Naval Stories
Interview: USCG District 7 Commander Rear Adm. Steve Branham
By J.R. Wilson in Naval under Featured, Interviews with no comments
The U.S. Coast Guard’s District 7, based out of Miami, Fla. , covers approximately 1.8 million square miles of ocean, from South Carolina through Georgia and Florida into the Keys and the Caribbean. ...more »
USS Freedom (LCS 1) Deploys
By John D. Gresham in Naval under Defense Technology, News with no comments
On Feb. 16, 2010, the USS Freedom (LCS 1) left Mayport, Fla., for her first operational deployment, fully two years ahead of her original schedule. Freedom is the first of the Navy’s new ...more »
Squalus Disaster, Rescue, Gripped a Nation on the Eve of War
By Robert F. Dorr in Naval under Featured, History with no comments
A naval disaster that evolved into a mass rescue captured the attention of the American public while the nation approached the end of the Great Depression and the start of World War II.
When ...more »
Interview: Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. David Pekoske
By J.R. Wilson in Naval under Interviews with no comments
Vice Adm. David Pekoske was promoted to the Coast Guard’s second-highest post – vice commandant – in August 2009. A 1977 graduate of the USCG Academy, he also has a master’s degree in ...more »
Fighting Modern Pirates
By J.R. Wilson in Naval under Defense Issues, Featured with no comments
Piracy has been a fact of life at sea since the first merchant ship set sail millennia ago, although, until recently, most people probably thought they only existed in history or fantasy.
The public ...more »
Shipbuilder: An Interview with Mike Petters, President of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
By John D. Gresham and Susan Kerr in Naval under Featured, Interviews with 2 comments
Warships do not just spring to life: They have to be designed and built for the crews that will sail them into harm’s way. The process of constructing ships like USS New York ...more »
Nuclear Power for Surface Combatants
By Norman Friedman in Naval under Print Edition with 3 comments
As the price of oil skyrocketed in 2008, some in Congress argued that it was pointless to keep building oil-powered warships. Surely the future lay with a return to the vision of the ...more »
A Missile Shield at Sea: Sea-based defenses track ballistic missiles in all flight regimes, and intercept threats at shorter range
By Clarence A. Robinson Jr. in Naval under Print Edition with no comments
U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers equipped with Aegis Combat Systems provide the mainstay for the nation’s sea-based missile defense. Following a string of successful ballistic missile target intercepts using the Aegis system, the ...more »
Aircraft Carriers Large and Small: Navies deploy aviation ships for a variety of missions
By Edward H. Lundquist in Naval under Print Edition with no comments
The United States Navy has the biggest aircraft carriers and the largest fleet of flattops afloat. Since it recently commissioned its newest “supercarrier,” USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), the U.S. Navy has ...more »
Naval Developments: 2008
By Norman Friedman in Naval under Print Edition with no comments
This is neccesarily a highly selective tour of only a few world navies. or the U.S. Navy, perhaps the most important event of 2008 came in February, when a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) ...more »
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