The 122-year-old U.S. Coast Guard Shipyard at Curtis Bay in Baltimore is a full-service shipyard and an integral part of the Coast Guard’s Surface Forces Logistics Center. Known simply as the yard, it has a growing workload as new classes…
Indian Navy Commissions New Warships
MUMBAI — India commissioned its newest surface combatant, the 7400-ton guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam (D61), Nov. 21, and its newest submarine, INS Vela (S24), Nov. 25, both in Mumbai. Visakhapatnam is the lead ship in a class of four stealth…
Roundtable Sees NATO Taking a Global Approach to Maritime Security
NORFOLK, Va. — The Combined Operations From the Sea Centre of Excellence (CJOS COE), based in Norfolk, conducted its annual maritime security regimes roundtable as a virtual event last week. CJOS is one of the 27 NATO accredited cenersof excellence….
Navy-Owned Deep-Diving Alvin Being Certified for Operations to 6,500 Meters
The deep-diving Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin is being certified for return to service following completion of a series of modernization and improvements. Alvin is currently undergoing certification dives near Bermuda. Thanks to Alvin’s three-inch-thick titanium sphere, researchers can study the…
Rapid HIMARS Deployment to Remote Location Demonstrates Distributed Lethality
GOTLAND, Sweden — Sweden and the United States conducted a recent exercise to deploy a mobile rocket launcher to a remote location and quickly engage targets. Both Swedish and American C-130 Hercules aircraft demonstrated the ability to land on roads…
Maritime Security Regimes Round Table Will Address Present Challenges, Future Opportunities
The Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Centre of Excellence (CJOS COE) is conducting a virtual Maritime Security Regimes round table (MSR RT) Nov. 3-4. With an international staff representing 13 nations, the CJOS COE is led by Vice Adm….
Wreck of Storied Revenue Cutter Found
One of the America’s most iconic ships, which sailed the high seas in the Revenue Cutter Service, Coast Guard and Navy from the Arctic to Antarctica, has been found on the bottom of the ocean. The U.S. Revenue Cutter (USRC) Bear…
India, Japan Conclude Joint Naval Exercises in Arabian Sea
A significant bilateral naval exercise just completed in the Arabian Sea. The navies of Japan and India conducted JIMDEX 2021, the fifth iteration of their joint maritime exercises, which ran Oct. 6-8. The exercise was led by Rear Adm. Ajay…
Royal Navy Looks to Canadian Coast Guard for Arctic Training and Expertise
The U.K. Royal Navy is learning the cold facts about operating in the Arctic from shipmates in the Canadian Coast Guard, who have a great deal of cold weather experience. British sailors are training with Canadians to learn how to…
NATO’S Naval Mine Warfare Centre of Excellence Leverages Institutional Knowledge, Expertise
The NATO Naval Mine Warfare Centre of Excellence (NMW COE) in Ostend, Belgium, is NATO’s main source of expertise regarding all aspects of NMW, leveraging the collective knowledge and expertise from the entire NMW community in support of the alliance….
