Three members of the HMCS Winnipeg crew were detained by the Tokyo police for the alleged use of narcotics while the Royal Canadian Navy ship was conducting a port visit in Tokyo, Japan. The arrest took place February 1, but the Canadian Navy only now informed of it. Of the arrested, one was a civil
After spending a year in the harbor conducting major shipyard maintenance, U.S. Navy’s Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) completed sea trials February 1. Sea trials are conducted after ships complete major shipyard maintenance and tests the ship’s systems and to make sure the ship is ready
Royal Navy’s River class offshore patrol vessel, HMS Mersey, has sailed from Florida, USA after completing her final preparations to start Counter Drug Operations in the Caribbean and Central America. The ship arrived in Key West, Florida after battling storms en route. Key West is home to the Joint
U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport ship USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF 2) yesterday, February 3, entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Choctaw County is the first ship of its platform to be forward deployed to the region following a routine transit of the Suez Canal. The auxiliary is a no
General Dynamics Mission Systems announced February 2 that the U.S. Navy recently awarded a follow-on, omnibus contract that continues work on fire control systems and subsystems aboard U.S. Navy and United Kingdom’s Royal Navy nuclear ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN). According to General Dynami
The crew of the U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) completed the first Undersea Warfare Exercise (USWEX) of the calendar year, February 1. The anti-submarine warfare (ASW) team practiced fathometer, a sonic depth finder, familiarization and submarine detection exe
U.S. Navy’s expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1), from the Military Sealift Command, arrived in Sekondi, Ghana, for a scheduled port visit January 30. This is the first port visit for Spearhead in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS). The ship is scheduled to embark me
British navigation and security surveillance systems manufacturer Kelvin Hughes has installed its SharpEye upmast radar system on four new vessels commissioned by the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. The Damen Stan Patrol 5009 Coastal Patrol Vessels are all now fitted with a Kelvin Hughes Advanced
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur made an ‘incursion’ into waters China claims to be under their territorial jurisdiction on Saturday, January 30. Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the People’s Republic of China, reported that the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer saile
U.S. Coast Guard’s newest fast response cutter, the USCGC Joseph Napier, was commissioned January 29 in a ceremony in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Cutter Joseph Napier will join the fleet of Coast Guard fast response cutters stationed in San Juan and heighten the Coast Guard’s offshore presence in the Car
Iranian Navy was conducting a naval exercise in the country’s southeastern waters when it warned a U.S. Navy vessel and a fighter jet to move away from the area in which the exercise was being conducted, media reports say. Iranian news site Press TV reported that the U.S. Navy confirmed that it left
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Moncton and Summerside departed Halifax, Canada, January 27 to participate in Operation Caribbe 2016. Their participation in the operation will mark the start of Canada’s 10th year of contributions to Op Martillo- the multinational campaign against transnational c
U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) is to depart her Hawaii homeport January 27 on a regularly scheduled Strike Group deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean with the John C. Stennis Strike Group. While deployed, Chung-Hoon and its crew of more than 300 Sailors will conduct
Ten U.S. Navy Sailors from the Coastal Riverine Squadron 3 who were detained by Iran after sailing into Iranian waters on January 12 concluded the process of reintegration into the U.S Navy. They completed Phase III, the final reintegration phase on January 26. During this phase, the sailors were re
