Ingalls Shipbuilding has cut steel on the fourth America-class big-deck amphibious warship at its Mississippi shipyard, the company announced on Tuesday. The shipyard has cut 100 tons of steel for the future USS Fallujah (LHA-9) after completing a final Navy production review. Fallujah “will be the second Flight I ship and will retain the aviation […]
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 5, 2022, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Ships Underway Total Battle […]
This post has been updated with a statement from Expeditionary Strike Group 3. Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) returned home on Tuesday following a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, the Navy announced. The America-class amphib pulled into its homeport of Naval Base San Diego, Calif., Tuesday morning local time. The ship quietly left for […]
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and amphibious warship USS New Orleans (LPD-18) this week operated in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Royal Canadian Navy for a joint exercise, U.S. 7th Fleet announced. The joint U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Task Force 76/3 on Monday started experimenting with concepts […]