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Navy looking at commercial options for ‘Big E’ disposal The Navy plans to decide by late 2022 how to dispose of the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and likely will turn to the private sector for help, documents show. The former USS Enterprise, now rusted and gutted, sits pier-side at Huntington Ingalls’ Newport News shipyard, whereContinue reading “Navy looking at commercial options for ‘Big E’ disposal”

Photos: U.K. 75th Anniversary of D-Day Celebration – USNI News June 7, 2019 4:18 PM PORTSMOUTH, U.K. — On June 5, 1944, an armada of over 1213 warships set out to escort 4126 landing craft and 864 merchant ships across the storm-tossed waters of the English Channel in the largest ever amphibious landing in history. Crammed aboardContinue reading “Photos: U.K. 75th Anniversary of D-Day Celebration – USNI News”

Photos: U.K. 75th Anniversary of D-Day Celebration – USNI News June 7, 2019 4:18 PM PORTSMOUTH, U.K. — On June 5, 1944, an armada of over 1213 warships set out to escort 4126 landing craft and 864 merchant ships across the storm-tossed waters of the English Channel in the largest ever amphibious landing in history. Crammed aboardContinue reading “Photos: U.K. 75th Anniversary of D-Day Celebration – USNI News”

Japan’s Izumo-Class Carrier to Visit Vietnam This Month As part of its Indo-Pacific deployment this year, the JS Izumo is slated to make a port call in Vietnam. June 10, 2019 As part of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) Indo-Pacific deployment this year, the service’s largest flattop, the first-of-class JS Izumo, will make a port call in Vietnam this month, according toContinue reading “Japan’s Izumo-Class Carrier to Visit Vietnam This Month”

Japan’s Izumo-Class Carrier to Visit Vietnam This Month As part of its Indo-Pacific deployment this year, the JS Izumo is slated to make a port call in Vietnam. June 10, 2019 As part of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) Indo-Pacific deployment this year, the service’s largest flattop, the first-of-class JS Izumo, will make a port call in Vietnam this month, according toContinue reading “Japan’s Izumo-Class Carrier to Visit Vietnam This Month”