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2012-05-18

U.S. Navy Dismisses Criticism of Littoral Combat Ship as Outdated, Inaccurate

Senior U.S. Navy officials have mounted a vigorous campaign to rebut recent criticism of the Littoral Combat Ship program. The program is funding parallel development of two classes of high-speed w...

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2012-05-18

GE Marine Delivers LM2500 Gas Turbines for U.S. Navy's New DDG 51 Restart Adopts Common Engine Program

EVENDALE, Ohio | GE Marine reports that it has delivered eight LM2500 aeroderivative marine gas turbines that will power the United States Navy's DDG 113 and DDG 115 destroyers, in the DDG 51 resta...

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2012-05-18

U.S. Navy to Commissions Amphibious Transport Dock Ship San Diego

The Navy will commission the newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship San Diego during a 10 a.m. PDT ceremony Saturday, May 19, 2012, in San Diego, Calif. The ship is named for t...

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2012-05-16

USS San Diego (LPD-22) launching, 7 May 2010, at the Ingalls Shipyard. (Photo: Bill Gonyo) Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded $133.7 Million Advance Procurement Contract for LPD 27

PASCAGOULA, Miss. | Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $133.7 million, cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract modification...

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2012-05-11

Littoral Combat Ship Gets Speiered

The Navy's close-to-shore combat ship just hit some rougher seas. An amendment requiring the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a review of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program pas...

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2012-05-08

Secretary of the U.S. Navy Announces DDG 116 to be Named Thomas Hudner

Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus announced May 7 the next Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer (DDG) will be named the USS Thomas Hudner. Thomas J. Hudner Jr., a naval aviator who ...

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2012-05-08

Third Littoral Combat Ship Successfully Completes Acceptance Trials

MARINETTE, Wis. | The United States' third Littoral Combat Ship, USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), successfully completed its U.S. Navy acceptance trials and will be delivered to the Navy this summer. Fo...

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2012-05-07

JHSV 3 Keel Authenticated

MOBILE, Ala. | Austal USA held a keel laying ceremony for Joint High Speed Vessel Fortitude (JHSV 3) at its shipyard in Mobile, Ala., May 3, symbolically recognizing the beginning of ship construct...

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2012-05-07

Secretary of the U.S. Navy Announces LHA 7 to be Named USS Tripoli

Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus announced May 4 the selection of USS Tripoli as the name for the Navy’s next large-deck amphibious assault ship (LHA 7). The USS Tripoli will be the third sh...

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2012-05-06

USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) is underway in the Arabian Sea. (Photo: U.S. Navy, Edwardo Proan) General Dynamics NASSCO Launches USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14)

SAN DIEGO | General Dynamics NASSCO today launched the U.S. Navy's newest resupply ship, USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14). The ship is named in honor of Cesar Estrada Chavez, the labor leader who found...

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