Vessels
US Navy surges cruiser Monterey following recent collisions
The US Navy has deployed Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) and will deploy another destroyer to make up lost ballistic missile defense capability after two guided missile destroyers were severely damaged in recent collisions. USS Monterey departed Naval Station Norfolk Oc
Cyprus hosts oil and gas industry security drill
The Cypriot defense ministry and Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) Larnaca hosted warships from France, Israel and Greece among others for the fourth consecutive exercise Nemesis 2017. The one-day exercise took place on October 17 in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus, with
US Navy, Coast Guard searching for downed helicopter off Hawaii
The US Navy and Coast Guard have sent aircraft and vessel crews in response to reports of a crashed helicopter of the coast of Molokai, Hawaii, October 16. According to the coast guard, the downed helicopter is a privately owned Robinson R44 helicopter with two people aboard. Watchstanders at the Co
Canadian Resolve-class oiler ‘Asterix’ hits the water
Canadian shipbuilder Davie Shipbuilding launched the Royal Canadian Navy’s Project Resolve auxiliary oiler replenishment ship ‘Asterix’ this weekend at its shipyard in Quebec. The naval support ship started life as containership MV Asterix and was converted into the naval support ship after arriving
Russian Navy to host Indian warships for expanded Indra 2017 exercises
The Russian Navy is set to host two Indian Navy ships for an upgraded version of the bilateral exercise Indra which will, for the first time, see the participation of all three services of the armed forces. Shivalik-class frigate INS Satpura and Kamorta-class corvette INS Kadmatt are set to arrive i
Indian Navy commissions third Kamorta-class corvette INS Kiltan
The Indian Navy commissioned its third anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kiltan in a ceremony at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam, on Monday, Oct. 16. INS Kiltan is the third of overall four Project 28 (also known as Kamorta-class) ASW corvettes designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation, Dir
Australian frigate HMAS Toowoomba concludes MASTEX in Malaysia
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba and the Royal Malaysian Navy have concluded the week-long exercise MASTEX 17. The only bilateral maritime exercise conducted between the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Navy took place at the Malaysian Western Fleet base of Lumut. MASTEX con
US Navy decommissions USS Ponce after 46 years of service
The US Navy has decommissioned its afloat forward staging base (interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) in a ceremony held at Naval Station Norfolk. USS Ponce was decommissioned on October 14, after more than 46 years of naval service. Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, Rear Adm. Jesse A. Wilson Jr.,
US Navy is deploying two destroyers from Pearl Harbor
Two US Navy guided-missile destroyers are getting underway from their homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on October 16. USS Halsey (DDG 97) and USS Preble (DDG 88) will be joining the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group on a deployment in the 7th and 5th flee
Tanker carrying 1000 tonnes of fuel lifts torpedo on anchor
Royal Navy’s bomb disposal experts carried out an unusual operation recently after a tanker carrying some 1,000 tonnes of fuel caught a test torpedo with its anchor. The tanker’s anchor had speared the torpedo in Portland, UK, and had dragged it up from the seabed, 15 meters below. Portsmouth-based
US Navy’s 12th San Antonio-class LPD ‘Fort Lauderdale’ starts construction
US Navy’s future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) officially started construction in a keel authentication ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), on Oct. 13. Keel laying is the traditional start of ship construction. In the age of wooden ships, ‘keel laying’ referred to the laying down of the
US Navy christens 17th Virginia-class submarine USS South Dakota
The US Navy has christened its 17th Virginia-class attack submarine, the future USS South Dakota (SSN 790). The christening ceremony took place at General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton, Connecticut on Saturday, October 14. South Dakota, a Virginia-class submarine designated SSN 790, is t
Guided missile submarine USS Michigan arrives in South Korea
US Navy’s Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) pulled into Busan, South Korea, Oct. 13, three days ahead of announced US and ROK Navy maritime drills. Prior to USS Michigan’s arrival in Busan, another US submarine, the USS Tucson spent time in South Korea at US Fleet Activitie
Aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is starting drills with South Korean Navy
An anticipated maritime exercise between the US and Republic of Korea Navy is bound for kick off in three days in the East and West Sea. Dubbed Maritime Counter Special Operations exercise (MCSOFEX), the drill will start on October 16 and run through October 26. US Navy units taking in the exercise