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US Navy stories: 77 news summaries

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 'Complacency' Faulted in 
 US Nuke Sub Crash 

'Weak' command, lax standards prevailed aboard USS Hartford

Nov 18, 09 10:00 PM CST
(Newser) - US Navy investigators are pinning blame for the March collision between a nuclear-powered submarine and another Navy ship on lax atmosphere and “weak” command aboard the USS Hartford, where sailors slept while they were supposed to be on watch, and the radio room was rigged up with music speakers.... More »

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investigation • Persian Gulf • Freedom of Information Act • US Navy • collisions • Strait of Hormuz • USS Hartford • USS New Orleans • complacency • nuclear-powered submarine

(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

Navy Ship Built With World Trade Center Steel Sets Sail

USS New York heads from Louisiana to namesake city for official commissioning

Oct 13, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A US Navy ship built using materials from the World Trade Center has left the Louisiana yard where it was built and headed north for its official christening. The USS New York, an amphibious transport ship, features at its bow some 7½ tons of steel deemed still usable after the... More »

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New York • World Trade Center • Louisiana • September 11 • steel • US Navy • 9/11 attacks • USS New York

Arctic Thaw May Lead to NATO-Russia Chill

New Euro chief warns of competition for resources

Oct 2, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - NATO’s new European commander is wary of Russian intentions in the Arctic, where climate change is opening up trade routes and access to billions of barrels of oil. James Stavridis looks “at the high north and I think it could either be a zone of conflict, I hope... More »

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climate change • Russia • NATO • US Navy • Arctic oil • Afghanistan war • James Stavridis • Supreme Allied Commander for Europe • trade routes

 Navy K-9 Unit Accused 
 of Vicious Sex Hazing 

Recruits were hog-tied, forced to simulate sex in Bahrain unit

Sep 4, 09 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A culture of vicious hazing and sexual abuse held sway at the US Navy's bomb-sniffing dog division in Bahrain for years, a Youth Radio investigation finds. Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information act state that incidents included "throwing hard balls at the groin" and "a dog attacking... More »

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US military • bullying • canine units • Bahrain • US Navy • dog • hazing

 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

 N. Korean Ship Reverses Course

Suspected weapons vessel may be headed back home

Jul 1, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The North Korean cargo ship being monitored by the US Navy has abruptly changed course and may be heading home, Reuters reports. The Kang Nam, believed to have been carrying arms to Burma, was being tracked under toughened UN sanctions instituted after the country's recent nuclear test. "We've no... More »

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North Korea • ship • Burma • UN sanctions • US Navy • weapons • Kang Nam

 N. Korea Ship 
 Sails Toward 
 Sanctions 
 Showdown 

US Navy shadows ship suspected of smuggling arms to Myanmar

Jun 21, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A North Korean ship the US Navy has been tailing is heading to Myanmar, and is about to become the first test of new UN sanctions against the Pyongyang regime, the New York Times reports. The US Navy suspects the Kang Nam is smuggling arms, and will search it if... More »

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North Korea • Myanmar • UN sanctions • US Navy • Kang Nam • John S McCain • arms smuggling

(Newser) - The new sanctions in place against Pyongyang have their first test: The US is monitoring a North Korean ship that left port today and may be carrying illegal weapons, reports Reuters. The Navy is keeping the Kang Nam in its sights in international waters as a "subject of interest.... More »

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North Korea • ship • UN sanctions • US Navy

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

 Air France Tail Found 


Jun 8, 09 1:33 PM CDT
(AP) - Brazilian searchers found a large tail section from an Air France jet today, one of the biggest pieces yet recovered from wreckage that could help narrow the search for Flight 447's black boxes. A US Navy team is bringing in high-tech underwater listening devices to detect pings from the data... More »

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black box • Atlantic Ocean • Brazil • United States • plane crash • US Navy • airplane • sonar • Air France Flight 447

(Newser) - The Navy is questioning the crew of the Maersk Alabama and members of its own SEAL unit about $30,000 that went missing from the hijacked cargo ship, the New York Post reports. The money was taken by the pirates during the hijacking attempt but was not recovered after... More »

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Somalia • pirates • Navy SEALs • US Navy • Maersk Alabama • NCIS

(Newser) - The Federal Aviation Administration scrapped a Navy flight today that would have brought an anti-sub patrol plane into New York’s airspace, Bloomberg reports. The announcement came 30 minutes after a city email said the aircraft would be flying up and down the Hudson River. “I don’t know... More »

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New York City • FAA • Maine • US Navy • Air Force One • Federal Aviation Administration • flyover • Brunswick Naval Air Station • training flight

 Pirates Seize German Ship 


Apr 25, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(AP) - Hijackers seized a German-owned ship in the pirate-infested waters between Somalia and Yemen today, a US Navy spokesman said. Pirates captured the Maltese-flagged MV Patriot in the Gulf of Aden about 150 nautical miles southeast of the Yemeni coastal city of Muqalla. An official from the German Foreign Ministry could... More »

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Somalia • ship • German • pirates • US Navy

New Sniper Rifles Boost Range, Accuracy

Pirate standoff calls attention to classified Pentagon project

Apr 16, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The M107 sniper rifle is enjoying its pirate-fueled moment in the sun, but don't get used to it: Firearms being developed in a super-secret Pentagon program will extend snipers' range from 800 or so meters to more than 2,000 without losing accuracy, Time reports. What's more, bullets created... More »

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military • Pentagon • US Army • pirates • US Navy • weapons • sniper • defense contractors • sharpshooter

 Pirates Fail in Attack on US Ship 

It's now under escort
of USS Bainbridge,
with Capt. Phillips

Apr 14, 09 10:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Capt. Richard Phillips' reunion with his crew and family may be delayed a bit because of yet another pirate attack. Somali pirates fired on another US ship today but failed to board it, CNN reports. That ship, the Liberty Sun, is now under the military escort of the USS Bainbridge—... More »

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Somalia • pirates • Horn of Africa • US Navy • hijacking • Richard Phillips • USS Bainbridge

 Slain Pirates Were 
 'Untrained Teenagers': US 

They were young men 'with heavy arms:' Gates

Apr 13, 09 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Capt. Richard Phillips’ captors were young men new to high-seas crime, AFP reports. The Somali pirates, aged 17-19, were “untrained teenagers with heavy weapons,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today, adding that Somalia needs “something on land that begins to change the equation for these kids.”... More »

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Somalia • crime • Robert Gates • pirates • US Navy • teenager

 US Military May Strike 
 Pirates on Land 

In Jefferson's time, US hit land bases

Apr 13, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - One way for the US to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden is to cut it off at the source, targeting Somali pirate land bases. Coupled with economic and food aid for Somalia’s citizens, this plan is the only “silver-bullet solution,” an analyst tells Bloomberg. Such... More »

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Somalia • crime • US military • poverty • pirates • US Navy • cargo ships • Gulf of Aden

 Pirate Hunters Coming to TV 

Series will follow warship involved in recent standoff

Apr 13, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday's daring rescue of Captain Richard Phillips seems like made-for-TV drama—at least to Spike TV. The network has greenlighted a pilot for a series documenting the US Navy’s fight against pirates in the Gulf of Aden, where Phillips’ rescue took place, Variety reports. One of the warships at... More »

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Somalia • television • pirates • US Navy • Spike TV

 Somali Pirates Vow Revenge 

Defiant pirate captain threatens to target American shipping

Apr 13, 09 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Somali pirates have sworn to avenge their colleagues killed in the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips yesterday. A pirate commander told AFP that the men had been killed after agreeing to hand over Phillips without ransom, and vowed that American citizens traveling at sea in Somali waters—and further afield—... More »

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Somalia • piracy • pirates • US Navy • hostage • Richard Phillips

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