Northern Fleet (NF) diesel electric submarine B-800 Kaluga on May 26 left covered slipway for further launching after modernization at… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 29, 2012
The 2012 edition of the annual UDT Europe show – a leading forum for the international undersea defence community – will be held in Alicante, Spain, from 29 to 31 May. DCNS specialists will present papers and displays on some of the Group’s latest technologies. A consistent innovator thanks to its R
The last known Staten Island resident survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack visited Fleet Week New York 2012 at the The Sullivans Pier, May 27. Former Chief Boatswain’s Mate Alf Kongslie and three generations of his family visited Fleet Week and were treated to a tour of the pier and USS San Jacinto (
A contract for delivery of a set consisting of five Borey class nuclear submarines has been signed on Friday by the Russia’s Defense Ministry and United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Alexei Kravchenko confirmed to RIA NOVOSTI on May 28. Reportedly, no further details are known about the contract s
Last Saturday, 19 May, USS TAYLOR detected a drifting dhow with no propulsion while patrolling off the Horn of Africa in support of NATO’s counter piracy Operation Ocean Shield. The dhow named NAHDA was found by USS TAYLOR right at the entrance of the Gulf of Aden. After sending a team onboard NAHDA
On Sunday 27 May EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Dutch frigate Van Amstel rendezvoused at sea with World Food Programme (WFP) chartered ship MV Caroline Scan to re-supply the Dutch protection team onboard – known as an Autonomous Vessel Protection Detachment or AVPD . The Dutch AVPD, which consists of ar
The Coast Guard ended its search at 10:25 a.m. Monday for a 42-year-old man after the 21-foot boat he was aboard allided with a jetty in Kent Narrows, Md., Sunday. A crew from the Maryland Natural Resources Police recovered the man 10 yards away from the scene of the allision. A member of the Queen
The Nova Group, Inc., Napa, Calif., is being awarded $9,369,630 for firm-fixed-price task order 0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract for construction of integrated dry dock water treatment infrastructure necessary at Dry Dock 6 at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Wash, t
In his interview to Sportexpress, managing director of Major Hockey League German Skoropupov told about an idea to… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 29, 2012
JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center will deliver three repaired and modernized submarines to Russian Navy… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 29, 2012; Image: ops
Britain’s most advanced warship, HMS Daring, reunited with the world’s most famous aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, as they spent five days on patrol east of Suez. It’s the second time the two vessels have linked up – but the first on operations. Enterprise is on her final deployment after 51 years
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) AP-3C Orion passing low overhead offered a new wave of hope for 49 Solomon Islanders stranded in life rafts with no sight of land last Saturday afternoon. The Orion and its crew had been tasked to support a search and rescue mission in the area on Friday after the
Caspian Flotilla (CF) marine units and crews of warships carried out anti-terror exercise in Astrakhan… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 29, 2012
Being the second out of three Project 11356 frigates built by JSC Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad, Russia) for Indian Navy… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 28, 2012; Image: Yantar Shipyard
