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A 100,000-ton US Navy nuclear aircraft carrier hit a tanker and lost F/A-18s to friendly fire, a tow tractor and a snapped arresting cable, investigators found undermanned watches, skipped maintenance and a ‘just get it done’ culture, and the fleet behind her is 18,000 sailors short

A Senate letter put the bill for military mishaps from 2020 to 2024 at $9.4 billion, 90 lives and 89 aircraft, with Marine Corps...

Sean SpoontsOctober 4, 2026

USS Iowa (BB-61) Fires a full broadside of nine 16/50 and six 5/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. Photographed by PHAN J. Alan Elliott. Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the the Department of Defense Still Media Collection.

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Four US Navy battleships mothballed for decades came back in 1982 for $1.7 billion to answer a Soviet nuclear battlecruiser, one plan cut off an aft 16-inch turret for a Harrier flight deck, the Navy bolted on 32 Tomahawks and 16 Harpoons instead, and all four were gone by 1992

Reactivating USS New Jersey alone was estimated at $247 million in 1982, about $857 million today. The battleships got AN/SPS-49 radars, SLQ-32 electronic warfare...

Isaac SeitzOctober 4, 2026

(July 29, 2025) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) fires its forward Mark 45 5-inch gun during a weapons maintenance shoot, July 29, 2025. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacob I. Allison)

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A 122-missile cruiser had $161.15 million set aside for a four-year overhaul and was decommissioned before a worker touched her, one of four the Navy retired mid-upgrade after putting $1.84 billion into them, and the three it finished leave the fleet in 2029

USS Hue City had $161.15 million allocated for her upgrade and was decommissioned before work began. A 2024 GAO report counted 9,000 contract changes...

Isaac SeitzOctober 3, 2026

NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 30, 2026) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs Naval Station Norfolk for Newport News Shipbuilding to begin the shipyard phase of its Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH). RCOH is a once-in-a-carrier-lifetime maintenance and modernization period designed to prepare Truman for the second half of its planned 50-year service life. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jason Wernegreen)

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100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Just Declared Out of Action Indefinitely

The 100,000-ton aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is the 8th Nimitz-class ship to enter a refueling overhaul, and she starts 3.5 years behind...

Sean SpoontsOctober 3, 2026

Iowa-Class Battleship USS New Jersey Creative Commons Photo

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57,500 Tons, 9 16-Inch Guns, 19 Battle Stars, 4 Commissions, 4 Wars: Iowa-Class Battleship USS New Jersey Is the Navy’s Most Decorated Battleship.

At Truk in 1944 she became the only Iowa to fire her main guns at enemy warships. Off Vietnam she fired 5,688 16-inch shells...

Harry J. KazianisOctober 3, 2026

A-150 Battleship Model Creative Commons Photo

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90,000-Ton Japanese Battleship A-150 ‘Super Yamato’-Class: Bigger Than US Navy Iowa-Class with 20 Inch Guns Firing 4,300 Pound Shells

Each A-150 or 'Super Yamato' battleship gun weighed about 227 metric tons and fired a 1,950-kilogram shell; a twin turret ran 2,780 tons. Japan...

Harry J. KazianisOctober 3, 2026

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Spruance-Class Destroyers Launched 112 of the 288 Tomahawk Missiles Fired in Desert Storm — The USS Fife Alone Fired 60

Built to hunt Soviet submarines, 24 of the ships got 61-cell vertical launchers in the 1980s and 1990s, and the Ticonderoga cruisers borrowed the...

Steve BalestrieriOctober 2, 2026

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58,000-Ton US Navy Iowa-Class Battleship USS Kentucky: $55 Million Spent, She Was 72 Percent Complete and Used for ‘Parts’

Floated out unfinished in 1950 so USS Missouri could be repaired, torn loose by Hurricane Hazel in 1954 and studied as a $178 million...

Harry J. KazianisOctober 2, 2026

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The Navy Built Its Last Battleship in 1944. Now It Wants 15 New Ones Armed With Hypersonics Instead of 16-Inch Guns

The Iowas came back in the 1980s for $435 million each with 32 Tomahawks bolted on deck. USS Zumwalt traded its guns for 12...

Harry J. KazianisOctober 2, 2026

USS California US Navy Battleship Creative Commons

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32,300 Tons, 12 14-Inch Guns, 16 5-Inch Guns: The US Navy Rebuilt USS California for 25 Months After Pearl Harbor. She Fired 63 Shells in History’s Last Battleship Duel

The Tennessee-class ship USS California cost $12.75 million to build and sold for $859,999 in 1959. Four of her crew earned the Medal of...

Harry J. KazianisOctober 2, 2026

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A 100,000-ton US Navy nuclear aircraft carrier hit a tanker and lost F/A-18s to friendly fire, a tow tractor and a snapped arresting cable, investigators found undermanned watches, skipped maintenance and a ‘just get it done’ culture, and the fleet behind her is 18,000 sailors short

Aerospace & Defense

Four US Navy battleships mothballed for decades came back in 1982 for $1.7 billion to answer a Soviet nuclear battlecruiser, one plan cut off an aft 16-inch turret for a Harrier flight deck, the Navy bolted on 32 Tomahawks and 16 Harpoons instead, and all four were gone by 1992

Aerospace & Defense

A 122-missile cruiser had $161.15 million set aside for a four-year overhaul and was decommissioned before a worker touched her, one of four the Navy retired mid-upgrade after putting $1.84 billion into them, and the three it finished leave the fleet in 2029

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100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Just Declared Out of Action Indefinitely

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57,500 Tons, 9 16-Inch Guns, 19 Battle Stars, 4 Commissions, 4 Wars: Iowa-Class Battleship USS New Jersey Is the Navy’s Most Decorated Battleship.

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90,000-Ton Japanese Battleship A-150 ‘Super Yamato’-Class: Bigger Than US Navy Iowa-Class with 20 Inch Guns Firing 4,300 Pound Shells

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Spruance-Class Destroyers Launched 112 of the 288 Tomahawk Missiles Fired in Desert Storm — The USS Fife Alone Fired 60

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58,000-Ton US Navy Iowa-Class Battleship USS Kentucky: $55 Million Spent, She Was 72 Percent Complete and Used for ‘Parts’

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The Navy Built Its Last Battleship in 1944. Now It Wants 15 New Ones Armed With Hypersonics Instead of 16-Inch Guns

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32,300 Tons, 12 14-Inch Guns, 16 5-Inch Guns: The US Navy Rebuilt USS California for 25 Months After Pearl Harbor. She Fired 63 Shells in History’s Last Battleship Duel

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