US Navy Issues

Discussions focus on criticisms of the US Navy's operational competence, including manpower shortages, ship collisions, loss of basic seamanship skills, and references to articles about systemic failures.

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dnautics Nov 15, 2021 View on HN

navy doesn't seem to care (see USS Ford)

GiorgioG Jun 25, 2017 View on HN

It’s the Navy, they can afford it ;)

paggle Aug 29, 2019 View on HN

Reminds me of the article “Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships”https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/08/27/navy-swo...

amalgamated_inc Jan 17, 2023 View on HN

Especially when you don't have a real navy.

caycep Feb 26, 2025 View on HN

unless you're the US Navy...

dyno12345 Jul 31, 2023 View on HN

The US Navy seems to be able to do it

chernevik Oct 30, 2021 View on HN

Sure seems like the US Navy has lost track of some basic skills.

toomuchtodo May 8, 2025 View on HN

Probably not. Symptoms of system failure.> As of late last year, the Navy was lacking nearly 14,000 enlisted sailors to keep its aircraft carriers, surface ships and attack submarines properly manned, according to the GAO.> The watchdog also found that aircraft carriers, cruisers and amphibious assault ships did not have enough enlisted sailors assigned to them to meet requirements for safe operations as laid out by the Navy Manpower Analysis Center.<a href="https://www.

AlecSchueler Nov 6, 2025 View on HN

Thanks for the correction, I'd be interested to read more about their navy doing this.

blarg1 Sep 3, 2018 View on HN

hopefully the navy isn't superstitious.