Naval warfare journalist and commentator.
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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 
...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: 
...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…
..the scheduled conclusion of its cruise, to be relieved by the DWIGHT D EISENHOWER CVN69 group, who left the US East Coast 13/14 Oct. The RONALD REAGAN CVN76 is on a normal western Pacific deployment, scheduled to be relieved by the CARL VINSON CVN70, who left San Diego 12 Oct.. 
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 
...into the dive. Understand craft has a 96-hour endurance. USCG was notified Sunday the craft was missing. Two USCG C-130s, a Canadian Coast Guard CC-130 and Canadian Navy CP-140 Aurora are also searching. Sonobuoys have been dropped from the aircraft and the expedition ship...
2) Aircraft procurement; Weapons procurement; R&D Research and Development; Ship maintenance and ship operations 
..US/UK subs operating fm Australia. 2nd: Early 2030s: 3 Virginia-class subs with option for 2 more will be sold to Australia ahead of RAN's Collins-class retirements. Late 2030s: "SSN AUKUS" to be built & deployed by both Australia & UK based on Britain's next-generation SSN... 
Ship was sunk in battle with vastly superior Japanese #warships during the Battle off Samar on 25 Oct 1944. Photos show the bow with hull number; fwd two 5-inch guns; bridge; 20mm guns amidships and a quintuple 21"torpedo tube mount. The privately-funded dive effort was led by.. 
...to Beeville TX where he passed away on 23 July three days short of his 81st birthday, with Jan, his wife of 62 years, by his side. He was exceptionally well known throughout the Navy and in every story he ALWAYS put Sailors first. Upon retiring in 2002 he was awarded the ... 
"good sense of the extent of the damage. And the damage is extensive. There is obviously electrical damage, structural damage, mechanical damage that we need to assess in much more detail before we make a final determination of next steps.
stands after a fire that ravaged USS Bonhomme Richard for four days and into a fifth was finally declared out midday on 16 July. Tugs and helicopters that dumped water on the ship have been withdrawn and the smoke has stopped emanating from the ship berthed at the 32nd Street...
"to verify the absence of fire. Until every space is checked and there are no active fires we will not be able to commence any official investigations. 
"Right now we’re combatting two fires in different parts of the ship, one forward and one aft. The one aft we’re still investigating [to see if] it’s an actual fire or is it residual and still sort of smoking. The one forward is the one we’ve been watching and watering from... 
-Fires continue – “There is actual [firefighting] agent on the fire and firefighting efforts are at hand.” Temperature gauges and monitors are in place around the ship
KPIX image from about 0930 Saturday morning seems to show PAMPANITO well clear of the fire. J O'BRIEN's berth is toward the outer end of the pier, obscured by smoke. Can't tell from this if she's there or not. 
