Commander describes the moment a US Navy destroyer blasted an enemy drone out of the sky with a 5-inch deck gun
USS Stockdale destroyed the Houthi drone during a complex attack on American forces in November.
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BAE awarded $70 million Navy contract to overhaul Mk 45 guns
The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45, strengthen the gun mounts and incorporate a fully digital control system.
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BAE Systems to upgrade US Navy naval main guns to the Mk45 Mod 4
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems over $70 million to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems and ancillary equipment.
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The Arleigh Burke Destroyer’s Mk 45 Cannon Has a New Role: Drone Defense
American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun ...
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The U.S. Navy’s Most Popular Gun System Is Getting an Upgrade
The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.
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Crew of USS Stockdale Shot Down Houthi Drones with 5-Inch Gun, Says Admiral
Sailors with USS Stockdale (DDG-106) used the destroyer’s five-inch gun to shoot down a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle, the ...
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Italian Navy Deploys Marceglia FREMM Frigate to the Indo-Pacific
The Italian Navy's Bergamini-class frigate ITS Antonio Marceglia (F-597) departed from La Spezia on January 20, 2025, en ...
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Warship Sunk by the Nazis During World War II Located Off the Coast of Brazil
A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...
Indian Navy concludes jointmanship drills under TROPEX-25: Here's a look at bilateral and multilateral exercises it hosts
Beyond the domestic TROPEX-25, the Indian Navy maintains a robust schedule of bilateral and multilateral exercises with ...
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Marcos: Lack of ships hampers PH ability to drive away ‘monster ship’
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. admitted that the government has no means to drive it away due to a lack of naval assets.
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Navy looking for solutions to power, outfit new destroyer
As spotted by Naval News, the gun has been removed in a new DDG(X) rendering printed onto a farewell cake for outgoing Program Executive Office Ships director Capt. Matt Shroeder, posted to the ...
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Technician wasn't allowed return to service to fix ship guns due to archaic rule
THE NAVAL SERVICE is suffering a severe lack of technicians to maintain ship gun systems but an archaic regulation is preventing the force from bringing back experts to fill the gap.