Why a Navy combat ship is docked at a Great Lakes port
The USS Nantucket, built on the Great Lakes, is on its way to Boston to be christened and then to Florida where it will be ...
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Littoral Combat Ship: The Navy's A Giant Warship Mistake
The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, once envisioned as a multi-role, near-shore operational vessel, is now ...
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The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Just Won't Go Away
The U.S. Navy recently accepted the USS Beloit, a Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Lockheed Martin, despite ...
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Navy to host LCS mission module industry day in November
Naval Sea Systems Command is planning a Nov. 1 industry day on the Littoral Combat Ship mission modules development, engineering, production and sustainment (DEPS) program, according to a Monday ...
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Weapons: USN Payload Delivery System
The solution is the Mark 79 PDS (Payload Delivery System. The is a standard shipping container with four VLS (Vertical Launch System) cells built in along with communication and fire control ...
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Why a Navy combat ship is docked at a Great Lakes port
The newly minted littoral combat ship was built in Marinette, Wisconsin, and is on its way to the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston to be commissioned on Nov. 16, before heading off to its home port ...
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Brendan Riley’s Solano Chronicles: Repairs keep historic WWII gunboat afloat
About 10,000 sailors served aboard the gunboats during World War II, including the late Bill Mason, who was instrumental in ...
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Procurement: USN Sailor Shortage Side Effects
The USN has been slow to adopt innovations because the U.S. Navy is the largest in the world and the American fleet is expensive to maintain and sustain. In the U.S. Navy, replacing older ships ...