Here is a two-part Navy training film from 1953 that describes ... not the least of which are own ship’s speed and course, distance to a target, bearing, the target’s speed and course ...

Also known as a military shower, this technique was developed to help reduce consumption of water which was very limited on navy ships. To try it out, shower for 30 seconds or so, then turn off the ...

To accomplish this mission the Continental Congress purchased, converted, and constructed a fleet of small ships -- frigates, brigs, sloops, and schooners. These navy ships sailed independently or ...

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) maintains a list of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships associated with military service in Vietnam and possible exposure to Agent Orange based on military records.

The aft flight deck of a modular LCS It was this line of thinking that lead the US Navy to embark on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program in the early 2000s. These ships would be more nimble ...

Currently, the Navy has 19 SURTASS ships —18 monohull and onetwinhull Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH). The Navy expects to replace its 18 monohull SURTASS ships with nine twin hull SWATH ...

To give context for the scope of failure the littoral ships represent, there are many U.S. Navy vessels that have been active since the 1970s. Currently, the United States ranks as the world’s ...

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(Kevin Ray J. Salvador/U.S. Marine Corps) The Congressional Budget Office expects the Landing Ship Medium program to cost billions of dollars more than the U.S. Navy previously estimated ...

On April 12, the Navy held a symbolic keel-laying ceremony for the U.S.S. Constellation—the lead ship of a new class that will bring frigate-class warships back to the U.S. Navy after the ...

Costs for the Navy’s medium landing ship, or LSM, could range from $6.2 billion to as much as $7.8 billion for 18 ships, the CBO said in a report released Thursday. Each ship could cost between ...