On this day in 2006, the first Ohio-class guided missile submarine rejoined the fleet after completing the first-ever SSBN to SSGN conversion. The longest serving boat in US Navy history.

The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, fitted to USS Preble (DDG 88) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer.

 

 

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RFA Tideforce in the Solent this morning after sailing from Portland on Friday, following 3 months alongside, getting some sea time in.

 

 

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As USS John F Kennedy gets dismantled, here is a look at USS Ranger CV61, being towed away from Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton to Brownsville, Texas, for dismantling, 5 March 2015.

 

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