The keel laying and authentication ceremony for the amphibious assault ship, the future USS Tripoli (LHA 7), was held at the Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula shipyard on June 20th, 2014. Fabrication of Tripoli started in July 2013. Like the recently…
An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington while on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region on June 14th, 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class…
PHOTO: Capt. Greg Fenton, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), walks across the flight deck after flight operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Chris Cavagnaro/Released) Image Gallery
Members of Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 conduct bomb disposal robot training in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) on May 28th, 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class…
They look like something out of the future, but the U.S. Navy’s Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles have actually been in operation since 1986. When introduced, they heralded a dramatic innovation in amphibious warfare. The craft provide the capability…
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) conduct a replenishment at sea in the Pacific Ocean on May 20th, 2014. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shantece Gonzalez,…
