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Bradley Peniston
@navybook
Deputy editor of @DefenseOne. Been aboard more than 50 warships; wrote a couple of books about it. Coded @DoDContractsBot.
Apr 14, 2023 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
1/17 What power does naval heritage give to a warship and crew? Thirty-five years ago today, a U.S. frigate in mortal peril off the Iranian coast found out. Image 2/17 The USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) was a Perry-class guided missile frigate. At 445 feet and 4,200 tons, she was small by the standards of the American Navy. But she was designed and built by Maine's Bath Iron Works, known for its sturdy ships. Image
Apr 18, 2022 • 19 tweets • 8 min read
1/18 As details emerge about last week's sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva (by anti-ship missiles, per U.S. and Ukrainian officials), let us recall lessons from the last time the U.S. Navy sank an enemy ship...34 years ago today. navybook.com/no-higher-hono… 2/18 By April 18, 1988, the U.S. had been escorting reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the wartorn Persian Gulf for nearly two years. navybook.com/no-higher-hono…
Jan 7, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I would really have liked to have seen the Newseum’s lineup of front pages today. Thanks, @risj_oxford:
Apr 1, 2020 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
COVID-19 aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt: a timeline

Jan. 17, 2020: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71, or TR), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, departs San Diego with its battle group for a deployment to the western Pacific region. (1/x)

news.usni.org/2020/01/17/car… March 5: TR arrives for a port visit in Danang, Vietnam. (2/x)

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