...a cruiser were previously named USS Texas , and three active Los Angeles -class submarines, USS Dallas , USS City of Corpus Christi and USS Houston were named for cities in Texas. The arrival of the Texas means that 31 of the Navy 's 53 fast...

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...in Norfolk for a reunion with the American merchant captain the crew helped rescue from pirates off the coast of Africa. The USS Bainbridge left Naval Base Norfolk in Virginia and sailed three miles down the Elizabeth River to...

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...and negligent" leadership of the submarine involved. Fifteen sailors were injured when the nuclear-powered USS Hartford collided with the USS New Orleans , a navy ship. Sleeping, slouching and a radio room with music speakers were...

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Developing: No pretrial release for Sudbury terror suspect Council fires off resolution backing USS Constitution blasts Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - Added 1m ago The Boston City Council sent a loud signal today: "Don't tread on Old...

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...and reported the findings Wednesday. The USS Hartford , a nuclear-powered submarine based in Groton, Conn., collided with the USS New Orleans , a San Diego -based Navy amphibious ship, on March 20 in the narrow, heavily traveled strait at...

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...17, 2009 The Navy will not stabilize more coral nor remove more rubble from a site where the $1 billion USS Port Royal ran aground in February because it believes the damaged area is recovering. Navy and state Department of Land and...

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All video and photographs of HMAS Sydney on the seabed off the West Australian coast are to be presented to the Australian War Memorial. That follows the discovery of the wrecks of both Sydney and the German raider Kormoran in March last...

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With its bulwarks lowered and the 40-foot-long "waists" at the center of the ship once again open, USS Constitution will have the sleek and ready look it had going into successful battles with HMS Guerriere and other ships of the British...

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...the rotation should a sister ship meet with disaster. Unfortunately, the prospect of an accident is not so far-fetched. The attack submarine USS San Francisco ran hard aground in 2004. Earlier this year, USS Hartford slammed into the...

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...light cruiser just 3,000km from our shores. The Royal Australian Navy is commemorating the 95th anniversary of the fiery duel between HMAS Sydney and SAS Emden in November 1914 - its first but oft forgotten act of naval warfare on the seas.

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NINETY-FIVE years ago today the new Australian navy won its first battle when the cruiser HMAS Sydney destroyed the German raider Emden off the Cocos Islands early in World War I. Sydney 's victory over the Emden was overshadowed by the...

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...history of the Civil War describing Robert E. Lee poring over a map of the Virginia countryside in preparation for the battle at Chancellorsville in 1863. Lee , according to Foote 's account, "kept peering at a map spread on his knees; he...

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...the death toll from the Sept. 30 quake has reached 784, and 242 people are still missing. </p><p>Chief Petty Officer Ty Swartz says the USS Denver and USS Campbell arrived late Thursday in West Sumatra province carrying tons of aid and...

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...military transport aircraft to Padang with material for a field hospital that will treat as many as 400 people a day, he said. The USS Denver , an amphibious response vessel with helicopters that will fly to the hardest-hit rural areas, is...

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USS Chicago (CA-29) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship of the to be named after the city of Chicago, Illinois. She was sunk by Japanese aerial torpedoes in the Battle of Rennell...

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...than 30 to 60 meters (100 to 200 feet). Harold Washington speaking at the commissioning of USS Chicago (SSN-721) in 1986. USS Chicago was featured prominently in the 1986 Tom Clancy novel Red Storm Rising , captained by Daniel...

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...near Kualoa Ranch last Friday as Derek Baxter. The office said the 23-year-old Baxter was a crewman stationed aboard the nuclear submarine USS Chicago , home-ported at Pearl Harbor. At about 5:40 p.m. last Friday, Baxter was hit by a...

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