The officers and crew of the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) hosted friends and family members off the coast of Southern California, March 27. After getting underway, guests experienced a professionally narrated harbor cruise during the outbound transit of San Diego harbor. Once ou
The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a man who was located on a disabled sailing vessel Thursday approximately 200 miles off the North Carolina coast. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received notification from the 1,085-foot, German-flagged motor vessel Houston E
Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) welcomed approximately 4,700 Japanese visitors for the 22nd annual Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka’s (CFAY) Spring Festival, March 29. Guests were treated to displays of damage control equipment and learned abou
A Naval Aircrewman awaits takeoff on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). The vessel is was conducting operations in the East China Sea on March 24. Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the
An SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Ghostriders of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 lands aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71). The operation was undertaken in the Mediterranean Sea on March 21. Ross is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of res
Huntington Ingalls Industries will christen US Navy’s new landing platform dock John P. Murtha (LPD 26) at its Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, on Saturday, March 21. The ship, 10th in the San-Antonio class of US Navy Amphibious Warships, is named for Congressman John P. Murtha. His daughter, Ms. D
USS Gary (FFG 51), her embarked Helicopter Squadron (HSL 49 Det. 4) and embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment intercepted over 143 kilograms of cocaine Feb. 10 after intercepting a suspected narcotic-trafficking vessel in international waters off the coast of Central America. The ship
HMAS Anzac, the Royal Australian Navy’s helicopter frigate, recently hosted the Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Stuart Mayer, for a short visit. Together with the guided missile frigate HMAS Melbourne, Anzac is currently in the midst of a five week workup period off the New South Wales coas
US Coast Guard rescued two men from their partially submerged vessel near Everglades National Park Tuesday morning. Coast Guard 7th District Command Center watchstanders received an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon signal Tuesday morning, quickly triangulated the area to search and launche
New procedures that will aid surface warfare officers and helicopter pilots while increasing safety during flight operations on destroyers have been successfully tested and recently rolled out to the US fleet. “Operator polar plots” (OPP) consist of a series of placard overlays that identify limits
More than 6,000 Sailors serving aboard the five ships of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group are scheduled to depart their homeports of Norfolk, Virginia and Mayport, Floridan on Monday. The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), commanded by Capt. Daniel Grieco, will depart Naval
An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) lands on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) as another prepares to take off during flight operations. New York is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the em
Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 49 held a change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado Feb. 26. At the ceremony, Cmdr. Bobby E. Brown relieved Cmdr. Jason E. Rimmer as the commanding officer of the “Scorpions” of HSL-49. Rimmer, a native of Sherman, Texas,
The Wasp-class amphibious-assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) conducted an ammunition on-load Feb. 9-12 while underway in the Pacific Ocean. The ship took on more than 1,000 pallets of ordnance by helicopter during the four-day evolution in preparation for an upcoming deployment. Essex has not conducted
