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Bollinger Shipyards, a leading designer and builder of high-performance military and commercial vessels, today hosted a 9/11 steel transfer ceremony at its Lockport facility, where the shipyard received two pieces…
The official Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) command history entry for April 28, 1965 is yet only one sentence long and reads as follows: “USS Skate arrived for nuclear overhaul job,…
Director of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Adm. Bill Houston, who completed his Submarine Command Course training on Collins-class submarine HMAS Rankin in 2007, and Chief of the Royal…
The Horizon Mid-Life-Upgrade (MLU) concerns the four ships of the Horizon Class (Vessels Forbin and Chevalier Paul for France, Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio for Italy). The main objectives of…
The First Steel Cutting ceremony for the first Italian FREMM frigate in EVO-lution version (FREMM FOC EVO) took place at Fincantieri’s integrated shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Genoa). The event officially…
Last Friday, April 4, the Navy’s sailboat NRP Polar, used for training by students at the Naval School, was re-floated. The ship is currently docked at the Lisbon Naval Base.…
The “Casa Perú” was handed over to the Navy aboard the B.A.P. Unión. This project was promoted by the Peruvian Export and Tourism Promotion Commission (PROMPERÚ) to promote the country…
In light of the flooding period of the Madeira River, in Western Amazonia, the Brazilian Navy (MB) has intensified its presence in the region with the aim of contributing to…
The Coast Guard commissioned its newest cutter, Coast Guard Cutter John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) for official entry into its service fleet during a ceremony held in Kodiak April 3. The…