Shen)

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Stealth Surprise at 3600 Degrees: 100,000-Ton Nuclear US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Is Missing F-35C Fighters

The problem is heat. F-35C exhaust needs jet blast deflectors tougher than the ones installed, plus classified spaces for the aircraft's mission systems —...

Jack BuckbySeptember 24, 2026

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Canada’s First Lockheed F-35 Fighter (Or CF-35) Is Now Flying in the Skies High Above Texas. But It Could All Do Downhill From Here

Aircraft AR-1, the first F-35 in Royal Canadian Air Force markings, flew from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, on September...

Georgia GilholySeptember 24, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 29, 2019) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducts high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean. Ford is at sea conducting sea trials following the in port portion of its 15 month post-shakedown availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Connor Loessin)

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‘A More Capable and Lethal Carrier’: USS John F. Kennedy Will Be Built for the F-35C. Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford Was Not.

USS Gerald R. Ford was commissioned in 2017 with electromagnetic catapults and new arresting gear, but without the digital maintenance, logistics, and mission-data systems...

Shay BottomleySeptember 24, 2026

Brazilian Navy Niterói-class frigate Defensora (F 41), and U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), steam in formation alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), part of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, during a bilateral maritime engagement in the Atlantic Ocean, May 13, 2026. Nimitz is deployed as part of Southern Seas 2026, which seeks to enhance capability, improve interoperability, and strengthen maritime partnerships with countries throughout the region through joint, multinational, and interagency exchanges and cooperation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gina Gallia)

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USS Nimitz Was Supposed to Retire in May After 51 Years. Its Replacement, USS John F. Kennedy, Is Late, So It Serves Until March 2027.

USS Nimitz was commissioned in May 1975 after seven years and almost $2 billion, and her design shaped nine more carriers through 2009. She...

Shay BottomleySeptember 24, 2026

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An Investigation Uncovered All Propeller Shafts on 65,000-Ton HMS Prince of Wales Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Had Been Misaligned When the Aircraft Carrier Was Constructed

During sea trials of Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Prince of Wales, both shafts were tested over thousands of nautical miles, and their vibration...

Jack BuckbySeptember 24, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 14, 2011) The aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) pass as Enterprise returns to homeport after completing a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6t Fleet areas of responsibility. Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shonna L. Cunningham/Released)

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USS Nimitz makes 400,000 gallons of fresh water a day and in September 2022 that water tasted like JP-5 jet fuel and sickened 11 sailors off Southern California after residue sat in an unused tank for about 18 months before the carrier sailed again on October 2

USS Nimitz flash-boils seawater in four distilling units and can make about 400,000 gallons of fresh water a day, roughly 80 gallons for each...

Shay BottomleySeptember 24, 2026

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‘Hit But No Boom’: Investigations Proved that For Nearly 2 Years US Navy Submarines During World War II Fired Torpedoes That ‘Frequently Failed’

In May 1942 the skipper of USS Skipjack watched a Mark 14 pass under a Japanese ship. US Navy Rear Adm. Charles Lockwood’s net...

Jack BuckbySeptember 24, 2026

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‘Self Destruct Mode Installed’: A US Navy Nuclear Powered Submarine Collected 13 Navy Expeditionary Medals and 2 Presidential Unit Citations and No One Knows Exactly Why Besides the Sub Was Some Sort of Underwater Spy

USS Parche, a Sturgeon-class submarine commissioned in 1974, earned nine Presidential Unit Citations in 30 years and is widely considered the most decorated submarine...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 24, 2026

SAN DIEGO (July 13, 2020) An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from the “Merlins” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3, provides aerial firefighting support alongside Sailors and civilian fire crews on the ground to fight the fire aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). On the morning of July 12, a fire was called away aboard the ship while it was moored pier side at Naval Base San Diego. Base and shipboard firefighters responded to the fire. Bonhomme Richard is going through a maintenance availability, which began in 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mar'Queon A. D. Tramble)

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Investigation Reveals $3,200,000,000 In Damage: A 40,000-Ton US Navy Amphibious Assault Ship Caught Fire and It Took Days to Put Out. The Navy Was Forced to Scrap the Ship in Texas

USS Bonhomme Richard burned at a San Diego pier from July 12 to July 16, 2020. The Navy priced repairs at as much as...

Jack BuckbySeptember 24, 2026

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‘Big Mistake’: The US Navy Built 3 Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Around a Gun That Fired a Shell Costing Close to $1,000,000. Standard NATO 155mm Artillery Ammunition Runs About $3,000 a Round. The Navy Never Bought a Single Shell and Has Now Cut the Guns Out of the Ships.

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Stealth Surprise at 3600 Degrees: 100,000-Ton Nuclear US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Is Missing F-35C Fighters

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Canada’s First Lockheed F-35 Fighter (Or CF-35) Is Now Flying in the Skies High Above Texas. But It Could All Do Downhill From Here

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‘A More Capable and Lethal Carrier’: USS John F. Kennedy Will Be Built for the F-35C. Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford Was Not.

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USS Nimitz Was Supposed to Retire in May After 51 Years. Its Replacement, USS John F. Kennedy, Is Late, So It Serves Until March 2027.

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An Investigation Uncovered All Propeller Shafts on 65,000-Ton HMS Prince of Wales Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Had Been Misaligned When the Aircraft Carrier Was Constructed

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USS Nimitz makes 400,000 gallons of fresh water a day and in September 2022 that water tasted like JP-5 jet fuel and sickened 11 sailors off Southern California after residue sat in an unused tank for about 18 months before the carrier sailed again on October 2

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‘Hit But No Boom’: Investigations Proved that For Nearly 2 Years US Navy Submarines During World War II Fired Torpedoes That ‘Frequently Failed’

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‘Self Destruct Mode Installed’: A US Navy Nuclear Powered Submarine Collected 13 Navy Expeditionary Medals and 2 Presidential Unit Citations and No One Knows Exactly Why Besides the Sub Was Some Sort of Underwater Spy

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Investigation Reveals $3,200,000,000 In Damage: A 40,000-Ton US Navy Amphibious Assault Ship Caught Fire and It Took Days to Put Out. The Navy Was Forced to Scrap the Ship in Texas

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