Naval force

As the Pentagon and Congress grapple on determining what to build to meet the “500-ship U.S. Navy goal,” a couple of years-old ideas and artist renderings may lead to a more flexible future for the U.S. Navy’s global operations. BAE Systems' UXV and Naval Group’s “Ocean Avenger” are Potential Candidates.

Written by D-Mitch USS Worcester, lead ship of theWorcester class cruisers Warships with the size of a battleship and armament of a light cruiser, the Worcester class anti-aircraft cruisers of the United States Navy were the ultimate all-gun light cruisers. With a full displacement of approximately 18,000 tons and a length of more than 207 meters (!), they were larger and heavier than any light or heavy cruiser of WWII and post-war cruisers (and their missile conversions) with only very few…

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly has made a bold call: the Navy should reach a fleet of 355 ships – both manned and unmanned – within a decade. Service leaders first settled on the idea of a 355-ship fleet in late 2016 but have since backed away from a hard number, saying it …

NORFOLK (Dec. 20, 2012) The aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., the world’s largest naval station. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ryan J. Courtade/Released) 121220-N-FA760-573 Join the conversation www.facebook.com/USNavy www.twitter.com/USNavy navylive.dodlive.mil

Os navios-aeródromos têm 280m de comprimento, deslocam 65 mil toneladas e podem embarcar até 40 aeronaves, duas vezes a capacidade do HMS Illustrious A...

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Norfolk Naval Station at Hampton Roads, Va., is among the coastal facilities facing the prospect of adapting to rising sea levels, a panelist told a Washington, D.C., audience in a news briefing last week.

Written by D-Mitch Italian Navy Bergamini class FREMM variants in formation Bergamini class is the Italian variant of the FRigate European Multi-Mission (FREMM) class, a class of frigates designed by the French DCNS and the Italian Ficantieri in a joint program to replace the existing destroyers and frigates within the French and Italian navies. As we mentioned in the article about the French variant, the Aquitaine class, the frigates between the two navies share some general…

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