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A U.S. Navy Aegis cruiser collided with a nuclear-powered submarine during exercises off the East Cost on Saturday, collapsing the sonar dome on the cruiser and possibly causing other damage, but no injuries, U.S. Navy officials said. The collision between the USS San Jacinto and the nuclear-powered submarine USS Montpelier occurred about 3:30 p.m., the Navy said in a statement. The Navy declined to say where off the East Coast the accident occurred. A Navy official said the watch team aboard the San Jacinto saw a periscope rise from the water about 100 to 200 yards (meters) ahead of the...

This thread is in tribute to the ships of the US Navy and the pilots of my beloved United States Air Force who fired the first shots in The War of Iraqi Liberation. USS Cowpens Cowpens is an Ticonderoga Class Aegis Cruiser. She is named after a battle in which only 300 colonials defeated a much larger and better trained force of British troops in the Revolutionary War. Her motto is "Victory Vindicates Liberty." USS Bunker Hill The Bunker Hill is also a Tico cruiser. As you can see, they've done this sort of thing before.USS Milius This Arleigh Burke...

CAIRO Feb. 1 — A British naval flotilla, including an aircraft carrier and helicopter carrier, entered Egypt's Suez Canal on Saturday bound for the Persian Gulf, port officials said.The vessels entered the canal under tight security and were expected to cross into the Red Sea later Saturday before sailing toward the Persian Gulf to join a U.S.-British military buildup ahead of possible war in Iraq.The British vessels were being accompanied by the American nuclear submarine USS Montpelier, port officials said on condition of anonymity.The forces include the biggest naval task group Britain has deployed in 20 years, consisting of the...