OAK HARBOR, Wash. – Sailors from Patrol Squadron Nine (VP-9) returned home to family and friends after a successful deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs said in a May 10 release. VP-9…
Coast Guard Repatriates 13 of 14 Migrants to Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser crew repatriated 13 of 14 migrants to the Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of a migrant vessel just off the coast of Rincon, Puerto Rico, the Coast Guard 7th…
CNO and Maine Senators Visit Bath Iron Works; CNO Emphasizes shipbuilding
WASHINGTON (NNS) – Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday traveled to Bath, Maine, May 10 to visit Bath Iron Works with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, his public affairs officer said in a release. …
USCGC Hamilton Conducts Exercises with Ukraine
BLACK SEA — The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) conducted a series of operational exercises with Ukraine, May 9, 2021, in the Black Sea, the Coast Guard Atlantic Area said in a May 9 release. Hamilton conducted maritime…
Rolls-Royce to Supply MTU Generator Sets for U.S. Navy Frigate Program
RESTON, Va. — Rolls-Royce has been selected to supply its MTU naval generator sets for phase one of the U.S. Navy’s Constellation (FFG 62)- class frigate program, previously known as the FFG(X) program. Rolls-Royce has received a contract for the first shipset…
IRGCN FIAC Conduct Unsafe Maneuvers near U.S. Ships in Strait of Hormuz
BAHRAIN — On May 10, 2021, Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC), a type of speedboat armed with machine guns, conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers and failed to exercise due regard for the safety…
Fourth New Harbor Tug Delivered to the U.S. Navy
ANACORTES, WASHINGTON – Yard Tug (YT) 811 was successfully launched at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI), May 8, the Navy’s Program Executive Office – Ships said in a release. YT 811 is the Navy’s fourth of six YT 808-class harbor tugboats ordered in…
Sense-and-Avoid Capability Will Enable MQ-4C Triton to Operate in Shared Airspace
SAN DIEGO — Northrop Grumman Corp. has been contracted by the U.S. Navy to prototype and reduce the risk of integrating sense and avoid (SAA) capabilities into the high-altitude, long-endurance MQ-4C Triton autonomous system, the company said in a May…
Navy Orders Five New Utility Landing Craft
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has ordered five more of its new utility landing craft (LCU) for its amphibious warfare forces. Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Swiftships of Morgan City, Louisiana, a $59.3 million modification to a previously awarded…
Cutter Legare Returns Home after 50-Day Counter-Narcotics Deployment
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) returned to its homeport at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Virginia, after a seven week counter-narcotic patrol in the Central Caribbean on May 7, the Coast Guard 5th District said…
