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Last-of-its-kind battleship USS Texas returns to the water after months of work to restore the warship to its former glory
The last of the dreadnoughts fought in both World Wars and has been undergoing extensive restoratio…
Chris Panella
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A year after leading its first convoy since the Cold War, the US Navy is training for a more 'subtle' fight in the Atlantic
During part one of exercise Steadfast Defender, NATO navies are training to ensure that sea lines o…
Christopher Woody
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The Navy's oldest operational ship just turned 50. Here's why it's still on the frontline of crises and conflict
50 years after joining the fleet, USS Blue Ridge is still in service and is still one of the Navy's…
Benjamin Brimelow
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How Navy aircraft carriers have projected US military might all over the world for 86 years
Decades of hard experience have made the US Navy's aircraft carriers an imposing centerpiece for th…
Benjamin Brimelow
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How a secret mission to deliver the first atomic bomb turned into the Navy's deadliest loss at sea
In July 1945, the USS Indianapolis carried out a secret mission in the Pacific. But only one-quarte…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Step aboard the USS Wisconsin - the last US battleship ever made
Nicknamed "The Wisky," the Wisconsin provided cover for the invasion of Iwo Jima, was struck by a 1…
Daniel Brown
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A US Navy battleship all but sunk at Pearl Harbor was brought back to life to battle the Germans on D-Day. The military later blasted it with a nuclear bomb.
The atomic testing severely damaged USS Nevada and left the famous ship radioactive. It was eventua…
Jake Epstein
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77 years ago, the US's largest invasion in the Pacific may have prevented an even bigger fight with the Japanese
The Battle of Okinawa, which ended in June 1945, made clear to US commanders what kind of fighting …
Benjamin Brimelow
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Sailors on US Navy flattops have been drinking and bathing in water contaminated by jet fuel for decades, veterans say
"We were just told that it'll go away," one veteran said, adding that they used caffeinated water-f…
Jake Epstein
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How a remote lagoon and a 'secret weapon' allowed the US Navy to overwhelm Japanese forces during World War II
Hundreds of ships and thousands of troops relied on Ulithi Atoll to support the Allied advance all …
Benjamin Brimelow
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A rout by the US in an air battle around Taiwan led Japan to adopt desperate tactics in World War II's final months
In mid-October 1944, US carrier planes and Japanese aircraft waged a "knock-down, drag-out fight" a…
Benjamin Brimelow
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75 years ago, the US's largest invasion in the Pacific may have prevented an even bigger fight with the Japanese
In spring 1945, all that stood between Allied forces and the Japanese home islands was the island o…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Iran has found a new way to harass US warships, and it's got the US Navy on edge
According to the Navy, Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles are increasingly active over the gulf, oper…
Christopher Woody,Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy's recent visit to a vital WWII hub is another sign it's thinking about how to fight in the Pacific
"It was the logistical hub for the invasions in the Philippines, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa …
Christopher Woody
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Britain's largest and most powerful warship has arrived in the US to train with F-35 jets for the first time
In a statement, HMS Queen Elizabeth's captain, Jerry Kyd, said: "Crossing a major ocean with 1.500 …
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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'We can do better': The Navy's newest fleet commander says US ships and sailors got 'beat up' during NATO's biggest exercise since the Cold War
"I think most of what we are gathering from lessons in [Trident Juncture], I think we kind of knew,…
Christopher Woody
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NATO forces are gathering for a massive exercise, and US troops are getting injured and ships damaged before it even starts
One of the soldiers was released shortly after being hospitalized, and as of late Tuesday the three…
Christopher Woody
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The US Navy is pushing north, closer to Russia in freezing conditions - and it's planning on hanging around up there
The "Truman is making the most of an operating area where carriers typically haven't gone for a cou…
Christopher Woody
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The US Navy's newest fleet is bulking up for 'leaner, agile' operations to counter Russia in the Atlantic and the Arctic
In September, the Center for Executive Education at the Naval Postgraduate School led 2nd Fleet sta…
Christopher Woody
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Tensions between NATO and Russia are rising, and now the US is reactivating a fleet to patrol the Atlantic
Russia's navy is also smaller than it was during the Cold War, but Moscow has pursued ambitious mod…