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April 2, 2020 – INS Nireekshak, a Diving support vessel of Southern Naval Command, based at Kochi, on mission patrol along the Kerala Coast came to the rescue of 10 fishermen stranded onboard Fishing Boat Saint Nicholas, of Tamilnadu origin on 01 Apr 20 off Kochi. The boat with 10 crew, did not have sufficient fuel, water and provision to…
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April 2, 2020 – On Tuesday 31 March 2020, Rear Admiral Wendy Malcolm, Head of Maritime Systems (HMS), received high praise from Commodore Steve Hughes, Commander Surface Force, regarding the outstanding work of the ACPC LHD Sustainment teams at Garden Island. Navantia Australia currently has 30 personnel involved with providing sustainment services to both Canberra class LHDs. CDRE Hughes told…
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April 2, 2020 – RFA Argus has set sail for the Caribbean in preparation to support the British Overseas Territories during the upcoming hurricane season and will be able to assist with the response to the Covid-19 pandemic if required. RFA Argus’ deployment to the Caribbean had been scheduled for the hurricane season, but she will now be able to…
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April 1, 2020 – Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Technical Solutions division was selected by the U.S. Navy to provide integrated logistics support (ILS) for the hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) systems and equipment installed on surface ships and submarines. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ), cost-plus-fixed-fee multiple-award contract has a potential value of $41 million over five years, if all options…
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April 1, 2020 (Google Translation) – On Thursday, April 2nd, 2020, the task force supplier “Berlin” will leave the home port of Wilhelmshaven in the direction of the Aegean at 09:30 a.m. for a good five months in order to meet the frigate “Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania” in the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2). This had started towards the Mediterranean…
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Apri1 1, 2020 – U.S. Navy Expeditionary Landing Base ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3), assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT), has been conducting joint naval and air integration operations with U.S. Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopters assigned to U.S. Army Central Command’s (USARCENT) Task Force Saber, throughout the month of March. The operations, which are designed…
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April 1, 2020 – The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) treated her first patients Apr. 1 in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts. Local health officials, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have established patient transfer protocols, with careful consideration to the safety and security of patients and medical care providers aboard…
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April 2, 2020 (Google Translation) – Today, the lead frigate of project 22350 “Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov” left Severomorsk to the Barents Sea. The ship makes a transition to the Belomorsky naval base, where scheduled maintenance with partial modernization of systems and mechanisms will take place at the enterprises of the ship repair complex. After…
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