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Hopes fade for Indonesia submarine crew as oxygen dwindles
Apr 24, 2021 (AFP)
While warships, planes and hundreds of military personnel took part in a frantic search for the KRI Nanggala 402, authorities had said the German-built craft wa...
Indonesia military says missing submarine sank
Apr 24, 2021 (AFP)
The navy's chief said a search party had recovered fragments from the KRI Nanggala 402 including items from inside the vessel, whose oxygen reserves were alread...
Navy uses amphibious assault ship as a test center and more naval news
Apr 23, 2021 (UPI)
The USS America, stationed in Sasebo, Japan, with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the 7th Fleet, was the site of the Armed Forces Classification Test on ...
Indonesia navy searching for submarine with 53 aboard
Apr 21, 2021 (AFP)
The German-built KRI Nanggala 402 was scheduled to do live torpedo exercises when it asked for permission to dive early Wednesday morning, authorities said. "Af...
BAE launches Anson submarine at British worksite
Apr 20, 2021 (UPI)
The submarine was moved out from Devonshire Dock Hall and entered the water for the first time Tuesday, according to a press release from the contractor. "The l...
USS The Sullivans deploys to join HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group
Apr 19, 2021 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer departed Mayport, Fla., on Monday and will join a multinational force led by the aircraft carrier. Beginning in May, the strik...
Navy commissions littoral combat ship USS Oakland
Apr 19, 2021 (UPI)
The Oakland, an Independence-class trimaran 418 feetlong and designed to carry a crew of 40 in shallow water and ocean-going situations, officially joined the N...
Russia blocking of Black Sea would be 'unjustified': NATO
Apr 16, 2021 (AFP)
Russian state media have reported that Moscow intends to close parts of the Black Sea to foreign military and official ships for six months. Such a move could a...
USS Bonhomme Richard formally decommissioned
Apr 15, 2021 (UPI)
Wednesday's ceremony highlighted the history of the ship, the Navy said in a press release. It was the third to bear the name Bonhomme Richard, which is a rough...
U.S. Coast Guard cutters arrive in Spain after Atlantic crossing
Apr 14, 2021 (UPI)
The deployments are indicative of a new Navy/Coast Guard joint strategy which emphasizes the law enforcement operations of the Coast Guard, officials said in a ...
USS Wichita, Jamaica's HMJS Cornwall conduct live-fire exercise
Apr 13, 2021 (UPI)
According to a Navy press release, gunners from both ships shot hundreds of rounds at a floating training target nicknamed the "killer tomato." "We enjoyed shoo...
USS Vella Gulf docked at Norfolk for repairs to main reduction gear
Apr 13, 2021 (UPI)
U.S. 2nd Fleet has not offered a timeline for the repairs, according to WTKR and USNI News. The cruiser is stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., and the crew...
USS Freedom littoral combat ship returns from final deployment
Apr 13, 2021 (UPI)
The vessel, which was the Navy's first littoral combat ship, was deployed to support Joint Interagency Task Force South's mission to counter illicit drug traffi...
Destroyer USS Arleigh Burke joins 6th Fleet at Rota, Spain
Apr 12, 2021 (UPI)
The vessel, which departed Naval Station Norfolk, Va., in March for its new home port, arrived there on Sunday, the branch said in a press release. The ship, co...
Eisenhower carrier strike group conducts port visit in Oman
Apr 12, 2021 (UPI)
The aircraft carrier and the guided missile destroyer USS Mitscher arrived at the port for a sustainment and logistics visit on Friday, according to a press rel...
India protests US ship patrol in its waters
Apr 10, 2021 (AFP)
The US Navy said earlier this week that the USS John Paul Jones had asserted "navigational rights and freedoms" in the vicinity of Lakshadweep Islands inside In...
US to send two warships to Black Sea, says Turkey
Apr 09, 2021 (AFP)
The ships will pass through the Bosphorus and enter the increasingly restless region on April 14 and 15 and leave on May 4 and May 5, a Turkish foreign ministry...
USS Abraham Lincoln finishes seven months of maintenance, upgrades
Apr 08, 2021 (UPI)
According to a Navy press release, the availability included periodic maintenance and modernization of combat systems as well as upgrades to crew living, refrig...
Navy wraps 5 weeks of G/ATOR integrated testing
Apr 08, 2021 (UPI)
"It's exciting to be able to test an actual system when you've been working on it for years," said Navy engineer Danny Mudd, G/ATOR program team lead and radar ...
Divers from Tunisian, U.S. navies conduct first joint exercise in a decade
Apr 06, 2021 (UPI)
The engagement featured supplied diving, underwater welding, recompression chamber operations, hydrographic survey techniques and maritime infrastructure assess...
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