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USS Arleigh Burke begins first patrol from new home port in Spain
Aug 04, 2021 (UPI)
The ship's patrol that began on Monday will be the first for the vessel since it moved from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., to its new home port in the spring, acco...
U.S. Navy starts Large Scale Exercise, tests new technology, global readiness
Aug 03, 2021 (UPI)
The U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet and U.S. Navy Forces Europe, kicked off the training in areas of responsibility Tuesday, which will continue t...
Navy christens submarine honoring Adm. Hyman Rickover
Aug 02, 2021 (UPI)
The Virginia-class vessel, constructed by General Dynamics/Electric Boat, is designed for anti-submarine warfare; anti-ship warfare; strike warfare; special ope...
USS Carl Vinson, carrier strike group deploy from San Diego
Aug 02, 2021 (UPI)
The Vinson's carrier strike group is the first to deploy with F-35C Lightning II fighter aircraft aboard, as well as CMV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, USNI, KNS...
Navy decommissions USS Independence, first littoral combat ship of its class
Jul 30, 2021 (UPI)
Its crew delivered the ship's ensign and commissioning pennant in a private ceremony on Thursday. Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. ...
UK rebuffs Chinese media warning over carrier task force
Jul 30, 2021 (AFP)
The flotilla has entered the disputed South China Sea after exercises with Asian allies. It is led by the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, and comprise...
Navy's 7th fleet forms Surface Action Group in South China Sea
Jul 28, 2021 (UPI)
The littoral combat ship USS Tulsa, guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd and a detachment from Commander, Task Group 75.1/Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit a...
USS Mount Whitney sails for U.S.-only Large Scale Exercise 2021
Jul 27, 2021 (UPI)
The U.S.-only event, meant to demonstrate integration abilities and new maritime capabilities, will mimic war at sea and include 36 vessels, including ships, ai...
USS Vella Gulf comes home after four-month deployment
Jul 26, 2021 (UPI)
The ship served with the Navy's Fifth and Sixth Fleets during its deployment, transiting the Sea of Hormuz several times as an escort of cargo ships USNS Carl B...
Keel laid for new Coast Guard cutter Calhoun
Jul 26, 2021 (UPI)
The new ship is a Legend-class, or national security-class vessel, the largest active patrol cutter class of the Coast Guard. Nine have entered service since th...
Led by U.S. Navy, Exercise Cutlass Express 2021 begins in Africa
Jul 26, 2021 (UPI)
The events will be conducted in waters near Djibouti, Kenya, Madagascar and Seychelles, with a concentration on information sharing and interdiction procedures,...
Admiral says next-gen U.S. Navy submarines will have strongest aspects of predecessors
Jul 24, 2021 (UPI)
Adm. Bill Houston, director of the Navy's undersea warfare requirements office, said during a panel discussion that the service is "looking at the ultimate apex...
US Navy's secret nuclear submarine will be apex predator
Jul 24, 2021 (Sputnik)
The US Navy's top-secret future nuclear attack submarine project, or SSN(X) is expected to combine the best fighting qualities of its predecessors and serve as ...
NATO's 'Shark Hunt 21' anti-submarine exercise begins in North Atlantic
Jul 23, 2021 (UPI)
France, Canada, Britain and the United States are participants, bringing three submarines, four surface ships and seven aircraft, including the U.S. Navy's guid...
Admiral says next-gen U.S. Navy submarines will have strongest aspects of predecessors
Jul 22, 2021 (UPI)
Adm. Bill Houston, director of the Navy's undersea warfare requirements office, said during a panel discussion that the service is "looking at the ultimate apex...
Combat ship USS Canberra commissioned in Australia
Jul 22, 2021 (UPI)
The Canberra, an Independence-class littoral combat ship named after the Australian capital, was commissioned at an Australian naval base in Sydney Harbor. "We,...
Navy's newest 'berthing barge' leaves the factory
Jul 21, 2021 (UPI)
The APL 67-class "berthing barge," 269 feet long and 68.7 feet wide, will travel to Naval Base San Diego, and eventually to Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan, after it...
USS Donald Cook arrives in Florida after seven-year deployment in Europe
Jul 20, 2021 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class missile-destroyer and its crew of 340 returned to the United States on Sunday after the years-long deployment to Naval Station Rota in S...
UK warns China as dispatches carrier group to Japan
Jul 20, 2021 (AFP)
A strike group of Royal Navy ships spearheaded by the giant new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is en route to the Asia-Pacific region. After exercises wit...
USS Ronald Reagan, carrier strike group conduct Arabian Sea exercises
Jul 19, 2021 (UPI)
The aircraft carrier and its strike group, vessels from Destroyer Squadron 15 and the submarine USS Georgia joined for anti-submarine warfare tactics and proced...
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