Tide-class Tankers Will Support Royal Navy Ships Around the World
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s new class of tanker will be known as the Tide class, drawing upon a name associated …
Surface Ships
The Royal Navy’s New Type 26 Frigate
The Royal Navy’s new class of frigate, the Type 26, will be capable and flexible. With a common hull that …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Building an Aegis Fleet
It is easy to look back from the perspective of 2012, with scores of Aegis cruisers and destroyers populating the …
The Fall Edition of Defense Now Available to Read Online
Over the past few weeks, printed copies of the fall edition of Defense have been delivered to the desks of …
Enterprise Returns Home from Final Deployment
The USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, has come home for good after her 22nd …
USCG Commissions Third Fast Response Cutter, William Flores
On Nov. 3, 2012, the U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its third Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC), the William Flores (WPC …
Aboard William Flores, the Newest Coast Guard Cutter
Thirty-two years ago, on the night of Jan. 28, 1980, the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn was outward bound in Tampa …
USCG Rescues Crew of HMS Bounty, Sunk Off North Carolina
HMS Bounty, a 180-foot, three-masted sailing vessel, has sunk off the coast of North Carolina due to the effects of …
Destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Pulled Highly Visible Duty During the Cuban Missile Crisis
When the U.S. Navy implemented President John F. Kennedy‘s quarantine of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, one warship in …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Three Ts – Talos, Terrier, and Tartar
For me, the story of the U.S. Navy’s journey to achieve effective fleet air defense is a personal one – …