Spanish offshore patrol vessel Vencedora has conducted a series of exercises at sea with the South-Korean warships Kang Gam Chan and Dae Cheong off Cartagena, Spain. After a visit to Barcelona integrated into the 2015 Midshipmen cruise, the South-Korean warships sailed towards the French Atlantic co
US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has taken steps toward reducing noise during Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) or conducting operations in the middle of the Gulf. According to the Navy Safety Center, in 2014 noise-induced hearing loss was the Navy’s number one occupational health
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Split, Croatia, for a scheduled port visit, Oct. 28. The port visit serves to strengthen ties between the U.S. and Croatia, and improve relations as the two nations work together for a stable, secure and prosperous regio
Austal USA was awarded a $53.4 million contract to procure long-lead materials for the 11th Expeditionary Fast Transport for the U.S. Navy. The award covers materials including main propulsion engines, generators, water jets, main reduction gears, and other long-lead time items. Austal’s EPF program
Capt. Drew St. John, commanding officer, USS Frank Cable (AS 40), welcomed aboard Rear Adm. John B. Nowell Jr., commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet, Task Force 76, Oct. 27. Nowell traveled to Guam to visit with leaders and crew members of the many Navy commands on the
Irish patrol vessel LÉ Samuel Beckett located a 12 metre rubber craft 64km North East of Tripoli and commenced a rescue operation at 5 am Irish time, taking approximately 85 persons on board. Shortly thereafter, the LÉ Samuel Beckett located another 12 metre rubber craft with approximately 133 perso
The crew of Russian Navy’s patrol ship Admiral Grigorovich successfully performed gun firing at ranges located in the Baltic Sea as part of the ship’s state trials. The drills were undertaken using A-190 and AK-630 gun systems. The seamen also practiced simulated enemy submarine search and detection
U.S. Navy divers, assisted by personnel from the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL), surveyed the World War II wreck of the cruiser USS Houston (CA 30), Oct 16-24. The nine-day operation was held aboard USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) with embarked divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11, Mobile Divi
Military Sealift Command (MSC) has exercised a one-year renewal option for AAR and its Airlift division to perform vertical replenishment (VERTREP) services for the U.S. Navy’s 5th and 7th Fleets in the Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean, the company announced Oct 26. The one-year rene
Sailors are benefiting from a new Sonar 2076 training facility opened at the Royal Naval Submarine School at HMS Raleigh on Monday, October 19, 2015. Royal Navy sonar operators will now train on the exact sonar system they will be working on in their submarines. The Sonar 2076 training system provid
After it was united with the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour, the Belgian Navy’s frigate Leopold I (F930) joined the rest of the EUNAVFOR Med fleet in the Mediterranean. The vessel marked its first week of patrol in the international waters off the coast of Libya as part of the Operation Sophia. Dur
The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans repatriated 70 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluefin repatriated five Cuban migrants on Monday. These repatriations are a result of five separate interdictions at sea in the south Florida Straits.
Spanish Navy’s Serviola-class patrol boat Centinela (P-72) conducted a six-day training evolution with the members of Ghana Navy. The training was undertaken just off Ghana’s Sekondi-Takoradi naval base and included various activities ranging from visit and search operations to first aid and damage
The Royal Australian Navy’s Submarine Force has exercised responses to the unlikely event of a submarine incident at sea, after completing an intensive four week training exercise which demonstrated the submarine escape and rescue capability. During Exercise BLACK CARRILLON 15, members of the Navy’s
