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USNI News
April 19, 2018
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group entered the U.S. 6th fleet area of operations Wednesday, the region where less than a week ago U.S., British ... The Bush CSG included USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Laboon(DDG-58) and USS TruxtunÃâà...
NavyTimes.com
April 18, 2018
The guided-missile destroyers Donald Cook and Winston Churchill never fired a shot in Friday's allied airstrikes against Syria, but as it turns out, they were key to ... The three-pronged attack successfully hit a trio of targets which the U.S. considered to be at the core of the Syrian chemical weapons program.
ExecutiveBiz (blog)
April 13, 2018
Lockheed Martin's rotary and mission systems business will help enhance the U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyers under a potential three-year, $68.5 million contract modification that runs through June 2021. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will support the restoration of the USSÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 13, 2018
"The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill entered the US 6th Fleet area of operations April 10, 2018, to conduct a routine deployment in support of US maritime security interests, increased regional stability… in the US 6th fleet area of operations," the statement said.
TASS
April 9, 2018
NEW YORK, April 10. /TASS/. At least one US guided-missile destroyer set off to the coast of Syria after President Trump stated about possible military response in the wake of the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria's Douma, the Wall Street Journal daily reported. The daily did not specify the name of the warship andÃâà...
Kokomo Perspective
March 31, 2018
The Navy will commission its newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), during a 10:00 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, March 24, ... The first U.S. Navy ship named for Pfc. Ralph Henry Johnson, USMC (11 January 1949–5 March 1968), who received the Medal of HonorÃâà...
Naval Technology
March 28, 2018
Units from the Theodore Roosevelt CSG present during the event included the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71, as well as the guided-missile destroyers USS Halsey (DDG 97) and USS SampsonÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 28, 2018
Karelius hosted a communications operator from Ise during a four-hour exchange visit on the U.S. aircraft carrier. ... The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, front, the guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Ise participate in a bilateralÃâà...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
March 28, 2018
New sailors train on a replica of a guided missile destroyer ... It is a graded evolution held on board USS Trayer, a 210-ft replica of an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile Destroyer, in which recruits must earn the right to ... (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda S. Kitchner).
Second Line of Defense
March 27, 2018
According to an article released by the US Navy and written by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Morgan K. Nall, the USS Preble and INS ... guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88), along with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and guided-missile destroyers USS HalseyÃâà...
CNBC
March 23, 2018
The guided missile destroyer USS Mustin leads the guided missile cruiser USS Antietam, the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Fuyuzuki in a formation at the completion of the MultiSail 2018 exercise in the Philippine Sea, March 14, 2018.
Charleston Post Courier
March 22, 2018
Ralph Johnson was a Charleston native who lost his life saving fellow recon team Marines in Vietnam in 1968 — and was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. On Saturday, the U.S. Navy's new guided missile destroyer will be commissioned the USS Ralph Johnson at theÃâà...
CNBC
March 22, 2018
Security dialogues between the U.S., Japan, Australia and India aimed at upholding regional stability in Asia Pacific will not sit well with China, experts say. ... The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen, which sailed within 12 nautical miles of Chinese artificial islands in the South China Sea, onÃâà...
Ars Technica
March 20, 2018
Enlarge / The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returns to Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka following a collision ... But under the United States' status of forces agreement with Japan, US military personnel fall under the jurisdiction of Japanese law enforcement whileÃâà...
AOL
March 20, 2018
The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney breaks away from the fleet-replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn after a replenishment at sea in the Mediterranean Sea, August 14, 2016. The Carney was patrolling in the US 6th Fleet area of responsibility to support US national-security interests in Europe.
Stars and Stripes
March 20, 2018
A sailor stands lookout watch on the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry during Foal Eagle drills last year off the Korean Peninsula. ... SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. and South Korean officials vowed not to scale back joint war games set to begin on April 1 despite plans for back-to-back summits between theÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 14, 2018
China has reportedly begun construction of its sixth Type 055 guided-missile destroyer on order for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), according ... “We can confidently say that, as far as destroyers are concerned, there is no generation gap between China and the U.S. anymore,” a Chinese navalÃâà...
gulflive.com (blog)
March 9, 2018
The Ralph Johnson (DDG114) set sail from Ingalls Friday en route to Charleston, S.C., where it is scheduled to be the latest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer commissioned into the United States Navy. DDG Program Manager Freddie Joe O'Brien, a Master Shipbuilder with 46 years experience, was amongÃâà...
Newsweek
March 6, 2018
RTX3E30Z A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, before being successfully intercepted by Standard Missile-6 missiles fired from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, in Kauai, Hawaii. Latonja Martin/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS.
Stars and Stripes
March 6, 2018
Scheduled to support the strike group's operations are the guided-missile destroyers USS Dewey and USS Sterett, which both carry helicopter strike squadrons. “With the specific upgrades Wasp has received, the Navy Marine Corps team in the Pacific is better positioned than ever before to support ourÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 6, 2018
The U.S. Navy will participate in the exercise with a number of surface warships including Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), USS Benfold (DDG 65) and USS Mustin (DDG 89), as well as the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Antietam. The JMSDF navalÃâà...
Asia Times
February 19, 2018
Two US Navy guided missile destroyers passed through the Bosporus Strait and entered the Black Sea bordering Russia on Friday in what was described as a “proactive” presence ... The deployment of the USS Ross and the USS Carney comes against a backdrop of heightened US tensions with Russia.
USNI News
February 18, 2018
Under cover of darkness, U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG-71) slipped through the Bosporus Strait and into the Black Sea on Friday. The next day USS Carney (DDG-64) joined Ross. The ships are operating are part of an unspecified regional “proactive” presence mission in the seaÃâà...
Sputnik International
February 17, 2018
A US Navy warship that previously took part in a deadly cruise missile strike against a Syrian military base has sailed through the Bosporus Strait and into ... USS Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer has recently passed the Bosporus Strait, according to a Twitter account that monitors shipÃâà...
The Diplomat
February 5, 2018
The future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), the second ship of the Zumwalt-class – the U.S. Navy's biggest and technologically most advanced class of guided-missile destroyers – successfully completed acceptance trials on February 1, according to the Naval Sea Systems Command, the agencyÃâà...
USNI News
December 31, 1999
Ralph Johnson is the second Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Miss., since the Navy decided to restart the DDG-51 production line in 2008. The first of the restart DDG-51 guided-missile destroyers, USS John Finn (DDG-113), was commissioned on July 15,Ãâà...
Department of Defense
December 31, 1999
A principal problem is overcoming the perception that the United States is a declining or disinterested power in the region, he said. “A fully resourced defense budget leading in the long-term budget stability will send a strong signal to our allies and partners and all potential adversaries that the U.S. is fullyÃâà...
Department of Defense
December 31, 1999
The guided missile destroyer USS Mustin fires its 5-inch gun as the vessel transits the Philippine Sea during the MultiSail 18 exercise, March 9, 2018. MultiSail is a bilateral training exercise improving interoperability between the U.S. and Japanese forces. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class WilliamÃâà...
South Strand news
December 31, 1999
A Murrells Inlet native and 2014 Smithtown West High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard USS Russell. Fireman Apprentice Matthew Payne is an electrician's mate aboard the guided-missile destroyer operating out of San Diego. A Navy electrician's mate is responsible for operating andÃâà...