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‘The Math Doesn’t Work’: The US Navy Spent $800,000,000 Million on Trying to Repair a Nuclear Attack Submarine That Was Delayed So Long It Made Sense to Cancel and Retire the Sub

Her overhaul was scheduled for 2016. Congestion at Norfolk pushed it back, so she made a few more patrols instead. In 2017 her diving...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 23, 2026

Iowa-Class USS Wisconsin. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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US Navy Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin: 57,000 Tons, 9 Sixteen-Inch Guns, and Not One Round Ever Fired at an Enemy Battleship.

USS Wisconsin was built in Philadelphia in 1,177 days and launched on December 7, 1943, two years after Pearl Harbor. The Iowa-class battleship screened...

Harry J. KazianisAugust 3, 2026

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USS Gerald R. Ford Is the Pride of Norfolk: Two Nuclear Reactors, 5 Acre Flight Deck, 75 Aircraft , Unlimited Range. No Navy on Earth Has an Aircraft Carrier Like It

USS Gerald R. Ford is a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered air base with a roughly five-acre flight deck, room for about 75 aircraft and 11 weapons...

Harry J. KazianisAugust 1, 2026

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The US Navy Now Needs 15 Years to Build One Nuclear Aircraft Carrier. That Is Why a 51-Year-Old Ship Cannot Retire.

The Navy meant to deactivate USS Nimitz in May 2026. She is staying until March 2027, at 51 years old, because the ship meant...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 30, 2026

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‘The Math Doesn’t Work’: The US Navy Spent $800,000,000 Million on Trying to Repair a Nuclear Attack Submarine That Was Delayed So Long It Made Sense to Cancel and Retire the Sub

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US Navy Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin: 57,000 Tons, 9 Sixteen-Inch Guns, and Not One Round Ever Fired at an Enemy Battleship.

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USS Gerald R. Ford Is the Pride of Norfolk: Two Nuclear Reactors, 5 Acre Flight Deck, 75 Aircraft , Unlimited Range. No Navy on Earth Has an Aircraft Carrier Like It

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The US Navy Now Needs 15 Years to Build One Nuclear Aircraft Carrier. That Is Why a 51-Year-Old Ship Cannot Retire.

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