The crew of USS Mahan (DDG 72) held a memorial ceremony December 6th in honor of the 69th anniversary of the Battle of Ormoc Bay in which USS Mahan (DD-364) lost 6 crewmembers. One officer and five enlisted Sailors were mortally wounded on December 7th, 1944, during the battle off the coast of Leyte
RosRAO signed an international contract with the Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri (Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.a») for detailed engineering and building of a pontoon to ship nuclear submarine reactor compartments. By the open tender the contract was awarded to the Italian comp
The Royal Navy’s newest ship, HMS Duncan, will visit her adopted city of Dundee this weekend (December 6-9) A state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyer, it is just over two months since HMS Duncan, the sixth and last of the Daring-Class destroyers, joined her five sisters as a commissioned member of the Ro
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) launched and recovered E-2D Hawkeyes, from the Tiger Tails of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, for the first time, Dec. 3. With notable improvements and new features, the E-2D is a major advancement from the E-2C Hawkeye. “The E-
The Royal Navy’s flagship welcomed onboard a number of affiliated organisations during a brief port visit to Valetta, Malta. Now approaching the end of Cougar 13, the men and women of HMS Bulwark hosted a number of the ship’s longstanding affiliates, including 29 scouts from the St Aloysius College
Sailors and DoD civilians remembered those who fought and died during the attack on Pearl Harbor with a ceremony in the Grand Vista Ballroom on Naval Station Everett (NSE), Dec. 6. The ceremony, marking the 72nd anniversary of the historic attack, included a moment of silence, a wreath-laying, guest
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) with funding from SwampWorks at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Department of Defense Rapid Reaction Technology Office (DoD/RRTO) demonstrated the launch of an all-electric, fuel cell-powered, unmanned aerial system (UAS) from a submerged submarine
Not a single ship was seized by pirates during the Royal Navy’s three-month spell in command of a task force patrolling the Indian Ocean for modern-day buccaneers. The ships of Combined Task Force 151 also succeeded in hunting down one pirate action group after the raiders’ two failed attempts to hi
Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaydachnyi, participating in the NATO Ocean Shield counter-piracy operation, completed its fourth patrolling in the Gulf of Aden and on December 4 the ship entered the Salalah port (Oman). On this occasion, some servicemen got awards for their decisive actions and professi
The US Navy has awarded Cubic, a global provider of defense, and transportation systems and services, a series of contracts to develop a game-based training technology that will train its next generation of sailors for duty on the Littoral Combat Ships. Cubic Defense Systems, a subsidiary of Cubic C
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI), Electronic Attack Squadron 129 (VAQ-129), the Pearl Harbor Survivors’ Association, and North Cascades Chapter 5 honored those killed at Pearl Harbor 72 years ago during a commemoration ceremony, Dec. 6. VAQ-129 hosted the Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration Cerem
Naval troops attached to SLNS Wasaba of the Northern Naval Command rescued 4 Indian fishermen who had been victimized fot the seas west of Delft Island on 05th December 2013. Their fishing boat had capsized while engaged in fishing due to an engine failure. The rescued fishermen were transferred ash
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) held a ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay Dec. 7 to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. During the solemn ceremony, Rear Adm. Kevin Kovacich, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 commander, Capt. Daniel Grieco, T
Naval troops attached to SLNS Vijayaba of the Eastern Naval Command on information received recovered explosives used for illegal fishing with 2 persons, in the seas off Erakkandi on 4th December 2013. The arrested fishermen with explosives were handed over to Fisheries Officials in Trincomalee. Mea
