USCGC Forward Returns Home to Virginia
US Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) returned to Portsmouth March 3 following a 75-day patrol of the Windward Passage. During the patrol, Forward’s crew intercepted five unlawful migrant voyages…
Gorch Fock Departs Kiel for Training Cruise to Africa
On Friday, March 8, 2024 at 10 a.m., the German Navy sailing training ship will leave its home port of Kiel to begin the 177th foreign training trip (AAR). This…
MV Cape Horn Offload Sets Stage for Cobra Gold 24
Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered ship MV Cape Horn (T-AKR 5068) continued its voyage through the Pacific and arrived at Sattahip, Thailand, to offload equipment in support of exercise Cobra…
Sri Lanka Holds Fleet Review in Trincomalee
Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, the President and Commander – in – Chief of the Armed Forces of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka visited Trincomalee 1st March to review the naval…
HII Completes Acceptance Trials for Richard M McCool Jr (LPD 29)
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced March 4 the successful completion of acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico for amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29), the final…
First World War HMAS Sleuth Still Going Strong in Sydney
Commissioned 18 January 1917 Decommissioned 19 February 1920 Dimensions & Displacement Displacement 108 tons Length 100 feet (overall) Beam 16 feet 4.5 inches Draught 8 feet 2 inches Performance Speed…
Reliance Interdicts $57 Million in Illicit Drugs
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (WMEC 615) returned to their homeport February 24 following a 57-day counterdrug patrol. Patrolling in support of Joint Interagency Task Force-South, the Reliance crew stopped…
Thetis Disrupts Illegal Narcotics Trafficking
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) returned to their homeport in Key West February 23 following a 62-day patrol in the Central Caribbean Sea. Thetis worked in support of…
NATO Dynamic Manta 2024 exercise kicks off
The Dynamic Manta 2024 exercise started yesterday, February 26. Until 8 March, the training activity called Dynamic Manta will take place in the central Mediterranean area, which, since 2013, has…
Pearl Harbor Celebrates Milestone at Historic Dry Dock Construction
The Navy celebrated an early milestone in its largest construction project to date – Dry Dock 5 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) –…