Joint Training With HS Spetsai and FS Seine
On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, a joint PASSEX (Passing Exercise) training of the Frigate (F/G) SPETSAI was conducted with the General Support Ship (GSS) SEINE of the French Navy. During…
Blue Ridge Participates in Exercise Croix du Sud 2025
U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) participated in the 11th iteration of Exercise Croix du Sud in the Coral Sea near New Caledonia, May 1, 2025. Croix…
Damen Cape Town Delivered Third South African Navy MMIPV
Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) has delivered the third Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel (MMIPV), Adam Kok (P1573), at Naval Base Durban for the South African Navy. The delivery milestone represents…
PLA Navy’s Second Type 054B Frigate Commissioned
The second Type 054B frigate, the Qinzhou, was recently commissioned into the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and conducted a combat drill in the South China Sea, official media…
U.S. Navy Participates in IMDEX Asia 2025
Personnel and assets from the U.S. Navy participate in the International Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX) Asia 2025 in Singapore, May 6-8. From the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey…
Blue Ridge Departs Suva, Fiji
The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff departed Suva, Fiji following a scheduled port visit, May 5-9, 2025. Upon arriving in the…
Denmark Joins Exercise Formidable Shield
On May 6, a major exercise begins at sea off the coasts of Norway and Scotland. The purpose of the exercise is to practice and train NATO countries’ missile defense…
Control Room Equipment and Consoles from Nuclear-Powered Submersible NR-1
NR-1 control room equipment and consoles in the collection of the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum. From left to right, the control panels shown are the deep submergence/obstacle avoidance sonar, sonar…
Pope Leo XIV’s Father Served in the Navy During World War II
Pope Leo XIV’s father, Louis Marius Prevost, served in the Navy during World War II. Prevost was born on July 28, 1920, in Chicago. After graduating from college, he was…