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USS Enterprise (CVN-65): It Might Be the Best U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Ever
The USS Enterprise (CVN ... Yes, the Enterprise is long – with a 132-foot beam at the waterline and a 39-foot draft. To propel such a massive ship eight Westinghouse A2W nuclear reactors powered ...
Navy begins process of retiring its oldest aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz
The Navy has begun the process of retiring its oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, which was commissioned in 1975.
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The World War II Fighter Ace Behind the Navy's Blue Angels
A lifelong lover of aviation, Voris hung model airplanes from his bedroom ceiling ... Voris flew F4F Wildcats and F6F ...
USS White River: How the US Navy transformed a landing vessel into a legendary rocket artillery ship
Today's US Navy is poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago when it had ships like ...
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Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise: Lit on Fire Thanks to Its Own 'Rocket'
Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise: Lit on Fire Thanks to Its ... As ordnance detonations rippled across the ship, a rack of three Mark 82 bombs detonated all at once, blowing out a giant eighteen ...
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USS Constitution
USS Constitution was one of six frigates authorized for construction by an act of Congress in 1794. Joshua Humphreys designed them to be the Navy's capital ships. Larger and more heavily armed ...
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USS Enterprise port visit to Livorno – 1999
After being involved in the Desert Fox as the main “airbase” for the bombing operations over Iraq, the USS Enterprise headed ... Navy with its carriers, ships and bombers daily overflying ...
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Navy issues contract to begin USS Nimitz’s retirement
The Nimitz was the second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to join the Navy, following the USS Enterprise, a design used for only one ship. The Navy’s newest carrier is the USS John F.
Task & Purpose29d
Navy commissions the USS Kingsville, one of the last new littoral combat ships
The USS Kingsville is officially a part of the U.S. Navy. The ship was commissioned on Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Solomon P. Ortiz Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. The USS Kingsville, an ...
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USS Cowpens, a ship that helped establish the Tomahawk as a feared weapon, decommissioned in San Diego
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63), a ship that helped establish the Tomahawk cruise missile as one of the military’s most feared weapons, was retired Tuesday at Naval ...
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WAVY’s Navy Ship Salute: USS Forrest Sherman
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — For this WAVY Navy Ship Salute, 10 On Your Side went on board the U.S.S. Forrest Sherman, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. It is at Naval Station Norfolk in ...
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Navy begins process of retiring its oldest aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz
The Nimitz was the second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to join the Navy, following the USS Enterprise, a design used for only one ship. The Navy’s newest carrier is the USS John F.