In the most candid assessment of negotiations to reach public eyes yet, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus wrote late last month that Bath Iron… By Seth Koenig, Times Record Staff (timesrecord) [mappress] Source: timesrecord, July 12, 2011;
The Royal Navy’s amphibious assault ship HMS Bulwark – star of Channel Five’s very popular ‘Warship’ series – is visiting Torquay as part of an ongoing Regional Engagement programme. The massive, 20,000-tonne Landing Craft utility leviathan will anchor in Tor bay on Friday, July 22 for three days an
Wait for the Indian Navy to acquire Russian-made warships seems like a long one, as three stealth frigates due from the Russians likely to e… (deccanherald) [mappress] Source: deccanherald, July 12, 2011;
Seventeen years ago, Cincinnati City Council unanimously supported the idea to acquire the decommissioned USS Cincinnati, a Cold War nuclear… (cincinnati) [mappress] Source: cincinnati, July 12, 2011;
The Navy will get more than $135 million next year for four Kitsap County projects. They’re included in a $72 billion military construction… (kitsapsun) [mappress] Source: kitsapsun, July 12, 2011;
The Navy officially re-opened the Norfolk Ship Support Activity’s powder coating facility on board Norfolk Naval Station July 1, re-establis… By Tim Pennington (pfonline) [mappress] Source: pfonline, July 12, 2011;
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., in Huntsville, Ala., received approval from the U.S. Navy to move into Full Rate Production (FRP) Phase on the Littoral Battlespace Sensing-Glider (LBS-G) Program. This is the first o
HMS Liverpool has been in action off the coast of Libya this weekend where she intercepted three rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIBs) suspected of belonging to the Colonel Gaddafi regime. The Type 42 destroyer was on patrol off Misurata on Friday afternoon when the three RHIBs were detected in the
HMS York returned to cheering crowds of families and well-wishers at Portsmouth Naval Base last week following a varied and wide-ranging deployment to the South Atlantic and Libya. The Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer sailed into the base in spectacular style, with a powerful 15-gun salute to the Second
A senior Revolutionary Guard commander threatened Saturday that US aircraft carriers would be targeted if Iran came under attack amid a stan… By Ali Akbar Dareini (arabnews) [mappress] Source: arabnews, July 11, 2011;
Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) formally relieved ex-USS Philadelphia’s (SSN 690) last remaining crewman June 29, officially decommissioning the Los Angeles-class submarine. Although a ceremonial decommissioning for Philadelphia occurred in August 2010, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Co
The departure of a Nigerian warship, NNS Aradu F90, and its 150-naval crew stationed at the U.S Coast Guard base in Alameda, California, has… (nigerianobservernews) [mappress] Source:nigerianobservernews , July 11, 2011;
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) reached the quarter mark for a scheduled dry-dock planned incremental availability (DPIA) for maintenance July 6. Rear Adm. Ted Branch, commander, Naval Forces Atlantic; Rear Adm. Joseph Campbell, commander, Norfolk Naval Ship Yard; Rear Adm. Herman Shelanski, commander,
The Navy announced Thursday it will extend three underwater ranges that Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport uses for testing aut… (kitsapsun) [mappress] Source: kitsapsun, July 11, 2011;