By Jason Leopold (Bloomberg) — Former President Donald Trump’s White House asked the US Navy to hide a warship named after John McCain on his 2019 visit to Japan, stunning naval…
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U.S. Judge Orders Tanker Owner to Pay $44 Million Over Deadly Destroyer Collision
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday said the owner of an oil tanker must pay the United States $44.6 million over its role in…
Harker: Navy, Marine Corps Must Fix More Business Practices to Improve Readiness
Fleet Readiness Center Southwest. US Navy Photo
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – While the Navy and Marine Corps have fixed problems they’ve identified in their business practices, the service’s top official said it still needs to correct some weaknesses to improve readiness.
Speaking at the Navy League’s 2021 Sea Air Space conference, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Harker said the top-to-bottom audit of the Pentagon and military departments “highlighted ways in which we can operate more efficiently and...
Destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur Transits Taiwan Strait, China Protests
Intelligence Specialist Chief Michael Tolbert, from Moss Point, Miss., stands watch on the bridge while the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) on May 18, 2021. US Navy Photo
Guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday drawing protests from Chinese military officials.
The transit occurred, “in accordance with international law,” according to a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet.
“The ship’s transit through the Taiwan...
https://news.usni.org/2021/05/19/destroyer-uss-curtis-wilbur-transits-taiwan-strait-china-protests
Destroyer USS John McCain Transits Taiwan Strait as Chinese Carrier Strike Group Drills Nearby
USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit April 7, 2021. US Navy Photo
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, days after the Chinese Navy announced a carrier strike group was operating near the island.
USS John McCain (DDG-56) made the transit two days after the People’s Liberation Army Navy announced carrier Liaoning and its escorts would exercise near the island in the South China Sea.
McCain’s transit is part of a regular drumbeat...
Destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur Transits Taiwan Strait
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Yazzmine Dixon, from Chicago, steers the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54). Curtis Wilbur is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. US Navy photo.
A U.S. destroyer moved through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the Navy announced.
“The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) conducted a routine...
https://news.usni.org/2021/02/25/destroyer-uss-curtis-wilbur-transits-taiwan-strait
USS John McCain Back to Operations Almost 3 Years After Fatal Collision
Quartermaster 1st Class Byron Johnson, from Atlanta, notates in the decklog on the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) on May 22, 2020. US Navy Photo
The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is resuming operations in 7th Fleet three years after a devastating collision killed 10 sailors.
Last week, the ship and the crew completed the six-month basic phase training, a key milestone before returning to the fleet.
“We’re back, and...
Flawed Bridge Technology Set The USS McCain Up For Disaster
By T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, Robert Faturechi and Agnes Chang (ProPublica) Dakota Bordeaux had rarely traveled outside his home state of Oklahoma before he joined the Navy in February 2017. He’d certainly never seen the ocean. But only four months later, Bordeaux was standing at the helm of...
Former USS Fitzgerald CO Benson to Retire as Commander Next Month
Cmdr. Bryce Benson, then-executive officer, assists in bringing down the battle ensign aboard USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) in 2016. US Navy Photo
The former commander of a guided-missile destroyer that was involved in a fatal collision in 2017 will retire at his current rank and will be eligible for retirement and medical benefits, his lawyer confirmed to USNI News on Wednesday.
Cmdr. Bryce Benson will retire from the Navy on Dec. 29 after a two-year legal battle with the Navy over his role in the...
https://news.usni.org/2019/11/20/former-uss-fitzgerald-co-benson-to-retire-as-commander-next-month
USS John S. McCain Returns to Sea Two Years After Deadly Collision
The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is returning to sea more than two years its deadly collision with a containership in the shipping lanes off Singapore. The Navy announced Monday that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has completed necessary repairs at the U.S. Naval Ship Repair...