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On October 16, 1965 – 57 years ago yesterday – the United States Navy hospital ship USS Repose was recommissioned for service in the Vietnam War. For more than a decade the ship had been moored with the reserve fleet in Suisun Bay in northern California.
World War II/1940sThe ship was...
General Dynamics NASSCO has begun construction on a new expeditionary sea base (ESB) for the US Navy. The future USS Robert E. Simanek will be the fifth Lewis B. Puller-c ..
On this date in 1949, the multi-purpose Sikorsky S-55 helicopter made its first flight above Bloomfield, Connecticut. The S-55 helicopter was built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, which had been founded by aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky in 1923. The company was originally known as Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation. (Sikorsky Aircraft has been part of Lockheed Martin Corporation since 2015.) One of Sikorsky’s nephews was Dimitry D. “Jimmy” Viner; he was the chief pilot for Sikorsky...
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The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, 71 years ago today. It is often termed “the Forgotten War” in the United States. Coverage of the conflict was censored and decades later it is largely overshadowed by World War II and the Vietnam War.
However, the three-year war, which pitted communist and capitalist forces against each other, set the stage for seven decades of ongoing tension among North Korea, South Korea and the United States.
This FreightWaves Classics article will provide a brief...
The US Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) formally named the future guided missile destroyer USS Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee in a ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding ..
The Philippine Navy decommissioned four of its legacy vessels in a ceremony at Sangley Point, Cavite City, on Monday, March 1. The decommissioned vessels include the ..
I regret to report that my old friend and Navy League colleague Admiral Andrew Robertson passed away a few days ago. I shall miss him sitting opposite me across the table ..
President Dwight D. Eisenhower poses with three men to whom he has just presented the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in Korean War combat action, at the White House, Washington, D.C., 12 January 1954. Those who received the medal are (from left to right): First Lieutenant Edward R. Schowalter, Jr., U.S. Army, honored for his actions near Kumhwa, Korea, on 14 October 1952; Private First Class Ernest E. West, U.S. Army, honored for his actions near Sataeri, Korea, on 12 October 1952;...
The following is the Dec. 28, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2018.
From the Report
This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from various older lists and is intended primarily to provide a rough survey of past U.S. military ventures abroad,...
https://news.usni.org/2019/01/02/report-use-u-s-armed-force-abroad-1798-2018