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@CavasShips
Oct 26, 2019 • 3 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
On 25 Oct 1944 the US #Navy escort #carrier ST LO CVE63 #StLO survived an attack by #Japanese battleships and cruisers in the Battle off Samar, part of the bigger Battle of #Leyte Gulf. Later that morning, however, the ship was hit by a #kamikaze. facebook.com/search/top/?q=…
The carrier became the first major warship sunk by kamikaze attack, exploding and burning and sinking after half an hour. 143 US sailors were killed. The R/V #PETREL discovered ST LO's wreck earlier this year, yielding more amazing imagery. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_St._Lo ImageImageImageImage
Even after 75 years the ship's camouflage paint is easily discerned. Twisted and broken steel evoke the terrible destruction that sank the jeep carrier. ImageImageImageImage

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They spent WHAT?!*!!?&$%!? GAO is out with a devastating report on the facts behind the US Navy's disastrous #cruiser modernization program. Bottom line: $1.84 billion on 4 ships that were thrown away incomplete; $1.9 bil on 3 ships with limited life left gao.gov/products/gao-2…Image
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Queens of the failed effort were COWPENS CG63, with $678+ mil down the drain, and VICKSBURG CG69, with $745 mil thrown away. Photos in the report detail some of what VICKSBURG looked like when work was cancelled Image
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Only 2 have been completed: CHOSIN CG65, seen returning to San Diego in Feb after 6 years away, and GETTYSBURG CG64, who actually is now deployed with the TRUMAN carrier group and is seen 3 Dec at Rota, Spain. Work on one more, CAPE ST GEORGE CG70, has yet to be completed Image
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Nov 10, 2023
More US Navy aircraft carriers are underway right now than at any point in quite some years - 8 of 11. Four are deployed: GERALD R FORD CVN78 in the Mediterranean Sea; DWIGHT D EISENHOWER CVN69 in the Red Sea; RONALD REAGAN CVN76 and CARL VINSON CVN70 in the western Pacific...


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...GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN73 is working up off the US East Coast before heading next year to Japan; on the West Coast NIMITZ CVN68, THEODORE ROOSEVELT CVN71 and ABRAHAM LINCOLN CVN72 all are in various stages of training. The remaining 3 are in overhaul:


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..JOHN C STENNIS CVN74 in the midst of her major mid-life RCOH refuling overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding; HARRY S TRUMAN CVN75 in the back half of a year-long overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard; and GEORGE HW BUSH CVN77 is in pierside maintenance at Norfolk Naval Station

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Nov 9, 2023
Construction of the first Multimission Surface Combatant for Saudi Arabia is proceeding at @FincantieriUS in Marinette WI as seen in these 17 Oct CavasShips photos. A much-modified version of Lockheed Martin's Freedom-class littoral combat ship, the 4 Saudi MMSCs are externally..


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...similar but have many internal changes and will be more heavily armed. The Saudi ships wil be painted overall unlike US Navy Freedom-class which have painted hulls and nautral aluminum supertructures. LM is prime for this program lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products…
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The bridge superstructure for the first Saudi MMSC already has a coat of primer. These sections are fabricated at Fincantieri Marine Group's Ace Marine facility in Green Bay Image
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Oct 15, 2023
Important note about US aircraft carrier movements: so far the vast majority of what is being seen is normal, scheduled and not a direct response to current events. The GERALD R FORD CVN78 strike group has been operating for months in the Mediterranean Sea and is approaching..
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... The move of the FORD to the eastern part of the Med in response to the Hamas/Israel war is part of why that group is deployed - they respond to crises. Also of note: the BATAAN LHD5 Amphibious Ready Group was moved to the Persian Gulf in early August in response to ...
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Aug 17, 2023
1/5 #Cruisers last week at Norfolk (all but the last on 12 Aug). Getting Set To Go: PHILIPPINE SEA CG58 having wrapped up pre-deployment exercises with the DWIGHT EISENHOWER CVN69 Strike Group, will deploy in a few weeks to European Command as the carrier's air defense escort.
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2/5 Recouperating and Refitting: LEYTE GULF CG55, returned in April from a Mediterranean Sea deployment with the GEORGE H W BUSH CVN77 Strike Group, seen undergoing a pierside availability
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3/5 Will Deploy Next Year: GETTYSBURG CG64, the only 1 of 7 cruisers inducted into the Cruiser Modernization Program to return to service, seen looking spiffy in the early stages of readiness. She should deploy in 2024 for the first time since 2014 (!)
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