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Navy COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal Separations Rise to 815

27 April 2022

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jacob Keeton verifies a COVID-19 vaccination card aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) on March 23, 2022. US Navy Photo

Approved Navy separations due to refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19 rose to 815 over the past week.

Separations increased by 17, according to the Navy’s weekly COVID-19 update. Last week, the Navy reported its first decrease in separations, as a result of a class-action lawsuit that prevents the Navy from...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/27/navy-covid-19-vaccine-refusal-separations-rise-to-815

Navy COVID-19 Vaccine Separations Drop as Injunction Takes Hold

25 April 2022

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Lauren Kestell, left, from Oklahoma City, Okla., assigned to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), administers a COVID-19 booster to Chief Fire Controlman (AEGIS) Kellen Smothers, from Clio, Mich., aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) on Feb.16, 2022. US Navy Photo

Navy separations due to COVID-19 vaccine refusal dropped over the past week, the result of the injunction preventing the sea service from separating those who applied for...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/25/navy-covid-19-vaccine-separations-drop-as-injunction-takes-hold

‘Out of Commission’ Destroyer CO Assigned to Shore Duty, Lawyers in COVID-19 Vaccination Suit Say

20 April 2022

A guided-missile destroyer coming into Norfolk, Va., in 2021. US Navy Photo

The commander of Arleigh-Burke guided-missile destroyer in a legal battle with the Navy over refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds has been temporarily assigned to shore duty, his lawyers say.

The service wants to remove the officer from command of the East Coast warship over his stance on the vaccine but was blocked by a Florida federal judge. Navy officials have testified that the ship is “out of...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/19/out-of-commission-destroyer-co-assigned-to-shore-duty-lawyers-in-covid-19-vaccination-suit-say

Navy Says Destroyer is ‘Out of Commission’ After Florida Judge Blocks Removal of Unvaccinated CO

9 March 2022

An Arleigh Burke-class destroyer transits the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 25, 2021. US Navy Photo

An East Coast guided-missile destroyer is “out of commission” after a federal judge in Florida prevented the Navy from removing its commanding officer for his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the service said in ongoing legal action.

Judge Steven Merryday ruled in a February decision that the Navy cannot remove an unnamed commanding officer despite what the service says is a lack of confidence...

Types of Warships in a Naval Fleet

31 January 2022

Warships are vessels constructed for naval warfare by the government of a sovereign nation. Their main function is to protect a country’s territory and nautical assets. They detect, deter and destroy any threat that intends to harm its sovereignty or its allies. Warships are extremely capable of...

https://www.seamanmemories.com/warships/

Navy awards BAE Jacksonville contract for modernization of two destroyers

11 August 2020

BAE Systems has won an $83.5 million U.S. Navy contract to modernize the guided-missile destroyers USS Carney (DDG 64) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).

The modernization work will be performed sequentially by the company’s shipyard in Jacksonville. The contracts include options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $211.6 million.

The USS Carney will be first in the shipyard, arriving in September 2020. The 23-year-old ship just returned from a six-year operational period...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipyards/shipyard-news/navy-awards-bae-jacksonville-contract-for-modernization-of-two-destroyers/