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This is the last of three stories from our week long tour of Gulf Coast shipyards.
The New Federation of American Shipyards: Pressure to Deliver Ships Faster Pushes U.S. Naval Yards Toward Distributed Shipbuilding — USNI News
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Sam LaGrone retweeted
On the latest CavasShips Podcast: US Marines hurt as US-chartered ship is hit by Iran; Navy finally gets a new strike fighter; carrier and amphib groups deploy fm West Coast; new carrier JFKENNEDY is semi-delivered, old carrier HSTRUMAN goes to the shipyard for at least 5 yrs; Growler lost off IKE; and Much More. @samlagrone and @MalShelbourne help to sort it out
See me on the @NavalInstitute Proceedings podcast right now!
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I only prewrote one version of this story and it wasn't this one.
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A site called Military Sentinel is taking our original work and slapping a shameless rewrite of our stories with no credit (Like changing two words in the HED). Same photo. When I called the number listed to complain, it connected me to a women's health clinic in Alaska.
There hasn't been much detail on the cost of sustaining more than a dozen ships in CENTCOM in both sacks of money but the wear and tear on ships and how these commitments affect readiness* across the waterfront.
Yesterday's discussions at ASNE were refreshingly candid.
3 Years of Middle East Combat Altering How Navy Supplies, Maintains Fleet, Leaders Say — USNI News
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.@MalShelbourne does a bang up job in this profile of 3 contenders for the Navy's future autonomous ships and assessing the untapped capacity of Louisiana yards.
This is the 2nd of our stories from our shipyard road trip. 5 days, 11 shipyards with Mallory and @CavasShips
The Robot Ships of Route 90: Three Louisiana Shipyards are Vying for a Stake in the Navy’s Autonomous Future — USNI News
news.usni.org/2026/09/23/thr…
Back in Va. Beach for ASNE FMMS @NavalEngineers It's in the top five best defense shows in the U.S.
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Note about the closing of CASI
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Lincoln now holds the record for the second, third and fourth longest post-Cold War Deployments.
Current: 302 and counting
2019-2020: 294
2003: 290
Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Pulls into Guam for Logistics Stop, Deployment Now at 302 Days — USNI News
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Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Pulls into Guam for Logistics Stop, Deployment Now at 302 Days — USNI News
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Navy announced a $280M OTA for seven new LCU-1700s. No announcement in the regular DoD contract awards.
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Japanese, South Korean, Turkish Warships Under Consideration for New U.S. Frigate Competition — USNI News
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The green liquid in this image is the collected output of burst fluorescent dye markers from float coat storage aboard USS New Orleans during the fire late last year.
USS New Orleans Fire Response Hindered by Initial Confusion, Investigation Shows — USNI News
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.@JSchogol73030 is the greatest.
Eight-and-a-half-month deployments were already the new standard but the Navy is now being more upfront with new normal with families.
Navy Planning for Extended Carrier Deployments as Iran Conflict Continues, CNO, MCPON Say — USNI News
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The last three West Coast carrier returns from CENTCOM have been all about 30 days or so. If Lincoln is the same, they'll be back late Sept. or early Oct.
The Pacific is ruhl big.
USS Abraham Lincoln Deployment on Track to be 2nd Longest Since Vietnam War — USNI News
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