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After breaking deployment time records for the post-Vietnam era, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is again surging into operational service in the...
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After breaking deployment time records for the post-Vietnam era, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is again surging into operational service in the...
The worst aircraft carrier title is one that could go to several ships. And if you were looking to give this dubious distinction, one...
Summary and Key Points: On November 2, 1985, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) struck Bishop Rock at Cortes Bank, approximately...
During a 1999 NATO exercise, designated as JTFEX/TMDI 99, an older Dutch diesel-electric submarine, the HNLMS Walrus (S802), shocked the sailors serving aboard the...
Mid-Life Carrier Refueling and Overhaul for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers increasingly takes longer than anticipated, and ship maintenance and repair efforts regularly collide with...
According to recent reports from U.S. officials, China intends to obtain a fleet of nine aircraft carriers by 2035. Currently, China operates three aircraft...
Russia announced plans for a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered supercarrier in May 2015. Eleven years later, the keel still hasn’t been laid. The Project 23000 Shtorm...
The Soviet Union’s top admiral begged Stalin for aircraft carriers. Stalin gave him zero, and seven decades later, Russia still hasn’t built a single...
A Swedish diesel submarine costing a fraction of an American supercarrier repeatedly penetrated a carrier strike group’s defenses and ‘sank’ the carrier during exercises...
In another blow to the operational readiness of the U.S. Navy’s carrier fleet, the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is still in port for...