More Kitty Hawk discussion

Over the past year or so, I have run a series of articles on the fate of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, a 1956-vintage American carrier retired last year. Information Dissemination recently linked to an interesting conversation between Manu Sood and Jason Verdugo in Defence Professionals here. I cannot vouch for this proposal, but I do

U.S.S. Kitty Hawk Decommissioned

I have run several articles in the past covering the fate of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Kitty Hawk (most recently here). With this in mind, I note this post on the U.S. Naval Institute blog, which indicates the decommissioning has now taken place. I will not attempt to summarize this ship’s forty-eight year record of

The Unwanted Carrier

A few weeks ago, I suggested you check out Information Dissemination for an update on India’s troubled acquisition of the Russian carrier Admiral Gorshkov (a topic covered previously here). Good ol’ ID has a new post with further details and speculation, and if this is of interest to you, I encourage you to head over

Update on India’s acquisition of Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov

As a follow up to an old post of mine (here), I encourage you to head over to Information Dissemination for a detailed status review of the much-delayed Gorshkov deal between India and Russia. Will the Kitty Hawk ever see service in the Indian Navy? Unlikely, I’d guess, but still a fascinating topic of speculation.

LHA-6 to be named America

In today’s news, a follow up the a post that dates to January 2007 (Politics Ruins Everything): Newest amphibious assault ship will be named America By Cindy Clayton, The Virginian-Pilot The Navy’s newest large deck amphibious assault ship will be called the America, according to Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter who made the