16 January 2025 Ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Embarks on Final Voyage The ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) departs the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia for transit to Brownsville, Texas where it will be dismantled. ...
11 December 2024 U.S Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Robert F. Kennedy SAN DIEGO – John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208) delivered to the Navy on Dec. 10...
09 December 2024 Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 111 NEW ORLEANS – The latest Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), LCAC 111 was delivered to the Navy from Textron Systems on Nov. 27.The delivery of LCAC 111 comes after completion of Acceptance Trials conducted by the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey, which evaluated the readiness and capability of the...
05 December 2024 Keel Laid for Future USNS Thurgood Marshall SAN DIEGO – The keel for the future USNS Thurgood Marshall (T-AO 211), a John Lewis-class Replenishment Oiler, was laid during a ceremony on Dec 5 at General Dynamics (GD) NASSCO.The ship’s namesake, former Justice Thurgood Marshall, was the first African American justice to serve on the U.S...
22 November 2024 Keel Laid for Future USS Sam Nunn PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The keel for the future USS Sam Nunn (DDG 133), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was laid during a ceremony on Nov. 22 at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division.The ship is named in honor of United States Senator Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr, who represented the state of...
24 September 2024 Navy Awards Amphibious Multi-Ship Procurement Contracts WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy awarded contracts totaling $9,472,132,620 for procurement of one America-class amphibious assault ship (LHA) and three San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock (LPD) ships, Sept. 24. The award, executed across two separate contracts to Huntington Ingalls Industries,...
13 September 2024 Navy Awards T-AO Block Buy Contract WASHINGTON – The Navy awarded a $6.75 billion block buy contract to General Dynamics NASSCO for the procurement of up to eight John Lewis Class (TAO-205) Fleet Replenishment Oilers, Sept. 13...
13 September 2024 Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Robert E. Simanek SAN DIEGO - The future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7) was delivered to the U.S. Navy, Sept. 12...
30 August 2024 Future USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140) The U.S. Navy celebrated the keel plate signing for one of the Navy’s future Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyers at an event hosted at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) on Aug. 30.The ceremony was held in honor of Capt. Thomas G. Kelley, a Medal of Honor recipient for his heroism during...
29 August 2024 Keel Laid for Future USS William Charette Bath, Maine - The keel for the future USS William Charette (DDG 130), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was laid during a ceremony on Aug. 29 at General Dynamic Bath Iron Works (BIW).The ship is named in honor of Master Chief Hospital Corpsman William R. Charette, a veteran who was...