UPDATED: Aircraft Carrier Roosevelt Will Visit Vietnam This Week 500+USNI Newsby Ben Werner / 1h // keep unread // hide A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Tomcatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, flies above the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Feb. 27, 2020. Navy photo This post has been updated to include comments by Indo-Pacific commanderContinue reading “Aircraft Carrier Roosevelt Will Visit Vietnam This Week”
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US Navy has christened Freedom-variant littoral combat ship future USS Cooperstown LCS 23
World Defence Newsby Army Recognition / 1d // keep unread // hide On 29 February 2020, the U.S. Navy has christened its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23), during an official ceremony that was held in Marinette, Wisconsin. Read full naval news at this link … U.S. Navy has christened its newest Freedom-variant littoral combatContinue reading “US Navy has christened Freedom-variant littoral combat ship future USS Cooperstown LCS 23”
Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered amphibious assault ship Tripoli LHA 7 to U.S. Navy
February News 2020 Navy Naval Maritime Defense Industry POSTED ON SATURDAY, 29 FEBRUARY 2020 18:45 American Company Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) to the U.S. Navy, February 28, 2020. Tripoli will be commissioned later this year before sailing to its homeport ofContinue reading “Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered amphibious assault ship Tripoli LHA 7 to U.S. Navy”
Australia Navy taken delivery of HMAS Sydney DDG 42 Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer
March News 2020 Navy Naval Maritime Defense Industry POSTED ON SUNDAY, 01 MARCH 2020 08:10 The Australian navy has taken the delivery of the NUSHIP Sydney – the third in Australia’s Hobart class of Air Warfare Destroyer, on February 28, 2020. This marks the end of the Air Warfare Destroyer project butContinue reading “Australia Navy taken delivery of HMAS Sydney DDG 42 Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer”
HMS Duke of York was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy. Laid down in May 1937, the ship was constructed by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 4 November 1941, subsequently seeing service during the Second World War. In mid-December 1941, Duke of York transported Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the United States to meet President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Between March and September 1942 Duke of York was involved with convoy escort duties, but in October she was dispatched to Gibraltar where she became the flagship of Force H.
In October 1942, Duke of York was involved in the Allied invasion of North Africa, but saw little action as her role only required her to protect the accompanying aircraft carriers. HMS Duke of York stopped the Gil Eannes on 1 November 1942 and a commando arrested Gastão de Freitas Ferraz. The British had pickedContinue reading “HMS Duke of York was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy. Laid down in May 1937, the ship was constructed by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 4 November 1941, subsequently seeing service during the Second World War. In mid-December 1941, Duke of York transported Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the United States to meet President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Between March and September 1942 Duke of York was involved with convoy escort duties, but in October she was dispatched to Gibraltar where she became the flagship of Force H.”
