The US Navy’s X-47B completed its final test aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Aug. 24 and returned to its home base at Naval Air Station Patuxent River after eight days at sea. While underway, the X-47B flew in the carrier pattern with manned aircraft for the first time and conducted a total
Submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) earned the retention excellence award Aug. 11 by maintaining and exceeding the standard for Sailors staying in the Navy. Earning the retention excellence award allows U.S. Navy ships to paint their anchors gold to show off their achievement to the rest of t
USS Columbus (SSN 762) held a change of command ceremony Aug. 26 at the submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Cmdr. Albert Alarcon relieved Cmdr. David Youtt as commanding officer. In command for more than two years, Youtt maintained his ship and crew to the highest level of combat re
Two of the Royal UK Navy’s survey ships have traded places as the 18-month scientific mission of HMS Echo draws to a close while HMS Enterprise’s begins. The sister ships spent five days in Catania in Sicily for an official handover of duties allowing HMS Enterprise to go east of Suez and continue
The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa successfully interdicted more than 970 kilograms of cocaine from a 226-foot Panamanian-flagged freighter in international waters in the Caribbean Sea Aug. 10. The Tampa was on patrol in support of migrant and drug interdiction operations in the Windward
The officers and crew of USS Russell (DDG 59) played a key role in supporting one of three People’s Liberation Army (Navy) ships visiting San Diego by hosting the crew of the frigate CNS Yueyang (FF 575), Aug. 10-14. Along with Yueyang, the destroyer CNS Haikou (DD 171) and supply ship CNS Qiandao
Indian Defence Minister Raksha Mantri Shri Arun Jaitley accompanied by Admiral RK Dhowan Chief of the Naval Staff visited Mazagon Docks Limited, Mumbai on 27 August and reviewed the progress of the Project 75 (Indigenous submarine construction) as well as the other ongoing warship building projects
The past few days have been the deadliest this year for people making irregular crossings on the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe, with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reporting that at least 300 people have died in successive boat tragedies. “In all, we now believe 1,889 people
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Norfolk (SSN 714) returned to Naval Station Norfolk from its final regularly scheduled deployment on Tuesday, Aug. 26. The city of Norfolk’s namesake will begin deactivation in 2015. Norfolk, under the command of Cmdr. Greg Zettler, returned from the Cent
Italian Navy’s destroyer Andrea Doria (D553) docked in the port of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, where it was visited by the Ambassador of Italy to the United Arab Emirates, Giorgio Starace. Prior to the docking, the vessel spent a long period of time at sea during which it took part in a replen
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) moved from Dry Dock 8 to pier 42/43 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Virginia, Aug. 26. Thirty feet of water was introduced to Dry Dock 8 on Aug. 25, and the remaining space was flooded to the waterline Aug. 26. Once flood
Cmdr. Martin Muckian, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN 772), is welcomed by his son at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following the return of the submarine from a six-month deployment. The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN
Chief petty officers (CPO) and CPO selectees helped to preserve a piece of naval history in Hampton Roads, Aug. 20, aboard the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB 64) as part of the CPO 365 Phase II training. The battleship is located at the Nauticus Maritime Museum in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. The CPO
DCNS has successfully completed the operational and intermediate level crew training sessions of Platform Management System and Steering Console for the Indian Navy on 8th of August, 2014. The trainings were conducted during five weeks at HBL, Hyderabad, for the crew of 1st & 2nd Scorpene® India s
