Although a variety of retired warships have been employed as targets in past US Navy SINKEX operations, the ex-USS Simpson was the final frigate to be retired from service. The theme of this year’s ...

SAN FRANCISCOSAN FRANCISCO — In 2005, the USS America aircraft carrier was towed out to sea on her final voyage. Hundreds of miles off the Atlantic coast, U.S. Navy personnel then blasted the ...

As part of Large Scale Exercise 21, on 15 August, US joint forces launched multiple missiles and torpedoes from air, land and sea at a decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate.

Summary and Key Points: During Valiant Shield 2024, the ex-USS Cleveland (LPD-7) was sunk in a planned sinking exercise (SINKEX) to provide realistic training for U.S. Navy personnel. -The retired ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A US Navy shoot exercise in 2007 in the Pacific Ocean.Jordon R. Beesley/U.S. Navy via Getty Images The US Navy conducts exercises ...

Sailors load a Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile on to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN-717) on July 3, 2018. US Navy Photo JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM – The Navy may ...

After the sinking of Russia’s Black Sea flagship and the start of RIMPAC, attention has shifted to one of the most dramatic naval events still visible to the public - sink exercises, or SINKEX. In ...

The 2nd sinking exercise (SINKEX #2) of exercise Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC-22) happened on July 26, 2022, with the target ship being the decommissioned USS Denver (LPD-9). The SINKEX took part ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In 2005, the USS America aircraft carrier was towed out to sea on her final voyage. Hundreds of miles off the Atlantic coast, U.S. Navy personnel then blasted the 40-year-old ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Brazil is in the news for its leaked plans to abandon and sink its biggest warship in international ...