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Dozens of miniature ships moored inside Philadelphia’s Seaport Museum for its new exhibition
You cannot visit the USS Indianapolis — it’s at the bottom of the Philippine Sea — but you can visit a 13-foot scale model at ...
The Collector: John Simanton’s ship model started when he was a teen and helped during his Navy career
John Simanton’s collection reflects a time when world wars were fought at sea – when mighty ships battled each other across ...
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Shipbuilders swarm Capitol Hill to lobby for aircraft carrier funding
The Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition wants $600 million to secure building of the years-delayed CVN-82.
Turning Canberra-class LHDs into aircraft carriers
A in 2014 it was clear the capability was relatively mature, and it kicked off a debate about whether to operate them from ...
From USS Nimitz to USS Ranger: Aircraft carriers homeported in Bremerton over the decades
With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton in 2024, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft ...
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Do US Aircraft Carriers Have Guns? Here's How They Defend Against Attacks
Thankfully, the ships that accompany carriers can be customized to ... In such a configuration, the aircraft serving with the model are those dedicated to dispatching the lingering threat of ...
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China Is On the Cusp of Building a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier—And Taking Control of the Pacific
One of the last technical advantages U.S. aircraft carriers have ... This forces its carriers to travel with an accompanying fuel-carrying ship, known as an oiler, which passes fuel to the big ...