French Navy Cadets Training for Jeanne d’Arc 2025
From January 13 to 24, 2025, the student officers boarded the last corvette before their departure for the “Joan of Arc” 2025 mission. The corvette, named “Enseigne”, brought together nine…
UK Deploys Training Craft Pretending to be Warships
Some of the smallest “warships” in the UK’s inventory head to Norway this month to support NATO. The fast patrol craft will be venturing into the Arctic Circle, supporting NATO…
Operation Safe Seabed: Guardians of the Invisible
“Height 30, 40, 50, 60…”. “Vehicle 2 meters from the bottom”. “I’m turning on the light”. Short sentences, concise words were exchanged aboard the minesweeper Viareggio by the specialists busy…
US Navy Orders Additional LCS MCM USVs
The U.S. Navy has recently awarded a series of contracts, under Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC), to facilitate Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Mission…
HII Ingalls Begins Construction of Philadelphia (LPD 32)
HII Ingalls Shipbuilding division began fabrication of the U.S. Navy’s newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Philadelphia (LPD 32) January 27. The start of fabrication signifies that the first 100…
Southern Patrol Division Trained in the Beagle Channel
Units of the Southern Patrol Division (DVPU) carried out naval training and coastal reconnaissance in the waters of the Beagle Channel. The fast boat ARA “Indómita” and the patrol boats…
KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda Visits Colombo
The Indonesian Navy’s SIGMA-CORVETTE-class ship ‘KRI SULTAN ISKANDAR MUDA-367’ arrived at the Port of Colombo 28 December, 2024 for an official visit, and the Sri Lanka Navy received the ship…
First of Three FRCs Arrives at Coast Guard Base Kodiak
The future USCGC John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) had her maiden arrival at homeport in Kodiak January 28th. The cutter is scheduled to be commissioned during a ceremony in April. The…