The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its partners are set to visit remains of two World War II ships sunk off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. On July 15, 1942. German U-boat U-576 sank the Nicaraguan-flagged freighter SS Bluefields. Victory came at a steep price for the
A team of scientists aboard the exploration vessel Nautilus are conducting a mission to visit the sunk U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence which sits at a depth of 800 meters off the coast of San Francisco. The Corps of Exploration on E/V Nautilus and scientists on shore participating via te
Ships of the U.S. Navy’s Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) departed Okinawa, Japan, August 21, beginning their fall 2016 deployment. The Bonhomme Richard ESG is comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), amphib
The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) is scheduled to depart Hawaii on August 25 together with the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) for a surface action group deployment to the Arabian Gulf and Western Pacific Ocean. While deployed, Hopper and its crew of more th
Things turned out to be better than expected for U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) which suffered damage to propulsion gears in Singapore eight months ago. The ship departed Singapore’s Changi Naval Base on August 22, using both main propulsion diesel engines for a transit acro
The U.S. Navy has christened its newest Expeditionary Fast Transport ship, USNS Yuma (EPF 8) during a ceremony held at Austal’s Mobile, Alabama shipyard on Saturday, August 20. What made this christening ceremony special is the fact that it was held beneath the ship’s hull with guests seated between
The crew of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) has completed Phase V of the Board of Inspection and Survey Inspection (INSURV) which, once completed, testifies the ship is ready for operations. Phase V of the tests was completed August 17 and consisted of inspection checks which
The U.S. Navy ballistic-missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) collided with an offshore support vessel, also operated by the U.S. Navy, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on August 18. The waters in which the accident took place are the Salish Sea’s outlet to the Pacific Ocean but also a border betw
Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver departed Pearl Harbour August 18 and will now conduct operations in the Asia-Pacific after participating in the Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the world’s largest international maritime exercise. According to the Canadian Navy, the frigate’s activiti
The U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) Underwater Archaeology Branch recently began an assessment of a M1 Garand rifle used by U.S. Marine Corps raiders during the Makin Island raid in World War II. The Makin M1 was originally discovered in 1999, when the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman offloaded approximately 11 tons of cocaine at Naval Base San Diego, August 18. Several U.S. Coast Guard cutters seized a combined total of approximately 11 tons of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from mid-June through July. The drugs, interdicted
GE’s Marine Solutions announced recently that the LM2500 gas turbine Module Modernization Program (MMP) that the company undertakes with General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and the United States Navy was now underway. The goal of the MMP, as GE said, will be to inject updated technology into the gas tu
U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) made a port visit to White Beach, Okinawa, August 17. During the visit, Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) will join the Bonhomme Richard (BHR) crew for a scheduled deployment. BHR is conducting a fall deployment in th
The U.S. Navy has carried out a second live-fire test of the SeaRAM® anti-ship defense system installed on the USS Carney stationed in Rota, Spain. USS Carney thereby became the second Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer stationed in Rota, Spain to fire the missile system. On March 4, 2016,
