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USS United States: The Aircraft Carrier the U.S. Navy Quit Building After 5 Days
The USS United States (CVA-58) was an ambitious, post-WWII supercarrier project meant to lead a new class of carriers for the ...
The US Navy figured out how to reload its missile ships at sea, preparing for possible conflict with China
The system allows warships to be reloaded at sea, which is crucial to any future conflict in the Pacific, US Navy Secretary ...
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US Navy’s stealth destroyer to deploy first-ever hypersonic missiles
Work on replacing the USS Zumwalt's guns with hypersonic missile tubes is nearing completion at the Huntington Ingalls ...
A US Navy destroyer has come under missile fire 3 times in 3 months as the Houthis try to score a hit on a warship
One of the two US warships that came under fire, the destroyer USS Stockdale, has now been involved in three incidents in as ...
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US Navy revives 30-year-old crane to boost missile reloading at sea against China
The ability to safely replenish warships with missiles at sea will go a long way in boosting the US Navy’s capabilities.
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USS United States: The 'Nuclear Bomber' Aircraft Carrier The Navy Stopped Building
While CVA-58 never came to fruition, the Navy later developed the successful Nimitz-class carriers, which better suited its ...
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The Navy Quit Building a 'Bomber' Aircraft Carrier in Just 5 Days
The USS United States (CVA-58) was a highly ambitious post-WWII U.S. Navy supercarrier program designed to carry large bombers capable of delivering nuclear payloads. What You Need to Know ...
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Navy 'Nuclear' Aircraft Carrier Has Been 'Out of Action' for 10 Months
To date, ten U.S. Navy aircraft carriers have been named after a president of the United States, while an eleventh (a second carrier named for the late John F. Kennedy) is now under construction.