Markey Machinery has been awarded an order for a complete suite of winch systems onboard AGOR-27, a new academic research vessel under construction at Dakota Creek Industries, (Anacortes, Washington). Sponsored by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research, this award continues a plan to renew America’s
African sailors who spent 27 days aboard guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2012, departed Simpson, Feb. 27. The 10 APS shipriders came from the navies of Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo and Togo. The shipriders got aboard S
Military Sealift Command-chartered container ship MV Green Wave departed McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Feb. 25, after delivering more than 6.8 million pounds of vital supplies in support of Operation Deep Freeze. ODF is the annual joint task force support For Antarctica mission to resupply the remote
Mayor Alvin Brown welcomed Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus to Jacksonville on Tuesday. The secretary visited City Hall and met with 40 JROTC cadets from Mandarin High School. He also attended a luncheon with local business leaders at EverBank Field. The mayor presented the secretary with the key to
Sailors from various commands aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island took part in an Auxiliary Security Force (ASF) training course, Feb. 6-24. The Sailors will serve as force protection assets and offer support to the base’s security department. The focus of the ASF course is to be a force i
USS Constitution will officially open its 2012 lottery program to the public from the ship’s berth in Charlestown, Mass. March 1. The lottery drawing selects 150 winners to ride Constitution for her annual July 4th turnaround cruise. “It is always a great to show Constitution to the public, but espe
Multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk Feb. 28. Capt. Grady Banister relieved Capt. Thomas Chassee as commanding officer. “I would like to say one last time what an honor and privilege it has been to be a part of Iwo Jima’
The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics , a $663 million modification to a previously awarded contract to construct DDG 116, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. DDG 116 is the fourth ship in the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class constructio
Huntington Ingalls Industries has appointed Marty Erdossy as corporate director of customer relations for the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Erdossy is responsible for liaising with the U.S. Navy, HII’s Washington, D.C., office and aircraft carrier programs at NNS to respond to
The Navy will honor four outstanding women at the upcoming Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium’s Leadership Awards Luncheon at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Md., on March 5 as announced in NAVADMIN, Feb. 23. The 2012 Navy Leadership Award Recipients include Hospital Corpsmen First Class Sonse
General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) has been awarded a $359,750,000 modification to a previously granted contract. This contract includes procurement of the detail design and construction of a third Mobile Landing Platform Ship (MLP). The Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) is a
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) participated in a community service (COMSERV) project at a local school, Feb. 23, during a scheduled port visit to Laem Chabang. Twenty Sailors visited Ban Ronghip School to interact with local children and
Sixty Sailors from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), U.S. 7th Fleet flagship; embarked 7th Fleet staff; and Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy came together as one team participating in a community service (COMSERV) project at a children’s home during a scheduled port visit to Busan, Republic of Korea, Feb. 25 Lt.
Sailors from ice patrol ship HMS Protector tackled a ferocious fire which raged through a Brazilian research base. Two dozen crew from the research and survey vessel helped out when the blaze engulfed the Ferraz research station on King George Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Sailors from a Roy
