The U.S. Navy has shared a time lapse video of ships getting underway from Pearl Harbor earlier this week for the sea phase of the international Rim of the Pacific exercise 2016. From submarines through destroyers to large aircraft carriers, Naval Station Pearl Harbor tug operators show how it’s don
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard assets are searching for a plane that went missing off Kona, Hawaii, on Thursday, July 14. The Coast Guard said a Navy MH-60R helicopter crew from the USS Chung Hoon (DDG-93) along with HC-130 Hercules airplane crews and MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews from Air Station Barbe
Military Sealift Command’s civilian crewed fleet replenishment oiler, USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) returned to Naval Station Norfolk on July 13 following an eight-month deployment. Steaming 45,575 nautical miles, Lenthall conducted 144 underway replenishments, delivered nearly 21 million gallons of
U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departed Rota, Spain for a scheduled patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility July 14. This is Ross’s 4th patrol since being forward deployed to Rota, Spain. The patrol serves to strengthen ties between U.S. and Eu
The Canadian government has issued a call for bids to dispose of the Royal Canadian Navy Iroquois-class destroyer, HMCS Iroquois, one of only two remaining ships in the class. The ship was decommissioned along with HMCS Algonquin last May leaving only HMCS Athabaskan in active service. Algonquin has
The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, together with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8 and some 6,000 sailors overall, returned home on July 13 following an eight-month deployment. Truman pulled into Naval Station Norfolk along with guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) and
The New Zealand Defence Force’s Littoral Warfare Unit (LWU) hosted the Commander of the US 3rd Fleet, Vice Admiral (VADM) Nora Tyson, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii on July 13. The LWU is the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) specialist unit comprising divers, hydrographers and mine counter m
U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) returned to Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 12 after finishing its fourth forward-deployed patrol in support of ballistic missile defense of Europe. Donald Cook began its fourth patrol March 14, and participated in sev
American Raytheon and Norway’s Kongsberg Defence Systems are finalizing plans to assemble, integrate and test the Naval Strike Missile at Raytheon’s missile plants in Tuscon, United States. The two companies also plan to produce NSM launchers in the U.S., a press release said July 13. The U.S. Navy
Delivery of the U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has once again been delayed as the ship will not be delivered to the navy before November 2016. Back in April 2016, it was said the ship would be ready for delivery by September 2016. The U.S. Navy did not specify why exactly [&h
Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries has shared a video of a deckhouse being installed on the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7). This deckhouse installation on Tripoli was no small feat, according to Premo Sabbatini, LHA 7 program director. “The deckhouse is compri
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), together with its carrier strike group (Ike CSG), entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, July 8. The carrier, accompanied by embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3, guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) and guided-missile cruiser
Although USS Michigan (SSGN 727) only moved a few dozen yards July 8 when it left Dry Dock 2 for nearby Pier 5, the brief journey was a major step forward for the sub, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), and the U.S. Navy. Michigan’s undocking marked th
Pilots in charge of the U.S. Navy’s E-2C Hawkeye saved the day on March 18, 2016 as they managed to keep the plane airborne after arresting gear snapped aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. A video, part of a Navy report, has now been obtained by The Virginian Pilot through the Freedom of Informatio
