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USS Germantown returns to San Diego after a decade in Japan
Sep 16, 2021 (UPI)
The USS Germantown, which has detached from Amphibious Squadron 11, is returning to San Diego, the same port it departed from on Jan. 5, 2011 to replace the USS...
German frigate denied Chinese port call, says Berlin
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
The decision, announced by Beijing after weeks of stalling, deals a blow to German hopes that a Chinese stop could help defuse tensions over the naval mission. ...
Navy, Marines enter Middle East-based U.S. 5th Fleet for training
Sep 14, 2021 (UPI)
The Navy said in a press release that the drills will be conducted alongside regional and coalition partners in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, a vast ar...
U.S., Thailand conduct maritime training exercise
Sep 13, 2021 (UPI)
The 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training exercise took place last week virtually and in the Gulf of Thailand as a contactless exercise to mitig...
Navy awards $500M contract for Pearl Harbor, Puget Sound naval shipyards
Sep 13, 2021 (UPI)
The five-year contract award will support projects to modernize Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Hawaii and Puget Sound Nava...
USS Carl Vinson, carrier strike group enter South China Sea
Sep 09, 2021 (UPI)
While in the South China Sea, which is claimed by China and other countries in the region, the strike group will conduct flight operations with fixed and rotary...
USS Benfold asserts freedom of operation in South China Sea near Spratly Islands
Sep 08, 2021 (UPI)
The U.S. 7th Fleet said it was undeterred by a statement by the Chinese military claiming "indisputable sovereignty" over the Spratly Islands and saying it had ...
Navy picks new construction chief at Maine's Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Sep 08, 2021 (UPI)
Capt. Frank Carroll was commissioned for the position in the Kittery, Maine, shipyard last week, the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command said on Tuesda...
British warships set sail to Indo-Pacific as new carrier prepares for joint exercises
Sep 07, 2021 (UPI)
Warships MS Spey and Tamar have left HM Naval Base Portsmouth and are currently sailing across the Atlantic on their way to the Indo-Pacific, where they will op...
USS Carl Vinson first non-forward deployed carrier to stop at Yokosuka in 10 years
Sep 07, 2021 (UPI)
The stop at the port, located south of Tokyo, is intended to give the 70 aircraft and 5,000 crew members a chance to rest after being away for several months, t...
USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams pulls into Angola port for scheduled visit
Sep 07, 2021 (UPI)
During the scheduled port visit, Cmdr. Ernique Sesler, the ship's executive officer, will lead the crew's participation in the Women, Peace, and Security confer...
British aircraft carrier in Japan on Indo-Pacific mission
Sep 06, 2021 (AFP)
The Queen Elizabeth is the flagship of the UK's Carrier Strike Group deployment, which has been making stops around Japan and carrying out exercises along with ...
US, Israeli warships conduct combined patrol in Red Sea
Sep 01, 2021 (UPI)
The exercise included the U.S. 5th Fleet's guided-missile cruiser USS and a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft along with an Israeli navy corvette...
USS Tripoli completes review meant to 'fully flex' ship's crew, systems
Aug 31, 2021 (UPI)
The USS Tripoli completed the final contract trials, an in-depth review of its crew and systems, and will now move on to a post-shakedown availability period fo...
USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams trains with Brazilian ship off African coast
Aug 31, 2021 (UPI)
The drill, part of the Brazilian-led GUINEX-I training exercise off the Gulf of Guinea, was meant to improve the regional interoperability between forces with a...
Navy sends third, final Zumwalt-class destroyer to sea trials
Aug 30, 2021 (UPI)
The USS Lyndon B. Johnson, christened in April 2019, left the Bath Iron Works shipyard on Friday, the company said in a tweet, and is expected to be commissione...
USS Vermont sub celebrates commissioning a year late due to COVID-19
Aug 30, 2021 (UPI)
The ceremony for the Vermont was held Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London, Submarine Readiness Squadron 32 said in a statement. "We get to finally say, ...
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Kidd moves through Taiwan Strait
Aug 27, 2021 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd moved through the Taiwan Strait, the U.S. Navy's Japan-based 7th Fleet announced on Friday. The ship w...
HII holds steel cutting ceremony for Ford-class aircraft carrier Doris Miller
Aug 26, 2021 (UPI)
Huntington Ingalls Industries hosted the steel cutting event Wednesday at its Newport News Shipbuilding division in Virginia, according to a Wednesday company p...
USS Oklahoma City submarine returns to Guam after deployment
Aug 25, 2021 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy's Submarine Squadron 15 announced on Facebook Tuesday that the Los Angeles-class submarine made its return after a scheduled deployment on Aug. 20...
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