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US Coast Guard cutter Escanaba returns from Caribbean patrol
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returned to Boston Wednesday following a 48-day Caribbean patrol. According to the U.S. Coast Gurd, the crew’s primary mission during the patrol was the prevention of illegal migration from both the nations of Cuba and Haiti, and they repatriated more than 50 Cub
Hand, foot and mouth disease breaks out aboard Canadian frigate
Some 20 sailors aboard the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Charlottetown were diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease during the ship’s Eastern European deployment. According to the Canadian news site The Star, a military spokesperson confirmed the soldiers were treated to ease the symptoms of
Canada’s only operational submarine returns from North Sea drill
Her Majesty’s Canadian Submarine (HMCS) Windsor arrived at its homeport in Halifax on August 9, returning from the NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2016. The submarine spent little over 50 days underway during her deployment that was initially postponed in June. Windsor had to return to port after it
USS Boxer wraps up South China Sea patrol
The U.S. Navy said its amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) completed a routine patrol in international waters of the South China Sea on August 6. Another ship from the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), completed a similar patrol August 4. Th
Operation Atalanta flagship conducts first RAS in theatre
Operation Atalanta warships are on patrol around the clock off the coast of Somalia to keep the seas safe from piracy attack. Ensuring the ships remain topped up with fuel is a logistical feat in the waters of the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, with opportunities for replenishment at sea (RAS) taken
US Navy sub-hunter drone aces sea trials
Sea Hunter, the U.S. Navy’s unmanned anti submarine warfare vessel, has recently completed at-sea tests off the coast of San Diego, California. Developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program, the ve
USS Whidbey Island transits Suez, enters Red Sea
U.S. Navy’s amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), with embarked U.S. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), transited the Suez Canal and entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations on August 7. Navigating the 120-mile-long canal is no easy task, requiring hours of
US Navy tests Lockheed’s laser guided bomb
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in California recently tested Lockheed Martin’s new Dual Mode Plus laser guided bomb (LGB) in two successful flights, the company said. Tests were conducted to demonstrate operation of the new linear optics, GPS/Inertial Navigation System (INS) guid
Mexican tall ship embarks Royal Navy officers for first time ever
Two Royal Navy officers recently got a one of a kind opportunity to become first British sailors to sail with the Mexican Navy when they were invited aboard the tall ship ARM Cuauhtémoc. The officers from the River- class offshore patrol vessel HMS Tyne became the first ones to sail with the ship on
USNS Walter S. Diehl crew prepares for return to sea
The crew of the Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) started preparing for the ships return to sea following a regular overhaul (ROH) period. Sailors conducted shipboard training on August 8 in the Singaporean Sembawang Shipyard where the overhau
Finland Navy stages annual national shooting exercise
METU-16, the Finnish Navy’s annual firing exercise, will be held from August 22 to 26 and August 29 to September 2 in the Archipelago Sea and the Gulf of Finland, the navy has informed. Hämeenmaa-class minelayers, Katanpää-class Mine Hunter Coastal Vessels, Rauma- and Hamina-class fast attack missil
Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp returns to Africa and Operation Atalanta
Operation Atalanta welcomed back Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp to the EU Naval Force off the coast of Somalia on August 6. Tromp’s crew departed their home port of Den Helder in the Netherlands on July 20 to join the mission for a second time as the frigate was part of Operation Atalanta back in 2010. I
Spanish minehunter leaves NATO’s mine countermeasure group
Spanish Navy minehunter ESPS Turia has returned to her home port in Cartagena after a three-month deployment to the the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG-2). During her with SNMCMG-2, Turia took part in Spanish and Italian Minex exercises and later in exercises Breeze and Sea Shield
USS Bremerton changes command at Pearl Harbor
The U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) held a change of command ceremony at the submarine pier on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on August 5. Cmdr. Wesley Bringham, commanding officer of Bremerton, was relieved by Cmdr. Travis Zettel. The ceremony’s guest spe