The guided-missile frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) departed Acajutla, El Salvador Sept. 3 after three days of community interaction and tours as part of Southern Seas 2011. Thach Sailors participated in a community relations (COMREL) project, El Salvador’s independence celebration opening ceremony, a soc
Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that it has been selected by SELEX Galileo to supply rugged embedded digital signal processor modules for use on Saab’s new Gripen Next Generation (NG) fighter aircraft. The contract, which runs from 2010 to 2014, is valued at $15 million, and has an estima
Rear Adm. Rick Breckenridge, Commander Submarine Group Two welcomed the crew of the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Pasadena (SSN 752) who travelled more than 7,000 miles from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to begin their extended maintenance overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Sept. 2. Breckenridge and th
With a flash of fire from her saluting gun, the Fortress of the Sea makes her ceremonial entry into the home of the South African Navy. HMS Edinburgh sails into Simons Town where, despite being late winter it’s already warmer than the destroyer’s home base of Portsmouth (over 20˚C). The veteran wars
Chinese warship tried to detain Indian Navy’s ship in the South China Sea. According to The Financial Times, it is the first maritime incident of this kind between the two countries. Although the mentioned incident occurred on July 22, it leaked out just recently. Indian ship INS Airavat left Vietna
On September 5, the Spanish frigate SPS SANTA MARIA ended her participation in Operation ATALANTA after 131 days as a part of the EU NAVFOR Task Force. During the deployment, SANTA MARIA served under the command of two Force Commanders and two Operational Commanders and had the opportunity to perfor
Launching ceremony of Project 12200 Sobol 2nd rank patrol boat (hull number 213) was held on Sept 1 at JSC Almaz Marine Plant. It is the third vessel of this project launched in 2011. The ceremony was conducted routinely because it was 14th Sobol-class boat built by Almaz shipyard. Despite the stand
The guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Sept. 1 for a seven-month independent deployment to the Western Pacific and US 5th Fleet area of operations. With a crew of approximately 300 Sailors and commanded by Cmdr. Joseph Carrigan, Russell will conduct
Commander, US. 5th Fleet, accompanied the Sailors of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) as it transited the Strait of Hormuz Aug. 30. Vice Adm. Mark Fox embarked the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, visited with crew members, and expressed his appreciation for their ef
Warm, sunny weather was the order of the day for Fremantle Celebrate Maritime Day 2011 on 27 August. Sailors from HMAS Stirling (CAPT Brett Wolski), supported by Defence Force Recruiting Perth and Australian Naval Cadet units, created a Navy-themed maritime exhibition at Fremantle Port. HMAS Newcast
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is scheduled to arrive in Norfolk, Va., Sept. 2, after completing a five-month humanitarian assistance deployment to nine countries in the Caribbean Basin and Central and South America. Comfort is completing Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11)
After ceremonially escorting the flagship of Free Libyan forces into Tripoli, HMS Liverpool has returned to the gunline and taking part preliminaries of what might be the last major battle of the civil war. The destroyer has shifted from waters off the Libyan capital to those off Sirte, 230 miles aw
On Wednesday 31 August, the second of four Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels, “Zeeland” built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Netherlands Navy, left Vlissingen, The Netherlands, for her sea acceptance trials (SAT). During the SAT, primarily the platform as well as parts of th
A group of Sailors from the fast attack submarine USS Virginia (SSN 774) helped stitch the National 9/11 Memorial Flag while it visited Portsmouth prior to its arrival in New York, Sept. 11. Virginia crewmembers also assisted Portsmouth firefighters fold the large flag for the next stop in its journ
