WALVIS BAY, Namibia — Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base ship USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) and Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) ship repair experts hosted a ship check event attended by commercial maintenance providers during a recent…
FRC Seizes $85 Million in Heroin in NAVCENT Region
MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized an estimated $85 million worth of heroin from a fishing vessel while patrolling the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 27, representing the largest illegal drug interdiction in the Middle East…
Crowley Awarded Maritime Prepositioning Force Contract by MSC
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Crowley has been awarded a contract for the operation and maintenance of six government-owned Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) vessels of the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, the company said Sept. 26. Crowley Government Solutions will carry out…
Coast Guard Decommissions Bahrain-based Patrol Boat Baranof
MANAMA, Bahrain — The USCGC Baranof (WPB 1318) was decommissioned during a ceremony aboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Sept. 26., the Coast Guard Atlantic Area said in a release, Vice Adm. Kevin Lunday, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area,…
MIND Technology Completes Successful Demo of Sea Serpent Low-Cost ASW System
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — MIND Technology Inc. has completed a successful demonstration of its Sea Serpent low-cost antisubmarine warfare system as a part of the U.S. Navy’s Coastal Trident 2022 exercise, the company said Sept. 27. For the demonstration the…
Russian, Chinese Naval Ships Operate Near the Aleutians
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Kimball crew on a routine patrol in the Bering Sea encountered a People’s Republic of China Guided Missile Cruiser, Renhai CG 101, sailing approximately 75 nautical miles north of Kiska Island,…
Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Cooperstown
WASHINGTON — The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin, Sept. 20, PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants Public Affairs said in a release. The ship is the 12th…
USS Hué City Decommissioned After 31 Years of Service
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK — With plank owners, former crew members and veterans of the Battle of Hué in attendance, the crew of USS Hué City (CG 66) decommissioned their ship at a Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, ceremony on Sept. 23,…
CNO, Commander of Belgian Navy Discuss Increasing Capabilities and Capacity
WASHINGTON — Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday met with the Commander of the Belgian Navy Rear Adm. Jan de Beurme at the Pentagon for an office call on Sept. 23, the CNO’s Public Affairs office said in a…
USCGC Tahoma Returns to New Homeport after 66-day Patrol
Newport, R.I. — The crew of the USCGC Tahoma (WMEC 908) returned to their new homeport Sept. 19 after a 66-day patrol in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard Atlantic Area said in a release. …
