US Navy – What is involved in decomissioning the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Retiring America’s Flagship

US Navy – Problems with the arresting cables on the USS Ronald Reagan.

• Virginian Pilot: Arresting-cable problems delay carrier Reagan’s certification

US Navy – The Cyclone-class coastal patrol ship may have found a new lease on life.

• Sea Power: Cyclone Ships May Find New Life in War on Terrorism

Background – Liberia – James F. Dunnigan’s analysis of the situation in Liberia.

• StrategyPage: Lost in Liberia