After ceremonially escorting the flagship of Free Libyan forces into Tripoli, HMS Liverpool has returned to the gunline and taking part preliminaries of what might be the last major battle of the civil war. The destroyer has shifted from waters off the Libyan capital to those off Sirte, 230 miles aw
September 1 Russia commenced sea trials of the India Navy’s first of the three advanced stealth frigates in the Baltic Sea. ‘Teg’, the friga… (indrus) [mappress] Source: indrus, September 4, 2011;
Defence Minister Peter MacKay, friends and family gathered at Halifax’s waterfront Friday morning to welcome HMCS Charlottetown back to Cana… (cbc) [mappress] Source: cbc, September 2, 2011;
The commander of U.S. 6th Fleet completed a four-day trip to Norway Sept. 1. While in Norway, Vice Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. visited with U.S. ambassador to Norway, Barry B. White, at the U.S. Embassy, and with Sailors aboard attack submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765) at Haakonsvern Naval Base. Harris
More than 1,000 Sailors from USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) participated in a ceremonial event to honor the 17 fallen SEALs who were shot down in Wardak Province, Afghanistan Aug. 25 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. TR Sailors lined up in waves to volunteer for the opportunities to particip
Two Sattahip-based naval vessels on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia rescued a Thai cargo ship from being hijacked in the Gulf of Aden… By Patcharapol Panrak (pattayamail) [mappress] Source: pattayamail, September 2, 2011;
On Wednesday 31 August, the second of four Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels, “Zeeland” built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Netherlands Navy, left Vlissingen, The Netherlands, for her sea acceptance trials (SAT). During the SAT, primarily the platform as well as parts of th
A group of Sailors from the fast attack submarine USS Virginia (SSN 774) helped stitch the National 9/11 Memorial Flag while it visited Portsmouth prior to its arrival in New York, Sept. 11. Virginia crewmembers also assisted Portsmouth firefighters fold the large flag for the next stop in its journ
The Navy’s top officer gave a thumbs up to its shipbuilding program Wednesday afternoon. The comments came during the Chief of Naval Operati… (fox11online) [mappress] Source: fox11online, September 2, 2011;
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) departed Mozambique after a four-day goodwill port visit in support of theater security cooperation efforts in the region, Aug. 29. During the visit, Roberts´ crew actively participated in cultural awareness and relationship-building activities with Mozambican sailors
Summer activation of Black Sea joint task group BLACKSEAFOR headed by Russian Navy’s representative Capt 1 rank Yury Zemsky finished on Aug 29 in Bulgarian port Varna. During the exercise warships of Black Sea states carried out a number of humanitarian drills. Besides, Bulgarian, Russian, Romanian,
Looking more like one of Her Majesty’s Ships by the day – and less like an oil rig support vessel – is new Antarctic survey vessel HMS Protector, which has spent the summer being readied for her inaugural deployment. The Portsmouth-based ship now boasts miniguns (Gatling guns) and General Purpose Ma
Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma visited Myanmar from 24 to 26 Aug 11. The visit was aimed at enhancing the existing Navy-to-Navy cooperation as also to impress upon top-level Myanmar government including defence authorities the need for closer interaction between the two navies to add
The newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Spruance (DDG 111), sailed away from the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine Sept. 1 on its maiden voyage to her commissioning site in Key West, Fla. before heading to her eventual homeport of San Diego, Calif. This mileston
