USS Charleston (LCS-18) transits the South China Sea at full power on Jan. 22, 2023. US Navy Photo
As maiden deployments go, the one USS Charleston (LCS-18) just wrapped is one for the record books.
The Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship returned to its San Diego, Calif., homeport last week, closing out a 26-month rotational deployment overseas. During that time, the ship operated across the U.S. 7th Fleet and 3rd Fleet regions with five rotations of its two crews, with the gold crew...
An MH-60S Knighthawk, assigned to the ‘Eightballers’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on May 20, 2021. US Navy Photo
The Navy is organizing a deep-water salvage operation for what is believed to be the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed three weeks ago and sank in the eastern Pacific from the deck of an aircraft carrier, USNI News has learned.
A search-and-salvage team has located, at a depth of...
Undersea support ship HOS Dominator. MSC Photo
For a third day, a salvage ship contracted by the Navy on Friday was scanning an area of the Pacific Ocean southwest of San Diego, Calif., to locate an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter that sank Aug. 31 during aircraft carrier operations.
The 240-foot offshore supply vessel HOS Dominator left Naval Base San Diego on Wednesday and soon began the work of finding the downed helicopter and recovering the aircraft and five missing sailors with Helicopter Sea...
An MH-60S Knighthawk, assigned to the ‘Eightballers’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on May 20, 2021. US Navy Photo
Five sailors missing after a helicopter went into the sea after crashing on the deck of an aircraft carrier on Monday are now presumed dead, U.S. 3rd Fleet said today.
The MH-60S was on the deck of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) when an unspecified mishap caused the helicopter to fall...
Sailors brace as an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, assigned to the ‘Chargers’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14, takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on Aug. 13, 2021. US Navy Photo
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Five sailors are missing after Navy helicopter crashed off the coast of California on Monday, U.S. 3rd Fleet said.
One sailor from MH-60S operating from aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)...
https://news.usni.org/2021/09/01/5-sailors-missing-after-navy-helicopter-crashes-off-california
Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 observe as the MQ-8C Fire Scout is delivered to the squadron on Sept. 15, 2020. HSC-22 is the first HSC squadron on the East Coast to operate all three systems. They are responsible for manning, training and equipping personnel to operate the MH-60S Knighthawk, MQ-8B Firescout and MQ-8C Firescout. US Navy photo.
The Navy is getting closer to operating the new and larger MQ-8C Fire Scout variant on its Littoral Combat Ships, with two squadrons...
An MH-60S helicopter from the ‘Golden Falcons’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 launches from the flight deck of U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) on Jan 21, 2020. US Navy Photo
Five sailors are in stable condition following the crash of their MH-60S helicopter in the Philippine Sea, U.S. 7th Fleet said on Saturday.
The MH-60S was operating from 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) when it went down about 5:15 p.m. local time, read a statement from the Navy.
“Three...