US Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald will be changing homeport from Yokouka, Japan to Pascagoula, Mississippi, as part of repair efforts following a June 17 collision between the destroyer and a merchant ship. The US Navy said the homeport change will take place on December 15 after the damaged destroye
Indian shipbuilder Mazagon Dockyards Limited has delivered the first Scorpene diesel-electric submarine to the Indian Navy. Named Kalvari, the submarine is India’s first new-build conventional submarine in 20 years. Designed by French company Naval Group, the class of six Scorpene submarines is bein
French shipbuilder Naval Group (formerly known as DCNS) delivered the first Gowind 2500 corvette to the Egyptian Navy on Friday, September 22. The ceremony took place in Lorient in the presence of Admiral Ahmed Khaled, commander in chief of the Egyptian Navy, Hervé Guillou, president and CEO of Nava
General Dynamics has delivered the 15th Virginia-class submarine – future USS Colorado (SSN 788) – to the US Navy on September 21. The submarine’s sponsor is Annie Mabus, daughter of the 75th Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. According to the US Naval Sea Systems Command, Colorado is scheduled to com
The US Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $5.1 billion contract for detailed design work and technology development for the new generation of US ballistic missile submarines. Under the contract, GDEB will complete design and prototyping efforts for the Columbia-class submarines includ
The United Kingdom and Royal Navy are set to host 14 nations for a major two-week drill off its coasts next week. Starting on October 1, exercise Joint Warrior will see ships, aircraft and troops carry out maneuvers at military ranges across the country and in maritime exercise areas off the west an
The international, NATO-led, submarine search and rescue exercise Dynamic Monarch 2017 concluded off the coast of Marmaris in southwestern Turkey on Friday. Canada, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States took part in the exercise, which focused on subm
The US Coast Guard has taken the Island-class cutter Assateague (WPB 1337) out of service in a ceremony at Naval Base Guam. The 110-foot patrol boat will officially be decommissioned Oct. 13 after 27 years of service as part of a service-wide recapitalization effort. “Assateague’s operational histor
The Russian Navy has commissioned another two Project 23040 search and rescue boats in a ceremony in Severomorsk. Bearing pennant numbers 1229 and 1230, the boats will be based in Severomorsk, Murmansk region, where they will be part of the Northern Fleet’s diving service. Project 23040 boats are bu
Navy ship from the UK and US concluded their regularly scheduled mine warfare drill in the central Persian Gulf on September 21. Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX) 17-3 is a quarterly bilateral exercise aimed at ensuring undisturbed operations of naval and support vessels, as well as commercial s
Royal Navy’s Devonport Naval Base has welcomed a new fleet commander in a ceremony in Plymouth. Commodore Rob Bellfield is the new Commander Devonport Flotilla after a supersession event to replace Commodore Paul Halton who goes onto a new post. Cdre Bellfield is a former commanding officer of the t
UK’s last remaining D-Day landing craft will be receiving a much needed overhaul after receiving nearly £5million from The National Lottery and its Heritage Lottery Fund. This overhaul will allow the D-Day Museum in Portsmouth to have an original landing craft tank (LCT) on display. The D-Day Museum
The Royal Australian Navy’s first Aegis-equipped air warfare destroyer HMAS Hobart is set to officially enter service in a ceremony in Sydney, on September 23. Starting construction in January 2010, Hobart is entering service seven years later as the third Australian destroyer to bear the name Hobar
US Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) on August 25 entered a floating dry dock in San Diego for a 14-month overhaul. During the depot-level planned maintenance availability (DPMA) National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) will outfit the ship with the latest war fighting
