Latest "Pacific-Fleet" stories

New in 2022: USS Carl Vinson expected to wrap up first deployment with F-35C fighter jets

The Vinson and its carrier strike group departed San Diego in August 2021.

By Diana Stancy Correll

15 months ago

Disciplinary hearings held for USS Bonhomme Richard fire

Dozens of officials face potential discipline for failing to stop last year's fatal inferno.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

16 months ago

U.S. Pacific Fleet admiral’s barge went to the scrapyard following 2019 fire

The vessel had been used to ferry high-level visitors for decades.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

21 months ago

Both Russia and US point fingers after warships almost collide

A near miss on the high seas has both US and Russian Navies crying foul over the mess.

By Mark D. Faram

4 years ago

Video shows near collision of US and Chinese warships

The footage — obtained by the South China Morning Post newspaper purportedly from the British Ministry of Defence ― shows a Chinese Luyang-class destroyer nearing the port side of the American guided-missile destroyer Decatur.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

Navy to press patrols in disputed sea, China calls out ‘meddlers’

Adm. John Richardson, who heads U.S. naval operations, said in a news conference with Philippine military officials in Manila on Monday that such patrols highlight the U.S. position against “illegitimate maritime claims.”

4 years ago