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‘A living hell’: The death of 50 people aboard the flaming USS Constellation in 1960 Updated Dec 19, 2020; Posted Dec 19, 2020 Smoke rises from the fire aboard the navy aircraft carrier USS Constellation at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the East River in New York, Dec. 19, 1960. In the background is part of the Brooklyn waterfront. The fire began after a forklift collided with fuel tank as construction of the carrier neared completion. Fifty people were killed and hundreds injured. (AP Ph...

Fire! U.S. Navy Battleships Helped Defeat German Forces in Normandy Nazi resistance to the U.S. attack on the Cotentin Peninsula forced the U.S. to move more naval resources to the well-defended peninsula. Heres What You Need to Know: Operation Neptune was the codename for the Normandy landings. Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the D-Da...

The second in a two-part report on a Marine investigation into what caused an amphibious assault vehicle to sink last year, killing nine service members. Plus, an update on fighter sales in the Middle East, and a conversation with one of the highest-ranking transgender officers in the military on recent policy changes. That and more on Defense News Weekly for April 10, 2021. Close