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November 13, 2021, the christening ceremony of the thirteenth USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) Spearhead class expeditionary vehicle was held at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile (Alabama).
A series of 15 Spearhead class fast military transport vessels for the US Navy are under construction at Austal USA production sites. Since December 2012, twelve EPF-type vessels have already been handed over to the military department.
Characteristics of the Spearhead class vessel: the aluminum hull of the catamaran is 103 m long, the cargo deck is 1.8 thousand square meters. m with a deck for landing and take-off of a medium transport helicopter and space for 300 or more marines. These military transport catamarans were designed and built by Austal to support a wide range of missions from maritime security operations to humanitarian relief and disaster relief.

 

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Future USS Daniel Inouye​

 

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An F35C Lightning II, assigned to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, prepares to launch off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson

 

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Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 4 (HSC-4) "Black Knights" MH-60 Seahawk and USMC Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 (HMLA-369) "Gunfighters" AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom conduct joint combat search/rescue ex

 

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US Navy completes first tests of F-35C refueling from unmanned Boeing MQ-25 refueling tanker.

 

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CMV-22 Osprey from USS Carl Vinson

 

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The prototype MQ-25 "Stingray" carrier-based unmanned tanker has been relocated to the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) aircraft carrier for flight tests.

 

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 17, 2021) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) transits the Pacific Ocean during a navigation exercise. Gridley is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Colby A. Mothershead/Released)

 

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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) flight ops, Dec 2021

 

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Flights of F-35C fighters from the nuclear aircraft carrier CVN 72 Abraham Lincoln.

 

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

It was the largest gathering of allied warships since World War II and a month after the Berlin Wall would begin to crumble.

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Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden.

During the demonstration, the Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapons System Demonstrator (LWSD) Mark 2 MOD 0 aboard Portland successfully engaged a static surface training target. Portland previously tested the LWSD in May 2020 when it successfully disabled a small unmanned aerial system while operating in the Pacific Ocean.

The Office of Naval Research selected Portland to host the laser weapon technology in 2018. The LWSD is considered a next-generation follow-on to the Laser Weapon System (LaWS) that afloat forward staging base USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) tested for three years while operating in the Middle East.

 

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USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) transiting the strait of Gibraltar, 15th Dec, 2021

 

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Future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) at Ingalls during sunset, 2021

 

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GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 6, 2021) The guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), sails in the Gulf of Aden with the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52)

 

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75), transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Dec. 14, 2021.

 

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USS CHANCELLORSVILLE (CG-62) is back in drydock less than 11 months after leaving, and only 7 months after sea trials. The entire port shaft requires replacement Yokosuka, Japan, 17DEC21.

 

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USS Monterey (CG-61) in the Atlantic, March 2021. She is due to be decommissioned Feb 2022.

 

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USS Arleigh Burke departing the Black Sea, 15th December 2021

 

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USS Porter (DDG 78), Rota, Spain, Dec. 10, 2021. Photo Jacob Owen