US Navy awarded further fiscal 2015 extended dry-docking selected restricted availability works for its Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG-71). The $50,6 million deal is a modification of the previously awarded contract to BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, California. An e
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. received a $392 million contract modification from the US Navy for the delivery of further Trident II (D5) missiles and related support services. The contract also includes missile production, D5 life extension development and production, and D5 deployed systems sup
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair received a $53,6 million modification to previously awarded contract for USS Milius (DDG 69) fiscal 2015 extended selected restricted availability. An extended selected restricted availability includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alteratio
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Halifax departed Norfolk, Virginia, September 21, 2015, to join HMC ships Athabaskan and Montréal, as well as United States Naval Ships William McLean and United States Ship The Sullivans. The ships are currently transiting the North Atlantic Ocean and will be cond
The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) is scheduled to depart San Diego Oct. 2 for Yokosuka, Japan, where the ship will join U.S. 7th Fleet’s Forward Deployed Naval Forces. Benfold will enhance presence in 7th Fleet as part of the U.S. Navy’s long-range plan to send the most advanced and
The U.S. Navy announced the homeport change of three Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers yesterday. USS Gridley (DDG 101), USS Sampson (DDG 102), and USS Kidd (DDG 100) will relocate from San Diego to Naval Station Everett, Wash., in 2016. USS Gridley (DDG 101), USS Sampson (DDG 102), and
The 5th annual exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Bangladesh commenced with an opening ceremony at Naval Base Issa Khan on Sept. 30. CARAT 2015 marks the first time that a littoral combat ship has participated in the exercise with the Bangladesh Navy, enhancing the complexity
US Military Sealift Command’s dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) is currently participating in Exercise Koa Moana 15-3. The four-month exercise which involves embarked Marines will make stops at various locations in the Pacific Island Nations of Oceania: French Polynesia, F
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) is using Coda Octopus’ Echoscope 3D imaging sonar during CSS Georgia Salvage efforts. Navy Divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mo
Lockheed Martin received an $8,6 million modification to previously awarded basic ordering agreement to support fiscal 2016 USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) deployment. The littoral combat ship (LCS) basic ordering agreement was initially awarded to Lockheed Martin for the design and construction of the Freed
US Coast Guard Cutter Morro Bay returned to homeport in Cleveland Tuesday following a 14-month Service Life Extension Project at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore. SLEP is a major mid-life overhaul which is expected to extend the cutter’s service life 15 years. Morro Bay is one of nine 140-foot WTGB
Naval Sea Systems Command awards Austal USA five contracts worth approximately US$22 million. Austal USA was awarded a US$13,3 million order to provide all supplies, services, labor and material in support of the pre-shock trials emergent availability for Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson (LCS 6). Ef
For the first time in almost 38 years, there will be no Oliver Hazard Perry (OHP) Frigate on the fleet rolls of the United States Navy. The USS Simpson (FFG 56) was decommissioned in her homeport of Mayport, Florida, Sept. 29, and represented the last frigate in the Navy’s inventory. The OHP Frigate
The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) sailed back to its homeport Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam yesterday, September 29. Working on an independent deployment to the Arabian Gulf and Western Pacific Ocean since February, the ship and crew of more than 300 Sailors steamed a total of