Aviation
HMS Quorn Concludes NATO Deployment, Returns Home
Portsmouth-based HMS Quorn returned home to Portsmouth on July 2nd, after nearly three months deployed on mine-clearance operations in the Baltic Sea. The Hunt class minehunter has been a part of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1); a taskforce of seven NATO ships assigned to the
USS Lassen Sails to Subic Bay, Philippines
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) arrived in Subic Bay, the Philippines, for a port visit, July 1. Prior to arrival, Lassen’s crew of 320 Sailors, including members of the ‘Warlords’ of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51, conducted presence patrols in the
USCGC Midgett Seizes Nearly Six Tons of Cocaine
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett will return to Pier 36 in Seattle on Thursday, July 2nd, following a 71-day counter-drug deployment in the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America. During the deployment, law enforcement officers aboard Midgett interdicted seven drug-lad
USNS Mercy Medevacs Six Injured People
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command hospital ship, USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), on June 30th sent her MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter to retrieve six injured people from a small land mass, Han Island, located in Papua New Guinea. USNS Mercy received all six patients, including an 18-month old infant, who w
USS Mustin, HSM 51 Win CNO Safety Award
The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) and its embarked helicopter detachment from the ‘Warlords’ of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM ) 51, were selected for the annual Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Ship-Helicopter Safety Award in May. This un
Large-Scale RAS Keeps USS Harry S. Truman Prepared
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) conducted its first large-scale stores replenishment-at-sea (RAS) in more than a year, June 20. A 250-person working party helped to onload 219 pallets, offload 30 pallets and receive fuel from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition sh
US Navy’s HSM-41 Gets New Commander
The “Seahawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 41 held a change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California, June 25. At the ceremony, Cmdr. Gregory S. Thoroman relieved Cmdr. Brent C. Gaut as the commanding officer of HSM-41. As HSM-41’s commanding off
NUSHIP Adelaide Docks in Sydney
Australian Navy’s second Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) NUSHIP Adelaide entered Sydney for the first time on Friday during builder trials. After spending some ten days on the water travelling to Sydney, the vessel moored in Captain Cook Dock. Here NUSHIP Adelaide will be dry docked so her hull and fl
HMAS Melbourne Preps for Deployment
Following a 10 week maintenance period, Australian Navy’s HMAS Melbourne is back in action, preparing for a Middle East deployment. Melbourne has been conducting intensive training to refine mariner and warfighting skills, and at the mid point, a well earned break was taken in Melbourne’s home city
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LHD Adelaide Begins Sea Trials Australian Navy’s new Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) NUSHIP Adelaide left BAE Systems Williamstown on June 17 to begin sea trials. BAE Systems to Prepare HMNB Portsmouth for New Aircraft Carriers BAE Systems has been awarded a £5.5M contract to install a new Vessel Traf
ESPS Galicia Conducts SAR Drills in Seychelles
During her recent visit to Mahé, Operation Atalanta flagship, ESPS Galicia conducted a training exercise that implemented the Seychelles national contingency plan for anti-pollution, search and rescue and fire fighting. The exercise scenario included the Maritime Operations Centre run by the Seychel
HMAS Tobruk Sails to Homeport for the Last Time
Australian Navy’s HMAS Tobruk (II) sailed through Sydney Heads back to her home port at Garden Island for the last time today. The amphibious heavy lift is scheduled to decommission on Friday 31 July, after 34 years of service in the Navy. Commanding Officer Tobruk Commander Leif Maxfield said: Toda
HMS Enterprise to Replace HMS Bulwark in the Med
The UK Ministry of Defence has announced that HMS Enterprise will replace HMS Bulwark in support of the EU mission to tackle the migration in the Mediterranean. HMS Bulwark deployed at short notice on 5 May with the immediate mandate to save lives. During her deployment she has saved more than 3,000
LHD Adelaide Begins Sea Trials
Australian Navy’s new Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) NUSHIP Adelaide left BAE Systems Williamstown on June 17 to begin sea trials. After some initial trials in Port Phillip Bay, NUSHIP Adelaide will spend ten days on the water travelling to Sydney. The current testing precedes a second period of sea