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Contract awarded for Royal Canadian Navy’s 30 new multi-role boats
Canada has awarded a contract valued at CA$35 million to Zodiac Hurricane Technologies of Delta, B.C. for the acquisition of 30 new multi-role boats for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).
Russian Navy welcomes ballistic missile submarine Knyaz Vladimir
The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, has signed the acceptance certificate for the newest Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Knyaz Vladimir.
USCG takes delivery of first Guam-based Sentinel-class FRC
Bollinger delivers first of three USCG Fast Response Cutters to be home-ported in Guam
BALTOPS 2020 to take place ‘exclusively at sea’ due to COVID-19
The 49th Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise, the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, will take place in the Baltic Sea from June 7 to 16.
CAF, US Navy team finds wreckage, human remains of crashed Canadian military helicopter
In the early morning of May 27, 2020, a combined Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and United States Navy (USN) search and recovery team arrived at the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter crash site, which is approximately 220 nautical miles east of Catania, Sicily.
US, Canadian navies and USCG strengthen partnerships through new strategic plan
The US Coast Guard, US Navy and Royal Canadian Navy have signed a five-year strategic plan earlier this week, laying the foundation for future coordination and joint operations.
US Navy destroyer makes second eastern Pacific drugs bust
The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) with embarked US Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team seized over 2,700 kilograms of suspected cocaine in the eastern Pacific Ocean on May 16.
Future USS Kansas City reaches San Diego homeport
The next US Navy ship to be commissioned and carry the Kansas City name arrived at its homeport in San Diego on May 24.
US Navy ship seizes 1.5 tons of cocaine in eastern Pacific
The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney, with an embarked US Coast Guard law enforcement detachment team, recently seized an estimated 3,000 pounds of cocaine in the eastern Pacific Ocean. In the May 14 operation, a US Navy maritime patrol aircraft assigned to the “Tr
US Navy launches first YT 808-class tug
The US Navy’s first yard tug (YT) 808-class vessel was successfully launched at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) shipyard on May 16. The YT 808 vessels are designed after the navy’s existing YT 802 Valiant-class tugs and built to commercial ABS standards. The 90’ x 38’ tugs will have a top speed of app
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Royal Australian Navy’s final AWD destroyer commissioned at sea
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has welcomed HMAS Sydney, its third and final Hobart-class air warfare destroyer, into the fleet in the first commissioning of an Australian warship at sea since the Second World War. The ceremony, conducted off the coast of New South Wales on 18 May 2020, marked the
Injured crewman evacuated from Norwegian frigate off Ireland
On May 19, the Irish Coast Guard completed an evacuation of an ill sailor from a Norwegian frigate 109.6 nautical miles off the south coast of Ireland. An image shared by the coast guard shows that the warship in question is HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl (F314), a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate commissioned i
Egyptian Navy launches its fourth Gowind 2500 corvette
The Egyptian Navy’s fourth Gowind 2500 corvette, ENS Luxor (986) has been launched at the Alexandria shipyard (ASY). Luxor is the fourth unit in the class and the third ship to be built locally in Egypt as part of an industrial cooperation between Egypt and French shipbuilder Naval Group. Congratula