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WW2 ship refloated by Sri Lanka navy
A British passenger ship that sank after it was bombed in a Japanese air strike in World War Two has been raised off the Sri Lanka coast after 75 years. The SS Sagaing, whose passengers and cargo were largely saved back in 1942, has been refloated with the help of a team of divers from Sri Lanka's navy. It had been resting about 35ft (10.7m) under the water at Trincomalee harbour. The salvage operation took several months and was carried out by Sri Lanka's Eastern Naval Command unit.
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US warship triggers fury in Beijing after sailing near Chinese island
China has condemned America for a "serious political and military provocation" after a US Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built in disputed waters. The operation in the South China Sea was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters.
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Aviator vying to be Navy's first female CO of an aircraft carrier
A naval aviator is in the running to become the Navy’s first female commanding officer of an aircraft carrier in the service’s history. Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt is the executive officer of the carrier Abraham Lincoln, one of 11 aircraft carriers stationed around the world. She reported to the Lincoln in September 2016 and is the first woman in naval history to hold the title of executive officer aboard a nuclear warship.
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How Killer Rice Crippled Tokyo and the Japanese Navy
One stubborn doctor pioneered a cure.
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Wreck of World War II submarine HMS Narwhal containing remains of 58 sailors discovered 77 years after it was sunk by the Luftwaffe - World War 2 Story
HMS Narwhal went down with all hands after it was bombed while on a mine-clearing mission. Now the researchers who found it want to contact the families of the men who died DIVERS have discovered the final resting place of 58 sailors who died 77 years ago during World War II when their submarine.
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Navy grants fitness amnesty to 48,000 sailors who failed test
The Navy will grant a clean slate to nearly 50,000 sailors with fitness failures in their records, part of new shakeup for fleet-wide fitness rules announced Thursday. A new Navy-wide message instructs commands to immediately stop discharging sailors for fitness failures and to cancel any pending discharges for sailors slated to be kicked out after March 31. The change applies to both enlisted and officers.
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2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’
What began as a training mission took a bizarre turn in 2004, an encounter that caught the attention of a Pentagon program investigating U.F.O.s.
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Confessions Of A C-2 Greyhound Carrier Onboard Delivery Pilot
A C-2 pilot describes how the workhorse Greyhound we know today was a very finicky and neglected aircraft years ago. By James Wallace, Tyler Rogoway.
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India kickstarts process to build 6 nuclear-powered attack submarines
India has kick-started an ambitious project to build six nuclear-powered attack submarines that is expected to boost the Navy's overall strike capabilities in the face of China's naval build-up and increasing military manoeuvring in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Missing Argentine submarine 'is located by US Navy'
The missing Argentine submarine may have been located early this morning, after the US Navy detected a 'heat signal' from 230ft below the surface, some 185miles from the coast.
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'Explosion' detected near route of missing Argentinian submarine, navy confirms
An abnormal sound detected in the South Atlantic Ocean hours after an Argentinian navy submarine sent its last signal last week was “consistent with an explosion”, a navy spokesman has said. Capt Enrique Balbi described the blast as “abnormal, singular, short, violent” and “non-nuclear”. It was detected at 10.31am on 15 November along the route that the ARA San Juan had been following when it last made radio contact three hours earlier.
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Argentina: Missing sub could be out of oxygen soon
Worried relatives of 44 missing Argentine submariners were comforted Tuesday by banners and the support of countrymen who gathered outside a naval base here. For now, all they can do is wait, hope and pray the crew will be rescued. But time may not be on their side. In a worst-case scenario, the submarine ARA San Juan may run out of oxygen by Wednesday -- if it has been unable to garner a fresh supply of air at the surface.
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The U.S. Navy is sending a second plane to hunt for a missing submarine—after satellite calls raised hopes for crew
The U.S. Navy is sending a second plane to search for a missing Argentinian submarine—after failed satellite calls likely from the vessel raised hopes that its 44 crew members remain alive. Argentina’s navy said it detected seven brief satellite calls late Saturday that officials believe may have come from the ARA San Juan, which has been missing since last Wednesday.
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Argentine navy says it's lost contact with submarine
The Argentine navy is looking for one of its submarines after it lost contact with the vessel off the country's coast, the military service said Friday. The ARA San Juan submarine was last spotted Wednesday in the San Jorge Gulf roughly 432 kilometers (268 miles) off the east coast, the navy said. At least 44 crew members were on board, state-run news agency Telam reported.
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“Fat Leonard,” the Navy bribery scandal involving more than 60 admirals, explained
It involves fancy dinners, prostitutes, and lots of alcohol. By Alex Ward.
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USS McCain collision ultimately caused by UI confusion
CO ordered duties of helmsman spilt—but all of them got sent to another console.
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U.S. Navy swapping $38,000 periscope joysticks for $30 Xbox controllers on high-tech submarines
OK, so my 10-year-old kid could board an advanced U.S. Navy submarine and operate the periscope? That seems to be the pretty cool assumption based on the fact that sailors are now using Xbox 360 controllers to perform functions aboard some vessels. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported that the Microsoft game-console controllers have replaced the helicopter-style stick used to control the periscope on Virginia-class submarines.
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Why the Navy Plans to Use 12-Year-Old Xbox 360 Controllers on Its Most Advanced Subs
Even though Microsoft has moved on from the Xbox 360 controller, the United States military still seems to think it is an ideal tool for operating some of the the latest manifestations of the military-industrial complex.
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U.S. Navy Investigating if Destroyer Crash Was Caused by Cyberattack
The probe of the USS John S. McCain collision will be a model for future investigations.
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USS John S McCain collision: Remains of all 10 missing sailors recovered
SINGAPORE: Divers have recovered the remains of all 10 US sailors who went missing after the USS John S McCain and an oil tanker collided off Singapore, the US Navy said on Monday (Aug 28).
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