Yet for all their importance, their missions would be impossible if not for the US Navy's unsung workhorses: replenishment ships. Replenishment ships loaded with food, fuel and bombs are the ...
As Remembrance Day approaches, it’s worth noting that Oct. 5 marked the 20th anniversary of the fire on His Majesty’s Canadian ship (HMCS) Chicoutimi, ...
Since 1942, iron-ore carriers that supplied the Allied war effort – until Hitler’s navy torpedoed them – have sat in ruins near Bell Island. Every Remembrance Day, a solemn ritual honours their sacrif ...
USNS Taluga (T-AO-62) was the first Navy replenishment ship that was operated by civil service mariners.The Taluga Group is a three-person team of Director John Bruening, Dean Vesely and Jerit ...
Container ships continue to line up outside Canada’s busiest import gateway as carriers wait for a lockout of union longshore employees to end. On Monday, 700 forepersons represented by ...
On November 10, Vice Admiral Angus Topshee, the 38th Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, visited Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje shipyard and discussed Canada ... for the two new ships which will ...
An EA-18G Growler, an electronic warfare aircraft, crashed close to Mount Rainier during a routine training flight on Tuesday evening, the U.S. Navy said.
To accomplish this mission the Continental Congress purchased, converted, and constructed a fleet of small ships -- frigates, brigs, sloops, and schooners. These navy ships sailed independently or ...