Day: July 21, 2022
French, Italian Ships Join Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group
The French Navy Aquitaine-class FREMM frigate FS Languedoc (D 654) and Italian Navy Carlo Bergamini-class FREMM frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) joined the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and the Harry S. Truman carrier strike group (HSTCSG) in the Mediterranean Sea in July 2022, a demonstration of the strong and enduring relationship among the three navies.…
Read MoreFincantieri Cuts Steel for Second Italian Navy LSS
The steel cutting ceremony of the second Logistic Support Ship (LSS) for the Italian Navy, within a program including the option for a third ship, took place today at the Castellammare di Stabia shipyard, where the LSS will be entirely built and delivered in 2025. The value of the contract is approx. 410 million euros including the combat system. As…
Read MoreThe Navy’s Century Old Hall of Fame in Washington DC
From the Navy Department Library, opposite the White House, to salt water is a distance of twenty-five miles. From the heart of a sailor at sea, whether he be the captain of the Delaware, the greatest battleship afloat, or an enlisted man aboard any smaller ship, the distance to the most interesting library in the United States is but the…
Read MoreNavy Sends Off Training Barquentine
In order to carry out the voyage of diplomatic operations for the goodwill of the nation’s ambassadors in order to support the practice of shipping the Kartika Jala Krida (KJK) 69th Battalion AAL cadets in 2022, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Wakasal) Admiral TNI Ahmadi Heri Purwono accompanied by Pangkoarmada II Rear Admiral TNI TSNB Hutabarat and AAL Governor Rear…
Read MoreXerox Additive & US Navy Deploy First Metal 3D Printer
Xerox® Elem™ Additive Solutions announced July 18th that an ElemX liquid metal printer was recently installed on board USS Essex (LHD 2), making it the first metal additive manufacturing machine deployed on a U.S. Naval vessel. The ElemX was placed on the ship earlier this month in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with at-sea trials beginning immediately. The installation is the latest…
Read MoreRemains of Two Casualties From USS West Virginia Identified
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced July 20th that Navy Shipfitter 2nd Class Claude R. Garcia, 25, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 12, 2022. On Dec. 7, 1941, Garcia was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The…
Read MoreJMSDF Monitors Latest Chinese Provocation
At around 6:50 pm on Wednesday, July 20, we confirmed a Chinese Navy Span-class survey ship traveling north in the continental zone of Japan south of Yakushima (Kagoshima Prefecture), and at around 8:00 pm on the same day, Yakushima South. I confirmed that I entered the territorial waters of Japan. After that, at around 11:30 pm on the same day,…
Read MoreForemost Protection for Naval and Commercial Electronics
Foremost Electronics, the engineering-led Essex based importer and specialist distributor of electromechanical components, announces the availability of a wide range of enclosures providing rugged protection of electronic systems for shipboard naval systems and maritime electronic equipment. Applications include shipboard targeting radar, anti-submarine systems, communications equipment and control and monitoring equipment. Continued maritime threats including territorial disputes, smuggling, and piracy are…
Read MoreUSCGC Juniper Delivers Aid to Kiritimati Island, Kiribati
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper provided assistance to Kiritimati Island, Kiribati, by off-loading potable water and supplies following their extreme drought, July 19, 2022. In a unified effort with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, the U.S. Coast Guard provided much needed assistance by supplying over 4,000 gallons of safe drinking water, 200 buckets with lids,…
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