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The US Navy is planning to build a dozen of the new Columbia SSBN guided-missile submarines, but it’d rather have 16. And they need...
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The US Navy is planning to build a dozen of the new Columbia SSBN guided-missile submarines, but it’d rather have 16. And they need...
Chester Nimitz took command of the Pacific Fleet weeks after Pearl Harbor — when American naval power was at its lowest point in history....
The Iran Crisis Isn’t Exactly Over: The U.S. Navy has a near-perfect record of shooting down drones and missiles at sea. Oil tanker crews...
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is over 50 years old and on its third ‘final’ voyage. The Navy keeps canceling the retirement because the...
The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln, has enjoyed a successful Iran war. The operational tempo and sortie rate have been high....
The Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarines are some of the most valuable assets in the U.S. Navy. Built at the end of the Cold War,...
In 1969, the USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a state-of-the-art U.S. Navy nuclear submarine at the time, sank while still docked. Thankfully, no lives were lost,...
The USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the United States Navy’s oldest active aircraft carrier, departed Naval Base Kitsap on March 7, 2026, for the final time...
The Iowa-Class Battleship Will Never Leave Museum Duty: Back in August of 2025, I toured the Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro, California. Going...
The growing fleet of US Navy America-class amphibious assault ships is designed to leverage a blend of technological advances, including the ability to project...