Price Hikes, Production Delays Mark Navy Shipbuilding for Past Decade
Navy shipbuilding has been plagued for the last decade by programs running over-budget and underperforming once completed, according to a new…
3rd Marine Division Experimenting With Using MSC Ships In Higher Level Operations
The 3rd Marine Division is exploring ways to not only put Marines infantry on non-traditional ships but to push those…
Simcock: Marines in Pacific Need Alternative Platforms to Ensure Mission Availability
Marines in the Pacific are experimenting with alternative platforms to avoid the kind of “single-point failure” scenario that has forced…
Navy Created Auxiliary Platforms and Payloads Council to Coordinate Experimentation
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy has stood up an Auxiliary Platforms and Payloads Council at the Pentagon to look…
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…
Combat Fleets: Final Lewis and Clark Launched
Proceedings, Jan. 2013 The U.S. Navy’s 14th and final Lewis and Clark –class dry-cargo/ammunition ship was delivered on 24 October.…