Vessels
HII receives $55m for USS Gerald R. Ford post shakedown repairs
The sole builder of US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers has received a $55.8 million contract for the post shakedown refit of the lead ship of a new class of US Navy aircraft carriers. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) will be undergoing repairs in Huntignton Ingalls Industries’ Newport News shipy
Swiftships gets $18m to build first US Navy LCU 1700
The US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Louisiana-based Swiftships an $18 million contract for the detail design and construction of the first of a new generation of landing craft – Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1700. Swiftships will be responsible for delivering the LCU 1700 detail design and c
US Navy attack submarines return from Western Pacific deployments
Two US Navy attack submarines returned to their homeports on March 30 after concluding deployments to the Western Pacific. Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) was welcomed by family and friends at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after six months of operations. Los Angeles-c
After Micronesia, Pacific Partnership continues in Palau, Indonesia
US Navy ships USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) concluded their Pacific Partnership 2018 engagements in the Federated States of Micronesia and are now en route to their next mission stops in Indonesia and Palau. Expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) departed Yap,
Canadian destroyer heads to Nova Scotia scrapyard
Royal Canadian Navy’s last Iroquois destroyer, HMCS Athabaskan, departed Halifax Harbour on March 29 for the final time, Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) said. Having been in service for more than 44 years, the ship will be scrapped at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. HMCS Athabaskan will be dismantled b
USCG takes delivery of 28th fast response cutter
The United States Coast Guard has taken delivery of the 28th fast response cutter (FRC), Nathan Bruckenthal, in Key West, Florida. The cutter will be the second FRC stationed in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. The ship is slated for commissioning in July. The Sentinel-class FRCs feature advanced com
Huntington Ingalls gets materials deal for USCG’s new cutter
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a USD 94 million fixed-price contract from the US Coast Guard (USCG) to purchase long-lead materials for a 10th National Security Cutter (NSC). The advance procurement funds will be used to purchase major components for NSC 10
USS Nebraska tests Trident II D5 missiles
The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) along with the US Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) conducted successful test flights of two Trident II D5 Missiles on March 26. The unarmed test missiles were launched as part of Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (DASO) 28
Royal Australian Navy warship refuels at Gore Bay first time since 1901
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) frigate HMAS Parramatta has taken part in a refueling trial at the Gore Bay facility in Sydney Harbour, one of Australia’s oldest fuel import and storage facilities. As informed, the event marked the first time since 1901 that a warship, other than navy tankers HMA Ships
US Navy picks ten companies for ship production, repair support
Ten companies are being awarded contracts to provide non-nuclear production support for US naval ship and vessel projects and repairs, the US Department of Defense said. As informed, the value of the multiple contracts is USD 99.6 million. Services under these contracts will be provided for the navy
Crewman of USS Georgia submarine evacuated off Spain
A crewman has been medevacked from the US Navy submarine USS Georgia off Cartagena, Spain, the country’s maritime safety agency Salvamento Maritimo said. As informed, the medical evacuation was carried out in the morning hours of March 28. Salvamento Maritimo said the crewman was evacuated as it los
USCG to decommission cutter Sherman today
The US Coast Guard (USCG) will decommission today Sherman (WHEC 720), its ninth high endurance cutter. The decommissioning ceremony will take place at Coast Guard Base Honolulu at 2 pm local time. In late-January, the cutter returned from its final deployment, completing a 76-day patrol in the Berin
Anzac departs Sydney for South East Asia deployment
The Royal Australian Navy helicopter frigate HMAS Anzac has departed Sydney on a three-month deployment to South East Asia. As informed, the ship will visit a number of ports while deployed in order to strengthen relationships and interoperability with some of Australia’s close partners in the regio
US Navy’s Abraham Lincoln tests ATARI
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) has tested a system designed to remotely land aircraft on a carrier, the US Navy informed. The aircraft terminal approach remote inceptor (ATARI) was, for the first time ever, demonstrated during a touch-and-go on an aircraft carrier while conducting carrier qualificatio