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Navy welcomes public to tour an active warship

Navy welcomes public to tour an active warship    MORE PHOTOS » Rod Matthews reacts to the wind blowing up his uniform collar during tours of the guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson on Saturday in Seal Beach. The vessel recently returned from a six month deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. Free tours forContinue reading “Navy welcomes public to tour an active warship”

Ashes to be spread off Newfoundland coast where ferry was torpedoed in 1942

        NEWS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT OPINION BUSINESS HEALTH LIFE TECHNOLOGY TRAVEL JOBS DRIVING HOMES CLASSIFIEDS           Ashes to be spread off Newfoundland coast where ferry was torpedoed in 1942     BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OCTOBER 13, 2012        PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. – Dozens of innocent peopleContinue reading “Ashes to be spread off Newfoundland coast where ferry was torpedoed in 1942”

Australian Navy’s Canberra-class LHD programme moves ahead

Australian Navy’s Canberra-class LHD programme moves ahead 12 October 2012 Print Email   The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) first of two Canberra-class landing helicopter docks (LHD), HMAS Canberra (LHD 01), will soon receive its Navantia-built hull at BAE Systems Williamstown shipyard, defence materiel minister Jason Clare has revealed. “The LHDs are the largest ships ever built forContinue reading “Australian Navy’s Canberra-class LHD programme moves ahead”

US navy cruiser and submarine collide

5:55 PM Sunday Oct 14, 2012  Email  Print  EXPAND US submarine USS Olympia, which is similar to USS Montpelier, the sub involved in the collision. Photo / AFP The Pentagon said late on Saturday (local time) that it is investigating why a Navy submarine collided with an Aegis cruiser during routine operations at an undisclosedContinue reading “US navy cruiser and submarine collide”