Navy

EPF 8 completes Navy acceptance trials

FEBRUARY 12, 2017 — Naval Sea Systems Command reports that he future USNS Yuma (EPF 8) successfully completed Acceptance Trials on Jan. 26 after two days of underway evaluation in the Gulf

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VCNO: Navy readiness at lowest level in years

FEBRUARY 8, 2017 — “It has become clear to me that the Navy’s overall readiness has reached its lowest level in many years,” Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William F. Moran

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VIDEO: USS Enterprise decommissioned

FEBRUARY 7, 2017—The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65), was decommissioned at a ceremony held in the ship’s hangar bay, Feb. 3, in Newport News, VA. During the “Big

Ingalls starts fabrication of DDG 123

JANUARY 27, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started fabrication of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) on Wednesday. The start of

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Stackley now acting Secretary of the Navy

JANUARY 21, 2017 — Sean J. Stackley assumed the responsibilities of acting secretary of the Navy at noon yesterday. Stackley is a more than familiar figure to shipbuilders, having served as the