The U.S. Navy’s second oldest deployable ship, USS Denver (LPD 9), left its homeport of Sasebo, Japan on Monday bound for the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility. While deployed, the 45-year old Denver will team up with the Royal Navy of Thailand in annual exercise Cobra Gold, swapping decks and
The Royal Navy’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) fast fleet tanker Wave Knight and the US Coast Guard have seized 45 balls of cocaine south of the Dominican Republic, worth up to USD 99.4 million. The US Coast Guard patrol aircraft, RFA Wave Knight and a Coast Guard helicopter began the operation on 2
USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), the U.S. Navy’s first of ten joint, high-speed vessels (JHSV) docked in Rota, Spain on Monday, January 27 for its first port call on its maiden deployment, aimed at building up relations with partner nations in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of West Africa and in the Gu
The US Navy ship USS Independence stopped in Humbolt Bay Harbor for refueling today, the Times Standard reported. Captain John Powell, Humboldt Bay Harbor District Bar Pilot, said that the littoral combat ship (LCS) arrived to Schneider Dock and Intermodal Facility on Waterfont Drive in Eureka and
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping certified Saltwater Engineering B.V. on 26th of November 2013, enabling it to complete any kind of naval architecture works for Russian classed vessel or for vessels operating within Russian waters. Saltwater Engineering B.V. provides direct and accurate solut
The US Navy’s newest littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Coronado, left the Austal USA Shipyard and headed to her commissioning site in Coronado, Calif. LCS Program Manager, Capt. Tom Anderson, said that it was exciting to see the ship exiting the new construction yard en route to her homep
Norwegian Navy Commodore Nils Andreas Stensønes assumed command of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) during a ceremony that took place aboard the new fleet flagship HNoMS THOR HEYERDAHL on Friday, 24 January 2014. Commodore Stensønes relieved from duty Commodore Henning Amundsen, who led SNMG
The 648-foot U.S. container ship MV Cape Ray departed Portsmouth Naval shipyard yesterday to destroy Syrian chemical weapons, the Associated Press reports. The mission, delayed due to the ship’s engine hiccups, has continued and MV Cape Ray headed for the Italian port of Gioia Tauro, where it will
Mississippi based company, L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, has received a USD 13.7 million modification to a previously awarded aircraft maintenance contract. L-3 will exercise an option for organizational, selected intermediate and limited depot level maintenance for F-16, F-18, H-60 and
The Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarine HMS Talent returned to her base-port of HM Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth on Monday, January 27th after a five-month deployment. The submarine’s deployment began with training and exercises in the Mediterranean aimed at building up the fighting capabili
Raytheon Company voiced yesterday its readiness to continue work on the US Navy’s Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) contract. The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $279.4 million contract in July 2013 to conduct the technology development phase of the program. In November 2013 the Government Accountability
Three Chinese ships named Changbaishan, Wuhan and Haikou patrolled the Zengmu Reef on 26 January, Xinhua reports. The ships formed a triangle and the officers and men lined up and held a sovereignty oath-taking ceremony in the waters of the Zengmu Reef. James Shoal, also known as the Zengmu Reef,
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction has delivered a new indigenously-built destroyer, the 13th of the PKG-class (guided-missile patrol killer), to the South Korean Navy, the Yonhap News reports. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration said that the 450-ton destroyer will join the South K
EU Naval Force Ships ESPS Tornado, FS Siroco, and FGS Hessen met at sea with the US Navy ship USNS Joshua Humphreys for a joint replenishment at sea (RAS) on January 21st, 2014. Four ships with more than 600 crewmembers took part in the RAS, which was carried out successfully and quickly. EU Naval
