The US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) returned from a 212-day independent deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean June 1. The ship and crew of more than 300 Sailors, assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 23, conducted various presence operations and goodwill activities with
Cochin Shipyard Limited delivered the thirteenth of the series of twenty Fast Patrol Vessel “ICGS Anmol” to the Indian Coast Guard 20 days ahead of schedule. The vessel, equipped with a long range gun and ultra-modern vessel control, navigation & communication tools, will be operated from the Coast
The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) kicks off a two-day underway exercise with the Ukrainian navy Frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy (U 130), June 1, 2015. The 2-day exercise is being conducted in international waters and is scheduled to end today, June 2. The purpose of Ross
A few dozen Sailors from Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) have completed specialized training and stand ready to operate and maintain the US Navy’s newest aircraft launch system, slated to begin shipboard testing this summer. Naval Air and Naval Sea System Commands — along with
A T-45A/C Goshawk training aircraft prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The operation was conducted in the Pacific Ocean on May 24. Ronald Reagan is underway off the coast of Southern California. [mappress mapid=”16122″] Image: US Navy
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) arrived in Subic Bay, for a port visit, May 29. Naval Base Subic Bay closed in 1992, and since then the Republic of the Philippines converted the area into the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ), which is the first of its kind in the countr
One of the Royal Navy’s smallest ships, patrol boats HMS Biter and HMS Pursuer, joined the Cunard Line for its 175th birthday celebrations on the Mersey. For the first time Cunard’s three Queens – Mary 2, Elizabeth and Victoria – were brought together in the city where the company began operating in
The German submarine U34 joined Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2) and Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1) in Tallinn on May 30 for a scheduled port visit. The submarine will be operating in the Baltic under operational control of Commander Submarine Forces NATO (COMSUBNATO
Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2) and Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1) ships arrived in Tallinn Friday for a port visit. Led by Rear Adm. Brad Williamson (USA N), SNMG2 is currently comprised of the flagship USS VICKSBURG (CG 69), HMCS FREDERICTON (FFH 337), TCG GOKSU (
UK Border Force officers were among a rescue team that saved more than 100 migrants in the Mediterranean on Saturday, May 31. HMC Protector, one of Border Force’s cutters, was on patrol for Operation Triton south of Sicily when it was alerted by the Italian Marine Rescue Co-Ordination Centre in Rome
Austal USA and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works have executed a sub-contract for Littoral Combat Ship Planning Yard Design Services. This was previously announced as a teaming arrangement in August 2014. The work, scheduled to begin in June 2015, includes requirements for hull, mechanical, and elect
The Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, is on an operational deployment to South East Asia and Southern Indian Ocean. Warships of the Eastern Fleet participated in the bilateral naval exercise SIMBEX with th
The Irish Naval Service flagship the LÉ EITHNE conducted a successful rescue operation of 300 migrants, 45 kilometres North of Tripoli in the early hours of Friday the 29th of May. The migrants were on board a barge that was attempting to cross the South Central Mediterranean. Having successfully tr
The crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) performed last rights for eight Sailors while sailing off the coast of Virginia in May. Since the earliest days of sail to today’s Navy, Sailors have interred their fallen shipmates to the seas. What began as a necessity for a seafaring way
