The U.S. Naval Information Warfighting Development Center (NIWDC) in Norfolk, Virginia, has reached initial operational capability, Commander, Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR), Rear Adm. Matthew Kohler, announced on March 27. The centers aim will be to develop and implement doctrine and tactics, t
The crew of the U.S. Navy’s Singapore-based littoral combat ship USS Coronado will be welcoming relief in April after spending nine months embarked on the ship. Littoral Combat Ship Crew 203 departed San Diego March 27 and will relieve Crew 204 in mid-April. Crew 204, the original Coronado crew whic
The UK Ministry of Defence has offered amphibious assault ship HMS Ocean for sale to the Brazilian Navy, the media in the South American country wrote. The UK Defence Journal first noted the reports which said the price of the helicopter carrier was deemed “reasonable” by Brazilian officials. Follow
The former First Sea Lord of the British Royal Navy, retired Admiral Sir George Zambelas, will be joining Liquid Robotics’ global strategic advisory board, the company announced on Wednesday. “As a member of this distinguished board of advisors, Sir George will bring his vast military and maritime d
The recent visit of the U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles class attack submarine, USS Oklahoma, to the Australian Fleet Base West coincided with the Australian Navy’s biennial Submarine Command Course. Seven prospective undersea commanding officers from the United States Navy joined their Australian colleague
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded some 16 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $420 million on Tuesday in Port Everglades. The cocaine was seized by U.S. and Canadian ships with an embarked Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team during a 26-day period in internationa
Ships from the U.S. Navy’s carrier strike group eleven took part in a show of force strait transit training exercise around San Clemente Island off the coast of Southern California, March 25. Princeton, along with aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers
U.S. Navy’s guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 60 departed Naval Station Norfolk on March 27 for a six-month deployment to the Navy’s 5th and 6th fleet areas of operation. The Leyte Gulf crew went through a demanding training cycle in preparat
Aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) is on track to dry-dock at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in August this year, the U.S. Navy said on Tuesday. Sailors have been preparing the ship for refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) and have reached the shipboard consolidated offload and outfitting
U.S. Navy’s George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has again started launching missions against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from the Arabian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said. The carrier strike group deployed from Norfolk and Mayport, Florida entering the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operation
Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Wave Knight was leaving the Dutch Antilles territory of Curacao recently when she completed a replenishment at sea (RAS) in the Caribbean Sea with the Royal Netherlands Navy’s multi-purpose frigate, HNLMS Van Amstel. The maneuver was a return to basics for Wave Knight as
U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) is set to become the first U.S. Navy ship to visit the new ROK Joint Civil-Military Complex which opened on Jeju-do island February 26, 2016. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is scheduled to arrive on Saturday, March 25. Rear Adm. Brad Coope
The Peruvian Navy commissioned its newest polar oceanographic research vessel, B.A.P. Carrasco during a ceremony on March 22. The 97 metre ‘BAP Carrasco’ was built at Construcciones Navales P. Freire shipyard in Vigo, Spain, and handed over to Peru earlier this month. BAP Carrasco was launched in Vi
Two U.S. Navy submarines wrapped up their deployments and returned to their homeports in two different submarine bases on March 23. One of them, the guided missile submarine USS Ohio, spent two years away from her home at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. Since its departure in December 2014, Ohio was forwa
