The Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) and her crew will visit Gloucester, Massachusetts, beginning Sept. 4 to participate in the 31st annual Gloucester Schooner Festival. Fort McHenry Sailors and Marines will take part in festivities in and around the Glouce
The amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) departed San Diego August 31 to participate in Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015. New Orleans joins other Naval and ground forces from the United States, Japan, New Zealand and Mexico in the ten day exercise which will sharpen the troops’ ability to
US Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike Stevens spoke with more than 1000 Sailors during all-hands calls and toured the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) as part of his two-week trip to Navy Region Southwest. MCPON star
US Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) Production Department completed repairs to Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1653, dry docked in Dynamic (AFDL 6) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Sept. 1. LCU-1653, attached to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 2, suffered damage to the aft
US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hosted a ship-naming ceremony on September 2 in Ames, Iowa to announce that SSN 797, a Virginia-class attack submarine, will bear the name USS Iowa. The submarine will be named to honor the history its namesake state has with the Navy. Iowa is home to former Naval
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group began its composite training unit exercise after departing Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 2. COMPTUEX is a series of training scenarios designed to certify HSTCSG as a deployment-ready fighting force capable of completing overseas operations. The exercise, whic
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) completed their third phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise in Sattahip, Thailand on Sept. 2. From July to September, Germantown traveled to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand to participate in CARAT exercises with
Capt. J.J. Cummings relieved Capt. Michael McKenna as commanding officer aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during a change of command ceremony Sept. 3. This change of command was special for Capt. McKenna because it was his last. He retired after 26 y
US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus yesterday announced that the next Freedom-variant littoral combat ship will be named USS Minneapolis/St. Paul (LCS 21). The future Minneapolis/St. Paul was named to honor the citizens of Minnesota’s Twin Cities who have a long and proud history of naval service. It
Huntington Ingalls Industries recently announced that the Virginia-class submarine Washington (SSN 787) is “pressure hull complete,” signifying that all of the submarine’s hull sections have been joined to form a single, watertight unit. Washington will be the U.S. Navy’s 14th Virginia-class submari
U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka after concluding a three-month patrol on September 2nd. During the summer patrol, Blue Ridge visited five ports in four different countries, strengthening relationships withi
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Company a $33 million contract for the production, integration, testing and delivery of AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems. The contract includes an option for additional systems for U.S. inventory and potential Foreign Military Sale. The option,
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) departed Norfolk Naval Station, on August 30th, in preparation for participation in the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). During COMPTUEX, the final phase in preparing the cruiser
LE James Joyce, a Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), joined Irish Naval Service fleet during a Commissioning Ceremony, on Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire, on September 1st, 2015. This is the second Offshore Patrol Vessel of this class, launched with the ceremonial breaking of the bottle
