YP-389: Sunken WWII Navy Patrol Boat Found

A WWII era commercial fishing trawler turned Navy Coastal Minesweeper and then District Patrol Craft that was sunk in 1942 has been found on the ocean floor. Designated a YP-389 the boat was a lightly armed coastal patrol boat with a single 3" gun mount on her bow and two...

Remains of Capt Speicher found - 1st Fighter lost in Gulf War

The remains of Captain Michael Scott Speicher have been positively identified.  Captain Speicher's status was changed several times since his fighter was shot down in 1991 from KIA to MIA. The military...

HH-60H Seahawk Navy helicopter crash, San Diego coast: 3 Dead

A US Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopter crashed near the Coronado Islands off the coast of San Diego in Southern California during a training mission on May 19, 2009.  The bodies of three passengers have been...

Rush Limbaugh Attacks Obama over Pirate Shooting

While most are praising US President Obama for the way he handled this latest pirate attack, Rush Limbaugh has found yet another way to attack him.  He mockingly called the pirates "merchant marine organizers,"...

Captain Phillips Is Free & On Board the USS Boxer

According to CNN, Captain Richard Phillips has been freed after a 5-day ordeal.  He has been flown by helicopter to the USS Boxer since first coming on board the USS Bainbridge.  He has already undergone...

Chinese ships 'harass' USNS Impeccable

Five Chinese ships came dangerously close to an unarmed US surveillance ship in international waters, the Pentagon has said. The US Government said the incident involving the USNS Impeccable happened on Sunday in the South China Sea after days of "increasingly aggressive...

Pirates attempt to hijack US cruise ship, fire 8 shots at MS Nautica

Pirates in the Gulf of Aden fired 8 shots on a cruise ship in a failed hijacking attempt Tuesday.  Pirates have been making headlines in recent months for hijacking oil tankers and other commercial...

Kite-Powered Cargo Ship: US Navy Sets Sail, Literally

The US navy chartered the MV Beluga to deliver US military cargo from Europe to the States. The Beluga is a kite-assisted ship, equipped with a gigantic parachute-like wind capture device to help it save on...

USS Kitty Hawk leaves service

After nearly 50 years of service, the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, will be decommissioned.  This oldest active ship in the US Navy will make its final departure from Japan this Wednesday."The Kitty...

Judge Says Sonar Hurts Whales, Orders NAVY to Quit Using it

An environmental group says the whales don't want to be exposed to the Navy's powerful sonar. And today a federal judge agreed. The judge has banned the Navy from using high-power sonar during exercises in the...

Hospital Ship Comfort Departs to South America

gCaptain's blog tells us: In some of the most positive military news of recent memory we get word of preparations being made aboard the USNS Comfort for tomorrow's departure on a humanitarian mission to South...

The American Race

The American race is devoted to a set of ideals that are uniquely American. We have all colors, all races, all ethnicities and all religions. All across the globe, we see sights such as a young boy in a...

Navy Heats Up Cold Fusion Hopes

DailyTech, May 5. 2007   New proof that cold fusion works could fuel additional interest in generating power from low energy nuclear reactions Cold fusion, the ability to generate nuclear power at room temperatures, has proven to be a highly elusive feat. In fact, it...

Why are these guys playing on a US submarine?

So I'm looking for news on YouTube, and I plug in the tag, CENTCOM (for US Central Command) and I come across this video of some guys playing on a submarine at sea. It looks like an Oberon-class sub but that's not in the US fleet. So what the heck is it and who are these guys...

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