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USS Firebolt (PC-10) is the 10th member of the Cyclone class of coastal patrol boats of the United States Navy. She is a 174 ft (53 m) vessel with a crew of approximately 30 sailors, normally homeported at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek , Norfolk, Virginia .
As the Firebolt's rigid -hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) pulled alongside the dhow, a suicide bomber onboard the dhow set off explosives. The blast flipped the RHIB and threw its team into the water. The attack alerted other forces in the area to what was a coordinated attack on Iraq's oil terminals in the Gulf and prevented further loss of life ...
Nathan B. "Nate" Bruckenthal (July 17, 1979 – April 24, 2004) was a United States coast guardsman who was killed in the Iraq War, becoming the first to die in wartime action since the Vietnam War.
The incident, though there are still many unknowns, ... An F/A-18F Super Hornet flies past the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in November. US Navy courtesy photo by Lt. Lily Moorhead.
This is a list of patrol vessels of the United States Navy.. Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (including ready reserve), inactive [I], or precommissioning [P].
An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet that was shot down in a "friendly fire" incident over the Red Sea – took evasive maneuvers after a second surface-to-air missile ...
The destroyer USS John S. McCain was recently involved in a near-miss in the Middle East during a refueling. ... Ten days after the July 20 near-miss incident, the McCain entered port in the ...
The incident was the second of three serious fires to strike American carriers in the 1960s. A 1966 fire aboard USS Oriskany killed 44 and injured 138 and a 1969 fire aboard USS Enterprise killed 28 and injured 314. The disaster prompted the Navy to revise its firefighting practices.