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Alexander P. Armatas is a naval aviator in the United States Navy. He is the flight leader and commanding officer of the Blue Angels , an elite fighter jet flight demonstration squadron. Armatas graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2002 and was the commander of Strike Fighter Squadron 105 , also known as the "Gunslingers".
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy.Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States and General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
3. Erik Matthew Ross [1] (born 1965) [2] is a retired United States Navy rear admiral and surface warfare officer who last served as commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2 from July 23, 2019 to September 27, 2019. Prior to that, he served as the 67th President of the Board of Inspection and Survey from June 2017 to May 2019.
collision. / 34.533°N 139.083°E / 34.533; 139.083. Early on 17 June 2017, the United States Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with MV ACX Crystal, a Philippine- flagged container ship, about 80 nautical miles (150 kilometres; 92 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Japan; [3] [4] 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) southeast of the city of ...
VAQ-138 was established as an operational squadron in February 1976 and made its first deployment aboard USS Saratoga to the Mediterranean Sea. The squadron completed three more deployments to the Mediterranean Sea aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS John F. Kennedy during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Following the Mediterranean/Indian ...
History. The Ticonderoga class was originally ordered as guided-missile destroyers, with the designation DDG-47. Under Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt's "high-low mix", the Ticonderogas were intended to be lower-cost platforms for the new Aegis Combat System by mounting the system on a hull based on that of the Spruance-class destroyer.
4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 154 × BGM-109 Tomahawks in 22 groups of seven. USS Michigan (SSBN-727/SSGN-727) is an Ohio -class nuclear-powered guided missile submarine (SSGN), converted from a ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), that is part of the United States Navy. She is the third vessel to bear the name of the U.S. state of Michigan .
Aircraft carried. 1 × Sikorsky MH-60R. USS Ross (DDG-71) is an Arleigh Burke -class guided-missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the second Navy ship to be named Ross, the first Navy ship named for Medal of Honor recipient Donald K. Ross and the 21st destroyer of her class. The first Ross, DD-563, was named for David Ross, a ...