HMS Iron Duke has had her first port visit on her six month operational deployment to the Canary Island port of Santa Cruz in Tenerife. The 4,200 tonne warship went alongside the cruise ship port of Santa Cruz, the Capital of Tenerife for a 4 day visit, prior to embarking on her operations off [&h
The US Coast Guard rescued two people after their 70-foot pleasure craft caught fire near Destruction Island, Washington, Friday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, Washington, received a distress call on VHF-FM radio channel 16, at approximately 12:58 p.m., from a recreational
Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has acquired STX Canada Marine Inc., a leading marine engineering and design company with more than 30 years history in North America, for approx. NOK 65 million. Headquartered i
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s JS Kunisaki (LST 4003), carrying a multinational crew of U.S., Australian, Malaysian and Japanese personnel, arrived in Tacloban July 4 as part of Pacific Partnership 2014 (PP14). The ship and its roughly 300 embarked personnel arrived nearly eight months af
NUSHIP Canberra can carry more than 1,400 personnel, but how would they all leave the ship in the case of an emergency? Ten Canberra personnel found out the answer when they attended Mass Evacuation System (MES) training. The Landing Helicopter Dock is fitted with six Mass Evacuation stations. Eac
Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy joined the crew of the Arleigh-burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) for their summer training on June 29. The embarked midshipmen are assigned to Roosevelt for two weeks to further professional development, instill a sense of pride and
Members from U.S. 4th Fleet and Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) were onboard Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV-1) from 5-12 June executing a multi-faceted experiment examining the JHSV’s ability to conduct alternate missions. The main goal for the experimentation campaign, co-de
Three U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen departed the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) after three weeks on board the ship June 16. While on board, the midshipmen, were exposed to various operations and experienced first-hand life on board a ship. While midshipmen were on board they had t
U.S. Navy Ships Join Seafair Celebrations Sailors aboard the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), and guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) will be in Seattle for Seafair as part of the annual festival’s Fleet Week, marking
Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group TWO (SNMCMG2), one of NATO’s four Standing Maritime Forces, entered the Black Sea on Thursday, 3 July 2014, in a regularly scheduled deployment to enhance NATO’s solidarity and readiness in the region. Led by Captain Giovanni Piegaja (ITA Navy), SNMCMG2 is
In the image above sailors aboard the USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) are preparing to celebrate the Independence Day, or the Fourth of July, a federal holiday in the United States of America commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Ki
History was made today as Her Majesty The Queen officially named the Royal UK Navy’s new aircraft carrier. At 56 metres she is taller than Niagara Falls and, with a flight deck the size of 60 tennis courts, she is the largest ship ever built for the Royal Navy. Today, at HMS Queen Elizabeth’s [&he
Following a challenging week on the Perisher Submarine Command Course, two groups of HMS Lancaster’s personnel visited the surrounding Scottish islands. Lancaster was on hand to do what she does best, hunt and destroy submarines, and in turn the RN’s ‘silent service’ tried to sink their ‘target,’
The frigate ‘Cristóbal Colón’ (F-105) has participated in a ballistic missile defense (BMD) exercise in the Mediterranean Sea on June 26th and 27th, providing air protection to the US Navy cruiser ‘USS Vella Gulf’ (CG-72) whose combat system is capable of intercepting ballistic targets outside the e
