Vessels
UPDATE: Sailor Gunned Down onboard USS Mahan
Commanding Officer of the U.S. Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia Capt. Robert Clark said in a statement yesterday that the shooting from Monday night took place onboard guided missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) at Pier 1. A sailor was gunned down on Monday night at approximately 11:20 p.m. by a ci
Navy Readies for USS Miami’s Decommissioning
The U.S. Navy will formally decommission Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755), on March 28, during a 10 a.m. ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. The time-honored ceremony will be held in the shipyard’s main auditorium and attended by current crew members, the
First Drug Bust for HMCS Glace Bay within Operation CARIBBE
Canadian Ship (HMCS) Glace Bay recovered 97 bales of cocaine during a patrol in the Caribbean Basin, as part of Operation CARIBBE, on March 15, 2014. HMCS Glace Bay, in cooperation with her embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (USCG LEDET), identified a suspect fishing vessel while
Spanish, US Anti-Piracy Ships Rendezvous in the Gulf of Oman
Rear-admiral Eugenio Díaz del Río, Commander of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) currently participating in operation ‘Ocean Shield’ fighting piracy in the Indian Ocean, welcomed Rear-admiral Kevin M. Sweeney, Commander of the U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group 10. The two flagships, the Sp
Lockheed Martin Bags USD 93 Mln Aegis Deal Options
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has won a USD 93 million worth modification to previously awarded contract to exercise options for production of Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System (AAMDS) in Poland and to provide multi-year procurement funding for Aegis Weapon System (AWS) MK 7 equipme
US Navy Adds Underwater Vehicle to Search for MH 370
The US Navy is sending a sonar equipped underwater vehicle to search for the debris of the ill-fated Flight 370 Malaysian Airlines 777 plane, navy officials said Monday. The decision comes as a result of Malaysian government’s request from the Pentagon to provide underwater surveillance technologi
SAIC to Evaluate Anti-Submarine Warfare Sensors for US Navy
The Avionics Department (AIR-4.5) at the Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, a US Naval Air Station located in St. Mary’s County, Maryland awarded Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) a prime contract to provide technical and scientific research, development
USA: Early End for Ice Camp Nautilus
Commander, Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) announced an early end to Ice Camp Nautilus on March 23. The ice camp was a temporary structure built and operated especially for Ice Exercise 2014 (ICEX-2014). Personnel at Ice Camp Nautilus, which is built into the ice floe north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, be
General Dynamics Powers Up US Navy’s LCSs with Their Latest Solutions
As systems integrator on the Austal USA-led team, builder of the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), the General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is continuing to apply its open architecture and open business model approach to the LCS program. General Dynamics’ open architecture computing in
GALLERY: EU Warships Gather Up for Joint Replenishment at Sea
On Tuesday 18 March, three EU Naval Force warships, FS Siroco, FGS Hessen and ESPS Relampago gathered in the Gulf of Aden for a joint replenishment at sea (RAS) with the American logistics ship, USNS Pecos from Task Force 53. Ships from Task Force 53 provide regular replenishment support to the Euro
US Navy Takes Delivery of USNS Millinocket
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the third joint high speed vessel, USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3), from Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., on March 21. Delivery marks the official transfer of the vessel from the shipbuilder to the Navy and is a major milestone in the ship’s transition to operational status
USS Frank Cable Drops Anchor in Sattahip, Thailand
The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) arrived in Sattahip, Thailand, on March 24, as part of a regularly scheduled underway period in the Western Pacific. “Our main goal for this visit is to show our continued commitment to our partners and friends in Thailand with whom we have been allies
Morning Glory Arrives Safely in Tripoli, Libya under US Escort
A commercial oil tanker, the Morning Glory, carrying cargo of oil owned by the Libyan government National Oil Company, returned to Libyan capital, Tripoli on Sunday, Reuters reports. Once in port, the Libyan forces arrested three rebels from Libya, who had seized the tanker earlier this month at E
Multi-Sail 14 Kicks Off in Pacific Ocean
Ships assigned as forward deployed naval forces (FDNF) of the United States Navy in Japan began the annual exercise Multi-Sail 14, March 21. Multi-Sail 14 is a five-day Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 led exercise that offers participating ships training in the primary mission areas of surface, air