Danish Navy’s Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate HDMS Peter Willemoes is set to depart its homeport on January 26 and head towards the Mediterranean Sea where it is to meet U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush. Danish parliament decided last Friday to send a frigate in addition to some 60 spec
Italian Navy’s FREMM frigate ITS Carabiniere arrived in Western Australia on Wednesday with Italian defense industry representatives aboard. Carabiniere docked in Fremantle where Fincantieri representatives will meet with Australian naval shipbuilding companies and the local supply chain, who are vy
German Navy’s diver support vessel FGS Rottweil is scheduled to depart its homeport in Kiel, Germany, on January 30, to join NATO’s standing mine countermeasure group two. The vessel and her crew will spend the next five months sailing with the SNMCMG2. Coming from the German Navy’s 3rd Mine Warfare
The lead ship of Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigates departed Fleet Base East in Sydney for the first time in 2017 to begin her deployment work ups. HMAS Anzac sailed out in formation with HMA Ships Melbourne and Parramatta. Coming out of a maintenance period, Anzac headed for the East Aust
NATO ships and aircraft are escorting the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and its carrier strike group transiting the English Channel en route home from Syria. Vessels from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Great Britain have all at one point formed part of a fleet of ships
U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is currently carrying out carrier qualifications and has recently welcomed aboard Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, in preparation to begin the ship’s work-up cycle. January 17 was the first time aircraft have landed aboard Theodore
U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier builder Huntington Ingalls Industries announced it has lifted a 704-metric ton unit into Dry Dock 12, where the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is taking shape. The superlift is part of an improved build strategy implemented on the second ship of the Gerald R.
Ships from the Russian Pacific Fleet completed their visit to Japan on January 23 where they took part in maneuvering and search and rescue exercises in the Sea of Japan. Two Russian ships, ASW destroyer Admiral Tributs and fleet tanker Boris Butoma arrived at Japanese port of Maizuru on January 21.
Royal Netherlands Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HNLMS Holland intercepted some 220 kilograms of cocaine near the Caribbean Windward Islands on January 21. The smugglers were apprehended after being spotted by a Dash-8 patrol aircraft of the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard. Two suspect boat’s whereabouts
Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) invested several years into developing a tool which will allow the Australian Navy to model acoustic signatures for all classes of naval vessels. The acoustic signature is essentially the noise a vessel makes, a characteristic that could be used
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering launched a 3,650-ton frigate for the Royal Thai Navy on January 23. The launching ceremony took place at the company’s shipyard on Geoje Island and was attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, Thailand’s ambassador o
U.S. Navy’s first expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead began a four-month deployment in support of operation Continuing Promise 2017 on January 17. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet conducted deployment, focused on civil-military operations inclu
U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) stopped in Subic Bay, Philippines, January 23, during its regular patrol. The Arleigh Burke-class ship will use the stop to conduct some minor repairs with the assistance of Filipino companies. McCain’s crew will also participate in a
U.S. Navy’s George H.W. Bush carrier strike group (GHWBCSG) is set to depart on a deployment to Europe and Middle East on Saturday, January 21. Nearly 6,000 sailors assigned to the carrier strike group will depart Norfolk and Mayport, Florida, after they spent more time ashore than it was anticipate
