"Farewell ‘Halyburton,’ America’s First Combat Drone Carrier" Topic
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Tango01 | 11 Sep 2014 12:51 p.m. PST |
"On Sept. 6, the U.S. Navy decommissioned the frigate USS Halyburton at the vessel's home port in Florida. The 453-foot-long Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessel—named for a medic who died in the 1945 battle for Okinawa—spent just over 30 years in commission. Halyburton was many things in her decades of service. A sub-hunter, a counter-drug patroller, a famous pirate-fighter. And, in her final years, the Navy's very first combat drone carrier…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Murvihill | 12 Sep 2014 9:56 a.m. PST |
"And, in her final years, the Navy's very first combat drone carrier…" Bit of hyperbole there, apparently the journalist never heard of the DASH system. |
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