US Navy’s frigate USS Carr will call at St. Petersburg on June 28 to participate in 5th International Maritime Defense Show. The American ship’s visit will last till July 3. Central Navy Portal hunted out the visit program of the US frigate. USS Carr will moor at Marine Passenger Terminal on June 28
Virginia-class submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for a scheduled Western Pacific deployment, June 23. “USS Texas is the most advanced nuclear attack submarine deployed to the Western Pacific,” said Cmdr. Bob Roncska, USS Texas commanding officer. “We prov
THE SAINTS are ready to deal with sinners after honing their boarding skills in Crete. HMS St Albans has completed her final stint of training before entering her operational theatre east of Suez, ready to strike a blow at terrorists, smugglers and pirates. After a brief pit-stop in Gibraltar, the P
As the U.S. Navy’s oldest and newest aircraft carriers passed each other in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, a few Sailors had the chance to reunite with family members stationed aboard the other ships, June 21. USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), commissioned in 2006, is arriving on a schedule deploym
Days after the brush off incident between their warships in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Navy today said Pakistani ship PNS Babur had damaged a… (deccanherald) [mappress] Source: deccanherald, June 24, 2011;
The Crimea Cup 2011 is to be opened by yacht regatta for Ukrainian Navy Commander’s Prize to start in Sevastopol and be held along Crimean coast in the period of June 24 – July 4. The regatta is associated with 228th anniversary of Sevastopol. Ukrainian Navy delegates 6 yachts, Russia’s Black Sea Fl
USS Constitution won the gold level 2011 President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) for community service in Charlestown, Mass., June 22. The PVSA is divided into three levels: bronze, silver and gold. Groups must volunteer a minimum of 1,000 hours of community service to qualify for the gold level.
ANOTHER asylum-seeker boat has been intercepted off Australia’s north-west as the government’s proposed Malaysian refugee swap deal remains… By Lanai Vasek and Paige Taylor (theaustralian) [mappress] Source: theaustralian, June 24, 2011;
United States officials are proposing a drastic reduction in the number of U.S. Navy ships allowed to dock in Costa Rican ports… By Will Ferguson (ticotimes) [mappress] Source: ticotimes, June 24, 2011;
The Governor General, Her Excellency Quentin Bryce, AC, formally graduated the Navy’s newest batch of Officers from the Royal Australian Naval College. For the 115 graduates the ceremony, which was held at HMAS Creswell in Jervis Bay, spelt the completion of the six-month-long New Entry Officers Cou
The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona entered into a partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard, June 21, to provide performance assessment capability to the Coast Guard’s advanced National Security Cutter (NSC)class through combat systems ship qualification trials (CSSQT). “This agreement estab
Latvia is about to claim NATO’s compensation if Russia deploys French Mistral class helicopter carriers in the Baltic, reports Telegraph referring to Inga Salenietse, advisor to Latvian defense minister. The head of Latvian defense ministry Artis Pabriks confirmed that information. As for him, if th
A French fishing vessel discovered by a Royal Navy patrol ship to be overfishing hake and using irregular nets has been fined £13,600 in fines and costs. While patrolling along the West Coast, in an area known as the Trouser Leg, HMS Severn made a routine boarding of the Bara Brenn which was fishing
Ships of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) got underway June 23 for a patrol of the Western Pacific region and to participate in the bilateral exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 (TS11). Essex ARG includes amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and amphibious dock landing ship USS
