The U.S. Navy announced the homeport change of three Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers yesterday. USS Gridley (DDG 101), USS Sampson (DDG 102), and USS Kidd (DDG 100) will relocate from San Diego to Naval Station Everett, Wash., in 2016. USS Gridley (DDG 101), USS Sampson (DDG 102), and
US Military Sealift Command’s dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) is currently participating in Exercise Koa Moana 15-3. The four-month exercise which involves embarked Marines will make stops at various locations in the Pacific Island Nations of Oceania: French Polynesia, F
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) is using Coda Octopus’ Echoscope 3D imaging sonar during CSS Georgia Salvage efforts. Navy Divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mo
Lockheed Martin received an $8,6 million modification to previously awarded basic ordering agreement to support fiscal 2016 USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) deployment. The littoral combat ship (LCS) basic ordering agreement was initially awarded to Lockheed Martin for the design and construction of the Freed
Naval Sea Systems Command awards Austal USA five contracts worth approximately US$22 million. Austal USA was awarded a US$13,3 million order to provide all supplies, services, labor and material in support of the pre-shock trials emergent availability for Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson (LCS 6). Ef
The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) sailed back to its homeport Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam yesterday, September 29. Working on an independent deployment to the Arabian Gulf and Western Pacific Ocean since February, the ship and crew of more than 300 Sailors steamed a total of
US Coast Guardsmen offloaded approximately 1,100 kilograms of cocaine and 4,420 pounds of marijuana, interdicted in the Caribbean Sea as part of Operation Martillo and Unified Resolve worth an estimated wholesale value of $41 million at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Fla., on Tuesday. In one case, a
Chantier Davie Canada Inc. and Project Resolve Inc. have selected OSI Maritime Systems’ Integrated Navigation and Tactical System (INTS) for the conversion of the container vessel M.V. Asterix into an Auxiliary Oil Replenishment (AOR) ship. The ship will be converted in order to meet the Royal Canad
US Naval Reactors Program awards approximately $34.5 million in contracts to BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. The work funded by these contracts will support the manufacture of naval nuclear reactor components for US Navy submarines and aircraft carriers. BWXT is the sole manufacturer of naval nu
U.S. Marine Management Inc. received a $49,1 million modification under a previously awarded contract to exercise two 183-day award term option periods for the operation and maintenance of six Navy Oceanographic Survey Ships (T-AGS). These ships operate worldwide and support the Naval Oceanographic
San Diego-based General Atomics was awarded a USD 29,6 million deal for the material and labor necessary to manufacture, assemble, inspect, integrate, test and checkout the on-board repair parts in support of the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) and advanced arresting gear on the PCU G
Ocean Ships Inc. received a $17,8 million modification under the previously awarded contract to exercise an option for the operation and maintenance of two expeditionary transfer dock ships USNS Montford Point and USNS John Glenn. These ships support the Military Sealift Command Strategic Sealift Fl
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed Haiti on Sept. 19th, marking the completion of Comfort’s eleventh and final mission stop in support of Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15). Joint-military members and non-governmental organization volunteers completed medical ope
U.S. Navy Diver and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician training teams completed their third stop of the Southern Partnership Station-Joint High Speed Vessel (SPS-JHSV) 15 mission Sept. 14. The training took place in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala as part of the Adaptive Force Package (AFP) onboard US
