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While not the first aircraft carrier in the world, the USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) has the distinction of being the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier. Converted in 1920...
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While not the first aircraft carrier in the world, the USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) has the distinction of being the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier. Converted in 1920...
The second vessel of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the state of Wisconsin, the Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was built at the Philadelphia Naval...
The Republic of Korea’s (ROK) CVX light aircraft carrier won’t enter service for another decade, but as part of the ROK Navy’s 76th-anniversary celebrations,...
In November of last year, the U.S. Navy began to look into how it could extend the service lives of its Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines beyond the now forty-two-year...
Between 1972 and 1996, the United States Navy took delivery of 62 of its Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN). Also known as...
How did we convince ourselves that naval power didn’t matter? Navies haven’t disappeared, of course, but reasons to believe in the decisive nature of...
One of the worst naval disasters in modern history occurred when the US Navy submarine USS Thresher imploded in 1963 killing everyone on board....
Building a warship has always been a costly endeavor – but until the advent of the aircraft carrier, the most costly warships were battleships....
In August, Russia officially marked the beginning of construction on two additional Borei-A-class submarines, with President Vladimir Putin attending their keel-laying ceremony via video. The boats,...
Several European countries have come together and are developing a new warship that promises to be cheap, versatile, and effective. France, Italy, Spain, and...