Extreme Mortman (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Meet the Stockdale, the Navy's newest guided missile destroyer. We learn: The Navy's newest guided missile destroyer was christened Saturday with the name of a fighter pilot who spent 7 1/2 years in captivity in North Vietnam, received the Medal of Honor and served as presidential candidate Ross Perot's running mate. Four Medal of Honor recipients and seven [...]
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
AP - The Navy's newest guided missile destroyer was christened Saturday with the name of a fighter pilot who spent 7 1/2 years in captivity in North Vietnam, received the Medal of Honor and served as presidential candidate Ross Perot's running mate. Read the full story
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The Navy's newest guided missile destroyer was christened Saturday with the name of the fighter pilot who spent 7.5 years in captivity in North Vietnam, received the Medal of Honor and served as presidential candidate Ross Perot's running mate.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The Navy's newest guided missile destroyer was christened Saturday with the name of a fighter pilot who spent 7 1/2 years in captivity in North Vietnam, received the Medal of Honor and served as presidential candidate Ross Perot's running mate.
Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Navy will christen the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Stockdale, Saturday, May 10, during an 11:00 a.m. EDT ceremony at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. Designated DDG-106, the new destroyer honors Medal of Honor recipient Vice Adm. James Bond Stockdale (1923-2005), the legendary leader of American prisoners of war (POWs) during the Vietnam War. Stockdale was the highest-ranking...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
NEW DELHI: The recently acquired U.S. warship Trenton (now renamed INS Jalashwa) figures in war games with an international navy from Thursday. The Jalashwa, along with guided missile destroyer Ranjit, guided missile corvette Kirch and the ...
Noblesse Oblige (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter announced on May 7 at a ceremony in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., the name of the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be USS Michael Murphy. Designated as DDG 112, the name honors Lt. Michael Murphy who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during [...]
Theodore's World (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Navy Times LAKE RONKONKOMA, N.Y. Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter announced on May 7 at a ceremony in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., the name of the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be USS Michael Murphy. Designated as...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
As the USS Princeton, a $1 billion guided-missile cruiser with a crew of 370, sliced through smooth seas in the Persian Gulf, Seaman Bobby Macrum quietly disappeared.
Global Security (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
USS Gonzalez Participates in NATO/Israeli Navy ExerciseNavy NewsStandStory Number: NNS080425-10Release Date: 4/25/2008 10:43:00 AMBy Ensign Jennifer Kerner, USS Gonzalez Public AffairsNORFOLK (NNS) -- The Norfolk-based guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) participated in a combined NATO/Israeli navy exercise as part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 2, March 6. Gonzalez, commanded...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
O'Kane, Reuben James Join Nimitz CSGNavy NewsStandStory Number: NNS080422-07Release Date: 4/22/2008 1:59:00 PMBy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael A. Lantron, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii Public AffairsPEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O'Kane (DDG 77) and the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Reuben James (FFG 57) departed Naval Station...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
... warfare exercise.The Royal Navy taskforce for the exercise will include Merlin helicopters, guided-missile frigate HMS Westminster, hunter-killer submarine HMS Trafalgar and tanker RFA Wave Knight, along with the “embedded” American warship USS Cole and French frigate FS Surcouf. The Indian Navys Sea Harrier jump-jets will operate from Goa to take part in the Konkan exercise. From Indian...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The third annual Indo-British naval exercise will be organised on the western seaboard in Goa from April 21 to May 2. “The Royal Navy will field the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and the HMS Trafalgar nuclear submarine besides a guided missile frigate and a fleet replenishment tanker,” a British high [...]
Global Security (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Lockheed Martin Conducts Another Successful Army Tactical Missile System TestDALLAS, TX, April 16th, 2008 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully launched an ATACMS Unitary missile from a HIMARS launcher equipped with a Universal Fire Control System (UFCS) during a flight test on March 20 at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The missile flew the planned trajectory and hit...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
Two Pearl Harbor based ships, guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) and guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70), visited the island of Palau, April 14.
