General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has completed conducting sea trials of the future US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone. The destroyer is scheduled for delivery and commissioning before the end of this year. Once delivered, it will be homeported in Mayport,...
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Names confirmed for two future US Navy destroyers
US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro recently confirmed the names of two future US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers (DDGs). DDG 143 will honour Richard J. Danzig, the 71st Secretary of the Navy, and DDG 144 will be named after retired Admiral Michael J. Mullen, the former...
Coalition air and naval assets intercept Houthi attack on Red Sea shipping
Ships and aircraft of the US-led international military coalition formed to safeguard commercial shipping in the Red Sea have successfully intercepted a complex attack from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen towards international shipping lanes where dozens of merchant vessels were transiting. The attack against southern Red Sea shipping by Iranian-designed, one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), […]
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US Navy helicopters sink Houthi rebel boats attacking Red Sea commercial shipping
Aviation elements of the US Navy sank three small boats operated by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia after their crews failed to board a commercial ship in the southern Red Sea earlier this week, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed via social media. Helicopters from the aircraft...
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | December 22 – Egyptian Navy frigate, US lake patrol boat and more
The Egyptian Navy acquires a new warship and a patrol workboat is handed over to a lake protection agency on the US East Coast. Construction is meanwhile underway on future surface combatants for the US and Spanish navies. Egyptian Navy takes delivery of third Al-Aziz-class frigate German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has delivered the […]
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COLUMN | Maritime consequences of the Israel-Hamas conflict [Naval Gazing]
With its complex transnational ownership and operating structures, international merchant shipping has long had considerable potential as a terrorist target. The seizure or damaging of a merchant vessel can spawn a great deal of divisive international security and financial mayhem, as well as being...
US military reports attacks on commercial ships in Red Sea
Four attacks occurred against three separate commercial vessels operating in international waters in the southern Red Sea on Monday, December 4, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a recent press release. The three vessels that were targeted by the attacks off Yemen are connected to 14...
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | October 11 – A new Hellenic Navy frigate, Brazil’s first nuclear-powered submarine and more
The US Navy and the Papua New Guinea Defence Force formally welcome new vessels into service. A future multi-role frigate for the Hellenic Navy is floated out. Finally, Brazil starts building its first nuclear-powered submarine. US Navy commissions destroyer Jack H. Lucas The US Navy commissioned the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Jack H. […]
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | August 18 – French Navy’s newest submarine, Indonesian Navy minehunters and more
The Indonesian Navy commissions two surface ships into service while the French Navy acquires its newest nuclear-powered submarine. A future US Navy destroyer is launched into the water for the first time as construction of the lead ship of a new class of frigate for the Spanish Navy enters the...
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | August 4 – New naval ships for Estonia, Pakistan, Canada and the US
The Estonian Navy welcomes a hybrid patrol boat into service while the Royal Canadian Navy’s newest offshore patrol ship is nearing delivery. The US Navy names a future ..
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