Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress
Day: July 2, 2020
Navy Frigate (FFG[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress
USS Preble Returns After Successful Counter-Narcotics Deployment
June 25, 2020 – USS Preble (DDG 88) returned to their homeport of Pearl Harbor following the ship’s surge deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, June 25. Preble, along with a detachment from “Easyriders” from Helicopter Maritime Squadron (HSM) 37, deployed in March 2020 to conduct U.S. Southern Command and Joint Interagency Task Force South’s enhanced counter-narcotics…
Read MoreExercise GABIAN 20.2 Concludes in the Mediterranean Sea
June 26, 2020 (Google Translation) – From 15 to 19 June 2020, a new GABIAN 20.2 exercise bringing together 9 surface vessels as well as the 22F , 31F , 35F , 36F flotillas and the 22S squadron was held in the Mediterranean Sea. Among them were the multi-mission frigates (FREMM) Provence and the Italian frigate Margottini , the command…
Read MoreNORESCO & US Navy Break Ground on Cogeneration System at Naval Submarine Base New London
June 26, 2020 – NORESCO, a national leader in energy efficiency, resiliency and infrastructure solutions, participated today in the ceremonial groundbreaking of a cogeneration and microgrid system expansion at Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE NLON). The work is being performed through a 21-year, $169.3 million energy savings performance contract (ESPC). The ESPC project will support 100% of the power…
Read MoreUSS Carney Departs Rota for New Homeport of Mayport
June 29, 2020 – USS Carney (DDG 64) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, for the last time as a Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) asset, June 27, 2020. USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), named after the 32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor, replaced Carney in the first of four scheduled homeport shifts to occur in support of the…
Read MoreEisenhower CSG Conducts ASW Exercise in the Arabian Sea
June 17, 2020 – The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) conducted a live, non-firing advanced anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise in the Arabian Sea June 15-17. Exercise participants included the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS San Jacinto (CG 56), USS Truxtun (DDG 103), embarked aviation elements from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON)…
Read MoreFrench Naval Aviators Win US Award
June 26, 2020 (Google Translation) – This Wednesday, June 24, in Toulon, where the Center of Maritime Operations (COM) in the Mediterranean and the Command of the Carrier Strike Group are based, the award of the prize for excellence in anti-submarine warfare was delivered by the commander. of the 6th American fleet. Each year, the 6th fleet rewards its most…
Read MoreUSS Kidd Renders Assistance at Sea
July 1, 2020 – USS Kidd (DDG 100) assisted a fishing vessel in distress while operating in the U.S. Fourth Fleet area of operations June 30. The fishing vessel experienced a mechanical failure, leaving it unable to operate at sea. Kidd received notification of a distress call and sent several members of the ship’s Rescue and Assistance (R&A) team along…
Read MoreFGS Rhon Returns from SNMG1
July 1, 2020 (Google Translation) – On Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 4 p.m., the “Rhön” fuel transporter returns to the Wilhelmshaven naval base. It ended at the beginning of March for the SNMG 1 (Standing NATO Maritime Group 1). The NATO association essentially consisted of a Norwegian flagship, a Danish frigate and the tanker “Rhön” of the German Navy.…
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