The Army, Air Force and Navy joined troops from other nations in blowing up the decommissioned USS Mobile Bay and USS Peleliu.

U.S. Navy unmanned surface vessels take part in a sinking exercise in the Pacific Ocean targeting the hulk of decommissioned Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) as part of ...

According to Naval News, US Navy submarines also fired Harpoon missiles at the USS Peleliu. Below we can see the state of the ...

The recent exercises near Hawaii included the sinking of the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) amphibious assault ship and USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) cruiser—a more interesting end for both vessels than the scrap heap.

According to the Navy, the former USS Mobile Bay was sunk July 12 during a live-fire exercise. The live-fire sinking exercise ...

The sinking is the second consecutive RIMPAC exercise to include two warships, following the 2024 sinking of the amphibious ...

Allied rotorcraft employed at least four different missile types against retired warships during the massive Pacific exercise ...

Two decommissioned warships, cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5), were recently sunk off the coast of Hawaii as part of the U.S. Navy-led Rim of the Pacific 2026 ...

Ships and aircraft participating in exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 conducted a planned, live-fire sinking exercise ...

On July 15, 2026, the U.S. announced that it had signed a $418.5 million contract with NorthStar to dismantle the USS ...

The B-2 Spirit has always been one of the most feared aircraft ever built — a flying wing that can slip past enemy radar ...

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