As part of a Royal Australian Navy Task Group deployment to North and South East Asia, HMA Ships Arunta, Stuart and Sirius have rendezvoused with the French frigate FNS Vendemiaire in South China Sea. Following port visits to Zhanjiang, China, by HMA Ships Arunta and Stuart and Da Nang, Vietnam, by
Operation Atalanta warships, ESPS Meteoro and HNLMS Groningen, carried out training with the Seychelles Air Force, Coast Guard and Marine Police during their port visit to Port Victoria on Friday, October 30. The busy day of training started with ESPS Meteoro welcoming the Seychelles Air Force on bo
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) conducted a port visit and naval exercise with the People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLA-N) in Zhanjiang, China from October 31 to November 2. The port visit by HMA Ships Stuart and Arunta to Zhanjiang included a combined planning session for the exercise, official fun
The crews of the US Coast Guard Cutters Kathleen Moore and Marlin repatriated 85 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, on Sunday. These repatriations are a result of seven separate interdictions at sea in the south Florida Straits. In fiscal year 2015, 4,462 Cuban migrants attempted to illegally
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Winnipeg has reached a milestone as she moved into the second half of her Operation REASSURANCE deployment. Commander Pascal Belhumeur, the Commanding Officer of HMCS Winnipeg, said: In late October we surpassed the half-way mark of our deployment, which is an impo
The Lockheed Martin team officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s fifteenth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Billings, in a ceremony held at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Wisconsin, Nov. 2. Ship sponsor Sharla D. Tester completed the time-honored tradition and authenticated the keel
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN 767) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, on October 30. Cmdr. Theron Davis relieved Cmdr. Lincoln Reifsteck as commanding officer. Under Reifsteck’s command, Hampton successfully deployed twice to the Wes
Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) departed US Naval Station Norfolk for a routine group sail with other ships from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 26 on October 29. Stout will sail alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Mason (DDG 87), USS Nitze (DD
The wreckage found over the weekend at the bottom of the ocean has now been confirmed as the missing cargo ship El Faro. Located by the US Navy’s USNS Apache on October 31, the remains were confirmed after a search team aboard the vessel conducted numerous surveys, as reported by NTSB. Survey of are
US Navy’s new Expeditionary Fast Transport 6 (EPF 6) USNS Brunswick has successfully completed Navy acceptance trials on October 23. The ship, which was constructed by Austal USA, is the sixth ship of the EPF class. The EPF class ships were formerly known as Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV). The ship
Royal Navy’s HMS Monmouth returned to operational service after refits and upgrades on October 29. The upgrade in Plymouth, performed by Babcock Marine, has included 17 tonnes of steel covering 220 square metres of steel and over 1km of welding. Also, 29 different equipment updates were conducted in
A search team on board the USNS Apache has found the wreckage of a vessel that they believe to be the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing on Oct. 1 during Hurricane Joaquin. The hull was located at a depth of about 15,000 feet in the vicinity of the last known position. Sonar equipment towed [&he
Royal Australian Navy is getting ready to decommission HMAS Sydney this week after her 32 years of service. The ceremony, to be held on Saturday, alongside at the vessel’s home port of Garden Island, Fleet Base East, Sydney, will mark the end of more than three decades of service for this vessel, wh
New diesel-electric submarine Krasnodar will be put into the service of the Russian Navy on November 5, 2015, with a flag raising ceremony, to be held in Saint Petersburg. Krasnodar is the 4th submarine in a series of six units constructed by Admiralty Shipyards for the submarine forces of the Black
