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While zipping along the Web The Bull ran across a bit of “artwork” that he had not seen since his days at the New London Sub Base in Groton, CT. (Make you date late 1980.) As I recall, it was posted in several locations on base from the classroom cork-board, to the head. I felt [...]

At long last the U.S. Navy’s latest ship has come into view in the Mobile River. It took hours for the ship to be floated after hours of delays - a lot like the entire LCS project. Even more like the LCS project as a whole, the launching was massively expensive. The cost of moving [...]

Welcome news from Chief of Naval Operations!

MAYPORT, Fla. (NNS) – Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead announced today the reestablishment of U.S. 4th Fleet and assigned Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, currently serving as Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command, as its first commander.

U.S. 4th Fleet will be responsible for U.S. Navy ships, aircraft [...]

I’m in a Navy mood tonight so, The Bull wishes ‘Fair Winds and a Following Sea’ to the brave crew of the cruiser USS Mobile Bay, (CG-53)!

May the Gods smile upon the waters and speed you to Victory!

Many Thanks for a job well done.

Bull, out! tags: cg-53 “mobile bay” navy cruiser Related posts

Tomcat Troubles [...]

It seems, as I read the press releases, that our very own Government is sinking our beloved Navy - our first line of defense - right here at home in the shipyards.

Oh, it isn’t all the Government’s fault. The contractors won’t even attempt to keep cost down to a reasonable level, and the American public [...]

The ‘Tomcats’ simply will not stay out of the news! This from Fox News…

SALT LAKE CITY — Two Utah men are accused of trying to illegally export surplus pieces of F-14 fighter jets, a plane that is flown only in Iran.

Abraham Trujillo, 61, and David Waye, 22, both of Ogden, are alleged to have [...]

The mysterious loss of a fine boat is now nearly solved. Story from Fox News. Photos from the Grunion web page.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The mangled remains of a vessel found in the Bering Sea are likely those of a World War II submarine that disappeared with a crew of 70 off the Aleutian Island [...]

Just got a phone call from The Bull’s nineteen year old daughter. It appears that I may have managed to rear my children properly after all…

Said daughter has decided to step up to the plate and do her part to defend our great Nation. Moreover, like many others in our family Kelli is joining the [...]

Ok, I know it is old. Over two years old in fact. It’s still funny, though, and worth the read. In a time when we all just wish this complete loser of a President keeps sticking his peanut-grubbing nose where it doesn’t belong, (i.e.: Anywhere remotely resembling foreign affairs.), nothing could be more appropriate. Thanks, [...]

The Bull presents to you the following statements released by the United States Navy:

May 10: Vice Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, Director Navy Staff, relieved Cmdr. Thomas C. Graves, Commanding Officer USS Constitution, due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to command.

May 8: Capt. Adam Levitt, Commodore, Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 23, relieved Cmdr. [...]

A joint carrier strike group led by the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) and USS Nimitz (CVN-68) were joined by the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) and its own strike group, which includes landing ships carrying members of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. That adds up to some 17,000 sailors and Marines, folks.

The [...]

The following from Military.com…

Navy Commissions USS Hawaii

Navy News | PO1 Ira J. Elinson | May 07, 2007 Groton, CT – Under clear blue New England skies, the Navy’s newest attack submarine, USS Hawaii (SSN 776) was commissioned May 5 on the Thames River at Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton, Conn.

The ceremony, complete with hula [...]

This from Military.com.

New Russian ‘Boomer’ by Norman Polmar | April 30, 2007

Russia has launched a new strategic missile submarine, the Yuri Dolgorukiy, to be armed with the Bulava ballistic missile. This weapon is modified from the land-launched Topol-M missile (given the NATO designation SS-27).

The launching took place at Severodvinsk, site of the massive Sevmash shipyard on [...]