USS South Dakota Returns Home for the Holidays
With Santa Claus waving onboard topside, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS South Dakota (SSN 790) returned home to Naval Submarine Base New London on Sunday, Dec. 18, after a five-month…
JMSDF Monitors Liaoning CSG Passage
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) confirmed the following Chinese naval vessels on Thursday, December 15. (1) Around 10:00 a.m. December 16th, in the sea area about 440 km west…
Plasan to Armor Royal Navy Batch II Type 26 Frigates
Plasan Announcement Plasan announces that they have signed a contract with BAE Systems for the armoring of Type 26 Global Combat Ships for the UK Royal Navy – Batch 2.…
Colombia Commissions Two New Ships
Today at the facilities of the ARC “Bolívar” Naval Logistics Base, the affirmation ceremony of the Pavilion of the ARC “Simón Bolívar” marine scientific research vessel and the ARC “CTCIM…
Type 055 Lhasa Heads Task Group for Japan Provocation Operation
Led by a 10,000 ton-class large destroyer, a group of warships of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy reportedly sailed beyond the first island chain on Wednesday via two…
Indonesian Navy on Display at Nusantara Day
After supporting the Archipelago Day activities in Wakatobi, elements of the Fast Boat Unit (Satkat) Koarmada II under the command of Satkat Koarmada II Commander Marine Colonel (P) Nurul Muchlis,…
FGS Lubeck Decommissioned After 32 Years of Service
On 15 December, the frigate “Lübeck” was decommissioned in Wilhelmshaven after 32 years. It closes the chapter of the Bremen class in the Navy, which began with the keel laying…
FS Cephee Detonates First World War Artillery Shell
From 6 to 9 December 2022, the Céphée tripartite minehunter (CMT) carried out a seabed monitoring mission in the English Channel. On the night of December 7, 2022, the CMT…