First Mobile Landing Platform to Arrive at Everett Friday for Trials
USNS Montford Point (MLP-1) has left NASSCO’s San Diego, Calif. shipyard to begin contract trials under the auspices of the…
Greenert and Amos Talk Future of Navy and Marine Corps
The commandant of the Marine Corps and the chief of naval operations made the case for forward presence in an…
Document: Navy Ship Naming Conventions
From June, 12 2013 Congressional Research Service report: Navy Ship Names For ship types now being procured for the Navy, or…
USS Anchorage Commissioned into Navy
The Navy commissioned the seventh San Antonio-class amphibious war ship into the Fleet in a snowy Saturday ceremony in Alaska.…
Report: Lasers on U.S. Navy Ships
The following is from the introduction to the Congressional Research Service’s April, 24 2013 report: Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface,…
Iran: Danger Points
Tension levels between Iran and the U.S. are high after Iranian officials voiced threats to cut off the Strait of…
A New Way for Mine Warfare
“Any ship can be a minesweeper –- once,” goes the old naval joke, but top American commanders in the Middle…