Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday that the company’s seventh amphibious transport dock, Anchorage (LPD 23), returned Friday from successful builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship is currently under construction at Ingalls’ Avondale facility. “The LPD 23 team just finish
On Wednesday 16 May the Republic of the Seychelles agreed to accept for prosecution 11 suspected pirates who were captured by EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) on 12 May 2012, EU NAVFOR updated today. On 19 May 2012, a team from HNLMS Van Amstel handed over the suspect pirates to the Seychelles authorities
French Navy supply officer cadets have seen how their counterparts in the Royal Navy are trained and operate during a visit to the Defence Maritime Logistics School (DMLS) at HMS Raleigh. The 13 cadets from the Ecole des Officiers du Commissariat de la Marine (EOCM), the French equivalent of the DML
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today that it has received a $17.9 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) for its SeaFLIR® maritime imaging systems. The systems are expected to be deployed on U.S. Navy Patrol Boats. FLIR’s SeaFLIR® product line is currently deploy
Sailors from HMCS Charlottetown provided medical assistance to a local fisherman in the Gulf of Aden May 16. The Canadian ship routinely hails vessels as part of its tasks while operating with Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150). CTF 150’s mission is to promote maritime security in order to counter te
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), along with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Sepangar, Malaysia May 18, for a port visit. The visit is part of the U.S. Navy’s ongoing commitment to theater security cooperation and partnership with allied navies, and
Minister for Justice Equality & Defence, Mr. Alan Shatter, T.D., has announced that the building of new Naval Service offshore patrol vessels (OPV) ships is well underway. The keel laying ceremony of the first of two OPV’s took place at Babcock Marine’s shipyard in north Devon. Senior representative
Japanese equipment used for written-off submarine nuclear reactor storage was delivered to… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 21, 2012
Sailors from High-Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) and two musicians from the U.S. Naval Forces Europe rock band “Flagship”, visited the Espace Enfants Orphanage in Pointe Noire May 17, in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2012. Sailors spent time playing and dancing with the children while the
Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville was awarded the First Coast Healthiest Companies Gold Award at an award ceremony held at the University of North Florida, May 16. This was the second strait year that NH Jacksonville received this prestigious award from the First Coast Worksite Council of Jacksonvill
The Young Patriot’s Club of Navy Hale Keiki School (NHKS) presented the first annual “Heart of a Hero” award to Hawaii resident and WWII veteran retired Rear Adm. Lloyd “Joe” Vasey at an awards ceremony at NHKS, May 17. The idea of the Heart of a Hero award was designed and generated by the students
Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara was relieved by Vice Adm. John P. Currier as vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard during a military change of watch ceremony held here Friday morning at Fort Lesley J. McNair. Brice-O’Hara retired from the Coast Guard after more than 37 years of service as part of the
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won an order to supply propulsion equipment for three new ships commissioned by the Turkish Navy. Istanbul Shipyard will design and build one Submarine Rescue Mother Ship (MOSHIP) and two Rescue and Towing Ships at their yard in Tuzla. Rolls-Royce w
More than 200 shipmates, friends and families filled the Mayport Memorial Park March 17, to pay their respects to the fallen crew of USS Stark (FFG 31) 25 years after the frigate was struck by an Iraqi missile while deployed in the Arabian Gulf. In the early morning hours of May 17, 1987, two Iraqi
