Vessels
German diver support vessel Rottweil joins NATO
German Navy’s diver support vessel FGS Rottweil is scheduled to depart its homeport in Kiel, Germany, on January 30, to join NATO’s standing mine countermeasure group two. The vessel and her crew will spend the next five months sailing with the SNMCMG2. Coming from the German Navy’s 3rd Mine Warfare
HMAS Anzac gets underway for readiness tests
The lead ship of Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigates departed Fleet Base East in Sydney for the first time in 2017 to begin her deployment work ups. HMAS Anzac sailed out in formation with HMA Ships Melbourne and Parramatta. Coming out of a maintenance period, Anzac headed for the East Aust
Sasebo-based USS Green Bay starts Indo-Asia-Pacific patrol
U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) set sail from its base of Sasebo, Japan on January 25 for a routine patrol in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While on patrol, Green Bay and Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) will participate in exer
Russian carrier-cruiser fleet escorted through the Channel
NATO ships and aircraft are escorting the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and its carrier strike group transiting the English Channel en route home from Syria. Vessels from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Great Britain have all at one point formed part of a fleet of ships
USS Theodore Roosevelt rejoins with its air wing for deployment work-ups
U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is currently carrying out carrier qualifications and has recently welcomed aboard Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, in preparation to begin the ship’s work-up cycle. January 17 was the first time aircraft have landed aboard Theodore
UK accepts RFA Tidespring after ten-month delay
After a ten-month delay, UK Ministry of Defence accepted the first Tide-class tanker, RFA Tidespring, from the South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering on January 12, 2017. Several technical issues, including wiring and electrical design, came together to delay the ship deli
HMAS Leeuwin on Bass Strait military data gathering operations
Royal Australian Navy’s hydrographic survey vessel HMAS Leeuwin set sail from Cairns early January to begin a transit to conduct military data gathering operations in the Bass Strait. A number of Australian Navy cadets and family members from the ship’s company joined the ship for the first day of t
Video: Second Ford-class carrier takes shape with new superlift
U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier builder Huntington Ingalls Industries announced it has lifted a 704-metric ton unit into Dry Dock 12, where the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is taking shape. The superlift is part of an improved build strategy implemented on the second ship of the Gerald R.
Russian, Japanese warships maneuver in the Sea of Japan
Ships from the Russian Pacific Fleet completed their visit to Japan on January 23 where they took part in maneuvering and search and rescue exercises in the Sea of Japan. Two Russian ships, ASW destroyer Admiral Tributs and fleet tanker Boris Butoma arrived at Japanese port of Maizuru on January 21.
Naval Oceanography hosts glider workshop
The Stennis Space Center-headquartered Naval Oceanography hosted a workshop which aimed to create a more cohesive national glider network for all participants. As the nation’s largest owner and operator of unmanned systems including gliders, Naval Oceanography held an event that saw more than 90 rep
Dutch Caribbean-stationed patrol vessel intercepts 220 kilos of cocaine
Royal Netherlands Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HNLMS Holland intercepted some 220 kilograms of cocaine near the Caribbean Windward Islands on January 21. The smugglers were apprehended after being spotted by a Dash-8 patrol aircraft of the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard. Two suspect boat’s whereabouts
Australia develops tool to identify warships’ acoustic signatures
Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) invested several years into developing a tool which will allow the Australian Navy to model acoustic signatures for all classes of naval vessels. The acoustic signature is essentially the noise a vessel makes, a characteristic that could be used
South Korea’s DSME launches Thai Navy frigate
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering launched a 3,650-ton frigate for the Royal Thai Navy on January 23. The launching ceremony took place at the company’s shipyard on Geoje Island and was attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, Thailand’s ambassador o
US Navy sticks with AAG as recovery system of choice for USS John F. Kennedy
Despite considering reverting to the legacy recovery system, Mk-7, a U.S. Navy review board decided to continue with AAG as the aircraft recovery system of choice for the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). The Advanced Arresting Gear’s test program marked the completion of the 350th trap of an F/A