warships

US Navy to install first 3D-printed metal part on warship

On 11 October, the US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced approval of the first metal part created by additive manufacturing (AM) for shipboard installation. A prototype drain strainer orifice (DSO) assembly will be installed on USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in fiscal year 2019 for a one-year test and evaluation trial. The DSO assembly is a steam system component that permits drainage/removal of water from a steam line while in use.

Huntington Ingalls Industries–Newport News Shipbuilding...

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100 years since the largest US naval loss of life in World War I

26th of September marked the 100th anniversary of the loss of the US warship ‘Tampa’ during World War I. The death toll from the loss of Tampa is the largest American naval loss of life during World War I.

USS Tampa was one of six US Coast Guard cutters serving overseas on convoy duty during the war. Also serving were the cutters ‘Seneca’, ‘Ossipee’, ‘Alconquin’, ‘Manning’ and ‘Yamacraw’. During TAMPA’s service in a foreign combat zone, she successfully escorted 18 convoys between Gibraltar and...

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