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United States Multirole F-35C 30 [2] 16+188 on order [2] Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence; E-2 Hawkeye: United States Carrier capable airborne early warning E-2C/D 97 [3] 27 on order [3] EP-3 ARIES II: United States Signals Intelligence EP-3E 12 [3] E-6 Mercury: United States Airborne command and control E-6B 16 [3] EA-18 Growler ...
Gambier Bay was the only US Navy aircraft carrier to be sunk by surface naval gunfire during WWII. She lost 147 of her crew. USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) was operating off Luzon on 8 January 1945 when at 07:46 a Ki-43 Oscar plunged down towards the carrier. The aircraft came under heavy anti-aircraft fire but it continued aiming directly for the ...
AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon; AIM-9 Sidewinder; AIM-7 Sparrow; AIM-120 AMRAAM; AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER; JDAM GPS-guided bombs; Paveway laser-guided bombs; CBU-100 Cluster Bomb; B61 nuclear bomb; Mark 82 dumb bomb; Mk 77 incendiary bomb; SCALPEL
The list of naval weapon systems aims to provide reference about weapons mounted on surface combatant warships, and smaller craft and submarines found throughout the history of naval warfare. The list is sorted alpha-numerically by system service designation (i.e. Mk 15), or issue name if designation is unknown: NB: As this is an English ...
This capability gave the United States Navy a major advantage in World War II, as the Japanese did not develop radar or automated fire control to the level of the US Navy and were at a significant disadvantage. [17] Fire Control Switchboard. The Parallax Correctors were needed because the turrets were located hundreds of feet from the director ...
In May 2002, the U.S. Navy research submarine USS Dolphin experienced severe flooding and fires off the coast of San Diego, California. The ship was abandoned by the crew and Navy civilian personnel, who were rescued by nearby naval vessels. No one was seriously injured. Although severely damaged, the boat was towed back to San Diego for overhaul.
Bomb damage assessment (BDA), also known as battle damage assessment, is the practice of assessing damage inflicted on a target from a stand-off weapon, most typically a bomb or air launched missile. It is part of the larger discipline of combat assessment .
This gave the US Navy a major advantage in the latter half of WWII, as the Japanese did not develop radar or automated fire control to the level of the US Navy. With a few exceptions, such as the Japanese battleship Yamato, Japanese warships at best used basic radar sets that were not connected to fire control, still relying on optical ...