Deliveries include a patrol boat for a Texas sheriff’s department, a stealth frigate for Japan’s self-defence forces, and an expeditionary sea base for the US Navy. A ..
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | January 27 – A French Navy interceptor, Qatar’s newest amphibious ship and more
An Indian Navy submarine enters service as the French Navy takes delivery of a new interceptor boat. Construction is meanwhile underway on a new amphibious ship for the Q ..
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | December 8 – US surface ships, unmanned minehunters for Canada and new Saudi corvette
Recent deliveries include a destroyer for the US and a corvette for Saudi Arabia. Construction continues on a future US Navy fleet oiler while a contract has been awarded ..
VESSEL REVIEW | John Lewis – Lead ship of new US Navy replenishment oiler class
The US Navy recently took delivery of the lead ship of a new class of fleet replenishment oilers (T-AOs). USNS John Lewis honours the late African-American congressman an ..
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | August 10 – New fast cutter for US Coast Guard, US Navy and Guyana Defence Force vessel orders
A new multi-role cutter has been delivered to the US Coast Guard as the US Navy and the Guyana military place orders for additional vessels. Meanwhile, a veteran US Navy ..
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | August 3 – US and UK naval vessel deliveries, customs patrol boat for Taiwan and more
Vessel deliveries have been completed to the navies of the US and the UK as well as Taiwan’s main customs enforcement organisation. A construction schedule has been ..
Report to Congress on Next-Generation Logistic Ship
The following is the July 13, 2022, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Navy Next-Generation Logistics Ship (NGLS) Program.
From the report
Introduction
The Navy’s Next-Generation Logistics Ship (NGLS) program envisages procuring new medium-sized at-sea resupply ships for the Navy. The Navy’s proposed FY2023 budget requests $3.0 million in research and development funding for the program. The Navy’s five-year (FY2023-FY2027) shipbuilding plan programs the procurement of the first NGLS...
https://news.usni.org/2022/07/14/report-to-congress-on-next-generation-logistic-ship
US Navy christens expeditionary sea base John L. Canley
The US Navy christened its newest expeditionary sea base (ESB), the future USS John L. Canley, at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, California, on Saturday, ..
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US Navy oiler John Lewis conducts acceptance trials
USNS John Lewis, the lead ship of the US Navy’s new class of fleet replenishment oilers, recently conducted acceptance trials. The acceptance trials consist of a se ..
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Keels laid for two future US Navy ships
San Diego shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO held simultaneous keel-laying ceremonies for two future US Navy vessels on Saturday, April 30. The keels were laid for the f ..
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