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  • USS Benfold Becomes Part of 7th Fleet’s AOR

    13 October 2015
    Authorities, Research & Development

    Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) entered 7th Fleet’s area of responsibility (AOR), Oct. 13, in support of security and stability to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Benfold will enhance presence in the 7th Fleet as part of the U.S. Navy’s long range plan to send the most advanced and capable units to the Indo-Asia-Pacific […]

  • Secretary of the US Navy Names Next Littoral Combat Ship

    16 September 2015
    Authorities

    Secretary of the US Navy, Ray Mabus, announced on September 15th, 2015,  that the next Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will be named USS Tulsa (LCS 16). The selection of the name honors Oklahoma’s second largest city. Tulsa will be the second commissioned ship to bear the name. The first, a patrol gunboat commissioned in 1923, […]

  • Indian Navy Vessels Sail to Kuantan, Malaysia

    17 June 2015
    Authorities

     As part of an operational deployment to South Indian Ocean and South China Sea, ships of the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, arrived today at Kuantan (Malaysia) on a four day visit. The Indian warships taking part in this deployment are […]

  • Tomahawk Upgrades Improve Weapon System Performance

    10 September 2014
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Research & Development, Training & Education

    The U.S. Navy and Raytheon Company completed successful back-to-back Tomahawk cruise missile flight tests that validated recent software improvements. The upgrades improve weapon system performance.   In the first test, the nuclear submarine USS Hampton (SSN 767) fired a Tomahawk Block IV from the sub’s vertical capsule launch system. The missile flew a pre-planned mission […]

  • Chinese Chief of General Staff Arrives in San Diego

    15 May 2014
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Chief of the General Staff, People’s Republic of China, Gen. Fang Fenghui arrived in San Diego, May 13, for a scheduled two-day visit hosted by Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet (C3F) Vice Adm. Kenneth Floyd.   During his visit to San Diego, Fang met with Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, commander, U.S. Pacific Command and received tours […]

  • George Washington Strike Group Receives RSEP

    26 June 2014
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Instructors and regional subject matter experts from Naval Post Graduate School (NPS) embarked ships from the George Washington Strike Group to provide Regional Security Education Program (RSEP) briefs to the crew and embarked staffs, June 20-25.   “RSEP is a program developed by the [chief of naval operations] to provide leaders and crew of deploying […]

  • Kiel Week 2016: Who will be there

    8 June 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Germany’s Kiel Week is the largest sailing event in the world held annually in the last complete week in June. This year, the event will start June 18 and finish June 26. Apart from numerous boats taking part in races, the event is graced by a number of German and international navy vessels. German Naval […]

  • Indian Navy ships arrive in Australia for drills

    13 June 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    An Indian Navy task group of three ships sailed into Fremantle, Australia, to participate in a week-long naval exercise off the Western Australian coast. Exercise Australia India is a regular bilateral maritime exercise aimed at developing a deeper understanding and cooperation between the two navies. Prior to arriving to Australia, frigate INS Shivalik, corvette INS Kamorta […]

  • South Korean Navy test-fires SLBM from 1st indigenous ballistic missile sub

    7 September 2021
    Research & Development, Vessels

    South Korean Navy has test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from its first indigenous ballistic missile submarine.

  • USS Higgins Joins U.S. 7th Fleet

    23 July 2015
    Authorities, Research & Development

    The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), July 22 after departing their homeport of San Diego, California, July 6. Higgins is conducting an independent deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Middle East and is scheduled to perform theater security cooperation engagements […]

  • Republic of Singapore Navy Conducts Live-Firing of Barak Anti-Missile Missile

    30 July 2012
    Training & Education

    The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) conducted a live-firing of the Barak anti-missile missile in the South China Sea as part of the 18th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise which Singapore is conducting with the United States. The missile was fired by the upgraded RSN missile corvette RSS Victory against an air […]

  • World Navies Intensify Search for Malaysian Lost Flight

    10 March 2014

    The search for the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which lost radar signal in the early hours of Saturday, when it was flying over the Ho Chi Minh air traffic control area in Vietnam, is intensively underway.   Nine countries are contributing to the search 24/7 across the South China Sea for the aircraft. Chinese warship […]

  • Russia: Navy to Commission Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Liner Soon

    25 October 2011
    Industry

      In the nearest future Russian Navy will include new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Liner in the inventory, reported the missile’s developer – Makeyev State Rocket Center on Oct 21. “Flight test program implied two launches. Both of them were held successfully on May 20 and Sept 29. Presently, the interagency commission starts its phase, […]

  • USS Ronald Reagan gets new commanding officer

    11 September 2018
    Vessels

    US Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) welcomed a new commanding officer during a change of command ceremony held in the ship’s hangar bay on September 10. After serving more than two years as commanding officer of the ship, Capt. Michael “Buzz” Donnelly was relieved by Capt. Patrick Hannifin. During Donnelly’s tenure from […]

  • MH370: Chinese Replenishment Ship Restocks in Albany, Australia

    16 April 2014
    Authorities

    The town of Albany in Western Australia played host to a unique international visitor on 9 April when the People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLA-N) vessel Qiandaohu visited.   The Fuchi class replenishment ship had spent more than a month at sea with a Chinese fleet as part of the international search for missing Malaysia […]

  • USS Emory S Land Conducts MEDEVAC

    9 August 2012

    USS Emory S Land (AS 39) conducted an emergency medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) for a crewmember Aug. 7. At approximately 12:00 p.m., the crewmember, who had suffered a heart attack, was lowered by stretcher into a tug boat arranged by the Glenn Marine Group of Malaysia, a ship’s husbandry group who is a sub contractor of […]

  • South Korean Destroyers Watch for Possible North Korean Missile Launch

    5 April 2013

    South Korea has dispatched two destroyers to watch both sides of the peninsula for a possible North Korean missile launch, South Korean media report. According to a South Korea Navy official quoted by Yonhap news agency, the destroyers were outfitted with SPY-1 radar which can track hundreds of objects simultaneously from up to 1,000 kilometres […]

  • Singapore, Australian Navies Engage in Exercise Singaroo

    3 October 2014
    Authorities, Research & Development, Training & Education

    The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) conducted a bilateral maritime exercise, Exercise Singaroo, from 29 September to 3 October 2014. Hosted by Singapore, this year’s exercise was the 17th in the series held since 1995. The five-day exercise was conducted in the South China Sea and comprised three-dimensional warfare […]

  • Germantown to Start Maintenance in Japan

    5 November 2015
    Authorities, Research & Development

    Following a four-month patrol, the US amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) will now start maintenance works in Sasebo, Japan. The vessel returned to its forward-deployed home port on November 4. It will now begin a maintenance availability period to sustain the ship’s readiness posture as a forward-deployed Naval force asset before beginning operations again […]

  • New Zealand’s littoral warfare unit hosts US Third Fleet Commander during RIMPAC

    14 July 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The New Zealand Defence Force’s Littoral Warfare Unit (LWU) hosted the Commander of the US 3rd Fleet, Vice Admiral (VADM) Nora Tyson, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii on July 13. The LWU is the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) specialist unit comprising divers, hydrographers and mine counter measures. A detachment of the LWU is […]

  • Singapore hosts 11-nation SEACAT drill

    20 August 2019
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The 18th edition of international exercise Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) kicked in Singapore on August 19. Maritime forces from ten Indo-Pacific partner nations in addition to the US Navy will engage in “real world, real time” training designed to enhance partner nation ability to communicate, coordinate and counter illegal smuggling and piracy. Participating […]

  • Austal launches 12th littoral combat ship Oakland (LCS 24)

    23 July 2019
    Authorities, Vessels

    Austal USA has launched the US Navy’s 12th Independence-variant littoral combat ship Oakland (LCS 24) at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard. The ship was launched on July 21 and is scheduled for delivery next year. The future USS Oakland is one of 19 Independence-variant LCSs that will join the fleet. Four additional LCSs are under various […]

  • US Navy needs to grow faster, navy chief urges

    17 May 2017
    Authorities, Equipment & technology

    The U.S. Navy needs to take steps that will ensure the fleet starts growing and improving right away if it wants to remain competitive, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson said on Tuesday in Singapore. In a report released on Tuesday and titled The Future Navy, CNO outlined what the future fleet should look […]

  • USS Momsen visits Northern Mariana Islands

    27 September 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) arrived in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands for a regularly scheduled port call on September 24. The port call provided Momsen’s crew an opportunity to refresh after four months of operations in the Western Pacific and South China Sea as part of a U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action […]

  • 31st MEU Enhances Skills with USS Green Bay

    15 July 2015
    Authorities, Research & Development, Training & Education

    US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) paddle toward the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) on the waters of the East China Sea from combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC). These boats are small and fast reconnaissance vehicles often called “Cricks” by Sailors and Marines and […]

  • US Navy assessment backs Trump’s 350-plus ship plan

    19 December 2016
    Authorities, Industry

    A U.S. Navy report on its future naval force requirements is in line with U.S. president Donald Trump’s plans of building a 350-plus ship navy. Trump announced the goal of a 350-ship navy during a speech in September when he said his plan was based on a 2014 Pentagon quadrennial review of projected threats and U.S. […]