The guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) completed her mid-deployment voyage repairs and pre-selective availability while ported in Manama, Bahrain, Aug. 27. This maintenance availability enabled Roosevelt to remain on track through the rest of deployment and sustain mission readiness in
The Secretary of the U.S. Navy (SECNAV) recently announced Guam-based submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) as the winner of the fiscal year 2016 SECNAV Safety Excellence Award for having the best afloat safety program across the entire Navy. Under Secretary of the Navy Dr. Janine Davidson presen
Pacific Partnership 2016, embarked aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), departed its final mission stop, Padang, Indonesia, Aug. 30. Personnel completed two weeks of humanitarian assistance disaster response collaboration and training, medical and engineering subject matter expert exchanges, c
Fincantieri has signed a contract with the Australian Government to participate in the Competitive Evaluation Process, conducted by the Department of Defence, to deliver 9 Future Frigates – to be built in Adelaide, South Australia – for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) under the SEA 5000 programme. F
RFA Mounts Bay has assisted in the removal of the last batch of known materials which could be used in the manufacture of chemical weapons from Libya. The UK provided RFA Mounts Bay to support the Danish-led maritime operation, escorting a Danish transport ship through the Mediterranean as it carrie
Guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), with 170 embarked Marines from I Marine Expeditionary Force, arrived at Port of Los Angeles to kick-off the inaugural Los Angeles Fleet Week, which runs Aug. 30 to Sept. 5. Coast Guard Cutter Activ
The Royal Navy warship HMS Diamond will sail to the southern Mediterranean to join an operation aimed at countering arms trafficking. The Type 45 destroyer left Portsmouth on Wednesday evening and will replace the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Mounts Bay during a planned maintenance period. Meanwhi
U.S. Naval War College (NWC) has opened a Russia Maritime Studies Institute (RMSI) on their Newport, Rhode Islandv campus on August 31st,2016 , tasked with the mission of better understanding Russia’s expanding role in the global maritime environment. Establishing the institute is partially in respo
Amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. 29. This is the first stop in the U.S. since Harpers Ferry departed its homeport of San Diego for a seven-month deployment Feb. 12. “Hawaii provides an opportunity for Harpers Ferry Sailors to rest
Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), with embarked units from Amphibious Squadron 1 and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. 29 for their first port visit in the U.S. since leaving their San Diego homeport for a seven-month deployment. “The
In a demonstration of India’s ‘Act East’ policy and Indian Navy’s increasing footprint and operational reach, Indian Naval Ship Satpura arrived in Singapore on August 31st,2016. The ship will stay in singapore for 4 days as part of deployment of the Eastern Fleet to the South China Sea and Western P
The littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) experienced an engineering casualty on August 30th, while transiting to the Western Pacific. The crew took precautionary measures, and the ship is currently returning to Pearl Harbor to determine the extent of the problem and conduct repairs. Coronado is
More than 350,000 people converged on the small Northumbrian port of Blyth, where HMS Grimsby, Tyne and Explorer helped the majestic tall ships on the latest leg of their summer tour. The two warships were part of a substantial Royal Navy contingent at the four-day North Sea Tall Ships Regatta, whic
Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, commander, Naval Surface Forces, visited General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard, Aug. 25, to review progress and speak with the crews of three new guided-missile destroyers currently under construction for the U.S. Navy. Rowden held a series of all-hands calls with the crews
