Tag: US Navy

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 12:05 UTC

  Shame on the USS Navy state of the art missile destroyer breaks down in Panama canal and has to be towed

  

  The most expensive destroyer ever built for the United States Navy has suffered an engineering problem in the Panama Canal and had to be towed to port. U.S. The 3rd Fleet spokesman Commander Ryan Perry says a vice admiral has directed the USS Zumwalt to remain at ex-Naval Station Rodman in Panama to address the issues. The ship was built at Bath Iron Works in Maine.

• Monday, November 2nd 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  US Navy Carrier Strike Group 9 anchored off Punta Arenas for Unitas exercises

  

  The United States Carrier Strike Group 9 which is participating in a series of 'Unitas' exercises with different Latin American and Pacific countries, anchored off Punta Arenas and is scheduled to leave on Monday for Rio do Janeiro, Brazil, according to reports from the extreme south Chilean city port.

• Saturday, November 8th 2014 - 06:39 UTC

  USS Constellation carrier towed to the scrapyard along the coast of South America

  

  The United States aircraft carrier Constellation, which spent most of its nearly 42 years of service operating out of San Diego Bay is being towed along the South American Atlantic coast on its way to be scrapped in Texas. This week it was sighted in the extreme south of Chile, Punta Arenas as it crossed to the Atlantic.