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When James Melka first approached USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), he had no idea the size of the aircraft carrier. As the 17-year-old walked toward the pier in 1965, he could see the big gray ship, growing larger as he approached. It was “amazing” to walk onto the ship, then just four years into its service […]

The plan for the new Constellation-class is to counter near-peer rivals and help get closer to a 355-ship Navy. Heres What You Need to Remember: A potential hurdle to getting to a 355-ship Navy is a matter of dollars and cents. One of the goals of the Constellation-class project was to modify existing ship designs to meet U.S. Navy requirements. The service is currently suffering from so-called “sticker shock,” a reference to the astronomically high sticker prices of previous Navy project...

Full article Type 003 aircraft carrier is being assembled in Shanghai and the general outline of the warship is already identifiable, published in its WeChat account Chinas third aircraft carrier, expected to be very different from the previous two with much larger displacement and featuring electromagnetic catapults, could be launched in 2021 and enter naval service around 2025, media reports predicted based on recent photos of the ships con...

USNI News Search for: Home » Foreign Forces » Panel: First Gulf War Proved the Value of the Reserve Force, Destructive Power of Simple Weapons Panel: First Gulf War Proved the Value of the Reserve Force, Destructive Power of Simple Weapons January 14, 2021 9:48 AM USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Firing a broadside to port with her 16/50 and 5/38 1991. Navy History and Heritage Command Photo Key to the success of the first Gulf War was extensive use of reservists — like Seabees and intelligence — in...

Heres What You Need to Remember: The Constellation-class will be expected to do some of the same missions that the Navy’s infamously expensive and ineffective Littoral Combat Ships were to perform, including lower-intensity missions like shallow-water patrol and training missions, but would also be able to keep up with larger blue-water Navy ships. The second Constellation-class hull is going to be named after Congress—yes, really. The Navy’s top official, Secretary of the Navy Kenneth ...