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Archive January 2001 - June 2001
US Coast Guard - The Coast Guard is recallling its port security forces which were sent to the Gulf after the Cole bombing because the Pentagon will not reimburse them for their efforts; they will be replaced by Naval Reserve Inshore Boat Units.
Taiwanese Navy - The Taiwanese Navy is investigating the recruitment of Russian submarine designers to help it design and manufacture its own attack submarines.
US Navy - The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Scranton has recently surfaced at the North Pole.
US Marines - The US Marines are adapting new camouflage uniforms, with high tech camouflage patterns. Royal Australian Navy - The Australian landing ship Kanimbla is standing ready in Vanuatu to help in further relief efforts following last week's eruption of Lopevi volcano.
Russian Navy - The US and Russian navies have agreed to hold joint exercises together.
US Navy and Canadian Navy - A US Navy intelligence officer and a Canadian helicopter pilot are both claiming that while observing a Russian intelligence gathering ship near Puget Sound which monitors Trident missile submarines, they were attacked by a laser weapon from the ship and suffered visual damage. The US officer is suing the Russian civilian company that owns and operates the ship; the Canadian pilot has been discharged from his service.
US Navy - The US Navy is on high alert in the Gulf for possible terrorist activity against it after the verdict against the Khobar Towers bombers in Saudi Arabia, and all of its ships were sent to sea. Royal Navy - The UK confirmed that it will indeed purchase two new aircraft carriers
Malaysian Navy - Piracy, as a form of for-profit hostage taking, is on the rise in Malaysia.
US Navy - Life aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt .
Royal Navy - The Royal Navy is to get its two aircraft carriers, an announcement is expected soon.
US Navy - 16 navies are involved in the inaugural Western Pacific Mine Counter Measure Exercise and Diving Exercise off Singapore and Indonesia.
Background - Piracy - More stories of piracy, with the theme that ultimately the Indonesian Navy is most responsible for allowing this to occur as 25% of all piracy attacks occur off Indonesia. With Indonesia descending into anarchy, the situation is bound to worsen.
French Navy - A French Navy patrol boat has rescued survivors from a ship that sunk off Madagascar. US Navy - The DD-21 program is in jeopardy, as it did not win the approval of the ongoing defense review.
Russian Navy - The Russian Navy has begun work on a new class of fast attack craft - the Scorpion. US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard - The US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard have just completed a large riverine exercise.
Background - Caspian Sea - There are continued fears of an arms race beginning in the Caspian Sea.
Chinese Navy - Another analysis that argues the Chinese military is a paper tiger.
US Navy - The first part of the US defense review was made public yesterday. It calls for the creation of "Global Joint Response Forces" capable of intervening in a hostile environment within 24 hours. The review recommended acceleration of the Joint Strike Fighter program, but did not recommend continuation of the CVX and DD-21 programs.
Russian Navy - The Russian Navy is conducting operational testing of its new Improved Akula II submarine, the Gepard. Royal Navy - Further evidence of the financial difficulties facing the Royal Navy.
Royal Navy - A memo written by the First Sea Lord states that budget cuts are preventing the Royal Navy and Royal Marines from meeting their operational committments.
US Navy - How maritime pre positioning ships can enhance US security.
US Coast Guard - An editorial that makes the case for funding for the Coast Guard's Deepwater program, given the importance of its mission.
Indian Navy - The third Talwar class frigate, INS Tabar, was launched last week in Russia.
South Korean Navy - South Korean forces chased North Korean cargo ships out of South Korean territorial waters.
Chinese Navy - The Chinese Navy is improving its underwater warfare skills.
US Coast Guard - The cutter Sherman, on a goodwill visit to South Africa while returning from service in the Gulf, rescued a stricken car carrier off of South Africa's coast which was in danger of running aground.
Chinese Navy - The Chinese Navy is exercising in the Taiwanese Strait; the USS Carl Vinson battlegroup is on its way to monitor the situation.
US Navy - Although the DD 21 teams are showing off their designs, the competition has been formally put on hold by the US Navy, pending the results of the current defense review.
Royal Navy - The current state of the Royal Navy's nuclear attack submarines - none are at sea. US Navy - What's it's like to operate the EA-6B Prowler ECM aircraft in Operation Northern Watch in Turkey. Royal Australian Navy - Australian shipyards face an overcapacity situation resulting in a struggle for survival.
Sri Lankan Navy - The Sri Lankan Navy is not getting its money's worth out of the patrol vessel it purchased from India last year.
US Navy - The USS Harry S Truman battlegroup and USS Nassau amphibious ready group have returned to port after a successful 6 month cruise to the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean.
US Navy - More on the debate over low frequency active sonar (LFAS).
US Navy - A strategic look at the EP-3 incident, from naval analyst Norman Friedman. Was the EP-3 the victim of a deliberate attack?
Swedish Navy - Tales of the bizarre: Swedish warships are to spend most of the rest of the year moored in port because of an overtime ban on the country's defense forces.
Phillipine and Malaysian Navies - The Phillipine and Malaysian Navies are searching for 20 tourists who were kidnapped from a Phillipine island resort by Muslim rebels and taken away via the sea.
US Navy - The US Navy is involved in tapping undersea fiber optic cables on behalf of the National Security Agency. This apparently will be one of the key missions of the USS Jimmy Carter, the Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarine that is being extensively modified for clandestine operations. Interestingly, the problem of tapping the cable pales in comparison to the problem of analysing all the data on the cable once it is obtained.
Background - World Naval Affairs - Hot-off-the-press, mandatory reading! The Jane's Fighting Ships Market Review for 2001-2002 by its new editor, CDR Stephen Saunders RN. This is a long essay of the highest caliber that should be read by all serious students of naval affairs.
Royal Australian Navy - Parts of Australia are facing a fuel crisis due to Exercise Tandem Thrust. US Navy - The USS Eisenhower begins a 4 year long overhaul and mid life nuclear refueling.
Israeli Navy - Israeli gunboats are participating in attacks against Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip.
Malaysian Navy - There are three competitors to sell the Malaysian Navy its new attack submarines, but the real question is not who will be chosen, but instead whether Malaysia can afford them. US Navy - The defense review is expected to emphasize a focus on the Pacific over Europe and long range weapons over forward bases.
US Navy - The EP-3 pilot's account of what occured off the Chinese coast and why the aircraft could not be ditched at sea. Chinese Navy - The Chinese Navy boarded a fishing trawler suspected of smuggling that was in Taiwanese waters.
French Navy - The nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was formally accepted last week by the French Navy. Royal New Zealand Navy - More on the New Zealand decision to scrap their combat aircraft. Meanwhile the opposition has stated their support in reconstituting the combat aircraft if they are reelected, perhaps in a joint force with Australia.
US Navy - Good, pensive reading for a Sunday: the summary of a meeting held to help determine what US ASW efforts should be today and in the future. The concern is that ASW is not receiving enough emphasis today, with the Soviet threat essentially gone; but that there is a new, equally important threat today and in the future - non-nuclear attack submarines operated by developing nations which could play a key role during major regional conflicts. In our next major regional conflict, will SCUD hunting be replaced by ASW hunting?
US Navy - The LPD-17 San Antonio-class ships will be key to the US Navy's expeditionary warfare capabilities. US Navy - Dominance of the seas today requires dominance of space... Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force - Japan is tired of being bullied by China. The bullying includes sending spy ships into the waters around Japan and China's territorial claims in the South China Sea which are important trade routes for Japan.
Iranian Navy - The Iranian Navy will acquire advanced Yakhont cruise missiles from Russia.
Indian Navy - A cruise through the International Fleet Review, by one who was on the President of India's yacht. US Navy - The threat from sea mines, the weapon that waits, is greater than ever -- so the US Navy is exploring the use of robotic vehicles to help clear them. US Navy - The US Navy appears to be getting its money's worth out of its Cyclone-class patrol coastal vessels.
Egyptian Navy - The Egyptian Navy has purchased two vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) for use in aerial surveillance. The UAVs will be used on Egyptian frigates. Indian Navy - The fast attack craft INS Tillanchang has been christened.
Russian Navy - The salvage of the Kursk will begin in June. Malaysian Navy - Malaysia continues to shop for new submarines, to counter those obtained last year by Singapore.
Israeli Navy - The Israeli Navy has captured a fishing boat that was attempting to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip. Taiwanese Navy - The Taiwanese mull over whether or not it would be a good idea to accept those Kidd-class destroyers after all...
Pakistani Navy - More on the significance of the recent exercises between the Pakistani and Myanmarese Navies. US Marines - An analysis of the advantages of the MV-22 Osprey, illustrated by showing how it would have been employed over the last decade if it had been available.
Background - Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles - An update on UCAV's, including what their projected capabilities will be in USAF and USN versions.
Chinese Navy - The Chinese Navy has purchased 2 more Sovremenny-class guided missile destroyers from Russia.
Royal New Zealand Navy - New Zealand has released a new defense policy. The ANZAC frigates will be retained, the P-3 Orions will be upgraded, and the A-4 Skyhawks will be scrapped.
Royal Australian Navy - More on the Global Hawk's pioneering flight to Australia, and the role it could play in maritime surveillance.
US Navy - The US has resumed ELINT missions off China yesterday, using a RC-135 this time. There was no response from the Chinese. Meanwhile, a US team has examined the EP-3 and determined that it could be fixed and flown home from China. Royal Navy - The nuclear attack submarine HMS Tireless, stranded at Gibraltar for nearly 12 months while undergoing repairs to its nuclear reactor, has set sail, presumably for home. Indian Navy - The Indian Navy has purchased the Barak anti-missile defense system from Israel. Meanwhile, the Commander of the Indian Navy is visiting Israel to inspect the system.
US Navy - A possible future for the US Navy that is being pushed by some elements within the Pentagon - smaller and more numerous ships using unique hull forms. Indian Navy - An interview with the Indian Naval Chief, at the time of the International Fleet Review held in February.
Indian Navy - Experts are urging the Indian government to pay more attention to the importance of the Indian Navy. US Navy - Part one of a series on the Pentagon defense review, which will urge the military to fundamentally rethink their approach to the weapons they buy.
Canadian Navy - The Canadian Navy continues to hint it will soon retire its Tribal-class destroyers, along with 2 of its supply ships.
Malaysian Navy - the Malaysian Navy recently intercepted 15 Filipinos who entered Malaysia illegally.
Background - US Defense Review - A potential flaw of the current defense review is that it is focusing on the forces needed for common, low and medium intensity conflicts; but not on the forces needed for rare high intensity conflicts. US Marine Corps - An article advocating that the Marines need to change their assault rifle, and a suggestion on what it should be changed to.
US Marine Corps - An excellent investigation into what went wrong at Osprey squadron VMMT-204, and why there are so many problems with the Osprey.
Royal Navy - The current and projected state of the Royal Navy's submarine force. Pakistani Navy - The Pakistani Navy is exercising with the navies of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
US Navy - China will allow the US to inspect the EP-3, as a first step towards returning the aircraft. US Navy - The final word on the USS Greeneville affair, including questions that remain unanswered.
Royal Navy - A protester penetrated the Royal Navy's Trident base as Faslane, and painted the hull of a Trident-class submarine. Royal Australian Navy - The Chinese Navy has challenged an Australian naval flotilla for "intruding" even though it was in international sea lanes.
United Arab Emirates - The UAE has purchased four C-295M ‘Persuader’ maritime patrol aircraft.
NATO - What life is like with NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic.
Taiwanese Navy - It remains unclear just how the US will supply Taiwan with diesel submarines. US Navy - General Dynamics has made a bid to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding, which would result in the creation of the dominant supplier of ships to the US Navy.
Taiwanese Navy - The US has approved the sale of 4 Kidd-class destroyers, 8 diesel attack submarines, and 12 P-3 Orion patrol planes to Taiwan. Aegis destroyers are not to be sold at this time. Of interest is that the deal is complicated by the facts that US cannot indigenously produce the diesel submarines and will have to seek plans from others (Germany perhaps) and the P-3 production line is currently mothballed and Lockheed may be unwilling to reopen it for a run of only 12 aircraft. US Air Force - A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) just set a world record for the longest non-stop flight by a UAV, flying from the USA to Australia. In Australia it will participate in military excercises, including its use in a maritime surveillance role. US Navy - The Captain of the USS Greeneville gives his version of the sinking of the Japanese trawler. He will not be court-martialed, but was found guilty of dereliction of duty and will be reprimanded and will retire from the Navy.
US Marine Corps - A USMC investigation into the most recent crash of an MV-22 Osprey casts doubt on whether the aircraft is ready for deployment. Meanwhile, an external review panel will recommend redesigning of several systems before the aircraft should be considered for full production.
Sri Lankan Navy - The Tamil Sea Tigers have suffered a defeat at sea and the Sri Lankan Navy is adopting more aggressive patroling techniques.
Malaysian Navy - Malaysia is becoming more active in policing the Straits of Malacca, leading to a decrease in piracy.
Background - Submarine Rescue Systems - A review of the state-of-the-art in submarine rescue systems. Background - China - A well reasonsed essay that draws parallels between Japan in 1941 and China today, concluding that China is a paper tiger.
Russian Navy - The CINC of the Russian Navy has recently laid out his short term plan for the Russian Navy, Taiwanese Navy - The Taiwanese Navy is holding exercises which simulate the invasion of Taiwan by China. US Marine Corps - Is it time for the Marines to loose their fixed-wing aircraft and abandon the close air support mission? Many analysts think so...
US Navy - Japan and Taiwan are concerned that their datalinks and ELINT sensors may have been compromised by the Chinese inspection of the EP-3. Royal Australian Navy - The pros and cons of purchasing the new combat system for the Collins-class submarines from the US or Germany.
Taiwanese Navy - The Taiwanese Navy's data links have been upgraded by the US Navy to allow them to more easily communicate and exchange data with US Navy ships.
Phillipine Marines - Phillipine Marines participated in an operation to free an American held hostage by guerillas.
US Navy - The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk is steaming towards the South China Sea, to be in position to use its fighters to protect future EP-3 intelligence gathering flights in the South China Sea.
US Navy - The Chinese are worried the US may launch a special operations attack to destroy the EP-3 on the ground in China.
Information Warfare - Background - Southeast Asian countries are taking a lead in information warfare.
Russian Navy - The commander in chief of the Russian Navy still sees a big role for submarines in his fleet. Indian Navy - A summary of the Indian International Fleet Review, along with a photographic tour of its most interesting participants.
Russian Navy - The Russian Navy is hoping to step up its operational deployments, which have dwindled to almost none in the last few years. US Navy - A celebration of 90 years of US naval aviation.
US Navy - The crew of the EP-3 has been released, but there is no word yet on the fate of the aircraft. US Navy - A US Navy nuclear attack submarine made an unannounced port call in Japan, in violation of a previous agreement with Japan, thus enfuriating the Japanese government
US Navy - What exactly was the EP-3 monitoring? The Chinese military buildup in the South China Sea, which China claims, along with all the islands within it. China has increasingly protested such monitoring...
Taiwanese Navy - A plausible scenario of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.
US Navy - More on how the US defense review is likely to meet great opposition. The broad themes will be to shift defense policy focus from Europe to Asia and a focus on longer range weapons. US Navy - The review's largest criticism of the Navy is that it is not innovating enough -- and this essay argues that the reason for the lack of innovation is the Navy's high operational tempo -- and that for innovation to occur the tempo must decrease.
US Navy - No real progress on releasing the EP-3 crew. Obtaining access to the EP-3 represents a true intelligence windfall for the Chinese.
Background - Asia - The US military will increasingly focus on the military threats it faces in Asia, but this will not be easy as its bases are far and few between...and to guard against such threats, the US must keep its guard up, hence the reason behind the EP-3 flights that are conducted regularly in the Pacific...
US Navy - Some progress is now being made towards obtaining the release of the EP-3 crew. Both the US and China have it in their interest to bring this crisis to a swift resolution.
US Navy - Little progress has been made in releasing the EP-3 and its crew. The pilot of the Chinese aircraft had been photographed on previous intercepts behaving in a reckless manner. Complete overhead imagery has been made of available of the airplane and the airbase it is at.
US Navy - Still no progress in the EP-3 standoff. Images in the Chinese press show the damage sustained by the EP-3; overhead imagery by SpaceImaging.com shows the EP-3 still parked on the runway. Taiwanese Navy - The US Navy has decided to recommend the sale of Kidd-class destroyers, submarines, and the Aegis weapons platform to Taiwan - but most probably only the sale of the Kidd's will occur.
US Navy - US diplomats have met with the crew of the EP-3; the plane was said to have been severely damaged by the collision; China refuses to release the crew or the aircraft and is said to be stripping equipment from the plane. This is the first air-to-air collision between US and Chinese aircraft; but US and Chinese forces nearly came to blows in 1994 which resulted in a Military Maritime Consultation Agreement which was signed between the two countries in 1998. The commander of the squadron the plane was assigned to says the Chinese pilot must have caused the accident. Meanwhile, the damage to intelligence collection is potentially huge.
US Navy - Further analysis of the EP-3 incident, with the suggestion that the plane may instead be a P-3B/C Iron Clad variant.
US Navy - A US Navy EP-3 signals intelligence aircraft that was on a reconnaisance mission in international waters has collided with a Chinese air force fighter and was forced to land in China on Hainan island. The US is demanding release of the crew and the aircraft. The destroyers USS Hewitt, Fitzgerald and Higgins are standing by. None of the US crew members are reported to be injured, the Chinese pilot is missing. The incident bears a resemblance of the USS Pueblo incident from 1968...
Taiwanese Navy - The US may not want to sell AEGIS cruisers to Taiwan because it may feel that Taiwan may not be able to operate such a complex ship.
US Navy - The fate of the DD-21 Land Attack Destroyer hangs in the balance as the Pentagon performs its defense review.
US Navy - The US Navy is worried by reports emerging from the ongoing Bush defense review that suggest its carrier force may be trimmed.
US Navy - A US Navy ship will make a port visit to Changi Naval Base, the new base of the Singaporean Navy. The intent is to strengthen US ties with Singapore and the stability of the region.
Sri Lankan Navy - The Sri Lankan Navy has lost another gunboat to the Tamil Sea Tigers. Singaporean Navy - The Indian and Singaporean navies are holding regular joint exercises off India.
Russian Navy - A new theory on the Kursk disaster is put forth by Norman Friedman, the distinguished naval analyst. In short, there is evidence to suggest the Kursk was sunk by an antisubmarine weapon accidentally launched from a Russian Navy surface ship...
Background - Naval Forces - a thorough review of naval construction programs over the last 12 months by A. D. Baker III, who is is editor of Combat Fleets of the World.
US Navy - The USS Winston S. Churchill, a Flight II-A Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, was placed into commission. There is a permanent billet for a Royal Navy officer onboard.
South Korean Navy - The President of South Korea has pledged to upgrade its navy with Aegis-equipped destroyers and submarines.
US Navy - The captain of the USS Greeneville testified publically at the court-of-inquiry. Phillipine Navy - The Phillipine Navy continues to observe Chinese activity in the Scarborough Shoal.
US Navy - Two reports on the progress of the US Navy court of inquiry regarding the USS Greeneville. US Navy - An update on the investigation regarding the US Navy F/A-18 that killed several troops in a friendly-fire incident in Kuwait last week.
Background - Submarine Rescue Technology - A review of the state-of-the-art in submarine rescue technology.
Tamil Sea Tigers - The Tamil Sea Tigers are employing stealth technology in the craft they are using to attack the Sri Lankan Navy. Background - Taiwan - How the new US administration is changing its policy towards China and Taiwan.
US Navy - An analysis of the recent attack on the Iraqi air defense system by William Arkin. Special attention is paid to the Joint Stand Off Weapon used by Navy F/A-18's in the attack.
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US Navy - A brief log of the USS Abraham Lincoln battlegroup's most recent cruise, recently completed.
Indian Navy - India called for assistance in combating the growing problems of piracy, drug-trafficking and gun-running in the region's troubled sea lanes. The President of India also stated that "The security of the seas was necessary for the independence and prosperity and security of nations as well as for world peace." US Navy - The US intends to substantially upgrade air and naval facilities at Rota, in Spain -- but there will be local opposition .
US Navy - While it seems less and less likely the MV-22 Osprey will make it into production, the helicopter it is to replace, the CH-46, is becoming less and less useable.
US Navy - A journalist reflects on the open access she experienced during a cruise on the Trident-class submarine USS Ohio... US Navy - ...while a crewman claimed that civilians distracted him from doing his job plotting surface contacts on the USS Greenville... US Navy - ...as the US Navy's public relations disaster continues...and may impact negatively on the US - Japan defense relationship, specifically in regards to US bases on Okinawa...
Royal Navy - The newest Trident ballistic missile submarine, HMS Vengeance, has become operational. US Navy - Another essay on how the abbreviated defense review being undertaken by the Pentagon may have a far-reaching impact on all the armed services.
Indian Navy - The International Fleet Review, hosted near Mumbai (Bombay) was a huge success. The review can been seen as a signal by the Indian Navy that it is now a force to be reckoned with, at least in the Asia Pacific region. US Navy - The US Navy will take the opportunity to exercise with the French Navy and Royal Australian Navy after the International Fleet Review.
US Navy - The raid against Iraqi command and control centers is claimed to have been successful.
US Navy - US and British aircraft have attacked Iraqi air defense command and control facilities. F-18's from the USS Harry Truman participated in the raid.
US Navy - More background on the USS Greeneville accident, including interviews with the civilians who were on board the submarine at the time.
US Navy - The US Navy will soon homeport three attack submarines on Guam, to move them closer to China in case of a conflict.
US Military - Background - the Bush administration has asked one of the Pentagon's most controversial thinkers, Andrew Marshall, to conduct a review of the US military and report back within weeks to provide a vision for the future. The report is expected to substantially influence future defense policy and is expected to be highly controversial.
US Navy - Chipping and painting, the bane of sailor's lives, may come to an end in the US Navy.
US Navy - The search for survivors from the Japanese fishing trawler sunk by the USS Greeneville continues... Russian Navy - An excellent essay demonstrating the huge gap between hope and reality in the Russian Navy.
US Navy - The USS Greeneville, a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine, sunk a Japanese fishing trawler off of Hawaii during an emergency surfacing exercise. Japan has asked for the trawler to be raised. This is not an isolated incident, fishing trawlers are sunk accidentally by submarines on a regular basis.
Royal Navy - The new Astute-class nuclear submarines under constructions may be modified to allow them to carry women crew members.
Background - Naval Forces - The sermon from the mount, for 2000-2001, on the naval scene world wide. Please note this is a long essay, but should make for good weekend reading...
Ghanian Navy - The US will give two patrol ships to the Ghanian Navy, to help it patrol its coastal waters in the Atlantic. Ukranian Navy - Elements of the Ukranian Navy participated in search and rescue operations last week after a passenger and cargo ship sank in the Black Sea.
Malaysian Navy - A Malaysian Navy patrol boat fired on a trawler carrying illegal immigrants. One person was killed. Southeast Asia - Background - Thailand and Malaysia grow closer together, as evidenced by the resumption of Thai-Malaysian naval exercises this year and the scaling back of US-Thai exercises this year. The result will lead to a shifting of US resources to the Phillipines and Singapore to counterbalance this action.
Indian Navy - The Indian Navy has been giving assistance to earthquake victims using converted hospital ships to treat casualties and supply ships to deliver emergency supplies.
US Navy - Human error aboard the USS Denver was found to be the cause of the collision between the Denver and the USS Yukon last July.
US Navy - An insightful essay that insists the US Navy needs to overcome a number of post-Cold War myths. Things are not really as bad as they seem, this essay wants us to believe. We need to start focusing not on the two-major- theater-war standard, but instead on clustered responses to failed states.
US Military - Background - A well thought out essay by William Arkin on why Bill Cohen was the worst Secretary of Defense, ever...
US Navy - The team lead by General Dynamics has revealed their design for the DD-21 Zumwalt-class land attack destroyer. It is nothing short of revolutionary. US Navy - The US Navy continues to test its potential anti-ballistic missile system.
US Navy - The US Navy will soon commission its last warship with steam propulsion, the USS Iwo Jima.
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