A ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base has officially marked the end of HMS York’s 27-year Royal Navy career. The Type 42 destroyer has clocked up more than 750,000 miles protecting the UK’s interests across the world and is being decommissioned as the ageing fleet of Type 42s makes way for the hi-tech
The Navy announced guidance for the administration of the Cycle 218 Chief Petty Officer Advancement Examination and the Fiscal Year 2014 Active Chief Petty Officers (CPO) Selection Board via Navy message Sept. 26. NAVADMIN 294/12 pertains to first class petty officers from the Full Time Support (FTS
The ATLAS ELEKTRONIK Group, a worldwide-acting company for maritime defence electronics, has founded a subsidiary in Canada. ATLAS ELEKTRONIK Canada Ltd has been set up to establish a strong and reliable partnership with the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian authorities. As potential main contractor
Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 26, guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) and Helicopter Maritime Strike (HSM) 46 Detachment 2 pulled into the port of Faslane, Scotland for a port visit, Sept. 26. Gettysburg, Mitscher and fleet replenishment ship U
Type 42 destroyer HMS Edinburgh left Portsmouth on Monday (September 24), on her final deployment, conducting routine operations across the Atlantic. It marks a historic milestone for both the ship and the Royal Navy as it will be the last time a Type 42 destroyer deploys on operations as they make
Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) arrived in Guam for a scheduled port visit Sept. 26. After spending a month underway in the Western Pacific, approximately 2,800 Sailors and Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit will have an opportunity to exp
Official visit of Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief ADM Viktor Chirkov to Italy started on Sept 25. According to the program, Viktor Chirkov will visit Rome and Taranto. The Russian Navy Commander will meet with Italian Defense Minister Giampaolo di Paola, Chief of Defense General Staff Gen. Biagio Ab
Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), along with Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), completed a certification exercise (CERTEX) while on deployment in the Western Pacific Sept. 24. CERTEX is a two week long exercise that focuses on the Bonhomme Ric
Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake declared open the Naval War Memorial at SLNS Gemunu in Welisara on 26th September 2012. Commander Western Naval Area and senior naval officers attached to NHQ were also present on the occasion. [mappress] Naval Today Staff, September 27
General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co.(NASSCO ), San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $107,994,835 modification to previously awarded cost-plus award fee/incentive fee contract for the USS Essex (LHD 2) fiscal 2012 dry-dock phased maintenance availability. This would include the plann
Indian naval mariners are leaving Russian-built aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya where they have been training before the… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 27, 2012
Canadian divers from Fleet Dive Unit, Atlantic, embarked mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior (MCM 10), for phase two of the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2012 (IMCMEX 12), Sept. 20-26. “Every day of IMCMEX has been different, forcing us to be flexible,” said Canadian Lt.(N) Joel Corn
Sri Lanka Navy intercepted 19 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler on 26th September 2012. The trawler named “Kavisha Putha” was intercepted by a Fast Naval Patrol Craft attached to the Southern Naval Command 27 nautical miles off Dondra. Among the arrested persons are 03 Tam
Eagle Ford Shale continues to positively impact Port Corpus Christi and the U.S. economy. Yesterday, Wednesday, September 26, 2012, the M/V Pennsylvania, a newly built U.S. Flag vessel destined to move products related to Eagle Ford Shale in the region, made its first port of call to Port Corpus Chr
