President Benigno Aquino III is set to formally welcome on Tuesday the Philippine Navy’s newly acquired — and largest — ship. The Hamilton cutter ship arrived at the Manila Bay on Sunday morning after sailing for more than a month from San Francisco in the United States. It will be named BRP Gregori
Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) gathered to honor the deaths of two former Sailors in a burial at sea ceremony, Aug. 18. “It was quite the honor to be able to participate in the ceremony and a humbling experience to meld the religious aspects
A Chinese admiral said Saturday that China is unlikely to put the refitted ex-Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag into active service anytime soo… (mainichi) [mappress] Source: mainichi, August 22, 2011;
Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) relieved Boxer ARG and 13th MEU in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Aug. 13. “The Sailors and Marines of Boxer ARG and 13th MEU have done a phenomenal job while in this AOR,” said Rear Adm. Margaret Klein, c
Sailors delivered Navy ball caps to children at the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent Aug. 15 at a ‘Caps For Kids’ community relations event during the kickoff of Indianapolis Navy Week 2011. Sailors from USS Shoup (DDG 86) traveled from their homeport of Bremerton, Wash., to partici
Naval Sea Systems Command announced, Aug. 18, that fabrication of the future USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), the fifth ship of the littoral combat ship class, has begun at Marinette Marine Corp. Shipyard in Marinette, Wis. To pave the way for the start of fabrication, the LCS program office completed an exte
Compas Design Bureau (Moscow) for the first time presented helicopter deck landing satellite system at 10th International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2011 opened on Aug 16 in Zhukovsky, Moscow region. That small-size equipment was designed especially for Stereguschiy-class corvette (Project 20380)
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. announced today that the structural production of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has reached 50 percent completion. The lead ship in the new class of carriers has been under construction at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division since Novem
In accordance with combat training annual plan, Black Sea Fleet (BSF) started practice at sea. BSF frigates Ladny and Pytlivy carried out mine-laying drills and held a torpedo firing at an “enemy” ship. Besides, the crews performed gun firing at a towed ship silhouette which imitated the surface tar
The warship is Gulf-bound, the latest Type 23 frigate to support the Navy’s – and nation’s – long-term mission in the region: security on the high seas, defending global trade routes and deterring threats to UK prosperity. It’s the third east of Suez deployment for the ship in three years, the most
Guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) departed Valletta, Malta, Aug. 17, completing a scheduled port visit. The visit was part of Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) efforts to build global maritime partnerships with European nations, and improve maritime safety and security. While in Valletta, t
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced the delivery to Adelaide of the first keel block that will be used to construct HMAS Hobart – Australia’s first Air Warfare Destroyer. “This is an important step forward in the $8 billion project to construct three new warships,” Mr Clare sai
The guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) arrived in Gdynia, Poland, Aug. 15, as part of a regularly scheduled port visit supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. While inport, Carr leadership will attend office calls with senior Polish milit
Ukrainian Navy’s sea-going minesweeper Cherkasy left Russian port Novorossiysk on Aug 16 and within the BLACKSEAFOR task force headed for Turkish port Trabzon. When staying in Novorossiysk, the crew carried out harbor training activities, performed communications drill, visited cultural and historic
