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Construction starts on fifth US Navy ESB
General Dynamics NASSCO began construction on the fifth ship of the U.S. Navy’s expeditionary transfer dock (ESD)/expeditionary sea base (ESB) program on January 25. The still unnamed fifth ESB ship will feature a a 52,000 square-foot flight deck, fuel and equipment storage, repair spaces, magazines
Russian Kilo-class submarine rejoins navy after 14 years of repairs
After spending 14 years in the shipyard for repairs and modernization, Russian Navy’s Project 877 B-187 diesel-electric submarine Komsomolsk-on-Amur rejoined the Russian Pacific Fleet on January 27. The upgraded Kilo-class submarine returned from its builder’s sea trials in December 2016, and has no
Brisbane Navy base hosts amphibious drills
Australia’s new Brisbane Navy base, HMAS Moreton, recently became home for a 60 strong army platoon taking part in a three-week small-craft operations course. Situated on the Brisbane River at Bulimba, the base welcomed 30 Army Assault Pioneer Platoon trainees and 30 support staff from 2nd Battalion
Roll-Royce to power new Italian Navy high-speed vessels
Italian Navy’s two new high-speed vessels, designed and built by Intermarine (Immsi Group), will be featuring Rolls-Royce engines and waterjets, the engine manufacturer announced. Intermarine’s Sarzana shipyard recently began the construction of two high-speed multi-purpose units (UNPAV). They are m
Spanish minehunter joins NATO’s SNMCMG2
Spanish Navy minehunter ESPS Duero departed Cartagena, Spain to join the standing NATO mine countermeasures group two. Duero and her crew are scheduled to spend over two months with the international group before heading home in April. During this deployment in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, the
Italian FREMM frigate arrives in Western Australia
Italian Navy’s FREMM frigate ITS Carabiniere arrived in Western Australia on Wednesday with Italian defense industry representatives aboard. Carabiniere docked in Fremantle where Fincantieri representatives will meet with Australian naval shipbuilding companies and the local supply chain, who are vy
German diver support vessel Rottweil joins NATO
German Navy’s diver support vessel FGS Rottweil is scheduled to depart its homeport in Kiel, Germany, on January 30, to join NATO’s standing mine countermeasure group two. The vessel and her crew will spend the next five months sailing with the SNMCMG2. Coming from the German Navy’s 3rd Mine Warfare
Russian carrier-cruiser fleet escorted through the Channel
NATO ships and aircraft are escorting the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and its carrier strike group transiting the English Channel en route home from Syria. Vessels from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Great Britain have all at one point formed part of a fleet of ships
HMAS Leeuwin on Bass Strait military data gathering operations
Royal Australian Navy’s hydrographic survey vessel HMAS Leeuwin set sail from Cairns early January to begin a transit to conduct military data gathering operations in the Bass Strait. A number of Australian Navy cadets and family members from the ship’s company joined the ship for the first day of t
Royal Navy’s Sea Fury returns to skies three years after crash
The Royal Navy announced that the Sea Fury is returning to air shows this summer, three years after it narrowly escaped destruction at Culdrose in 2014. The Navy’s last piston-engined fighter came down during Air Day in 2014 when its engine packed up mid-display, forcing pilot Lieutenant Commander C
NATO’s new flagship arrives in Cagliari on first port visit
The Italian city of Cagliari was the port visit of choice for the new flagship of NATO’s standing mine counter measures group two. Polish flagship, ORP Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki (511), arrived in Cagliari on January 21 on its first port call since joining SNMCMG2. The ship and crew arrived to It
Video: Second Ford-class carrier takes shape with new superlift
U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier builder Huntington Ingalls Industries announced it has lifted a 704-metric ton unit into Dry Dock 12, where the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is taking shape. The superlift is part of an improved build strategy implemented on the second ship of the Gerald R.
Naval Oceanography hosts glider workshop
The Stennis Space Center-headquartered Naval Oceanography hosted a workshop which aimed to create a more cohesive national glider network for all participants. As the nation’s largest owner and operator of unmanned systems including gliders, Naval Oceanography held an event that saw more than 90 rep
Australian, Japanese Navy chiefs commemorate lives lost in Cowra Breakout
Moraitime forces commanders of Australia and Japan met in the Australian city of Cowra in New South Wales to commemorate the lives lost in the ‘Cowra Breakout’ during the Second World War. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Admiral Yutaka Murakawa, was undertaking a counterpart visit to Australia, f