US Navy Delivers Final 35-Meter Patrol Boat to Iraqi Navy The U.S. Navy delivered the final 35-meter patrol boat (PB 312) to the Iraqi navy at the Umm Qasr naval facility July 5th, after successfully completing reactivation in Bahrain. Saudi Arabia Eyes 30 Mark V Patrol Boats The Defense Security Co
The 19th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Philippines ended with a closing ceremony on board the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), July 2. During the six-day exercise, U.S. Sailors and Marines trained with their counterparts in the Philippine navy, coast guard
INS Trikand, the last of three “Follow On Talwar Class” frigates built in the Russian Federation, was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 29 June 2013 at Kaliningrad, Russia by Vice Admiral R K Dhowan, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy, in a ceremony marked by traditional military fervour
EdgeTech, the world’s leading provider of commercial and military side scan sonar systems, has just completed delivery of 12 advanced sonar systems for the Indian Navy. EdgeTech was awarded the contract after a performance trial with a competing side scan sonar manufacturer; the LMCS System was sele
OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) has signed a Letter of Award with Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS), Malaysia. Under the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, BNS will build six Gowind-class corvettes for the Royal Malaysian Navy. Under the terms of this agreement, OSI will deliver six Integrated Navigation an
Sailors aboard USS Freedom (LCS 1) had a unique opportunity to support amphibious assault exercise when Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard USS Tortuga (LSD 46) conducted an amphibious raid with Malaysian Army paratroopers, June 22. The littoral combat ship Freedom and the forward
The 19th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Malaysian Armed Forces drew to a close during a ceremony on Kuantan Naval Base June 23. During CARAT Malaysia 2013, U.S and Malaysian forces conducted a series of shore-based and
The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) accomplished several firsts to participate in exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) with the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN), June 15. Freedom was the first U.S. Navy ship assigned to Commander Task Group (CTG) 73.1 to pull straight into K
Friends and families of the crew of USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) gathered at the submarine piers to welcome back the Los Angeles-class submarine as she returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after completing a deployment to the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf, June 18. ” These Sailors have impres
The last of the improved Los Angeles-class submarines, USS Cheyenne (SSN 773), returned home on June 14 to Pearl Harbor after completing a successful six-month Western Pacific deployment. With a crew of approximately 150 Sailors, Cheyenne visited Subic Bay, Philippines; Busan, South Korea; Yokosuka,
Naval Craft, P 143 and P 225, attached to the South Eastern Naval Command of the Sri Lanka Navy rescued four fishermen stranded in the seas off Sangamankanda in the early hours of 12th June 2013. Their fishing trawler named “Fathima Abhira” had become non-operational due to an engine defect. The Nav
For the third time in nearly five years, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has stepped down from a three-month command of the multi-national Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, after coordinating operations to deter and disrupt maritime organized crime in the Gulf of Aden as part of international coun
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) received a new commanding officer during a ceremony at the Fleet Activities Yokosuka Fleet Theater, June 12. During the event, Capt. James T. Jones turned over command of the warship to Capt. Kurush F. Morris. Rear Adm. Mike Montgomery,
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) arrived in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines for a port visit, June 12. “It is wonderful to be back in the Philippines,” said Capt. Patrick Kelly, commanding officer. “The warmth and hospitality of the Philippine people is as excep
