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February 26, 2021 – Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Mersey has tracked the movements of a surfaced Russian submarine as it sailed through waters close to the UK. The River-class offshore patrol vessel was on watch as the Kilo-class diesel powered attack submarine RFS Rostov Na Donu sailed through wintry seas in the North Sea and English Channel on its…
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February 19, 2021 – A Navy carrier strike group got a first glimpse at what future operations could look like, with SEALs providing forward targeting data and Marines on expeditionary bases providing another missile strike option to supplement the strike group’s aircraft- and surface ship-based weapons. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group recently completed a sophisticated composite training unit…
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March 1, 2021 – HMAS Sheean berthed at Beauty Point in northern Tasmania at the weekend in the first of a series of port visits in the state. Navy Commander of Submarines Captain Doug Theobald said the Collins-class submarine would also visit Hobart, Burnie and Devonport in the coming months. “This is significant for Navy and for Tasmania,” Captain Theobald…
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February 26, 2021 – The “Titans” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 and members of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 successfully delivered an F-35C power module aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the U. S. Navy’s first, at-sea replenishment for this component. This success follows a November 2020 milestone, during which VRM-30, CVW-2 and Carl Vinson conducted the…
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February 26, 2021 – Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for life-cycle engineering and support services on the U.S. Navy’s San Antonio (LPD 17) class of amphibious transport docks. This follow-on contract consists of a base contract valued at $36.9 million with a cumulative value of $213.9 million if all…
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March 1, 2021 (Google Translation) – Vladimir Nikitin, Advisor to the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, took part in the All-Russian Ushakov Talk conference, organized by the All-Russian Fleet Support Movement. The event was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the birth of the great naval commander. Meetings and discussions within the framework of the “Ushakov conversation”…
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February 26, 2021 – More than 5,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) returned to San Diego Feb. 26 after nearly 11 months deployed in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation. NIMCSG was the first carrier strike group to embark on a deployment for the U.S. Navy after the onset of the…
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February 26, 2021 – Commander, Submarine Forces hosted a combined Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) closing ceremony for the conclusion of the 2021 deployment season with Colombian submarine ARC Pijao (SS 28) and Peruvian submarine BAP Pisagua (SS 33) on Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Feb. 26. Established by U.S. Fleet Forces Command in 2001, the DESI program is a U.S. Navy…
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February 24, 2020 (Google Translation) – In order to fulfill the tasks assigned by the Fifth Naval Zone, during the second week of February, the General Services Patrol (PSG) “Contramaestre Ortiz” set sail for Guafo Island with the aim of carrying out the supply and relief work of the lighthouse of the area. As specified by the Unit Commander, Lieutenant…
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February 24, 2021 – H-3 Leszko is the fifth in a series of six tugboats ordered by the Polish Navy from Remontowa Shipbuilding, a member of the Remontowa Holding group. On Wednesday, 24 February this year, the vessel left Gdansk and sailed to the Naval Port in Gdynia to join the 3rd Ship Flotilla named after kmdr. B. Romanowski. The…
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