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The Avoidable USS Hartford-USS New Orleans Collision Cost the Navy Millions
Maintaining a top-notch underwater fleet is imperative for American national security. When it comes to America’s nuclear triad, the U.S. Navy’s sea-based leg carries a significant portion of ...
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JJ’s Star Spangled Salute: A Wichita Native Receives Top Sailor Honors
Today, I salute Logistics Specialist Seaman Gianina Trevino from Wichita. Gianina is assigned to the forward-deployed USS New Orleans (LPD 18), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship ...
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Half of Navy's amphibious ships in dire condition, scathing GAO report finds
USS Boxer: Long stint out of ... U.S. News // 18 hours ago 3rd person arrested in death of Super Bowl reporter in New Orleans May 30 (UPI) -- A third person has been arrested in connection to ...
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$3.5 Billion in Damage: A Navy Nuclear Submarine Hit An ‘Amphibious Transport Dock’
Nearby, the USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock (LPD 18) also supporting military operations in the Middle East, was sailing in the Strait of Hormuz. Both warships were feeling the ...
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LPD USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. Commissioned
(September 7, 2024) – The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) commissioned aboard Naval ... and Eighth Naval District, New Orleans, Louisiana. Attending ...
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Japanese Territorial Airspace Breached by Chinese Y-9 Intelligence Aircraft
the current homeport for Amphibious Squadron 11 with USS America (LHA-6), USS New Orleans (LPD-18), USS Green Bay (LPD-20), and USS Rushmore (LSD-47). However, the F-35B equipped USS America is ...
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US Navy ship programs face years-long delays amid labor, supply woes
Captain Patrick German, the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans’ (LPD 18) commanding officer, escorts Rear Admiral James Downey, Special Assistant to the Assistant ...
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The USS New York (LPD-21) Was Constructed With Steel From the World Trade Center
Tribute in Lights 9/11 memorial light display in New ... the USS New York (LPD-21), 2003. (Photo Credit: Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class George Trian / United States Navy / Wikimedia Commons / Public ...
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Why Did India Merely Observe Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023?
A U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to the amphibious transport dock landing ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) observes a Japanese Self-Defense Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter land while conducting flight ...
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Former USS Vinson XO takes command of USS Nimitz as seven-month deployment concludes
Before joining USS Nimitz, Graber served as the commanding officer of USS New Orleans (LPD 18) from September 2021 to December 2022. The Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship was forward ...
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The Little-Known Brand With Big Easy Style
On a Friday at this year’s festival, Ann Patteson, 78, from New Orleans, said she was wearing one of the 18 BayouWear shirts in her collection. For her, the shirts represent just about every ...