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Navy OKs environmental cleanup plan at former Carr Point shooting range in Portsmouth Sean Flynn, Newport Daily News © Scott Barrett/Daily News photo The former Carr Point shooting range is now a recreational area off Burma Road in Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH — The Navy and state and federal environmental agencies have agreed on a cleanup and environmental remediation plan for the former Carr Point shooting range. Naval Station Newport this week made public a 163-page “Reco...

What stopped them? Heres What You Need to Remember: After the war navies faced the same problem that they had suffered after World War I, a surplus of large battleship hulls. The dream of the battlecarrier did not die in World War II, despite the substandard performance of many of the converted ships, and despite the severe demands that jet aviation would put on modern flight decks.   Indeed, the possibilities offered by new technologies kept generating proposals for new battlecarrier configu...

USNI News Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Begins Second 2020 Deployment USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) transits the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 18, 2020. US Navy Photo Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), its escorts and its embarked air wing began its second deployment in a year, the service announced on Wednesday. The deployment of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group began at the completion of a sustainment exercise that began shortly after the carrier left San Diego ...

The Maritime Strike Tomahawk has been newly-configured to destroy moving targets at sea. Heres What You Need to Remember: While the Navy has considered options that could extend the service life of the older attack submarines, the service is also facing a nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine shortage. The new Columbia-class submarines are under construction, but wont be fully delivered until 2042 at the earliest with the arrival pace of one per year from 2033 through 2042. However, given...

USNI News Top Stories 2020: U.S. Navy Operations December 23, 2020 11:31 AM Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Oliver Aguirre Torres, from Bloomington, Calif., left, mans the rails as the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) arrives at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., on July 9, 2020. US Navy Photo This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020. As the U.S. continues to recalculate its strategy to counter Russia and China, naval operat...

By CAITLIN DOORNBOS | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 21, 2020 YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain last week practiced anti-submarine warfare with a French submarine and Japanese carrier in the Philippine Sea, according to a Navy statement Friday. France’s nuclear-powered submarine FS Emeraude and support and assistance vessel FS Seine, along with Japan’s helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga, practiced anti-submarine warfare tactics with the McCai...

Jerod Harris/Getty Images The F-117 first flew in 1981 and fully entered service two years later, but the US Air Force didnt acknowledge the existence of the worlds first operational stealth plane until 1988. In 1993, Lockheed approached the US Navy with a proposal for a carrier-based iteration of the famed "stealth fighter," but performance and technology issues kept the F-117N Seahawk from taking flight. The introduction of the F-117 Nighthawk was a watershed mom...

Seahawk: Lockheed’s Plan to Put the F-117 Stealth Fighter on Carriers In 1993, four years after the U.S. Air Force unveiled the Nighthawk to the world, Lockheed approached the U.S. Navy with a proposal for a carrier-based iteration of the famed “stealth fighter.” The introduction of the F-117 Nighthawk was a watershed moment in military aviation. After years of competing to field faster moving, higher flying aircraft that could outrun or out climb enemy air defenses, the Nighthawk adopted...

SAN DIEGO —  So many sailors fell ill with COVID-19 on board the amphibious assault ship Essex during its recent stint at sea that the Navy had to send fresh troops to the ship to help man key watch stations, a member of the crew told the Union-Tribune. Naval Surface Forces Pacific, headquartered in San Diego, declined to comment on how many sailors on board the Essex were affected by the outbreak but confirmed some of what the sailor, who asked to remain anonymous, told the newspaper. “P...

The Navy has called off search and rescue efforts to find a Sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt who reportedly went overboard.