After nearly five months under water below Berth No 5 in South Breakwater at the Naval Dockyard, warship INS Vindhyagiri was hauled up almos… By Kavitha Iyer (indianexpress) [mappress] Source: indianexpress, June 22, 2011;
Sailors from USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) took part in a community relations project by visiting the residents of Gregory Wind Nursing Home (GWNH) in Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, June. 20. Once the Sailors arrived, they were met with a reception from the residents. “It was so sweet that they came to see us,” [
After two months on-and-off patrolling the Gulf of Sirte, HMS Liverpool took a break from her Libya operations for a spot of R&R – and ceremonial. The visit to Grand Harbour coincided with the Queen’s official birthday – an event not only celebrated in the UK and RN, but also by islanders in this [&
A retired master chief petty officer of the Navy (MCPON) visited 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) to celebrate the 113th birthday of the hospital corpsman rating June 17. Retired MCPON (SW/FMF) Joe R. Campa Jr., visited on the invitation of Blue Ridge Command Master Chief (SW/SS) David
Northern Fleet (NF) large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko paid a formal visit to US naval base Norfolk on June 20. It took the Russian warship 20 days to get from the permanent basing site to the US east coast. The visit’s program includes meetings of the cruise command with senior naval officer and may
Sailors from USS Guardian (MCM 5) conducted mine warfare training with the Royal Thai Navy and participated in a community service project during a visit to Chuk Samet, Thailand June 4-6. Thai officers went aboard Guardian and toured the ship. The crew explained concepts of many different systems, i
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) Dmitry Donskoy and Yury Dolgoruky on June 18 returned from the first trials in this year. The subs were met by top-ranking naval officers and directors of Sevmash shipyard. Submarine commanding officers Oleg Tsybin and Vladimir Shirin along with th
Families and friends greeted guided-missile frigate USS Reuben James (FFG 57) with as the ship returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, after an independent deployment to the western Pacific, June 20. Commanded by Cmdr. David E. Miller, the crew of approximately 25 officers and 200 enlist
Russia and India agreed to begin sea trials of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (former Admiral Gorshkov) in Nov 2011. According to The Tribune, Indian Navy will receive the carrier in Dec 2012. Having displacement of 45,000 tons and length of 283 meters, the aircraft carrier is being presently out
Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet, visited Sailors and Marines aboard aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) to thank the crew for their hard work while operating in the 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR), June 15. Vice Adm. Mark Fox, Commander, U.S. 5th fleet toured the ship, visited with crew mem
China is planning an initial sea trial of its first aircraft carrier next month, a Hong Kong newspaper said Tuesday, a move likely to furthe… (chron) [mappress] Source: chron, June 21, 2011;
Guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) hosted two Bulgarian naval midshipmen to help train them in at-sea familiarization, June 2–16. Midshipmen Galin Yambolov and Vania Ormanova both attend the Bulgarian Naval Academy, “Nicola Vaptsarov,” where they will spend five years learning about their job
Dutch, German and US warships will attend the International Maritime Defense Show (IMDS-2011) to take place in St. Petersburg since June 29 till July 3, told diplomatic sources to Central Navy Portal. Royal Netherlands Navy will be represented by Karel Doorman class multi-purpose frigate F831 Van Am
Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Sensors, Eagan, Minn., is being awarded a $758,184,400 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-award-fee, and cost reimbursable contract line item numbers for the design, production, installation and support of Technical
