Vessels
USS McFaul Honors the Fallen in Malaga, Spain
Sailors assigned to the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) participated in a joint ceremony with the armed forces of Spain honoring fallen members of the military throughout history, during a scheduled port visit in Malaga, Spain, May 7, 2015. The U.S. Embassy
GPS System Tested aboard Royal Navy Warship
Drumgrange announced that the Navfix military GPS System has successfully completed the Naval Weapons Sea Test (NWST) on a Royal Navy (RN) warship. The sea trial was conducted with a team of personnel from the Royal Navy, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), the Maritime Commissioning and Test Auth
US Navy, Raytheon End AMDR Critical Design Review
The U.S. Navy and Raytheon Company have completed the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) critical design review. The outcome confirms Raytheon’s design and technologies as mature, producible and low risk; on track to meet all radar performance requirements, on schedule and within cost.
ITS Grecale Conducts 44th Friendly Approach
Italian Navy’s Maestrale class frigate, Grecale F571, recently completed its 44th friendly approach as part of EU Operation Atalanta. The vessel approached a Yemeni dhow on May 3 to strengthen friendly ties and exchange information. ITS Grecale joined Operation Atalanta on February 17 and since cond
Image of the Day: LCAC 27 Transports USS New York’s 24th MEU
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 27, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4, conducts the offloading of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) from the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). The operation was conducted on May 6 in Djibouti. New York is a part of the Iwo Jima Am
US Navy Vessels Engage in RAS in Gulf of Aden
On May 9, US Navy vessels met in the Gulf of Aden for a replenishment-at-sea. The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), rear, and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) conducted a RAS with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-A
Commander MSC Tours USS Frank Cable
Rear Adm. T.K. Shannon, commander, Military Sealift Command (MSC), visited the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) to meet with Sailors and civil service mariners (CIVMARs) and present the ship with the Captain David M. Cook Food Service Excellence Award, May 12. The Captain David M. Cook Food
SNMG2 Commander Updates on Group Ops (Interview)
Standing NATO Maritime Group Two, part of NATO’s four Standing Maritime Groups, recently took part in a multinational military exercise Joint Warrior 2015. In an interview with Rear Adm. Brad Williamson (USA), Commander, Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), Naval Today was provided with some up
USS Abraham Lincoln Reaches Milestone during RCOH
Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and Newport News Shipbuilding’s shipyard workers reached another milestone during the current refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) May 5, successfully reinstalling the ship’s AN/SPS-48 primary air search radar antenna on Lincoln’
USS Jason Dunham Visits Haakonsvern, Norway
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) arrived in Haakonsvern, Norway, for a scheduled port visit, May 13, 2015. Jason Dunham’s presence in the Norway serves to reaffirm the U.S. dedication and commitment toward strengthening the partnerships and joint operationa
New Commander aboard USS Lassen
US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) held a change of command ceremony May 13, while moored at its forward-deployed home port in Yokosuka, Japan. As the ship’s company and invited guests looked on Cmdr. Michael Smith was relieved by Cmdr. Robert Francis during t
HMAS Success Sails Home to Sydney
Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Success has completed her five-month deployment to Operation MANITOU and is heading home to Fleet Base East, Sydney. Deployed as part of Australia’s Joint Task Force 633, the Durance class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship was initially assigned to US Fifth Fleet Tas
USS O’Kane Starts Biggest Drydocking Period in PHNSY History
The guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) completed its move to Dry Dock 4 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on March 4 to begin its drydocking selected restricted availability (DSRA), the biggest in Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNSY) history. O’Kane returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hicka
USS Kauffman Recovers 630 Kg of Cocaine
In collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard, the guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59) recovered approximately 630 kg of cocaine, worth an estimated wholesale value of approximately $23 million in international waters in the drug transit zone of the Eastern Pacific, May 6. During a routine pat