Report to Congress on U.S. Amphibious Warship Programs
The following is the April 24, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Navy LPD-17 Flight II and LHA Amphibious Ship Programs: Background and Issues for Congress.…
BAE Systems Starts Design Work on Hunter-class Australian Frigate
BAE Systems and the Australian government signed a contract on Friday to start detailed design and engineering work for the…
Report to Congress on Changes in the Arctic
The following is the Dec. 13, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress.…
USS John C. Stennis, USS Essex Conduct Joint Operations In Arabian Sea
The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) started integrated operations in the…
GAO: Navy Surface, Sub Repair Backlog Grew in 2018; 3 Attack Boats Now Not Certified to Dive
CAPITOL HILL – Maintenance backlogs continue to plague the Navy’s surface ship and attack submarine readiness, with the service losing…
GAO Report on Navy, Marine Corps Aviation and Ship Readiness
The following is the Dec. 12, 2018 written testimony of the Government Accountability Office on Navy ship readiness and Navy and…
Investigation Confirms WWI Cruiser USS San Diego Was Sunk by U-boat Mine
Steaming to New York with a belly full of coal, the armored cruiser USS San Diego (ACR-6) struck a mine deployed by a…
Truman Strike Group Headed Home After ‘Dynamic’ Deployment
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group has sailed out of U.S. 6th Fleet and is on its way back…
Marine Corps Ends Search and Rescue in Japan, Declares 5 Marines Deceased
This post has been updated to include names of four Marines whose families have identified them as being among the…
Second Zumwalt Destroyer Arrives in San Diego; Third Launches in Maine
The Navy’s second Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer arrived in San Diego ahead of its planned commissioning ceremony next month, and the…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 10, 2018
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as…