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A guided-missile submarine launched 30 cruise missiles into Iran. The US will retire subs key to that capability.
Strikes on Iran showed the need for stealthy submarines that can launch a whole lot of missiles. The US Navy is about to lose that.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Wayde Cochran, a native of Remington, Indiana, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Submarine Readiness ...
Petty Officer 3rd Class Xavier Mowrey, a native of Youngsville, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to USS Tennessee, homeported at ...
Collectively, these four SSGNs represent more than half of the US Navy Submarine Force's vertical launch payload capacity—based on each SSGN capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack ...
Naval ships and submarines all come with a designation that generally describes what they do and other key specifications. Here's what CVN stands for.
DDG, LHD, CVN? Decode key U.S. Navy ship abbreviations and learn what they mean and what vessels they designate.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Courtney Smith, a native of Elkins, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to USS Georgia, homeported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. As a submariner, Smith is part of a small ...
This story was authored by Alvin Plexico, Navy Office of Community Outreach. KINGS BAY, Ga. – Cmdr. Brian Gottfried, a native of Ashland, Ohio, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to USS Georgia at Naval ...
Seaman Apprentice Toriano Weaver, a native of North Miami Beach, Florida, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to USS West Virginia, ...
The Navy's ballistic-missile submarines, often referred to as "boomers," serve as a strategic deterrent by providing an undetectable platform for submarine-launched ballistic missiles.