Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus joined Ackerman, Miss., Mayor Dick Cain to announce today that the name of the Department of the Navy’s next Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) will be United States Naval Ship (USNS) Choctaw County, during a brief ceremony today at Ackerman High School, Ackerman, Miss.
GE Marine is to provide IHI of Tokyo with LM2500 and LM500 gas turbines for the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force’s new 22DDH destroyer… (motorship) [mappress] Source: motorship, October 07, 2011;
USS Memphis’ (SSN 691) commanding officer, and three Sailors are participating in their final namesake visit to the “Volunteer State”, Oct. 6-9. The crew of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine is visiting their namesake state prior to the completion of Memphis’ inactivation in early 2012. Memphis
Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Oct. 5, after a scheduled six-month deployment. “Bremerton completed a very successful deployment operating in both the U.S. 5th and U.S. 7th Fleets and accomplished numerous missions vital to national sec
The city of Jackson now shares its name not just with a president, but also a U.S. Navy combat ship. clarionledger [mappress] Source: clarionledger, October 06, 2011
The Marine Corps will deploy the Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned K-MAX®to Afghanistan next month. The decision follows the successful completion of a five-day Quick Reaction Assessment for the U.S. Navy’s Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program. A formal report, released last week by Comman
US Navy’s delegation has completed training of Ukrainian Navy units in damage control matters, reported Ukrainian defense ministry’s press service. The American delegation consisting of US Navy’s damage control instructors was accompanied by officers of Ukrainian Navy HQ. American instructors taught
USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) deployed for its sixth deployment in seven years in support of Amphibious-Southern Partnership Station 2012 (A-SPS 12), Oct. 3. This A-SPS 12 mission is comprised of members from each branch of military service. The mission is focused on working together with the partner nation
Ships assigned to the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) served as the key platform for counter-piracy training conducted Oct. 1 by the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit during a certification exercise (CERTEX) off the coast of Southern California. Led by Commander, Amphibious Squadron Five (PHI
Statement made Oct. 5 by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta on stationing Aegis ships at Rota, Spain: “Good afternoon. I am delighted to be here. This is my first meeting here at NATO as secretary of defense and I am particularly delighted to be here alongside President Zapatero and Secretary-Gene
System upgrades provided by Northrop Grumman Corporation into the ANZAC Class frigate HMAS Perth helped optimize the performance of the ship’s Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) system during recent sea trials conducted by the Royal Australian Navy. Northrop Grumman supplied equipment containing a m
The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) arrived in Subic Bay Oct. 1 for a visit as part of its deployment to the Western Pacific. With a crew of approximately 160, Ohio will conduct a multitude of missions and showcase the latest capabilities of the submarine fleet. “The Officers
Underwater, the Remus does what man on the surface can not. Mark Ockerbloom (myfoxboston) [mappress] Source: myfoxboston, October 05 , 2011
The forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9) conducted a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) in the Philippine Sea Oct. 3. The ship received more than 160,000 gallons of diesel fuel marine a
