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Navy stories: 42 news summaries

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(Newser) - Seven and a half tons of steel from the fallen World Trade Center towers returned to New York today, reconstituted as the bow of a newly launched Navy warship. The crew of USS New York stood at attention for a 21-gun salute as the $1 billion amphibious dock landing ship... More »

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Navy • World Trade Center • September 11 • US Navy • terrorist attack • 9/11 attacks • USS New York • USS New York battleship

 Ship Built of WTC Steel 
 Arrives in NYC 

USS New York contains 7.5 tons of steel from twin towers

Nov 2, 09 10:09 AM CST
(AP) - The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city today with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attacks. First responders, families of victims, and the public gathered at a waterfront viewing area, where they could see... More »

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Navy • World Trade Center • September 11 • terrorist attack • USS New York • USS New York battleship

Navy Will Allow Women
to Serve on Submarines

Female officers will be the first to join sub crews

Oct 6, 09 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Navy is going to start allowing women to serve on submarines, with the first female officers reporting for duty in 2011. The close confinement of subs has kept co-ed crews at bay, but that's going to change, reports the Honolulu Advertiser. “I believe women should have every opportunity... More »

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gender • military • women • Navy • submarine • Navy officer

 Pilot's Remains 
 Found in Iraq 
 After 18 Years 

Speicher was first casualty of 1991 Persian Gulf War

Aug 2, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(AP) - The remains of the first American lost in the 1991 Persian Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said today. The disappearance of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher has bedeviled investigators since his fighter jet was shot down on the first night of the war. He was... More »

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Iraq • Persian Gulf • Navy • remains • US Navy • casualties

US Steps Up Navy Challenges Against N. Korea

Obama orders military to stop rogue state's ships for inspection

Jun 16, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration will instruct the Navy to attempt to inspect North Korean ships suspected of carrying arms or nuclear technology—but it will stop short of boarding them by force. The new effort to track North Korean ships is a component of America's "vigorous enforcement" of a UN ... More »

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North Korea • Navy • ship • nuclear weapons • inspection • US Navy • UN Security Council • Obama administration

 Navy Copter Crash 
 Kills 3 Near San Diego 

2 crew members still missing

May 20, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Coast Guard is searching for two possible survivors of an early-morning Navy helicopter crash that killed three crew members off the Mexican coast near San Diego. The US and Mexican navies are assisting with the search, as is border patrol, the Union-Tribune reports. The Navy hasn’t identified those... More »

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Mexico • Navy • death • Coast Guard • accident • helicopter crash

(AP) - The shipping captain held hostage by Somali pirates will return to the US with his crew tomorrow. Maersk Line said today that Richard Phillips and the crew of the Maersk Alabama are expected to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland late tomorrow, where they will reunite with loved... More »

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Somalia • Navy • kidnapping • piracy • rescue • pirates • hijacking • Maersk Alabama • Richard Phillips • Andrews Air Force Base

Navies Must Band Together
to Fight Piracy: Experts

To beat back bandits, navies need cohesive international strategy

Apr 13, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - If EU and NATO leaders are serious about ending Somali piracy, they need to develop a coordinated strategy, say experts. Patrolling the high seas and protecting merchant ships has long been an individual effort among states, Time reports, but with piracy on a precipitous rise—there have already been 65... More »

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Somalia • NATO • Navy • piracy • pirates • coalition

(Newser) - His personal life may now have all the sex appeal of tea in tweed, but once upon a time Prince Charles was a randy sailor writing risque letters to "exciting ladies (who) lurk behind bushes in order to pounce on unsuspecting naval officers … !" Six such letters, believed... More »

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Prince of Wales • Prince Charles • Navy • letters • British royals • love letter • correspondence

 US Ship Broke Laws: China 

Impeccable may have been snooping on Chinese nuclear subs

Mar 10, 09 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beijing said that a US Navy surveillance ship approached by several Chinese vessels this weekend was conducting illegal information-gathering, the Washington Post reports. The US had completely misrepresented the incident in its complaint, a Foreign Ministry rep. said, as the USS Impeccable was in a "Chinese exclusive economic zone"... More »

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China • intelligence • Navy • US military • surveillance • submarine • US Navy • Chinese navy

 China Harasses Unarmed 
 US Ship: Pentagon 

photo from:
http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=106&type=OceanSurveillanceShip

Mar 9, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(AP) - The Pentagon says Chinese ships maneuvered dangerously close to an unarmed US Navy vessel yesterday in what appeared an effort to harass the American crew. The Navy is said to have sprayed one ship with fire hoses to force it away, and the Chinese crew members stripped to their underwear... More »

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China • Barack Obama • Pentagon • Navy • South China Sea • Obama administration • President Obama

 US Navy Hunts 
 Hamas Arms Ship 

Iran sends supplies to allies in Gaza

Jan 25, 09 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - An American naval force is on the trail of a ship believed to be carrying Iranian arms bound for Hamas, the Times of London reports. Iran is working to resupply Hamas fighters in the wake of the three-week Israeli assault on Gaza using vessels purportedly sent to fight piracy along... More »

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Iran • Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Navy • smuggler • Gaza Strip border

Navy, Greenies Settle
Sonar Dispute

Both sides declare victory in long-running lawsuit

Dec 28, 08 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Navy and environmental groups both declared victory today after the two sides settled a lawsuit over sonar and its effect on whales and other marine mammals, the Los Angeles Times reports. The settlement, reached Friday, calls for Navy ships to avoid sensitive areas and reduce or halt sonar when... More »

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environment • Navy • sonar • whales • environmentalists

 Supreme Court 
 OKs Navy Sonar 
 Near Whales 

5-4 decision sides with Bush administration

Nov 12, 08 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court sided 5-4 with the Bush administration today, exempting the Navy from switching off high-powered sonar near whales during training off California's coast. The piercing underwater sounds panic whales and make their ears bleed, environmentalists tell the Los Angeles Times. But the “public interest” in the exercises... More »

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Bush administration • environment • Navy • US Supreme Court • sonar • whales

3 Early Crashes Sparked Navy Fears About McCain

'Clown around' flight hit wires that triggered balckout in Spain.

Oct 6, 08 4:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three aircraft crashes involving Navy flyer John McCain early in his career led Navy administrators to question his skills and judgment, reports the Los Angeles Times. In the most troubling incident, McCain was "clowning" around in a Skyraider over Spain in 1961 and flew into electrical wires, causing a... More »

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John McCain • Navy • crash • plane crash • aircraft • aviator • Election 2008

Medvedev: US Taunting Russia With Ships

He scoffs at notion
that they're providing humanitarian relief

Sep 6, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dmitry Medvedev accused the US of baiting the bear today by using military vessels to deliver humanitarian aid to Georgia. “I wonder how they would feel if we now dispatched humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean, suffering from a hurricane, using our navy,” mused the Russian president, theorizing that... More »

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Russia • NATO • Navy • Georgia • Dmitry Medvedev • George W. Bush

OPINION

The Lessons
of War Are
What Counts

McCain's service not instant qualification, writes fellow vet Kerrey

Sep 1, 08 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has made a major show of his military credentials, arguing that his Navy service and time as a POW qualify him to be commander in chief. But that service by itself doesn't qualify him, ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey, a fellow Vietnam vet, argues in the LA Times. "The... More »

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John McCain • Vietnam • Navy • Vietnam veteran • Bob Kerrey • Election 2008

Navy Accuses Sailors
of Abusing Detainees

Six guards in Iraq face charges

Aug 14, 08 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Navy will court-martial six sailors who are charged with abusing detainees at a US prison camp in Iraq, Reuters reports. The sailors are accused of beating prisoners and confining them in an unventilated room with pepper spray, a Navy statement says. More »

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Iraq • Abu Ghraib • prison • Navy • US military • physical abuse • imprisonment • Camp Bucca

Swift Boat Vets Want Their
Name Back

Vietnam servicemen bemoan association with Kerry attack ad

Jun 30, 08 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - These days, the phrase "Swift boat" has come to mean a vicious political attack of the kind suffered by John Kerry in the 2004 election. While the term has gained such currency that it's now used as a verb, one group is seriously miffed: the Navy veterans who, like... More »

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John Kerry • Navy • Swift Boat • Vietnam veteran • Vietnam War • US Navy • Swift Boating • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

 Navy Ship Leaves Port
 —Without 100 Sailors 

USS Ronald Reagan, fleeing typhoon, leaves 100 seamen in Hong Kong

Jun 24, 08 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A US aircraft carrier set sail from Hong Kong early Sunday with about 100 of its crew still on shore leave, the AP reports. The USS Ronald Reagan and its support ships left port early because Typhoon Fengshen was bearing down. Officials are scrambling to book flights to reunite the... More »

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China • weather • Navy • Hong Kong • sailor • aircraft carrier

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