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British, Baltic navies conduct Baltic Sea exercises
Mar 12, 2021 (UPI)
It is the first major operation of the Joint Expeditionary Force, a Britain-led partnership of nine northern European countries -- Denmark, Finland, Estonia, La...
Navy battles bedbugs aboard submarine USS Connecticut
Mar 12, 2021 (UPI)
The presence of bedbugs, parasites which hide in daylight and bite exposed skin to draw blood of victims in darkness, was first observed aboard the submarine af...
NATO anti-submarine exercises conclude in Mediterranean Sea
Mar 12, 2021 (UPI)
Maritime forces of the United States, France, Turkey, Italy and Greece participated in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare drills near the Catania, Italy, h...
Navy accepts delivery of USS Daniel Inouye
Mar 09, 2021 (UPI)
Last month, the Inouye completed its acceptance trials, which included a series of demonstrations, at pierside and at sea, of the ship's onboard systems. And in...
Destroyer USS Forrest Sherman completes repairs
Mar 05, 2021 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer underwent a Scheduled Restricted Availability, repairs and selected alterations required to sustain the ship's ...
USS Donald Cook joins French carrier strike group in NATO exercise
Mar 03, 2021 (UPI)
The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is an element of NATO's two-week Dynamic Manta 2021 exercises, off the coast of Sicily. On Wednesday, the ship's Carrier ...
HII launches Virginia-class submarine USS Montana
Mar 03, 2021 (UPI)
The 7,800-ton Virginia-class submarine was christened in a virtual ceremony on Oct. 3, 2020, and has since been in a floating dry dock at the HII Newport News S...
Sri Lanka offers strategic deep-sea port to India, Japan
Mar 02, 2021 (AFP)
The government last month abruptly pulled out of an agreement with Delhi and Tokyo to jointly develop the partially built East Container Terminal, located next ...
USS Kearsarge departs Norfolk for sea trials
Mar 02, 2021 (UPI)
The crew is scheduled to test critical systems, operations and personnel requirements needed for deployment. Planned tests include an anchor drop test, a live-f...
U.S. Navy rolls out aboard-ship stress management initiative
Mar 01, 2021 (UPI)
The Expanded Operational Stress Control, or E-OSC, Program using stress mitigation leveraging techniques with standardized support structures at the command lev...
Eisenhower, strike group conduct operations near Canary Islands
Mar 01, 2021 (UPI)
The drills, off the West African coast, in the 6th Fleet area of operations, are meant to "support maritime security operations in international waters alongsid...
Cruiser USS Vella Gulf returns home to repair fuel oil leak
Feb 26, 2021 (UPI)
The ship is expected to return to Norfolk, Va., its homeport, on Friday. The leak was discovered while the Ticonderoga-class ship, commissioned in 1993, was ope...
USS Port Royal, USS John Paul Jones participate in Joint Air Defense Exercise
Feb 25, 2021 (UPI)
JADEX, which this year took place in the Gulf of Oman between Feb. 17 and 19, is a bi-annual three day-long training event focused on increasing air defense rea...
NATO begins anti-submarine warfare exercises in Italy
Feb 22, 2021 (UPI)
The Dynamic Manta 2021 drills, designed to enhance interoperability and proficiency in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare skills, conclude on March 5. The ...
Aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis to undergo $2.99B, four-year overhaul
Feb 22, 2021 (UPI)
"This effort refuels, overhauls and modernizes USS John C. Stennis to support the second half of its 50-year service life," Defense Department officials said Fr...
Navy decommissions three coastal patrol ships
Feb 19, 2021 (UPI)
The USS Tornado, the USS Sharmal and the USS Tornado were formally decommissioned and given new statuses at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. Designed for transportin...
Navy seeks new underwater drones to help contain submarine threat
Feb 19, 2021 (UPI)
The system would improve the current Littoral Battlespace Sensing Glider, which generally deploy from oceanographic survey ships and would measure water conditi...
Dismantling of USS Bonhomme Richard to begin in April
Feb 17, 2021 (UPI)
The amphibious assault ship caught fire in San Diego in July and burned for four days. The extensive damage to its flight deck, mast and tower levels would cost...
Australian army plans new amphibious landing craft for fleet
Feb 16, 2021 (UPI)
While the service's Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo vehicle, or LARC-V, vessels are unlikely to change much, the Landing Craft Mechanized, Mark 8, or LCM-8...
Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour arrives in Virginia for F-35B certification
Feb 15, 2021 (UPI)
The Italian ship, 800 feet long and carrying over 1,200 officers, crew and an aircraft flight wing, arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on Saturday to start ...
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