China's phenomenal naval shipbuilding continues, with a Type 075 LHD commissioned and construction proceeding of the Type 003 aircraft carrier. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned a ...
A government watchdog report released Wednesday states the U.S. Navy needs to strengthen oversight of ship maintenance contractors to prevent fires, citing chronic staffing shortfalls and weak enforce ...
Key point: Beijing wants the same amphibious assault capabilities of America’s Marines. A Chinese shipyard has begun assembling the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s first big-deck amphibious assault ...
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) sits pier side at Naval Base San Diego on July 16, 2020. US Navy Photo The Navy will remove the aft mast USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) this week out of an abundance of ...
One of France's largest navy ships has sailed into north Queensland waters as part of a mammoth voyage aimed at increasing its presence in the Indo-Pacific. The 200-metre LHD Dixmude is on a ...
Fincantieri has launched the Italian Navy’s newest Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), Trieste, at its shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia, the company announced on 25 May.The vessel will be delivered in ...
U.S. Navy LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) launch and recovery aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6 ...
The future USS Makin Island (LHD 8) successfully underwent Builder's Trials Dec. 13 in the Gulf of Mexico. The trials mark the first time this amphibious assault ship has gone to sea on its own power.
GE Marine announced that it will supply the Spanish shipbuilder, , with two LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines. The LM2500s will power two new Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ...
A 2005 Portage Northern High School graduate and Kalamazoo, Mich., native is serving aboard USS Essex (LHD 2), the largest of all amphibious warfare ships and resembles a small aircraft carrier. Petty ...
A San Diego Federal Fire firefighter rests after combating a fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) on July 12, 2020. US Navy Photo SAN DIEGO – An expert in electrical ...
Operations Specialist Seaman Jean Marc Riveracaban, shown here on board the amphibious assault ship America in 2017, has been charged with using and distributing a variety of drugs, according to ...