Phebe Novakovic Quotes

Since the littoral combat ship plays a vital role, we want to make sure we're buying the correct version.

I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.

The future navy will have two kinds of ships: Submarines and targets.

It would be a good occasion to begin a navy

On shipbuilding, on submarine building, warship building, coastal surveillance or small vessel building, we have both public and private sector. The capacities have really been scaled up, and the skill sets, hi-tech skill sets, have been acquired.

Modernizing the U.S. Navy is a key component of rebuilding our military.

The United States has the largest and best navy in the world.

In my opinion, any navy less than that which would give us the habitual command of our own coast and seas would be little short of useless.

I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.

I am impressed with the belief that our naval force ought not to cost more in proportion than the British. In some things they may have the advantage, but we will be found to have equally great in others.

I am very proud to be taking command of a Type 23 frigate, which is an extremely flexible warship, and I'm looking forward to taking HMS Portland on operations with a professional and focused team.

In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British.

The small vessels authorized by Congress with a view to the Mediterranean service have been sent into that sea, and will be able more effectually to confine the Tripoline cruisers within their harbors and supersede the necessity of convoy to our commerce in that quarter.

The only weapon with which we can expect to cope with other great nations is the Navy.

I would be reluctant to suspend our capital ship building program until we have entered into an agreement for disarmament with other nations.

We have not the navy, and, what is worse, we are not willing to have the navy, that will weigh seriously in any disputes with those nations whose interests will there conflict with our own.

The toilet from time to time imparted to the boat the scent of a cholera hospital and could be flushed only when the U-boat was on the surface or at shallow depths, lest the undersea pressure blow material back into the vessel.

It was a civilian ship, and the Lusitania could outrun any submarine. So this population of people was very confident that Cunard and the Royal Navy would be looking after them. Why weren't they under convoy? That's the real question.

Naval Station Mayport and Naval Air Station Jacksonville are the East Coast home for the MH-60Rs, and the nation's P-8A fleet and Triton operations facility are based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.

The Jones Act is an important tool to maintain Northeast Florida's domestic ship repair industry, which is so vital to our Navy and national security.

Having witnessed first-hand the prowess of the Western Fleet, I am confident that the Indian Navy is fully capable of defending the nation against any form of threat.

The Brits are escorting their ships, and we will escort our ships, and I assume other countries will escort their ships.

London is the headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation, the location of the largest insurance market, and houses a significant ship-broking community, apart from the many other professional services related to shipping.