The Navy marked the start of fabrication for the future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) in a ceremony Sept. 12 at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The keel laying ceremony recognizes the first joining together of a ship’s components. While modern shipbuilding process
The Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset will anchor in the River Dart on Friday 13 September 2013 as the Royal Navy marks 150 years of Officer training on the river. A series of events have been held throughout the year to make the anniversary of HMS Britannia’s arrival at Dartmouth in September 1863 to be
HMS Northumberland will visit her affiliate County of Northumberland from Friday, September 13 to Monday September 16 and will be berthed at Whitehill Point, which is just upriver from the Ro-Ro berths within the Port of Tyne complex. Numerous events are being planned for the Type 23 frigate and her
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Sailors paused to remember the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a memorial ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Sept. 11. The ceremony, held in the ship’s forecastle, was organized by Stennis’ chief petty officer selectees and honored the memory of those who lost t
The crew of the Royal Naval frigate HMS Argyll was given a rousing hero’s welcome yesterday (Thursday) by hundreds of cheering relatives and friends when the ship returned from a successful maritime policing patrol. About 500 banner-waving family members and friends welcomed the ship back home to Pl
Chief petty officers (CPO) and future CPOs from various commands around San Diego participated in a heritage event held at Fort Rosecrans Cemetery in Point Loma, Calif., Sept. 11. Retired Chief Electrician’s Mate Stuart Hedley was the guest speaker at the event. He served in the Navy from 1940-1960.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus visited Marinette Marine Corporation Sept. 12 to tour the shipyard and receive an update on the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) and its manufacturing process. “LCS represents the future;” said Mabus, “the future of the Navy, the future of manufacturing and
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46), assigned to U.S. 4th Fleet during the annual UNITAS multinational maritime exercise, conducted replenishment at sea Sept. 11 with the Canadian supply ship HMCS Preserver (AOR 510). UNITAS 2013 includes partner nation forces from Brazil, Canad
Minehunter HMS Penzance has left Scotland to begin her stint with a NATO force patrolling the Mediterranean. Just three months after leaving refit on the Forth, the Faslane-based vessel is joining Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 2, taking over from HMS Ledbury. Just three months after emerging f
Divers from HMS Brocklesby ensured the Isle of Man ferry kept running when they cleared its tangled propeller during a visit to Douglas. The sailors hacked away at rope wrapped around the propeller of the Ben-My-Chree – work which led passengers and the ferry company to donate £2,000 to the Royal Na
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46), assigned to U.S. 4th Fleet during the annual UNITAS multinational maritime exercise, held a ceremony Sept. 11 in memory of the victims of the terror attacks of September 2011. The ship’s crew gathered on the mess decks for a special ceremony
The Royal Naval frigate HMS Argyll is due to return to the South West on Thursday (12 Sept) after a successful maritime policing patrol. HMS Argyll’s deployment has seen the ship conduct a range of operations in the seas around Africa, the Falklands, the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean. This scope
An independent duty hospital corpsman became the first Sailor assigned to the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) Gold Crew to earn the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) qualification, Sept. 9. Chief Hospital Corpsman Sloane E. Sall, assigned to Fort Worth’s Gold Crew, received her
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel yesterday called the commanding officer of the USS Barry to express his gratitude to sailors serving in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. Hagel called Navy Cmdr. Thomas Dickinson to thank him and the crew of the Arleigh Bur
