January 18, 2020 – The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) departed San Diego for a scheduled Indo-Pacific deployment, Jan. 17. More than 6,000 Sailors assigned to TRCSG ships and units will provide maritime security, maintain freedom of the seas in accordance with international law and customs, and operate with international partners and allies to promote regional stability and prosperity.…
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US Navy Selects Fairbanks Morse Engines to Power its Seventh Expeditionary Sea Base Ship
December 3, 2019 – Fairbanks Morse, an EnPro Industries company and leading provider of solutions that are powering the world forward, has been awarded a contract for four main propulsion diesel engines (MPDE) for the US Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) 7. This is the seventh ship in the US Navy’s Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD)/Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program. The…
Read MoreBoxer ARG Returns to San Diego
November 27, 2019 – Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) returned to San Diego November 27 following a successful seven-month deployment to the 7th and 5th Fleet operating areas. More than 4,500 Sailors and Marines of the Boxer ARG and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in support of regional security, stability,…
Read MoreUSS Cincinnati’s Maiden Arrival San Diego
November 20, 2019 – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) arrived at its new homeport in San Diego for the first time, Nov. 20. The Navy commissioned Cincinnati, Oct. 5, 2019, during a ceremony in Gulfport, Miss. Cincinnati is the 12th LCS homeported in San Diego under the leadership of Littoral Combat Ship Squadron (LCSRON) 1. “The…
Read MoreUSS Lake Erie returns home from Indo-Pacific deployment
November 18, 2019 – USS Lake Erie (CG 70), along with an embarked detachment from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49 “Monstars,” returned to its homeport of Naval Station San Diego, Nov. 18, following an independent deployment to the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operation. While in 7th Fleet, Lake Erie conducted Enforcement Coordination Cell operations in various…
Read MoreUSS Cincinnati Maiden Arrival at San Diego
November 21, 2019 – USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) arrived at its new homeport in San Diego for the first time, Nov. 20. The Navy commissioned Cincinnati, Oct. 5, 2019, during a ceremony in Gulfport, Miss. Cincinnati is the 12th LCS homeported in San Diego under the leadership of Littoral Combat Ship Squadron (LCSRON) One. “The crew of USS Cincinnati has…
Read MoreNavy Accepts Delivery of USNS Miguel Keith
November 18, 2019 – The Navy accepted delivery of its third Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship, USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) on Nov. 15. Delivery marks the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. ESB 5 will be owned and operated by Military Sealift Command. “The Navy and industry team overcame significant setbacks in the construction…
Read MoreFleet Week San Diego Begins
November 6, 2019 – USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USCGC Robert Ward (WPC 1130) and local Marines arrived at Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego, Nov. 5, to begin a week-long tribute to the sea services during the 22nd annual Fleet Week San Diego (FWSD) through Nov. 12. FWSD is an opportunity for the American public to meet their…
Read MoreBAP Angamos Arrived in San Diego for DSEI October 19
November 5, 2019 – Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 (CSS-11) and the Peruvian Submarine BAP Angamos (SS-31), a German-built Type 209 submarine (SSK), partnered to enhance and conduct training at Naval Base Point Loma as part of the Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) program, since Oct. 19. The staff of CSS-11 and the crew of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis…
Read MoreCoast Guard Offloads Cocaine in San Diego
October 17, 2019 – The Coast Guard offloaded more than $92 million worth of seized cocaine in San Diego Wednesday. The cocaine, worth more than $92 million, was seized in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The contraband represents four suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions by the crews of three Coast Guard cutters off the coasts of Mexico, Central…
Read MoreUS Navy Contract Announcements October 21, 2019
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded an $18,253,921 modification (P00003) to a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (N00019-19-F-0272) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-15-G-0026) in support of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. This order procures material kits and retrofit labor to incorporate the Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) 4.0 configuration into one retrofit ground segment and…
Read MoreNavy to Christen Expeditionary Sea Base USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5)
October 17, 2019 – The Navy will christen the Expeditionary Sea Base USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) during a 10 a.m. PDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 19, at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego. The ship is named in honor of Marine Corps Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Lance Cpl. Miguel Keith, and is the first ship to bear the…
Read MoreUS Navy Contract Announcements October 3, 2019
BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Rockville, Maryland, is awarded an $18,351,068 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide engineering and technical services for integrated communications and information systems radio communications on various Navy ships in support of the Ship and Air Integration Warfare Division, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Webster Outlying Field. Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Maryland (60%);…
Read MoreSan Diego Fleet Week Coming in November
Fleet Week has a long history in San Diego, from Theodore Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet” gracing the city’s shores in 1908 to more than 100 ships visiting “America’s Finest City” in 1935 for the California Pacific International Exposition. Now, home port to 57 U.S. Navy ships, three major Marine Corps bases, and a robust Coast Guard element, San Diego is…
Read MoreBAE Systems’ San Diego Shipyard to Tandem Drydock Two Destroyers
September 18, 2019 – BAE Systems has received $170.7 million in contracts from the U.S. Navy to perform simultaneous maintenance and repair on two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided-missile destroyers in its San Diego shipyard. Under the awarded contracts, the shipyard will tandem dry-dock the USS Stethem (DDG 63) and USS Decatur (DDG 73) in October. The synchronized two-ship docking…
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