Eisenhower Authorizes Operation Blue Bat 15 July 1958
On 15 July 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower authorized military intervention in Lebanon under the codename Operation BLUE BAT. Over the next three months, challenged by intelligence gaps, members of the…
BAP Pisco Travelling to Rota to Embark Six Sea Kings
The Peruvian Navy is preparing to deploy BAP Pisco (AMP-156) multipurpose vessel to the Rota Naval Base, with the aim of transporting back to the country six Sea King helicopters…
HMCS Trentonian Last Corvette Lost in Action
At 1:20 p.m. on February 22, 1945, as a convoy including ships from the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy sailed out of Wales, the second…
Hundreds Tour ARA Libertad in Baltimore
During the days of stay in the city of Baltimore, the training ship of the Argentine Navy received hundreds of people who toured the outer decks guided by the personnel…
Van Amstel Returns From SNMG1 Deployment
Van Amstel has just returned to the port of Den Helder. Since 17 April, the frigate has been patrolling the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic Sea with its NH90 helicopter…
HII Donates Caisson to VMRC Tower Reef
HII announced July 6th that its Newport News Shipbuilding division partnered with the Virginia Marine Resource Commission (VMRC) to donate and sink a former dry dock caisson gate offshore, giving…
Vympel Shipyard Launches Burevestnik for FSB
At the shipyard “Vympel” (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) a solemn launch of the border guard ship “Burevestnik” project “Guis” (PSKR) took place. The ceremony was attended by: the…
BAE Systems Wins New Launcher Design Contract
BAE Systems was awarded a $37 million U.S. Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) contract to design the Next Generation Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Launch System (NGELS). The company will…