The US Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle sailed into Portsmouth, VA, Wednesday on its yearly tour of ports. The Eagle will be available for free public tours today, Thursday, moored across from Portsmouth City Hall. At 295 feet in length, the Eagle is the largest tall ship flying the stars and stripes
Sixty-five Cuban migrants aboard the US Coast Guard Cutters William Trump and Raymond Evans were repatriated to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba over the last five days. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Trump repatriated seven Cuban migrants Tuesday. This repatriation is a result of two separate mig
When USS Simpson (FFG 56) decommissions at the end of September, the U.S. Navy will be left with only one active frigate on the books. Simpson, the last active Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is being prepared for inactivation as she takes a sabbatical from active service prior to being sold thro
Transiting through the Atlantic seaboard on its commissioning cruise, the US Coast Guard’s newest National Security Cutter, James, made its first port call to Baltimore, Tuesday. Starting Wednesday until Thursday, the cutter will be open for free public tours in West Broadway Pier in Fells Point. Cu
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that it will host a keel-laying ceremony for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). The event will be held at the Company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division alongside Dry Dock 12 on Saturday, August 22. The ship’s sponsor and daughter of the ship’s n
US Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Jonathan Greenert, visited the crew of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego Aug. 17. After serving for seven years as the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan,
US Navy’s Junior officers (JO) assigned to amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) are learning to overcome the difficulties of navigating the Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship. America’s JOs are beginning their harbor navigation training – a prerequisite to earning their surface warfare qua
US Navy’s Guided missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) held a change of command ceremony on board Naval Base San Diego, Aug. 14. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Mikael A. Rockstad turned over command of the guided missile destroyer to Cmdr. Abigail A. Hutchins. Dewey recently completed a 10-month-deploym
General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works, was awarded a $13 million modification to previously awarded contract to provide littoral combat ship (LCS) planning yard services. This option is for planning yard services for both LCS variants. Bath Iron Works will be the single planning yard providing engineeri
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair is being awarded a $12,4 million contract for USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) fiscal 2016 selected restricted availability. This selected restricted availability will include hull, machinery, electrical, electronics, ship alterations, and piping alteration and repair work.
The crew on board the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) put on hard hats and safety goggles to commence a Chief of Naval Operations planned incremental availability (PIA) period, Aug. 14, just two months after returning to its homeport in San Diego following a near 10-month deployment. Accor
Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 in Final Preps Naval, aviation and ground forces from the United States, Japan, Mexico and New Zealand are scheduled to participate in Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 off the coast and ashore in Southern California from August 31 to September 9. US, India to Jointly Work on Future
DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, has been awarded three contracts potentially worth more than $170 million for programs serving a range of U.S. and Royal Australian Navy ships. The contract work includes network communications, missile launching and combat display systems. The first, U
The crew of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) reached the 50 percent completion marker ahead of schedule for the Chief of Naval Operation’s phased maintenance availability (PMA) at its home port of Naval Base San Diego Aug. 5. Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center Rear Adm.
