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The Iraqi Naval Forces (Arabic: القوات البحرية العراقية), or the Iraqi Navy, is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed forces of Iraq.Formed in 1937, initially as the Iraqi Coastal Defense Force, its primary responsibilities was the protection of Iraq's coastline and offshore assets, the official name was changed on 12 January 2005 to Iraqi Naval Forces.
A second wave of 17 missiles was launched later that day [4] from the destroyers USS Russell, USS Hewitt, USS Laboon, and the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Jefferson City. The missiles hit targets in and around Kut, Iskandariyah, Nasiriyah, and Tallil. [5] The USS Laboon fires a Tomahawk missile at Iraq in September 1996.
On 25 February 2019, Pittsburgh returned to her homeport at Naval Submarine Base New London after completion of her final deployment. [5] The submarine then arrived at Bremerton, Washington on 28 May 2019, for a months-long inactivation and decommissioning process. [6] USS Pittsburgh demonstrates an emergency main ballast tank blow in 1991.
The US has admitted to stationing a nuclear-capable submarine in the Middle East.. It provided no other details in its online statement yesterday, though it posted an image that appeared to show a ...
NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive Guitarro (SSN-665) Active Service - Decommissioning Archived 25 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine Sinking of the U.S.S. Guitarro (SSN 665) :hearings before the United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee, Ninety-First Congress, first session, on May 26-28 ...
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USS Louisville (SSN-724), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Louisville, Kentucky.The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 11 February 1982 and her keel was laid on 24 September 1984.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Sunday, as the region braces for possible attacks by Iran and ...