SAN DIEGO — BAE Systems has received a $200 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform nearly 18 months of maintenance and modernization work aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, according to a company release. The drydocking of the USS Boxer will…
Coast Guard Oversees Disembarkation of Port Everglades Cruise Passengers; 31 Medically Evacuated
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard on April 2 helped oversee the offloading of more than 1,200 passengers from the cruise ships Zaandam and Rotterdam in Port Everglades, Florida, according to a Coast Guard Headquarters release. This combined with one remaining disembarkation being coordinated represents the processing of more than…
Attack Submarine USS Delaware Joins Fleet
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Delaware, the 18th Virginia-class attack submarine, on April 4, according to a Navy release. Although the traditional commissioning ceremony was canceled due to restrictions on large gatherings brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Navy commissioned USS Delaware administratively and transitioned the ship to normal operations….
Bollinger Delivers 38th Fast-Response Cutter, Harold Miller, to Coast Guard
LOCKPORT, La. — Bollinger Shipyards delivered the fast-response cutter (FRC) Harold Miller to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida, on April 2, the company said in a release. The cutter is the 161st vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a…
Former Commander of Theodore Roosevelt to Replace Ousted Skipper
ARLINGTON, Va. — The most recent former commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt will replace the aircraft carrier’s ousted skipper, Capt. Brett Crozier, who was dismissed April 2 after his plea to the U.S. Navy for more help dealing with…
Captain of COVID-19-Plagued Aircraft Carrier Relieved of Command
ARLINGTON, Va. — The commander of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt — whose letter to U.S. Navy brass about leadership’s slow response to a coronavirus outbreak that endangered his crew was leaked to a San Francisco newspaper — has…
New York, L.A. Hospital Ships See Few Patients But Brace for Expected Wave
ARLINGTON, Va. — Both commanders of medical operations on the two Military Sealift Command hospital ships sent to ease the load of non-coronavirus cases at hard-pressed local hospitals in Los Angeles and New York City said their staffs have treated…
Navy, Coast Guard to Surge Drug-Interdiction Support to SOUTHCOM
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard will surge ships and aircraft to the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility to counter increased cartel drug running amid the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump and Defense Department officials announced. At an April 1 press briefing at the White House,…
COVID-19 Testing, Isolation Expand for Crew of Aircraft Carrier as Navy Dismisses Captain
ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. Navy officials are scrambling to find accommodations on Guam to isolate thousands of Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, the first — and, so far, only — deployed Navy ship to be caught up…
Navy Surface Forces, Army Attack Helicopters Conduct Ops in Arabian Gulf
PERSIAN GULF — U.S. Navy expeditionary landing base ship USS Lewis B. Puller has been conducting joint naval and air integration operations with U.S. Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopters assigned to Army Central Command’s Task Force Saber throughout March, according to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT) public affairs. …
