
The US Navy’s newest Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine will be named in honor of the state of Wisconsin, Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite revealed last week.

A US Navy T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft crashed in a residential area of Foley, Alabama, on 23 October, killing two officers and starting home and car fires.

The US Navy’s future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer and Virginia-class attack submarine will be named USS John F. Lehman (DDG 137) and USS Barb (SSN 804), Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, revealed.

Last week, Seaspan Shipyards officially delivered CCGS John Cabot, the third offshore fisheries science vessel (OFSV) to the Canadian Coast Guard.

The US Navy’s future USS Mobile (LCS 26), the 13th Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship, has completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama-based shipbuilder Austal said. Austal Chief Executive Officer David Singleton said Mobile was the third naval ship to successfully complete accep

Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the US Navy, announced USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new guided missile frigate (FFG(X)) class of ships.

Since October 1, the Royal Netherlands Navy’s logistic support vessel HNLMS Pelikaan is back again in the familiar waters of the Caribbean following a successful eight-month mid-life upgrade.

The US Coast Guard’s newest Legend-class national security cutter, Stone (WMSL 758), has successfully completed acceptance sea trials, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced on 2 October.

French defense contractor Naval Group has launched A.R.A. Piedrabuena (P-52), the Argentine Navy’s second offshore patrol vessel (OPV).

Wilson Sons and Damen revealed they will be jointly bidding for the construction of the new Antarctic support ship (NApAnt) of the Brazilian Navy, which will replace the oceanographic support vessel Ary Rongel.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has awarded Bollinger Shipyards a contract for the construction of four additional Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRC).

A team from US Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) recently worked with Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific on the first full-ship scan of an LPD-class ship using the laser light sensing technology known as lidar.

The US Coast Guard’s ninth national security cutter, Stone (WMSL 758) has successfully completed builder’s sea trials, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division said.

The US Navy has christened its newest fast-attack submarine, the USS Montana (SSN 794) at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division.