The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) pulled into Colon, Panama, for a brief stop for fuel, supplies and to conduct maintenance and repairs, July 27. While the ship took on fuel, fresh fruit, vegetables, and mail, engineers worked busily below decks performing m
The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) arrived in her homeport in Guam after a six-month regular overhaul and dry docking, July 30. The dry docking was a scheduled periodic overhaul to maintain the ship’s conditioning and keep Frank Cable mission ready. “The main purpose of the dry docking was
The Military Sealift Command-chartered High-Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) departed Rota, Spain, after loading cargo and supplies to support the ship’s continued participation in Africa Partnership Station (APS) West 2012, July 29. Swift spent four days in Rota onloading more than 147 pallets including
The Air Force’s newest helicopter, the NH90, has successfully completed its first landing on the Navy’s multi-role vessel, HMNZS CANTERBURY. The interface trial is the first stage of a process intended to integrate helicopter and ship operations – an important step towards the New Zealand Defence Fo
Nearly 1,800 guests attended the christening of Huntington Ingalls Industries’ ninth amphibious transport dock, Somerset (LPD 25), at the company’s Avondale shipyard. LPD 25 is named to honor the courage of the passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed on Sept. 11, 2001
A crowd of happy loved ones gathered on the jetty at HM Naval Base Devonport, including five fiancées who accepted proposals of marriage while the Trafalgar class submarine was on operations thousands of miles from home. The crowd waved and cheered and held home-made greetings banners aloft as the s
In order to meet the near-term critical manning needs of the Fleet, the Navy will curtail shore duty for select Sailors that have the required skills needed at sea, Navy officials announced in NAVADMIN 227/12, released July 26. This Limited Directed Detailing initiative is part of the Navy’s coordin
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday that its AMSEC LLC subsidiary has been awarded a contract to provide Total Ship Information Management System (TSIMS) support to the U.S. Navy. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) task order c
The Royal Navy’s Deputy Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Philip Jones CB, visited the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) last Wednesday, 18 July, to see at first hand the navigational services and charts that the organisation provides for the world’s mariners. A key UKHO objective is “To deliver
Forty Chinese business leaders enrolled in Babson College’s Executive Education (China) Program visited the U.S. Naval War College (NWC), July 26, to learn about military perspectives of leadership and innovation and discuss how to apply that knowledge to their own businesses. NWC’s academic relatio
Sri Lanka Navy rescued 28 persons, who were illegally heading for Australia, while drifting in the deep sea off South-eastern Sri Lanka. They were safely brought to the Galle Fisheries Harbour on 29th July 2012, having bee nrescued from the 11-day drifting ordeal at sea. Among the rescued are 23 men
Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) recently announced the 2012-2013 schedule for Pre-Separation Counseling Training Course. The curriculum was designed to establish Department of Defense (DOD) minimum standards for the delivery of pre-separation counseling to all military personnel transit
The guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) completed damage control training with international naval officers as a part of the Partnership of Adriatic Mariners, July 25. Officers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine participated in damage control drills and learned skills including pipe patchin
The U.S. Navy, on Friday (July 27th 2012), awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $1.5 billion fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the amphibious transport dock LPD 27. The ship will be built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. “This contract validat
