Ships (Page 5)

News, explainers, and analysis about military naval vessels, from carriers to cruisers, destroyers and submarines.

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Carriers

SecDef Esper uses the USS Theodore Roosevelt to tout America’s naval supremacy amid the COVID-19 crisis

By Jared Keller

Posted on May 13, 2020

Ships

Battleship USS Nevada, a symbol of American ‘resilience and stubbornness,’ rediscovered after 72 years

By David Roza

Posted on May 13, 2020

Ships

The Navy is going under a microscope for its handling of shipboard COVID-19 outbreaks

By Jared Keller

Posted on May 13, 2020

Ships

Pentagon health agency contradicts Esper’s claim that Navy ships at sea are ‘safest place to be’ right now

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 7, 2020

Ships

DARPA’s next robot warship looks suspiciously like an Imperial Star Destroyer

By Jared Keller

Posted on May 7, 2020

Carriers

The USS Theodore Roosevelt’s ousted captain has been temporarily reassigned to San Diego

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 6, 2020

Ships

Esper: The ‘safest place to be’ during the COVID-19 pandemic is on a Navy ship at sea

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 4, 2020

Submarines

British submarine commander fired for throwing party for his crew amid COVID-19 lockdown

By James Clark

Posted on Apr 29, 2020

Carriers

New Navy investigation delays decision on reinstating USS Theodore Roosevelt captain

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 29, 2020

Carriers

Here’s why the decision about reinstating the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s fired captain is taking so long

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 27, 2020

Destroyers

The USS Kidd’s COVID-19 outbreak is bad and getting worse

By Jared Keller

Posted on Apr 27, 2020

Destroyers

The Navy’s futuristic stealth destroyer is finally ready for action, sort of

By Jared Keller

Posted on Apr 27, 2020

Destroyers

Number of positive COVID-19 cases on USS Kidd nearly doubles overnight

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Apr 26, 2020

Carriers

Navy reportedly recommends reinstating fired USS Theodore Roosevelt captain

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 24, 2020

Destroyers

The Navy is fighting another major COVID-19 outbreak aboard a destroyer in the Pacific

By Jeff Schogol, David Roza

Posted on Apr 24, 2020

Carriers

USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor under investigation for leaving hotel room while under quarantine in Guam

By David Roza

Posted on Apr 17, 2020

Carriers

Navy identifies USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor who died from COVID-19

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Apr 17, 2020

Carriers

Another USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor with COVID-19 has been moved into intensive care

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 14, 2020

Carriers

The Harry S. Truman carrier strike group is staying at sea to avoid COVID-19 exposure

By David Roza

Posted on Apr 14, 2020

Carriers

A USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor has died of COVID-19

By Jared Keller

Posted on Apr 13, 2020

Carriers

The USS Theodore Roosevelt fiasco shows how paranoid the Pentagon is about China

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 12, 2020

Ships

The ex-Acting Navy Secretary’s last wish was to name a few ships. That didn’t happen, so we came up with some

By James Clark

Posted on Apr 9, 2020

Carriers

The USS Nimitz narrowly avoided a major COVID-19 outbreak, Navy officials say

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Apr 9, 2020

Carriers

A USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor is in the ICU with COVID-19 as positive cases rise

By David Roza

Posted on Apr 9, 2020

Carriers

Ousted Navy secretary takes responsibility for Theodore Roosevelt fiasco: ‘It’s my fault. I own it’

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Apr 8, 2020

Carriers

Yet another aircraft carrier has reported a positive COVID-19 case

By Jared Keller

Posted on Apr 8, 2020

Carriers

Lawmakers call for removal of Navy Secretary over USS Theodore Roosevelt debacle

By David Roza

Posted on Apr 6, 2020

Carriers

‘He’s definitely a hated man right now’ — USS Theodore Roosevelt sailors react to Navy Secretary blasting their former captain

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 6, 2020

Carriers

Acting Navy Secretary blasts USS Theodore Roosevelt captain as ‘too naive or too stupid’ in leaked speech to ship’s crew

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 6, 2020

Carriers

Capt. Brett Crozier has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 since being removed from the USS Theodore Roosevelt

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Apr 5, 2020

Ships

Several COVID-19 patients were mistakenly brought on board the USNS Comfort

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Apr 5, 2020

Carriers

Trump blames Capt. Crozier for stopping in Vietnam and calls letter to Navy leadership ‘inappropriate’

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Apr 5, 2020

Carriers

‘Best captain we ever had’ — Watch the crew of USS Theodore Roosevelt give their fired skipper a triumphant send-off

By David Roza

Posted on Apr 3, 2020

Carriers

Lawmakers decry Navy firing of USS Theodore Roosevelt captain as an ‘overreaction’ that puts sailors ‘at greater risk’

By David Roza

Posted on Apr 3, 2020

Carriers

Navy fires USS Theodore Roosevelt captain who warned ‘sailors do not need to die’ from COVID-19 in leaked letter

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 3, 2020

Ships

A train engineer allegedly derailed a locomotive near the USNS Mercy because he thought it was part of a government takeover

By James Clark

Posted on Apr 2, 2020

Carriers

Navy captain says COVID-19 is spreading through his aircraft carrier so rapidly that most of the crew needs to get off

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 31, 2020

Destroyers

The Navy’s first stealth destroyer is almost ready for a fight

By Jared Keller

Posted on Mar 30, 2020

Carriers

A second aircraft carrier is reportedly facing a COVID-19 outbreak

By Jared Keller

Posted on Mar 29, 2020

Carriers

COVID-19 has taken an entire aircraft carrier out of commission

By David Roza

Posted on Mar 26, 2020

Ships

Navy sends hospital ship to Los Angeles to lighten the load for doctors swamped by COVID-19

By David Roza

Posted on Mar 24, 2020

Carriers

A coronavirus outbreak aboard an aircraft carrier is one of the possibilities facing the US military

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 9, 2020

Ships

We salute the USS America for rocking a Captain America flag at sea

By Jared Keller

Posted on Mar 5, 2020

Destroyers

The Navy just installed a laser on a destroyer to counter incoming drones

By David Roza

Posted on Feb 22, 2020

Ships

The Navy is officially sending 4 ‘little crappy ships’ to an early retirement

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 11, 2020

Submarines

Fired Navy sub commander had affair with spouse of enlisted sailor

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Feb 11, 2020

Carriers

The Navy’s $13 billion supercarrier isn’t ready to defend itself in combat

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 5, 2020

Destroyers

Three years after a deadly collision, the USS Fitzgerald is heading back out to sea

By David Roza

Posted on Feb 4, 2020

Carriers

3 sailors from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower charged in connection with holiday party fight

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 21, 2020

Carriers

How should the Navy name its aircraft carriers?

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 20, 2020

Carriers

Navy to name new aircraft carrier after Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Jan 18, 2020

Destroyers

USS Decatur CO fired following command investigation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 17, 2020

Ships

The Navy wants to slap a laser on a littoral combat ship for the first time

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 15, 2020

Destroyers

Videos show a Russian warship getting way too close to a US Navy destroyer in the Arabian Sea

By David Roza

Posted on Jan 10, 2020

Ships

The Navy wants to teach its robot warships to talk

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 3, 2020

Ships

The Navy wants to ditch 4 of its ‘little crappy ships’ more than a decade early

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 2, 2020

Carriers

The Navy is investigating a video that purportedly shows a brawl at the USS Eisenhower holiday party

By David Roza

Posted on Dec 23, 2019

Carriers

The USS George Washington just won the sh*t out of Christmas

By James Clark

Posted on Dec 18, 2019

Destroyers

Has justice actually been served for the USS Fitzgerald disaster?

By James Seddon

Posted on Dec 13, 2019

Destroyers

2 years after the Fitzgerald and McCain collisions, the Navy has no idea if its new ship-driving training is working

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 20, 2019

Carriers

The Navy reportedly asked Carnival Cruise Line for help with its ongoing aircraft carrier maintenance issues

By Jared Keller

Posted on Nov 3, 2019

Carriers

America’s newest aircraft carrier only has 4 of its 11 elevators working, but at least it can do these high-speed turns

By Jared Keller

Posted on Oct 31, 2019

Ships

The Marine Corps’s dream of ‘Lightning Carrier’ laden with F-35s is slowly becoming a reality

By Jared Keller

Posted on Oct 15, 2019

Submarines

How we found out America’s largest military shipbuilder was accused of falsifying tests on nuclear submarines

By Jared Keller

Posted on Oct 11, 2019