MACON, Ga. — A ship named for Macon war hero Rodney M. Davis, was sunk earlier this month as part of a Navy training program. On July 12, the Navy sank the decommissioned ex-USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG ...

The U.S. Navy has a process known as SINKEX or “sink at-sea live-fire training exercises” when a retired hull is used as a full-sized instrumented target. It is among the few instances during peace ...

Although a variety of retired warships have been employed as targets in past US Navy SINKEX operations, the ex-USS Simpson was the final frigate to be retired from service. The theme of this year’s ...

"The Sinkex program provides numerous benefits to the Navy by making target vessels available for at-sea live-fire exercises," Navy spokesman Christopher Johnson said in an e-mail. "It provides ...

As part of Large Scale Exercise 21, on 15 August, US joint forces launched multiple missiles and torpedoes from air, land and sea at a decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate.

The 2nd sinking exercise (SINKEX #2) of exercise Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC-22) happened on July 26, 2022, with the target ship being the decommissioned USS Denver (LPD-9). The SINKEX took part ...

SAN FRANCISCO-- In 2005, the USS America aircraft carrier was towed out to sea on her final voyage. Hundreds of miles off the Atlantic coast, U.S. Navy personnel then blasted the 40-year-old warship ...