After conducting a three-month refit and repair period, the Russian Navy’s aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is ready to head home to Severomorsk. During the servicing and repair period at the 82nd Shipyard in Roslyakovo, Murmansk, the vessel’s hull was cleaned and repainted. Further work was carri
The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) underwent catapult maintenance on its flight deck. The operation was conducted in San Diego on August 18. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, conducted a hull-swap with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Re
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
Spanish Navy’s offshore patrol vessel OPV Atalaya recently took part in an operation to seize a sailboat which was allegedly carrying drugs. On August 7, the sailboat Silver Black was 1,000 miles southwest of the Azores when she was boarded by the Spanish National Police and 600 kilos of cocaine wer
Royal New Zealand Navy’s frigate HMNZS Wellington has arrived in Honiara after helping New Zealand’s South West Pacific neighbours patrol for illegal and unlicensed fishing activity in their waters. The vessel sailed from New Caledonia last Friday carrying two Senior Agents from the Royal Solomon Is
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
Two Royal Navy vessels are currently at Naval Base Simon’s Town, South Africa, on an informal visit. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Vessel RFA Gold Rover and Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster enter the harbour on August 13 where they will conduct maintenance. The vessels will be in Simon’s Town for a period
AV-8B Harriers assigned to the “Greyhawks” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 (Reinforced), which launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), conducted strike missions in Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) Aug. 17. The Harriers executed strike missions to
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,
Sailors from Britain’s new aircraft carrier got all-mod-cons accommodation in double-quick time, after DIO provided a solution to Rosyth’s shortage of beds. The 2 future aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, are currently being built in Rosyth. Defence Inf
French Navy La Fayette-class frigate Surcouf (F711) concluded its mission as part of the Combined Task Force 150 (CTF150) on August 6. The vessel was deployed for three and a half months and travelled more than 20,000 nautical miles covering the Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Sue
