USS White River: How the US Navy transformed a landing vessel into a legendary rocket artillery ship
Today's US Navy may be poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago. A unique and little-known ship packed a formidable punch in the Korean and Vietnam wars. This ...
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Quick-firing gun that changed naval artillery
I take you through the Royal Navy’s Hotchkiss Model 1886 "Quick Fire" 47mm - a breech-loaded gun using self-contained cartridges that the Navy adopted to counter fast torpedo boats with rapid fire ...
U.S. soldiers and Marines have fired Raytheon’s Excalibur guided artillery shell more than 1,000 times in land combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems is vying to ...
October 30, 2025: Sixteen years ago the U.S. Navy decided that it could not replace the current 9,70o-ton Burke class destroyers with the new 15,600 -ton Zumwalt class design. What the Zumwalts lacked ...
Strolling the river walk along the Washington Navy Yard waterfront today, it is hard to imagine that the Anacostia River, from the Yard all the way to its confluence with the Potomac River, was a ...
USS White River: How the US Navy transformed a landing vessel into a legendary rocket artillery ship
With the war in Ukraine waging through a third year, one of the greatest lessons of the conflict has been the importance of mass firepower, with as much as 80% of casualties on both sides attributable ...
USS White River: How the US Navy transformed a landing vessel into a legendary rocket artillery ship
The USS White River and its rockets supported troops fighting in Korea and Vietnam with fast and high-volume artillery support.PHAN Stephen L. Howk/National Archives With the war in Ukraine waging ...
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