USS Indiana was the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time.[5] Authorized in 1890 and commissioned five years later, she was a small battleship, though with heavy armor and ordnance. The ship also pioneered the use of an intermediate battery. She was designed for coastal defense[6] and as a result, her decks were not safeContinue reading “US Military –US Battleships – USS Indiana (1893) – Launched 28 Feb 1893”
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US Military –US Battleships – USS Texas (1892)
Main article: USS Texas (1892) The acquisition of modern, European-built warships by Argentina, Brazil, and Chile had alarmed the United States. The straw that broke the camel’s back was Brazil’s commissioning of the battleship Riachuelo, which suddenly made the Brazilian Navy the strongest in the Americas. Congressman Hilary A. Herbert, chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, said of the situation, “if all this old navy of oursContinue reading “US Military –US Battleships – USS Texas (1892)”
US Military –US Aircraft Carriers – USS Ronald Reagan goes into dry dock, expected to emerge in late 2026
By GARY WARNER STARS AND STRIPES • April 2, 2025 The USS Ronald Reagan arrives at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash., in August 2024. The aircraft carrier went into a 17-month maintenance at the shipyard in March 2025. (Gary Warner/Stars and Stripes) BREMERTON, Wash. — The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan hasContinue reading “US Military –US Aircraft Carriers – USS Ronald Reagan goes into dry dock, expected to emerge in late 2026”
USS GEORGIA 1904.USS Georgia (BB-15) was a United States Navy Virginia-class battleship, the third of five ships of the class. She was built by the Bath Iron Works in Maine, with her keel laid in August 1901 and her launching in October 1904. The completed battleship was commissioned into the fleet in September 1906. The ship was armed with an offensive battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns and eight 8-inch (203 mm) guns, and she was capable of a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).
Georgia spent the majority of her career in the Atlantic Fleet. In 1907, she took part in the Jamestown Exposition and suffered an explosion in her aft 8-inch gun turret that killed or wounded 21 men. At the end of the year, she joined the Great White Fleet on its circumnavigation of the globe, whichContinue reading “USS GEORGIA 1904.USS Georgia (BB-15) was a United States Navy Virginia-class battleship, the third of five ships of the class. She was built by the Bath Iron Works in Maine, with her keel laid in August 1901 and her launching in October 1904. The completed battleship was commissioned into the fleet in September 1906. The ship was armed with an offensive battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns and eight 8-inch (203 mm) guns, and she was capable of a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).”
HII Awarded USS Harry S. Truman $913M Mid-Life Overhaul Contract
SAM LAGRONE JANUARY 26, 2024 6:37 PM An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the ‘Proud Warriors’ of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 72, flies alongside USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on July 3, 2022. US Navy Photo HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding was awarded a $913 million contract for the advanced procurement for the mid-lifeContinue reading “HII Awarded USS Harry S. Truman $913M Mid-Life Overhaul Contract”
