Russia will continue rearmament of submarine base in the forbidden town of Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka Peninsula… [mappress] Source: rusnavy, December 17, 2012
The Indian Coast Guard demonstrated its preparedness and readiness to intervene effectively in containing an oil spill disaster at the fourth edition of the National Pollution Response Exercise titled CLEAN SEA-4, conducted at sea off Kochi on 14th Dec 2012. The exercise was witnessed by Vice Admira
Navy Fest, the annual fair associated with Navy Day celebrations began at the Naval Base Kochi on 13 Dec 12, with the formal inauguration by Vice Admiral Satish Soni, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Naval Command. The fair which concluded on 16th December, was open for visitors from 10 AM
A Regional Support Group (RSG) Groton change of command ceremony was held at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Dec. 14. Capt. Richard E. Verbeke relieved Capt. Mark S. VanYe as Commander of RSG Groton. Rear Adm. Rick Breckenridge, commander, Submarine Group 2, the featured speaker, reflecte
Sri Lanka Navy rescued two fishermen who were in unstable condition in the Eastern deep sea on 14th December 2012. They were brought to the Trincomalee Naval Hospital for medical treatment. The fishermen had been among the 4-member crew of a multi-day fishing trawler named “Kawindi”, which had left
Passing the shipyard’s trials, corvette Boiky has been placed in a special basin at Severnaya Verf shipyard to undergo degaussing… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, December 17, 2012; Image: Military Photos
Type 23 frigate HMS Portland is on her way home to Plymouth after a major refit at Rosyth shipyard. Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland has left Rosyth to return to her base port of Plymouth. The departure follows a 50-week, multi-million pound refit by Babcock at the Fife dockyard. With more th
Hydraulic tests of the stern hull section of diesel-electric submarine Rostov-na-Donu were successfully held at… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, December 17, 2012; Image: Flot
Sailors from frigate HMS Richmond have been put through their paces with a disaster relief exercise under the watchful eye of Flag Officer Sea Training in Devonport. HMS Richmond has spent the last five weeks conducting Basic Operational Sea Training (BOST) under the expert instruction of the Flag O
Submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) arrived in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines Dec. 12 as part of the U.S. Navy’s ongoing commitment to theater security cooperation and friendship with local allied navies. This holiday season, Land will continue its voyage repair period and the crew wi
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argus returned to the UK after a seven-month deployment to the US and Caribbean Sea on counter drugs and disaster-relief patrol. On Thursday December 13, RFA Argus returned into the Port of Portland, Weymouth, having left Falmouth in May, from Atlantic Patrol Task (North) deplo
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Cheyenne (SSN 773) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Dec. 13, for a scheduled six-month deployment in the Western Pacific region. Cheyenne’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Noel J. Gonzalez, commented the crew is eager and excited to get underway. “I a
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a contract to supply water jets to power Marine Alutech Oy Ab’s new Watercat™ M18 AMC high speed troop transport craft, that are currently under construction for the Finnish Navy. The boats, classified as U700, are designed and built by the Mari
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Dec. 13 as part of a USO Holiday Tour. Gen. Martin Dempsey met with Stennis leadership, observed daily operations, and addressed the crew during an all-hands call in the hangar bay about
