Featured in shipbuildingBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareUS Navy Plans to Cut Cruisers by Half Amid Reports One Became Like a “Floating Prison”Retiring the Ticonderogas could exacerbate the dangerously unhealthy stress on the service’s other warships. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2019ShareHere Is The Navy’s Ultra Ambitious New Plan To Get To 355 Ships In Just 15 YearsThe service will face huge challenges in meeting that goal and just sustaining those vessels will cost many billions more than it spends now. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2019ShareBehold America’s New And Desperately Needed Heavy IcebreakerThe U.S. Coast Guard is sorely in need of these ships, especially as competition heats up in the Arctic region. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2018ShareRussian Icebreaker Under Construction Bursts Into Flames, Injuring At Least TwoThe blaze is the latest in a series of major accidents at Russia’s beleaguered naval bases and shipyards in 2018. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 20, 2018ShareNavy Attack Subs Lost More Than Two Decades Worth Of Operational Time To Maintenance DelaysThe service has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars for boats sitting idle and a top Congressional watchdog warns it could get worse. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 20, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 26, 2018ShareNavy Rushes To Get Littoral Combat Ships Anti-Ship Missiles They Desperately Need (Updated)The service is accelerating plans to give the ships more firepower, but serious questions remain about the ships’ capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 26, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 17, 2018ShareThe Striking And Fast Superyacht ‘Yaz’ Was Born From A 40 Year Old Dutch Frigate’s HullDesigners combined the steel hull of a retired fast frigate with a cutting-edge composite superstructure resulting in a truly one of a kind ship. BYTyler RogowaySep 17, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 5, 2018ShareWatchdog Warns The Coast Guard To Get Real About Its Plans To Field Critical New IcebreakersThat’s if Congress doesn’t kill funding for the crucial program entirely first. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 5, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 7, 2018ShareSloppy Welding On Launch Tubes For The Navy’s New Missile Sub Could Point To Larger ProblemsThe tubes are common to three types of boats, including the U.K.’s future ballistic missile subs, so any issue could have far-reaching impacts. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 7, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 2, 2018ShareThe Navy Could Need More Than 15 Years and Over $1.5B To Scrap USS EnterpriseNo one has ever done this before and the service is struggling to figure out how best to get rid of its first nuclear-powered supercarrier. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 2, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 20, 2018ShareCVN-81, The Fourth Ford Class Supercarrier, Is Slated To Cost A Whopping $15BThe price of a single Ford class supercarrier is approaching the size of the entire annual defense budget of Canada. BYTyler RogowayJul 20, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 13, 2018ShareDry Dock Collapse In San Diego Floods Expeditionary Sea Base Under ConstructionThe Navy and the shipyard are assessing the damage as photos and videos depict a very ugly situation. BYTyler RogowayJul 13, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 21, 2018ShareU.S. Intel Says China To Have Railgun-Armed Ships By 2025A U.S. intelligence review offers new details about a Chinese prototype electromagnetic weapon that first appeared in public earlier in 2018. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 21, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 18, 2018ShareIf You Still Don’t Think China’s Navy Is A Serious Threat, Watch This VideoThe People’s Liberation Army Navy is expanding at what seems like an exponential pace, putting America’s supremacy on the high seas in question. BYTyler RogowayJun 18, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2018ShareNavy Could Extend The Life Of USS Nimitz Past 50 Years To Maintain 12 Carrier FleetThe House Armed Service Committee wants the Navy to figure out a way to make sure there are 12 supercarriers in the fleet going into the mid 2020s. BYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 13, 2018ShareLittle Crappy Ship: None Of The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships May Deploy In 2018A decade after USS Freedom was commissioned and multiple program restructurings, the Littoral Combat Ship fleet is nowhere near meeting its goals. BYTyler RogowayApr 13, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 2, 2017ShareThe Navy Now Says It Can Get More Service Life Out Of Its Existing FleetNow that shipbuilders’ order books are filling up, the Navy claims it can get more service life out of the ships it already owns. BYTyler RogowayJun 2, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2017ShareNow The U.S. Coast Guard Wants Cruise Missiles On Its Icebreakers TooThe news is yet another sign that the US is struggling to catch up to Russia when it comes to dominating the Arctic. BYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 26, 2017ShareChina Launches Its First Home-Built Clone Of An Aircraft CarrierThe event marks a huge leap in Chinese shipbuilding capability, and the start of a home-grown carrier fleet that will only be eclipsed by the US Navy. BYTyler RogowayApr 26, 2017Share12
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareUS Navy Plans to Cut Cruisers by Half Amid Reports One Became Like a “Floating Prison”Retiring the Ticonderogas could exacerbate the dangerously unhealthy stress on the service’s other warships. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2019ShareHere Is The Navy’s Ultra Ambitious New Plan To Get To 355 Ships In Just 15 YearsThe service will face huge challenges in meeting that goal and just sustaining those vessels will cost many billions more than it spends now. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2019ShareBehold America’s New And Desperately Needed Heavy IcebreakerThe U.S. Coast Guard is sorely in need of these ships, especially as competition heats up in the Arctic region. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2018ShareRussian Icebreaker Under Construction Bursts Into Flames, Injuring At Least TwoThe blaze is the latest in a series of major accidents at Russia’s beleaguered naval bases and shipyards in 2018. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 20, 2018ShareNavy Attack Subs Lost More Than Two Decades Worth Of Operational Time To Maintenance DelaysThe service has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars for boats sitting idle and a top Congressional watchdog warns it could get worse. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 20, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 26, 2018ShareNavy Rushes To Get Littoral Combat Ships Anti-Ship Missiles They Desperately Need (Updated)The service is accelerating plans to give the ships more firepower, but serious questions remain about the ships’ capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 26, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 17, 2018ShareThe Striking And Fast Superyacht ‘Yaz’ Was Born From A 40 Year Old Dutch Frigate’s HullDesigners combined the steel hull of a retired fast frigate with a cutting-edge composite superstructure resulting in a truly one of a kind ship. BYTyler RogowaySep 17, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 5, 2018ShareWatchdog Warns The Coast Guard To Get Real About Its Plans To Field Critical New IcebreakersThat’s if Congress doesn’t kill funding for the crucial program entirely first. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 5, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 7, 2018ShareSloppy Welding On Launch Tubes For The Navy’s New Missile Sub Could Point To Larger ProblemsThe tubes are common to three types of boats, including the U.K.’s future ballistic missile subs, so any issue could have far-reaching impacts. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 7, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 2, 2018ShareThe Navy Could Need More Than 15 Years and Over $1.5B To Scrap USS EnterpriseNo one has ever done this before and the service is struggling to figure out how best to get rid of its first nuclear-powered supercarrier. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 2, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 20, 2018ShareCVN-81, The Fourth Ford Class Supercarrier, Is Slated To Cost A Whopping $15BThe price of a single Ford class supercarrier is approaching the size of the entire annual defense budget of Canada. BYTyler RogowayJul 20, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 13, 2018ShareDry Dock Collapse In San Diego Floods Expeditionary Sea Base Under ConstructionThe Navy and the shipyard are assessing the damage as photos and videos depict a very ugly situation. BYTyler RogowayJul 13, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 21, 2018ShareU.S. Intel Says China To Have Railgun-Armed Ships By 2025A U.S. intelligence review offers new details about a Chinese prototype electromagnetic weapon that first appeared in public earlier in 2018. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 21, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 18, 2018ShareIf You Still Don’t Think China’s Navy Is A Serious Threat, Watch This VideoThe People’s Liberation Army Navy is expanding at what seems like an exponential pace, putting America’s supremacy on the high seas in question. BYTyler RogowayJun 18, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2018ShareNavy Could Extend The Life Of USS Nimitz Past 50 Years To Maintain 12 Carrier FleetThe House Armed Service Committee wants the Navy to figure out a way to make sure there are 12 supercarriers in the fleet going into the mid 2020s. BYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 13, 2018ShareLittle Crappy Ship: None Of The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships May Deploy In 2018A decade after USS Freedom was commissioned and multiple program restructurings, the Littoral Combat Ship fleet is nowhere near meeting its goals. BYTyler RogowayApr 13, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 2, 2017ShareThe Navy Now Says It Can Get More Service Life Out Of Its Existing FleetNow that shipbuilders’ order books are filling up, the Navy claims it can get more service life out of the ships it already owns. BYTyler RogowayJun 2, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2017ShareNow The U.S. Coast Guard Wants Cruise Missiles On Its Icebreakers TooThe news is yet another sign that the US is struggling to catch up to Russia when it comes to dominating the Arctic. BYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 26, 2017ShareChina Launches Its First Home-Built Clone Of An Aircraft CarrierThe event marks a huge leap in Chinese shipbuilding capability, and the start of a home-grown carrier fleet that will only be eclipsed by the US Navy. BYTyler RogowayApr 26, 2017Share