The FF(X) program could fill in for the ill-fated Constellation class, which saw cancellation last year after producing only ...
The Navy’s abrupt pivot from the troubled Constellation class to a new FF(X) “super frigate” has created a rare mix of ...
The Constellation-class FFGX program had been awarded to the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, which is based in ...
In the 1990’s, my father was asked to attend a side shell damage on a US Navy vessel. The damage was caused by assist tug ...
By Steve Walsh/WHRO One of America’s last battleships, USS Wisconsin, is moored on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia.
Why US Navy Can't Quit Its Flawed LCS. Facing a shrinking fleet and a widening naval gap with China, USNI reported this month that the US Navy is giving its troubled Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) a ...
The Constellation equipment failures were preceded by several others. At the end of 2022 the first of the new American Ford class CVN/Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier finally left for its long delayed ...
When the war ended and government orders disappeared, domestic shipbuilding quickly reverted to its prewar state: high-cost, low-output, and internationally uncompetitive. World War Two is properly ...