I toured the USS Arlington, an active US Navy warship. Here are the photos I was allowed to take.

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USS Arlington opened to members of the public in celebration of America's 250th birthday.

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I went to the largest maritime gathering in US history, featuring ships from 20 countries, for America's 250th birthday. Here's what I saw.

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The largest maritime gathering in US history featured ships from 20 countries.

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I toured the only nuclear-missile submarine in the US open to the public. Take a look inside the USS Growler.

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The USS Growler in New York City.
The USS Growler in New York City.

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A US Navy Super Hornet knocked out a pair of Iran blockade runners by hitting the smokestacks with precision munitions

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Smoke rises from an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman.
The aftermath of US strikes on an Iranian-flagged tanker.

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The US Navy shot out the rudder of an Iran blockade runner with a Super Hornet's 20 mm cannon

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during Operation Epic Fury, March 31, 2026.
An F/A-18 Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln.

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Climb aboard the USS Torsk, the last US submarine since World War II to sink an enemy ship until Operation Epic Fury

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The USS Torsk.
The USS Torsk.

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Top general shares new details on how a US destroyer shot out the engine of an Iran blockade runner

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) during a fueling-at-sea.
USS Spruance fired multiple rounds into the engine room of an Iranian-flagged vessel trying to run a maritime blockade.

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Trump tells US Navy warships to 'shoot' any Iranian boats laying mines as the mission to clear the Strait of Hormuz ramps up

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) fires the Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 21, 2024.
A Navy destroyer fires its 5-inch deck gun, one of the weapons that could be used to engage small Iranian attack boats.

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US Navy destroyers are at the center of the blockade squeezing Iran

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The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy.
US Navy destroyers are at the center of the Pentagon's blockade of Iranian ports.

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US Navy destroyers that weren't built to hunt and clear mines led the way on a risky new mission in the Strait of Hormuz

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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) sails in the Arabian Sea during Operation Epic Fury, March 18, 2026.
USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. is one of two destroyers that transited the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend.

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