Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy has never sold a decommissioned aircraft carrier due to significant national security risks; even retired, the vessels contain sensitive technologies and design ...
WASHINGTON — The Navy is relying on the combination of the annual defense budget and supplemental legislation to buy 19 new ships in 2026, an increase from the five ships purchased in 2025 and eight ...
A fundamental value of life at sea is ‘Don’t give up the ship,’ an axiom ingrained in sailors that all damage and problems aboard a vessel fall to the crew to fix. But under modern contracting rules, ...