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US Navy's Crushing Revenge After a Costly Betrayal by an Old Ally
In 1988, as the Iran-Iraq War raged, the USS Samuel B. Roberts was nearly destroyed by an unidentified naval mine in the perilous waters of the Persian Gulf. When Navy divers uncovered evidence ...
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Here’s why the USS Nantucket is docked in Charlestown
The USS Nantucket, a “fast ... waters to “counter growing potential ‘asymmetric’ threats of coastal mines, quiet diesel submarines, … and terrorists on small, fast, armed boats.,” ...
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US Coast Guard, Navy save crew of cargo ship before it sinks in Persian Gulf
The Navy mine countermeasures ship USS Devastator and Coast Guard cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. came to the aid of five Iranians and two Indians aboard the Shayesteh before their ship sank ...
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Newport Beach Marine tours new USS John L. Canley ahead of commissioning
USS Miguel Keith in supporting a variety of maritime-based missions, including Special Operations Forces and Airborne Mine Counter Measures. The sea base ships have a four-spot flight deck ...
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79 years on, St. Lawrence and Lawn remember the 204 lost from the wrecks of the Truxtun and Pollux
It stands as a tribute to the victims of the devastating mining disease and the sailors who tragically died in the USS ‘Truxtun’ and USS ‘Pollux’ disaster. (Allan Stoodley Photography ...