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USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
The AN/SLQ-32 is a shipboard electronic warfare suite built by the Raytheon Company of Goleta, California and The Hughes Aircraft Company. [1] It is currently the primary electronic warfare system in use by U.S. Navy ships. [2] Its operators commonly refer to it as the "Slick-32". [3]
United States Carrier based transport C-2A 33 [3] Planned to be Replaced with V-22 Osprey: C-12 Huron: United States Transport UC-12 13 [3] C-20 Grey Ghost: United States Transport C-20G 3 [3] C-26 Metroliner: United States Transport C-26D 8 [3] C-38 Courier: Israel Transport C-38A 2 [3] C-40 Clipper: United States Transport C-40A 17 [3] C-130 ...
A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), while others have been struck from the register.
AN/UYK-20. The AN/UYK-20 "Data Processing Set" was a ruggedized small computer manufactured by Univac and used by the United States Navy for small and medium-sized shipboard and shore systems built in the 1970s.
Retail services specialist (RS) is a rating in the United States Navy. RSes are responsible for managing and operating all shipboard retail and service activities, including the ship's store, vending machines, coffee kiosks (on aircraft carriers), barber shops and laundry operations. They play a large role in maintaining the morale aboard a ...
The Formal Ashtray. Ashtrays certainly still exist, but people don't use them as much as they did in the early 1960s, when this Flavio Poli-designed one was made.It wasn't until the middle of the ...
The Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) is a device for launching guided missiles, and is found on many U.S. Navy ships. This list includes all launchers that are part of the designation series. Included on this list are missile launchers that have not been adopted for service in the United States Navy.