updated Sat. March 2, 2024
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Business Insider
April 19, 2018
China has made marked advancements in its undersea-warfare capabilities and is using stolen US technology to further that progress, US Navy Adm. Philip Davidson told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Davidson, who was before the committee as the nominee to lead US PacificÃâà...
NavyTimes.com
March 14, 2018
A sailor from the destroyer Howard, pictured here, was fatally stabbed inside his El Cajon home last week. (via USS Howard Facebook page). A San Diego-based sailor was allegedly stabbed to death inside his home in Southern California last week. Operations Specialist 2nd Class Anderson Lopes, 24,Ãâà...
Naval Technology
January 9, 2018
The US Navy has awarded a new contract to BAE Systems to refurbish and upgrade the navy's 33rd Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Howard (DDG 83). The depot maintenance period (DMP) availability contract has a base value of $47.8m and includes options that, if exercised, wouldÃâà...
KPBS
December 5, 2017
A pair of San Diego-based warships are scheduled to return from deployment Tuesday while a third is set to come back on Wednesday. The destroyer USS Howard will return from a six-month deployment with the strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. The Nimitz and escorts based inÃâà...
KPBS
November 30, 2017
Two San Diego-based ships that escorted the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on deployment are scheduled to return to San Diego on Tuesday, the Navy announced Thursday. The cruiser USS Princeton and destroyer USS Howard departed San Diego June 5 to join up with the Nimitz, which is based inÃâà...
USNI News
October 26, 2017
Sailors from the guided-missile USS Howard (DDG-83) came to the aide to the crew of an Iranian fishing dhow that came under attack by pirates south of the island of Socotra near the Gulf of Aden, as seen in video obtained by USNI News on Thursday. Following a distress call from the Iranian coast guardÃâà...
fox5sandiego.com
October 25, 2017
SAN DIEGO – A San Diego-based destroyer aided three Iranian civilian mariners who reported being attacked by pirates off Yemen, the Navy said Wednesday. A boarding team from the USS Howard provided medical aid, food and water to the fishermen and helped make repairs to their boat on Monday,Ãâà...
NBC 7 San Diego
October 22, 2017
The Navy to the rescue! Sailors on the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard rescued a sea turtle that was caught in a partially sunken fishing vessel in the Arabian Gulf last Monday. A Naval air crewman spotted the boat while conducting helicopter operations. The USS Howard thenÃâà...
KPBS
June 5, 2017
Three San Diego-based ships and some local airmen are scheduled to leave on deployment Monday, joining the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. The guided-missile destroyers USS Howard and USS Pinckney, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton are set to depart from Naval Base San Diego.
