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Remembering The Navy’s Doomed Aircraft-Carrying Airships

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 27, 2022
Navy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair II

Navy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair II

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on May 9, 2022
The Navy’s First Medical Ship In 35 Years Will Be Unlike Any Before It

The Navy’s First Medical Ship In 35 Years Will Be Unlike Any Before It

By Howard Altman
Posted on Apr 29, 2022
Flying Boats Flew Japan’s Little-Known Follow-On Raid On Pearl Harbor

Flying Boats Flew Japan’s Little-Known Follow-On Raid On Pearl Harbor

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Dec 8, 2021
USS Desert Ship Sits In A Sea Of Sand And Launched The Navy To The Forefront Of Missile Tech

USS Desert Ship Sits In A Sea Of Sand And Launched The Navy To The Forefront Of Missile Tech

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 17, 2021
Life On The High Seas Aboard A Tin Can Destroyer During The Cold War

Life On The High Seas Aboard A Tin Can Destroyer During The Cold War

By Juan Rivera
Updated on Oct 22, 2021
Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers

Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 11, 2021
This Kamikaze Impact Mark On A British Cruiser Is A Testament To The Brutality Of The Pacific War

This Kamikaze Impact Mark On A British Cruiser Is A Testament To The Brutality Of The Pacific War

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 27, 2021
This Spherical Manned Airship Was Tested By The Navy As An Eye In The Sky

This Spherical Manned Airship Was Tested By The Navy As An Eye In The Sky

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jul 20, 2021
China Tested An AI-Controlled Submarine-Hunting Underwater Drone A Decade Ago: Report

China Tested An AI-Controlled Submarine-Hunting Underwater Drone A Decade Ago: Report

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 9, 2021
An Air Cushion Patrol Seaplane Was Once In The Works With The U.S. And Japan

An Air Cushion Patrol Seaplane Was Once In The Works With The U.S. And Japan

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 18, 2021
The Soviet-Era Hurricane High-Speed Missile Boat Had Absolutely Gargantuan Hydrofoils

The Soviet-Era Hurricane High-Speed Missile Boat Had Absolutely Gargantuan Hydrofoils

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 12, 2021
The Navy Concluded Transmedium Flying Submersibles Were Possible A Decade Ago

The Navy Concluded Transmedium Flying Submersibles Were Possible A Decade Ago

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jun 12, 2021
These Sailors Releasing Their Shipmates’ Bodies Into The Sea Is Worth Thinking Of This Memorial Day

These Sailors Releasing Their Shipmates’ Bodies Into The Sea Is Worth Thinking Of This Memorial Day

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on May 31, 2021
USS Sealion Was The Navy’s Unique Helicopter-Accommodating Submarine

USS Sealion Was The Navy’s Unique Helicopter-Accommodating Submarine

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 12, 2021
The Sad Story Of How This Soviet Aircraft Carrier Ended Up Rotting In A Landlocked Chinese Lagoon

The Sad Story Of How This Soviet Aircraft Carrier Ended Up Rotting In A Landlocked Chinese Lagoon

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 15, 2021
The Oddly Shaped USS Grayback Was A Cold War Submarine Like No Other

The Oddly Shaped USS Grayback Was A Cold War Submarine Like No Other

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Feb 14, 2021
Obscure 23-Year Old Navy SAM Was So Ahead Of Its Time That It’s Still In High Demand Today

Obscure 23-Year Old Navy SAM Was So Ahead Of Its Time That It’s Still In High Demand Today

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Feb 13, 2021
The Navy Got Its Hands On Its First Operational F-4 Phantom Sixty Years Ago Today

The Navy Got Its Hands On Its First Operational F-4 Phantom Sixty Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 30, 2020
Historic Indian Carrier Set To Be Scrapped After 58 Years Of Service With Two Navies

Historic Indian Carrier Set To Be Scrapped After 58 Years Of Service With Two Navies

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Her Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air Force

Her Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air Force

By Rowland White
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Making Steam: The Life And Times Of A U.S. Navy Chief Engineer

Making Steam: The Life And Times Of A U.S. Navy Chief Engineer

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 5, 2020
US Navy Aircraft Carriers Had Escalators Just Like At The Mall

US Navy Aircraft Carriers Had Escalators Just Like At The Mall

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 5, 2020
7 Revolutionary Hardware Changes the US Navy Should Make in the Trump Era

7 Revolutionary Hardware Changes the US Navy Should Make in the Trump Era

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
The Revolutionary War Gave Birth To The Age Of Naval Mine Warfare

The Revolutionary War Gave Birth To The Age Of Naval Mine Warfare

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 2, 2020
This Nuclear-Capable 1950s Missile Once Delivered the U.S. Mail

This Nuclear-Capable 1950s Missile Once Delivered the U.S. Mail

By Chris Cantle
Updated on Jul 2, 2020
Navy Needed Targets To Mimic Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles So They Bought Real Ones From Russia

Navy Needed Targets To Mimic Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles So They Bought Real Ones From Russia

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 7, 2020
How The Experimental USS Narwhal Ended Up Being The Navy’s Stealthiest Nuclear Submarine

How The Experimental USS Narwhal Ended Up Being The Navy’s Stealthiest Nuclear Submarine

By Aaron Amick
Updated on Apr 30, 2020
The Real Story of the USS Ponce as the American Sea Base Sails Into Retirement

The Real Story of the USS Ponce as the American Sea Base Sails Into Retirement

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 27, 2020
This Is The World’s Fastest Production Submarine’s Crazy Molten Metal Cooled Reactor

This Is The World’s Fastest Production Submarine’s Crazy Molten Metal Cooled Reactor

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 19, 2020
Tales Of Nuclear Cruiser USS Long Beach From A Sailor Who Built His Career Aboard Her

Tales Of Nuclear Cruiser USS Long Beach From A Sailor Who Built His Career Aboard Her

By Douglas Healey and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Recollections Of Life At Sea And Some Advice From A U.S. Navy Force Master Chief

Recollections Of Life At Sea And Some Advice From A U.S. Navy Force Master Chief

By Douglas Healey and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
This Massive Naval Exercise In 1989 Was The Pinnacle Of U.S. Cold War Maritime Might

This Massive Naval Exercise In 1989 Was The Pinnacle Of U.S. Cold War Maritime Might

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
This Haunting WWII Photo Sums Up Our Veterans’ Perseverance And Sacrifice

This Haunting WWII Photo Sums Up Our Veterans’ Perseverance And Sacrifice

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Coast Guard Cutters Once Carried Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles And They Could Again

Coast Guard Cutters Once Carried Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles And They Could Again

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Ohio Guided Missile Submarines Were Designed To Be Drone-Carrying Clandestine Command Centers

Ohio Guided Missile Submarines Were Designed To Be Drone-Carrying Clandestine Command Centers

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
The Navy’s Oldest Attack Submarine Goes Out On Top After Circumnavigating The Globe

The Navy’s Oldest Attack Submarine Goes Out On Top After Circumnavigating The Globe

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Oct 6, 2019
Decades Ago The Navy Tested A Maritime Patrol U-2 Variant That Was Way Ahead Of Its Time

Decades Ago The Navy Tested A Maritime Patrol U-2 Variant That Was Way Ahead Of Its Time

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
The Harrowing Tale Of The Nuke-Laden Russian Typhoon Class Sub That Almost Sunk In 1991

The Harrowing Tale Of The Nuke-Laden Russian Typhoon Class Sub That Almost Sunk In 1991

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on May 17, 2019
The Striking And Fast Superyacht ‘Yaz’ Was Born From A 40 Year Old Dutch Frigate’s Hull

The Striking And Fast Superyacht ‘Yaz’ Was Born From A 40 Year Old Dutch Frigate’s Hull

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 17, 2018
WWII Vintage USS Oak Ridge Is Being Auctioned Off, Maybe The Navy Should Buy It Back

WWII Vintage USS Oak Ridge Is Being Auctioned Off, Maybe The Navy Should Buy It Back

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 6, 2018
Mystery Naval Mine In Puget Sound Was From Navy Exercise That Occurred Over A Decade Ago

Mystery Naval Mine In Puget Sound Was From Navy Exercise That Occurred Over A Decade Ago

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 30, 2018
The Nuclear Bomber Carrying USS United States Was Going To Be America’s First Supercarrier

The Nuclear Bomber Carrying USS United States Was Going To Be America’s First Supercarrier

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 10, 2018
Navy’s Blue Ridge Class Command Ships Once Had This Wacky Air Defense Missile System

Navy’s Blue Ridge Class Command Ships Once Had This Wacky Air Defense Missile System

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 25, 2018
The Navy’s Giant Hangar That Housed The Hindenburg Hides A Mock Aircraft Carrier Inside

The Navy’s Giant Hangar That Housed The Hindenburg Hides A Mock Aircraft Carrier Inside

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 18, 2018
A U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Once Submerged In A River To Ride Out A Hurricane

A U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Once Submerged In A River To Ride Out A Hurricane

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Aug 29, 2017