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Fishing Boat Captain Arrested After Crashing Into USS Midway

He fled the scene after causing around $100K in damage to aircraft carrier, police say

(Newser) - The captain of a sportfishing boat in San Diego may have been drunk when he crashed into the USS Midway, authorities say. The 1,001-foot aircraft carrier, which was decommissioned decades ago and now serves as a museum, sustained around $100,000 in damage, NBC San Diego reports. Harbor Police...

China Sails Its Aircraft Carrier Into Hong Kong Waters
China Shows Off
Its Military Might
Jul 4, 2025 6:45 AM CDT

China Shows Off Its Military Might

It sails the Shandong into Hong Kong

(Newser) - China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday as part of a drive to drum up patriotism, days after the former British colony marked the 28th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule. The Shandong entered the city's waters alongside another vessel from its battle...

China Sent 2 Aircraft Carriers Into Pacific. That's Notable

Japan monitored drills as warships operated east of Iwo Jima

(Newser) - China has sent two aircraft carriers into the Pacific for joint military drills, signaling a bold new chapter in its naval ambitions. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani confirmed the exercises began Saturday and said Monday that the carriers were observed launching and recovering jet fighters to the east of...

Another Navy Jet Falls Into Red Sea
A 2nd Navy Jet
Falls Into Red Sea
May 7, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

A 2nd Navy Jet Falls Into Red Sea

Another fighter jet is lost, this one after experiencing landing failure

(Newser) - Little more than a week after a $70 million US Navy fighter jet rolled off an aircraft carrier and into the Red Sea , a second fighter jet was also lost in the Red Sea after a failed landing on the same carrier. As it came in for a landing Tuesday...

Mystery Surrounds Sunken Aircraft Carrier's Lone Car
Mystery Surrounds Sunken
Aircraft Carrier's Lone Car
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Apr 27, 2025 6:38 AM CDT

Mystery Surrounds Sunken Aircraft Carrier's Lone Car

Ford convertible discovered in the wreck of USS Yorktown

(Newser) - A crew researching an iconic US Navy aircraft carrier that sunk during World War II just discovered a baffling artifact inside: a Ford convertible that would've been nearly new when the USS Yorktown was torpedoed in June 1942. It's a fascinating discovery in part because there's no...

As Mideast Tensions Spike, US Sends in Extra Firepower

Guided-missile sub, USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier are en route

(Newser) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided-missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, the Defense Department said Sunday. The moves come as the US and other allies push for Israel and...

At Least 2 of the 3 Aircraft Carrier Sailor Deaths Were Suicides

3rd sailor's cause of death has not yet been confirmed

(Newser) - Update: Suicide is to blame in the deaths of at least two of the three sailors from the dry-docked USS George Washington aircraft carrier who died within a week of one another. Retail Services Specialist 3rd Class Mika’il Rayshawn Sharp, 23, who died off-base in Portsmouth on April 9,...

5 Sailors Charged With Leaking Video of Crash

Navy says they released video of jet crashing on aircraft carrier last month

(Newser) - Five sailors have been charged with violating military law over leaked video showing an F35 fighter jet crashing on an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea last month, the Navy said Thursday. An ensign, three chief petty officers, and a senior chief petty officer were charged under Article 92...

Jet Crash in South China Sea Injures 7 US Sailors
Navy Scrambles to Retrieve
Jet From Bottom of Sea
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Jan 26, 2022 12:24 PM CST

Navy Scrambles to Retrieve Jet From Bottom of Sea

Analysts say China might to try claim F35 fighter in South China Sea

(Newser) - Update: The Navy is scrambling to retrieve an F35 fighter jet that ended up at the bottom of the South China Sea after crash-landing on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier Monday. It's not clear exactly where the crash happened, but CNN describes the sea as...

New Aircraft Carrier Tested With Massive Explosions

Navy set off blasts that registered 3.9 on the Richter scale

(Newser) - Floridians wondering what that big boom was, the one that felt like an earthquake, got answers Sunday. The US Navy set off a 40,000 pound explosive, creating an explosion that measured 3.9 on the Richter scale, the Orlando Sentinel reports. And not as an early Fourth of July...

Navy Fires Roosevelt's Captain After All

New investigation blames Brett Crozier and his boss in coronavirus crisis

(Newser) - In a stunning reversal , the Navy has upheld the firing of the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, according to a US official familiar with the report. The official said the Navy also extended the blame for the ship's crisis,...

There's a Fake Aircraft Carrier Sitting Off Iran

It's believed the country built it in order to attack it

(Newser) - As tensions remain high between Iran and the US, the Islamic Republic appears to have constructed a new mock-up of an aircraft carrier off its southern coast for potential live-fire drills. The faux foe, seen in satellite photographs obtained Tuesday by the AP , resembles the Nimitz-class carriers that the US...

Sailors on Carrier Get Coronavirus —a Second Time

5 sailors on the sidelined the USS Theodore Roosevelt test positive for a second time

(Newser) - Five sailors on the US aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second time and have been taken off the ship, according to the Navy, the AP reports. The resurgence of the virus in the five sailors on the...

USS Theodore Roosevelt Suffers First Virus Casualty

Sailor assigned to stricken aircraft carrier had been in ICU in Guam since Thursday

(Newser) - A sailor assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt—the aircraft carrier whose skipper lost his job after pleading with Navy brass to evacuate the ship amid a coronavirus outbreak—has died of complications of the virus, reports NBC News . The sailor, who has not been identified pending notification of his...

Guam Nervously Takes In Quarantined Roosevelt Crew

Rooms are set aside for up to 4,000 sailors

(Newser) - People in Guam are used to a military presence on the strategic Pacific island, but some are uneasy as sailors from a coronavirus-stricken Navy aircraft carrier flood hotels for quarantine. Officials insist they have enforced strict safety measures, the AP reports. An outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt began in...

Navy Captain Relieved of Duty Has Coronavirus

Capt. Brett E. Crozier removed from command after asking for help with outbreak

(Newser) - The US Navy captain removed from command after he asked the Navy for help with the coronavirus outbreak on board his warship has now tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell the New York Times . Capt. Brett Crozier, who ended up getting assistance from Guam , came down with symptoms before he...

The Navy Fired Him. His Crew Just Showed How They Feel

Capt. Brett Crozier gets loyal send-off from USS Roosevelt sailors a day after firing over virus memo

(Newser) - The captain of a Navy aircraft carrier fired Thursday after asking superiors to let him evacuate crew members sick from the coronavirus received a heartfelt goodbye from the sailors in his charge. Per USA Today , videos on social media showed rousing shows of support Friday aboard the USS Roosevelt, now...

Navy Removes Captain Who Sought Help With Outbreak

Brett Crozier had asked to evacuate ill crew members in Guam

(Newser) - The captain of a US aircraft carrier has lost his command after asking the Navy to let him evacuate crew members who tested positive for the coronavirus. Thomas Modly, acting secretary of the Navy, said Thursday that he gave the order to relieve Capt. Brett Crozier of his command, the...

Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier for Black Pearl Harbor Hero

Doris Miller was 1st African American to be awarded Navy Cross

(Newser) - When Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Doris "Dorie" Miller was a mess hall attendant who had been busy collecting laundry aboard the USS West Virginia. In the 90 minutes that followed, he later said, he "forgot all about" the fact that...

3 Sailors From Same Aircraft Carrier Kill Themselves in 5 Days

'My heart is broken,' commanding officer says

(Newser) - "My heart is broken," the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush said after the apparently unrelated suicides of three crew members in the space of less than a week. In a Facebook post , Capt. Sean Bailey said the deaths of Chief Electronics Technician Nuclear...

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