Good to see that the Independence class LCS is providing some return on investment. Note the Tulsa has the racks for the NSM installed but no missiles yet. As the Navy gives more routine maintenance responsibilities of the ships to crews, rather than expensive civilian third party companies, hopefully the costs to operate will be reduced.
Recently, an Indy class outran a Chinese destroyer shadowing it in the SCS and lost it when it entered more shallow waters where the deeper draft PLAN ship could not go..
22nd May, 2021. USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 and USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 moored in San Diego harbor.
26th May, 2021. With the launch of the future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) on May 16, each of the three primary piers are now occupied by a ship. DDG 120 joined Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) and Daniel Inouye (DDG 118). PCU John Basilone (DDG 122) under construction in the background behind USS LBJ
YOKOSUKA, Japan (June 22, 2021) The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723) arrives at Fleet Activities Yokosuka for a scheduled port visit while USS Mustin (DDG-89) departs for San Diego after 15 years of forward deployed service.
USS HALSEY DDG97 in the lead, carrier USS RONALD REAGAN CVN76 heads west through the Malacca Strait into the setting sun on 18 June. Seen from escorting cruiser USS SHILOH CG67
USS Halsey (DDG 97) on RAS approach with USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) June 2021
Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) conducts routine operations in the Philippine Sea. Tulsa, as part of Destroyer Squadron Seven. June 13, 2021. USN photo.
USS Alaska (SSBN 732) pulls into the Port of Gibraltar. June 29, 2021
USS Stout (DDG-55) in dry dock, 30 June 2021
At the BAE shipyard for a Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability, which costs $76.2 million ($100.5 if options exercised), scheduled to be completed by November. After setting the new record of 214 consecutive days at sea due to COVID
A C-2A Greyhound fleet logistics plane lands on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during flight operations in the Arabian Sea, June 28
Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, guided missile destroyer USS Dewey and attack submarine USS Seawolf sail in formation while aircraft fly above during operations in the Pacific Ocean, June 22, 2021. Photo By: Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Haydn Smith. DoD Photo
ARABIAN SEA (June 26, 2021) The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) operates alongside the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), not pictured, during a RAS
The American attack submarine Montpelier (SSN 765) at the Souda Bay base on the Greek island of Crete is loaded with Mk67 mobile bottom mines. They are intended for covert mining of coastal areas.
The newest Virginia-class attack submarine, the future USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795), was christened during a ceremony at the General Dynamics’ Electric Boat shipyard facility in Groton, Connecticut. 1st Aug 2021
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