Vessels
USS George Washington Pays Inaugural Visit to Malaysia
The U.S. Navy’s full-time forward-deployed aircraft carrier and its crew of more than 5,000 Sailors arrived in Malaysia for a routine, five-day port visit, Oct. 7. This marks the first visit to Malaysia for USS George Washington (CVN 73) since relieving the now decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
HMS Sutherland Shows Flexibility in Indian Ocean
HMS Sutherland met up with the giant American support ship USNS Supply to take on fuel and other supplies – and support her ongoing fight against illegal activity on sea lanes in the Indian Ocean. This a very bendy HMS Sutherland – as seen from close to the top of her 996 radar mast, […]
Repair of INS Vikramaditya to Take 3 Months
Recovery works on broken down steam boilers of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will take not more than 2-3 months, a representative of… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 04, 2012
Indian Navy to Take Over INS Tarkash in November
Project 11356 frigate INS Tarkash being built by Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad will be triumphantly handed over to Indian Navy on Nov 9… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 3, 2012; Image: Yantar
Goa Shipyard Holds Keel Laying Ceremony for Indian Coast Guard’s First OPV
The Keel Laying ceremony for the first of the new class of Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard was held at Goa Shipyard Ltd on September 28th 2012. Significantly, the steel cutting ceremony for first of the vessels was done few days after signing of the contract for the construction o
Russian Carrier Failed Trials Not Due to Chinese Bricks
China denies delivery of fireproof bricks for boiler furnaces of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (former Admiral Gorshkov) destructed during… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 01, 2012
Indian Naval Mariners Leave INS Vikramaditya
Indian naval mariners are leaving Russian-built aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya where they have been training before the… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 27, 2012
First Chinese Aircraft Carrier Named Liaoning Commissioned into Navy
First Chinese aircraft carrier named Liaoning on Sept 25 was formally commissioned into the People’s Liberation Army Navy, reports Chinese defense ministry… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 26, 2012; Image: Flot
Japanese Naval Ships Visit Vladivostok
Task unit of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force comprising destroyer Ariake and frigate Oyodo on Sept 23 called at Vladivostok… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 25, 2012; Image: Flot
Naval Ship ‘Shardul’ Rescues Maldivian Nationals
‘RANKURI’, a 95 feet long Maldivian mechanical boat, with four personnel onboard, reported missing at sea off the Southern coast of Maldives since 17 Sep 12 was rescued by Indian Naval Ship ‘INS Shardul’ on 20 Sep 12. On a request from the Maldivian authorities on 19 Sep 12, the Indian Navy diverted
Navy Commissions INS Makar
The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha commissioned INS Makar into the Indian Navy on Friday. Makar is a Catamaran Hydrographic Survey Vessel and is the first of its kind to be inducted in the Indian Navy. The Vessel is indigenously built by Alcock As
Iran Deploys Destroyer, Submarine to Persian Gulf
Iranian submarine Tareq-901 and destroyer Sahand departed from the port of Bandar-Abbas and set a course for the Persian Gulf… Source: Russian Navy, September 24, 2012
US, China Team Up for Counter-Piracy Exercise
Guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) and other U.S. Navy assets participated in a counter-piracy exercise with elements of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) PLA(N) near the Horn of Africa, Sept. 17. The exercise, the first bilateral counter-piracy exercise ever conduc
USNS Henson Joins Naval Ships from Indonesia, Australia and Singapore in Formation Exercise
Military Sealift Command oceanographic survey ship USNS Henson (T-AGS 63), with its embarked scientific staff from the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), joined naval ships from Indonesia, Australia and Singapore in a formation exercise near Morotai Island, Indonesia. Indonesian President