Operations
Steadfast returns to homeport after counter-narcotics patrol
U.S. Coast Guard cutter Steadfast has returned to Astoria after a 49-day mission in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, where it seized $33M worth of cocaine.
UK Carrier Strike Group embarks on historic deployment
Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier and fleet flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from Portsmouth for her maiden operational deployment at the heart of the UK’s Carrier Strike Group after a farewell visit from Her Majesty The Queen.
Australia’s HMAS Ballarat joins Operation Argos
Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Ballarat has joined Operation Argos, the Australian commitment to the international effort to enforce UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea.
U.S.Navy commissions USS Miguel Keith
The U.S. Navy has commissioned USS Miguel Keith, its newest expeditionary mobile base ship.
USS Monterey seizes weapons in the North Arabian Sea
U.S. Fifth Fleet’s guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey has seized an illicit shipment of weapons from a stateless dhow in the international water of the North Arabian Sea.
Polar icebreakers to strengthen Canada’s Arctic presence
Canada moves forward with the construction of two Polar icebreakers under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) to enhance the country’s Arctic presence.
OMSI patrol conducts enforcement boardings in Western Pacific
A U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment embarked aboard a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship conducted maritime law enforcement boardings in the Western Pacific, April 29 and May 3.
RCN’s HMCS Calgary makes the largest-ever heroin bust
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) vessel HMCS Calgary has made the largest ever heroin bust in Combined Maritime Forces history, operating under the command of the Canadian-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150.
Babcock awarded an extension to service the Royal Navy
Aerospace, defense and security company Babcock has secured a ten-year contract to continue delivering the marine rotating electrical machinery (MREM) asset availability service (AAS) to the Royal Navy.
France tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile
Procurement agency DGA has successfully tested an M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), informs the French ministry of armed forces.
HMS Queen Elizabeth welcomes Merlin helicopters
HMS Queen Elizabeth has welcomed Merlin navy helicopters, designed for surveillance and submarine hunting operations, to serve as the airborne guardians during her maiden deployment.
US Navy patrol ship fires warning shots at Iranian boats in Persian Gulf
The US Navy fired warning shots at three Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast inshore attack craft (FIAC) in the Persian Gulf on 26 April 2021 after they came into close proximity to US naval vessels.
HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group to visit 40 countries on 1st deployment
The UK’s Carrier Strike Group led by HMS Queen Elizabeth will visit more than one fifth of the world’s nations when it sails next month.
Ariake completes CTF-151 counter-piracy operations
Japanese warship JS Ariake (DD-109) has completed five months of CTF-151 counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.