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AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles Fielded Onboard U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships for C-UAS Defense
The U.S. Navy rapidly added new C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) capabilities to the Freedom-class Littoral Combat ...
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A Window on the Past: Lecture next Thursday – Defending Casco Bay during WWII
Another interesting ship here during the war was USS Nantucket (LV-112). Formerly (and later) known as the Lightship Nantucket, the ship had previously been serving at Nantucket Shoals.
Why The World's Largest Wooden Ship, The Wyoming, Was A Bad Idea From The Start
The Wyoming held the distinction of the largest wooden boat of its time, but this wasn't necessarily a good thing. Here's the ...
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U.S. Navy Brings “Offensive Capability” to LCS with Mk 70 PDS
The Mk70 Payload Delivery System, a containerized variant of the Mk 41 vertical launching system, was present on USS Nantucket (LCS 27) during its commissioning ceremony in Nov. Screenshot from U.S.
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From the Inside: ‘Sweet, sticky death’ – the Great Molasses Flood of 1919
Dogs and horses also died. Since that day, the event has become part of local folklore. Rescuers, including the Boston Police Department, cadets from the USS Nantucket docked nearby, and the Red Cross ...
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Our Future Naval Strategy Depends on These State-of-the-Art Ships
At the end of 2024 came the christening of the USS Arkansas, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine, at Newport News Shipbuilding ...