Navy Ships

Navy Releases Audio of Destroyer, Tanker Collision

UPI | May 24, 2013

The U.S. Navy has released audio of conversations as the destroyer USS Porter collided with a Japanese tanker in the Gulf of Hormuz last year. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk, Va., obtained the audio under a Freedom of Information Act request. The audio and the Porter's log shows the vessel performing a risky maneuver, passing in ... more

USS Ford Launch Moved Back From July to November

The 555-metric ton island is lowered onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)on Jan. 26, 2013 at Newport News, Va. Navy photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Daily Press, Newport News, Va. | May 07, 2013

The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will be launched in November as opposed to July as was originally set in a contract between the Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding, a Navy official said. "We have agreed to push back the launch of CVN 78 (the Ford's hull number) from July to November," said Christopher Johnson, a spokesman with Naval Sea Syst... more

Navy's Newest Warship Goes on Duty in Anchorage

USS Anchorage 600x400

 | May 06, 2013

America's newest warship, the USS Anchorage, was commissioned during a persistent spring snow Saturday morning at the Port of Anchorage. Several thousand people stood or sat in the slush on the dock facing the $1.3 billion ship, a vessel longer than two football fields and capable of carrying up to 800 Marines to combat zones or natural disaster... more

Burned LCS to Resume Testing

The littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Coronado (LCS 4) is rolled-out at the Austal USA assembly bay.

Military.com | Apr 15, 2013

There were no injuries and only minor damage to littoral combat ship Coronado following a small on-board fire this past Friday off the coast of Mobile, Ala., Navy officials confirm. The Coronado, due to be commissioned this summer, was getting ready to do a high-powered run in the Gulf of Mexico when crew members noticed smoldering and smoke on... more

Carrier Eisenhower Leaves for Persian Gulf

USS Dwight D Eisenhower 600x400

 | Feb 22, 2013

NORFOLK -- Aisha Owmba doesn't know when she'll see her husband again. She and her 6-year-old son waved goodbye Thursday as the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower pulled away from a pier at Norfolk Naval Station for what has been billed as a four- to five-month deployment. But with big defense cuts looming -- a consequence of Congress's fai... more

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