<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>U.S. Navy: News &amp; Videos about U.S. Navy - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Navy</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Navy from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:10:54 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>U.S. Navy: News &amp; Videos about U.S. Navy - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Navy</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Navy from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Pirates foiled in a second attack on Maersk Alabama cargo ship</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/18/maersk.alabama.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/18/maersk.alabama.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A U.S.-flagged ship that played a central role in a bloody hijacking drama last spring was attacked again Wednesday, a busy day for piracy in the dangerous waters off the east coast of Africa.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bedouin helps find Gulf War pilot remains, Pentagon says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/gulf.war.remains/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/gulf.war.remains/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Bedouin who was just a boy when a U.S. Navy pilot's plane crashed in the Iraqi desert in 1991 was the key to finding his remains more than 18 years after he was killed, the Pentagon says.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Making big drugs during troubled times</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/news/companies/amgen_kevin_sharer_biotech_pharmaceuticals.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/news/companies/amgen_kevin_sharer_biotech_pharmaceuticals.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>These are momentous times for Amgen, the world's largest biotech company. The health-care revolution brewing in Washington could be dramatically good news or bad for a business whose drugs tend to be life-changing -- and highly expensive. Also on deck this year is a critical FDA decision on Amgen's denosumab, a possible blockbuster treatment for osteoporosis and bone cancer on which Amgen is betting heavily. If it's approved, analysts expect annual sales of at least $1 billion -- maybe double or triple that. Overseeing it all is CEO Kevin Sharer, 61, who joined the company 17 years ago as a newcomer to biotech after a career with the U.S. Navy, McKinsey, General Electric, among others. Amgen stock has been up and down during his nine years as chief, but right now Wall Street likes its prospects: 19 analysts rate it a buy or a strong buy, based on denosumab's prospects and further operating efficiencies, while five say it's a hold in light of the recession and strengthening</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sub collides with sonar array towed by U.S. Navy ship</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/12/china.submarine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/12/china.submarine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In what a U.S. military official calls an "inadvertent encounter," a Chinese submarine hit an underwater sonar array being towed by the destroyer USS John McCain on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 dead, 2 missing after Navy helicopter crash off San Diego</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/20/california.copter.down/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/20/california.copter.down/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three members of a U.S. Navy helicopter crew were killed after their helicopter went down in the waters off San Diego, California, a Navy spokeswoman said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S., Korean warships stop Somali pirate attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/14/somalia.pirates.navy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/14/somalia.pirates.navy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>South Korean and American warships stopped a suspected pirate attack on an Egyptian ship in the Gulf of Aden, capturing 17 suspected pirates, the U.S. Navy announced Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 12:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Navy ship outruns pirates, officials say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/07/somalia.pirates.foiled/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/07/somalia.pirates.foiled/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pirates off the eastern coast of Somalia picked the wrong target this week when they tried to attack a U.S. Navy ship, the Navy said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 22:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Navy sub commander relieved of duty after collision</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/14/navy.collision/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/14/navy.collision/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The commander of a U.S. Navy submarine that collided with another Navy ship last month has been relieved of duty, according to a U.S. Navy statement issued Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pirates vow to kill U.S., French sailors</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/13/somalia.pirates.revenge/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/13/somalia.pirates.revenge/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two pirates in Somalia vowed revenge Monday, after the U.S. military killed three pirates and freed a U.S. ship captain who had been held hostage for several days.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protecting against piracy difficult in vast area</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/12/somalia.pirates.region/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/12/somalia.pirates.region/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Efforts to protect ships from pirates in the waters off Somalia's east coast face a tremendous challenge: The vastness of the area makes it difficult to get to ships that are in danger.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. negotiators try to persuade pirates to free captain</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/09/ship.hijacked/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/09/ship.hijacked/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Negotiators aboard a U.S. Navy warship are trying to secure the release of an American freighter captain who is being held by pirates on a lifeboat off the coast of Somalia, according to Maersk Line Ltd.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Somali pirates take in millions from kidnappings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/09/larsen.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/09/larsen.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Somali pirates have turned high-seas kidnappings into a lucrative business, one that netted between $50 million and $150 million last year, a former Navy SEAL told 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Department announced Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: Light, booms in sky likely falling Russian booster</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/30/space.rocket.sound.light/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/30/space.rocket.sound.light/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The mysterious burst of light in the sky and loud booms witnessed Sunday night by residents along the Mid-Atlantic coastline was likely caused by a Russian rocket booster re-entering the atmosphere, said an official at the U.S. Naval Observatory.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S., Japan mobilize for N. Korean launch</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/27/north.korea.us.ships/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/27/north.korea.us.ships/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Japan is mobilizing its missile defense system, and U.S. Navy ships are deploying to the Sea of Japan, as North Korea prepares to launch a rocket that is expected next month, officials said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. destroyers on move as N. 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The Supreme Court weighs in</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/08/sonar.whales/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/08/sonar.whales/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court appeared conflicted Wednesday as it juggled national security and environmental concerns in a case over whether the U.S. Navy is doing enough to protect whales from underwater sonar tests it conducts.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crew member of hijacked ship dead, Somali town official says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/28/somalia.piracy.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/28/somalia.piracy.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A crew member of a Ukrainian vessel pirates seized off the African coast last week has died, a Somali town commissioner said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. ship fires shots toward boats off Somalia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/24/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/24/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Security forces aboard a U.S. naval vessel fired warning shots toward two approaching small boats off the Somali coast Tuesday, the U.S. military said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>European Court backs UK hacker extradition</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/28/britain.hacker.extradition/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/28/britain.hacker.extradition/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The European Court of Human Rights cleared the way Thursday for the extradition of a British man to the United States, where prosecutors say he hacked into computers at a variety of military installations including the Pentagon, U.S. Navy, and NASA.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Navy ships wait to deliver aid to Georgia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/20/navy.georgia.aid/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/20/navy.georgia.aid/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The first U.S. military ship carrying humanitarian aid for Georgia is headed to the Black Sea after loading the supplies from a port in Crete on Wednesday, according to U.S. Navy officials.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Navy guards accused of abusing detainees in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/14/iraq.bucca/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/14/iraq.bucca/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Navy has charged six guards accused of assaulting detainees in May at Camp Bucca in 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refreshment. </description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sailor treated for burns after fire on carrier</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/23/ship.fire/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/23/ship.fire/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One sailor was treated for first-degree burns and 23 others for heat stress after a fire on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier burned for hours, the Navy said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 21:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Captain: My 'heart sank' when pirates attacked</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/pirate.survivor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/pirate.survivor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Colin Darch was piloting his slow-moving tugboat out of the Red Sea close to Somalia when heavily armed pirates sped up next to him screaming and firing weapons.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 20:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran denies confrontation at sea with U.S. Navy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/12/iran.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/12/iran.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iran denied a report that several of its boats taunted a U.S. Navy vessel in the Persian Gulf on Thursday night, according to IRNA, Iran's official news agency.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Egyptian killed by warning shots </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/26/suez.incident/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/26/suez.incident/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Navy on Wednesday admitted an Egyptian was killed this week when shots were fired from a military-contracted cargo ship at a boat near the Suez Canal.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>US Cargo Ship Fires in Suez Canal</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1725307,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1725307,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>An American cargo ship under contract to the U.S. Navy opened fire on a small Egyptian boat while moving through the Suez Canal, the U.S. military said Tuesday</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. sailor in custody in Japan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/japan.sailor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/japan.sailor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A U.S. sailor sought for information about a taxi driver's killing near a Navy base has been taken into custody and charged with desertion, according to the U.S. Navy.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. Navy ships move closer to Lebanon</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/28/us.lebanon/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/28/us.lebanon/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Navy has moved the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole and other ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon, Pentagon officials said Thursday. </description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Navy missile hits dying spy satellite, says Pentagon</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/02/20/satellite.shootdown/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/02/20/satellite.shootdown/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Navy succeeded in its effort to shoot down an inoperable spy satellite before it could crash to Earth and potentially release a cloud of toxic gas, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Attorney: 9/11 death penalty trial could create 'nightmare scenario'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/911.trial.criticism/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/911.trial.criticism/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The trials planned for six suspects in the 9/11 attacks -- in which the government proposes to seek the death penalty -- could be unfair and could leave Khalid Shaikh Mohammed looking like a martyr to his supporters, a former U.S. Navy attorney said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: Iran threatening world peace</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/09/iran.boats/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/09/iran.boats/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iran has denounced video and audio recordings released by the United States of the two nations' confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz as "fabricated," according to statements carried by state-run television station.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iranian boats 'harass' U.S. Navy, officials say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/07/iran.us.navy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/07/iran.us.navy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats "harassed and provoked" three U.S. Navy ships early Sunday in international waters, the U.S. military said Monday, calling the encounter a "significant" confrontation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. F/A-18 fighter jets crash in Persian Gulf </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/07/us.warplanes.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/07/us.warplanes.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets -- flying off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman -- crashed Monday night in the Persian Gulf, U.S. Navy officials said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iranian Boats Harass Navy Ships</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1700826,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1700826,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, officials said Monday</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>2 U.S. Navy sailors found dead in Ghana</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/01/ghana.sailors.dead/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/01/ghana.sailors.dead/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two U.S. Navy sailors were found dead Tuesday morning in their hotel room in Tema, Ghana, the Navy said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Veteran dealmaker</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/12/10/101529212/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/12/10/101529212/index.htm</guid><description>Thirty years before Jerome Kohlberg started a little buyout shop with Bear Stearns protégés Henry Kravis and George Roberts, he was a U.S. Navy officer returning from World War II. Thanks to the GI Bill, he went to Swarthmore College and Harvard Business School for free.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China tells more U.S. vessels to keep out</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/30/china.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/30/china.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China has refused nine U.S. Navy ships and one Air Force jet entry to Hong Kong in the past month, U.S. military officials said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran's Revolutionary Guards patrol Persian Gulf, U.S. says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/29/iran.navy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/29/iran.navy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has taken command of Iranian naval operations in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. military has revealed.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Somali pirates free hostages</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/04/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/04/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Twenty-four sailors of different nationalities were freed Sunday, about six months after pirates took over their ship off the coast of Somalia, a U.S. military official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Crew wins deadly pirate battle off Somalia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/30/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/30/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The crew members of a North Korean freighter regained control of their ship from pirates who hijacked the vessel off Somalia, but not without a deadly fight, the U.S. Navy reported Tuesday. </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Key U.S. Navy port ravaged by fire</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/27/dubai.fire.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/27/dubai.fire.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fire broke out early Monday in a warehouse containing hazardous chemicals at Dubai's Jebel Ali port, sending plumes of thick black smoke into the sky before firefighters brought it under control three hours later.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. warship can't stop pirates off Somalia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/06/06/pirates/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/06/06/pirates/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. Navy warship fired shots at pirates who had hijacked a Danish-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Somalia but was unsuccessful in blocking the piracy, according to Navy officials.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. warships in Gulf for training</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/23/gulf.training/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/23/gulf.training/index.html</guid><description>In one of the largest, most visible war games America has staged in the Persian Gulf since the start of the Iraq war, two U.S. aircraft carriers and seven other warships cruised near the Iranian coast Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 11:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil spikes $5 on rumors of Iran attack</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/27/markets/oil_spikes/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/27/markets/oil_spikes/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. crude futures briefly spiked over $5 a barrel in electronic trading late Tuesday on rumors that Iran fired on U.S. Navy warships.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: Iranian patrol boats probe Iraqi waters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/19/iran.iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/19/iran.iraq/index.html</guid><description>Iranian patrol boats have increased attempts in the last week to assess defenses near Iraqi offshore oil terminals, U.S. military officials said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. picks up missing jet signal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/25/indonesia.plane/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/25/indonesia.plane/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. Navy ship has picked up signals from the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder of an Indonesian plane that crashed on New Year's Day, killing all 102 people on board, the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Pierre Salinger Syndrome' and the TWA 800 conspiracies</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/12/twa.conspiracy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/12/twa.conspiracy/index.html</guid><description>Bolstered by eyewitness accounts and the Internet, the explosion of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York 10 years ago spawned a slew of sinister conspiracy theories, most notably the belief that a missile from a U.S. Navy ship was responsible.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 51 die in Bahrain ferry accident</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/30/bahrain.accident/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/30/bahrain.accident/index.html</guid><description>At least 63 passengers were rescued -- and the bodies of 51 others recovered -- after a passenger ferry carrying about 135 people on a company outing capsized and sank Thursday night in a narrow channel off the Bahrain coast, officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. Navy, suspected pirates clash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/18/pirates.somalia/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/18/pirates.somalia/index.html</guid><description>Two U.S. Navy ships skirmished with a group of suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia Saturday, killing one and wounding five, the Navy said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Warships aid search for Yemeni escapees</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/09/yemen.navy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/09/yemen.navy/index.html</guid><description>International warships under the command of the U.S. Navy moved Thursday into waters off Yemen, attempting to block possible escape routes for 23 prisoners who escaped last week, a senior U.S. military official said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Hacker' held over U.S. Navy breach</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/16/spain.us/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/16/spain.us/index.html</guid><description>An 18-year-old suspected Spanish hacker who allegedly breached the top-secret computer security of a U.S. Navy base in San Diego has been arrested, according to the Spanish Civil Guard.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. turns sailor over to Japan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/07/japan.usmilitary.slaying/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/07/japan.usmilitary.slaying/index.html</guid><description>The United States on Saturday handed over a U.S. Navy sailor suspected of killing a Japanese woman to local Japanese authorities, a Navy spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 10:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Germany frees killer of U.S. diver</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/20/germany.militant/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/20/germany.militant/index.html</guid><description>A Hezbollah militant sentenced to life in Germany for murdering a U.S. Navy diver during the 1985 hijacking of a U.S. jetliner has been freed, officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Remains of Pearl Harbor victim 'X-2' get a name </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/17/pearlharbor.remains/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/17/pearlharbor.remains/index.html</guid><description>Remains of a U.S. Navy sailor who was listed as missing in action after Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified and will be returned to his family, the Department of Defense said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. Navy boards ship after pirate attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/07/somalia.pirates/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/07/somalia.pirates/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Navy personnel cleared unexploded ordnance from a luxury cruise ship Monday, two days after pirates attacked the vessel off Africa, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Original Blue Angel pilot dies at age 86</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/12/blue.angel.obit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/12/blue.angel.obit/index.html</guid><description>A man whose pioneering flying career with the U.S. Navy began in the age of biplanes and ended in the jet age has died. Retired Navy Capt. Roy "Butch" Voris, an original Blue Angel, died at his home in Monterey, California. He was 86.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. relief crew on way to Russian sub</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/05/russia.sea/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/05/russia.sea/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. Navy crew and two robotic submersibles left for Russia's Pacific coast Friday in a race against time to rescue seven Russian sailors trapped in a mini-sub, U.S. Naval officials said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: U.S. submarine hit undersea mountain</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/10/nuclear.submarine.update/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/10/nuclear.submarine.update/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. Navy submarine accident that killed one sailor and injured 24 others occurred when the vessel -- traveling at high speed -- hit an undersea mountain head-on, Pentagon officials said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 07:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. Navy helicopter crashes in Indonesia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/indonesia.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/indonesia.crash/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. Navy helicopter participating in tsunami relief efforts crashed on approach to the airfield at Banda Aceh early Monday, with all 10 aboard suffering minor injuries, a Navy spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>An eye in the sky</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/27/eye.sky/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/27/eye.sky/index.html</guid><description>Hiding in plain sight is a big, slow-moving target that is also a potentially valuable weapon in the war on terror.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. carrier collides with boat</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/23/gulf.collision/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/23/gulf.collision/index.html</guid><description>The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy has collided with an unidentified dhow while on patrol in the Arabian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Boat explosion in Basra kills 2 U.S. Navy sailors</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/24/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/24/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Two U.S. sailors died Saturday after a small boat they boarded off Basra, Iraq, exploded, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NEW PATHS TO SUCCESS WORKING YOUR WAY UP THROUGH AN             ELEPHANTINE BUREAUCRACY NO LONGER MAKES SENSE, ARGUES NOBEL     </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/06/12/203821/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/06/12/203821/index.htm</guid><description>From early childhood on, our children are taught to equate progress with promotions. Playtime, nursery, prekindergarten, and kindergarten--a series of grades recognize the child's growth and prepar...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 1995 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No flag, no convoy</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/12/07/69961/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/12/07/69961/index.htm</guid><description>-- While the U.S. Navy is providing escorts for Kuwaiti oil tankers plying the Persian Gulf, it is doing nothing to protect American-owned carriers. That's because most ships do not fly U.S. flags ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 1987 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>