These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 15, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in ...

General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, is awarded a $66,854,586 firm-fixed-price contract action for maintenance, modernization and repair of USS Makin Island (LHD 8) fiscal 2023 selected restricted ...

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship LHD-8 USS Makin Island — the first U.S. Navy ship to deploy using a hybrid-electric propulsion system — completed a nine-day scheduled sea trial earlier this ...

SAN DIEGO — Hundreds of U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Marines returned home to San Diego after a seven-month deployment. Three ships, the USS Makin Island, the USS Anchorage, and the USS John P. Murtha, ...

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The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) departed Hong Kong April 11, following a scheduled port visit. The four-day visit allowed nearly 2,500 Sailors and Marines assigned to the ship and ...

With the recent first deployment of the USS Makin Island LHD-8 amphibious assault ship, the U.S. Navy is right on course for the development and employment of one of its most desired technologies: ...

The future USS Makin Island (LHD 8) successfully underwent Builder's Trials Dec. 13 in the Gulf of Mexico. The trials mark the first time this amphibious assault ship has gone to sea on its own power.

Seaman Tyler Campbell, from Castlewood, Va., directs an aircraft in the Indian Ocean during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island, the flagship of ...