By Naval Foundry Propeller Center Public Affairs, April 11, 2025 PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Navy’s Naval Foundry and Propeller Center (NFPC) delivered the final major propulsor component for the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), the future USS District of…
USS Minnesota Returns Home to Naval Base Guam
From Petty Officer 1st Class Nikita Custer, April 15, 2025 NAVAL BASE GUAM (April 14, 2025) – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returned to its homeport of Naval Base Guam following its first operational tasking while forward-deployed…
Navy Secretary Embarks Gerald R. Ford for First Carrier Visit
15 April 2025 ATLANTIC OCEAN – Secretary of the Navy John Phelan embarked USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, to observe the strike group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Apr. 10-11. The…
USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Returns to Norfolk from Forward Deployment
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. – The U.S Navy expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, April 10, 2025, after operating forward deployed for almost five years, supporting U.S. Navy and allied efforts in the U.S….
USS Emory S. Land returns to Guam
From Seaman Apprentice Mario Reyes Villatoro, April 9, 2025 NAVAL BASE GUAM – The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) returned to its homeport in Apra Harbor, Guam, April 9, 2025. Emory S. Land’s arrival marked the completion of…
USS Shiloh Returns to Home Port After Oceania Maritime Security Initiative 2025
From U.S. 3rd Fleet, April 7, 2025 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) returned to its home port, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 4, 2025. Shiloh, in partnership with an embarked Law Enforcement Detachment…
Navy Commissions Attack Submarine USS Iowa
By Joe Markowski, Submarine Readiness Squadron 32, April 7, 2025 GROTON, Conn. – Christie Vilsack, Iowa’s sponsor and former First Lady of Iowa, gave the crew the traditional order to “man our ship and bring her to life,” after which Iowa’s sailors…
Sea-Air-Space: Navy Spearheads Historic Investments in Shore Infrastructure
The U.S. Navy is modernizing the condition, configuration and affordability of its public shipyards and shore infrastructure, according to Rear Admiral Dean VanderLey, including by departing in some cases from traditional acquisition strategies. “Our shore infrastructure on our Navy bases…
Sea-Air-Space: Shipbuilding, Industrial Base Concerns Come to the Fore for SECNAV, Congress
Fourteen days into his tenure as the 79th secretary of the Navy, John Phelan said he plans to focus on three things: strengthening the shipbuilding industry and defense industrial base; creating an accountable, adaptable warfighting culture; and improving the health,…
Sea-Air-Space: Fighting from the MOC Requires Standardization, Speakers Say
The concept of “fighting from the MOC” will require much greater standardization of Maritime Operations Centers, in training, equipping, resupplying and data management and protection, speakers said at a panel April 7 at Sea-Air-Space. The MOCs are purpose-built for fleet…
