SNA 2022

SWO Boss Sets Goal for 75 Mission-Capable Surface Warships Ready to Deploy

Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks with Capt. Wayne P. Liebold, executive officer of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2), during a scheduled visit to the ship on Jan. 5, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Navy has set a new goal to have 75 mission-capable surface ships that are prepared to deploy at any given moment

The readiness objective to keep a little less than half of the surface ship inventory ready to deploy is part of a larger...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/10/swo-boss-sets-goal-for-75-mission-capable-surface-warships-ready-to-deploy

CNO: Navy Will Lead DDG(X) Design Effort, Wargames Call for Fewer Large Surface Warships

Notional Navy DDG(X) hull design. PEO Ships Image

The design of the next American guided-missile destroyer will be led by the Navy in move that Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday says will reduce technical risk in the program.

The service brought in Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works to jointly develop DDG(X), the planned follow-on to the Arleigh Burke Flight III, but the Navy will firmly be driving the design, Gilday said speaking at the DefenseOne State of Defense...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/14/cno-navy-will-lead-ddgx-design-effort-wargames-call-for-fewer-large-surface-warships

VIDEO: Navy Commissions Amphibious Warship USS Fort Lauderdale

USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) currently moored in Port Everglades, in its namesake city of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on July 28, 2022. US Navy Photo

The 12th San Antonio-class amphibious warship formally entered service on Saturday in a ceremony in Florida.

USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) is the first LPD-17 commissioned beyond the original 11 LPD-17s originally envisioned for the class. serves as the bridge between the current class and the Flight II San Antonios that will replace the Whidbey Island...

https://news.usni.org/2022/07/31/video-navy-commissions-amphibious-warship-uss-fort-lauderdale

Senate, Navy Pushing for Bath Iron Works, Ingalls DDG(X) Destroyer Team Up

Notional Navy DDG(X) hull design. PEO Ships Image

The push to develop the Navy’s next-generation destroyer will be a team effort between General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding if the Navy and the Senate Armed Services Committee have their way.

Instead of competing for the primary contract to build DDG(X), the service wants the two yards to take a page from the teaming agreement between General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding to design and...

https://news.usni.org/2022/07/21/senate-navy-pushing-for-bath-iron-works-ingalls-ddgx-destroyer-team-up

Schultz: U.S. Coast Guard in ‘Prolific’ Shipbuilding Period

U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz speaks to the attendees at the commissioning of the USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC-1145) in Philadelphia on Oct. 15, 2021. Coast Guard Photo

The Coast Guard is in the midst of its largest shipbuilding period since World War II, the head of the service said during a Wednesday address.

Adm. Karl Schultz, the commandant of the Coast Guard, spoke about the new ships planned for the service, as well as changes to aviation, during a keynote address at the annual...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/16/schultz-u-s-coast-guard-in-prolific-shipbuilding-period

Huntington Ingalls Expected to Deliver LPD-28, DDG-123 This Year

Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) launched in March 2021. HII Photo

Huntington Ingalls Industries is expected to deliver Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) in the first half of 2022, the company announced during a press briefing Wednesday.

Fort Lauderdale finished her Bravo trials at the end of 2021, said George Nungesser, vice president, program management for Ingalls Shipbuilding. The ship was christened in August and is the 12th San Antonio-class ship produced by the shipbuilding company.

As Huntington Ingalls...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/12/huntington-ingalls-expected-to-deliver-lpd-28-ddg-123-this-year

CNO Blames Culture of Poor Self-Assessment for Major Navy Problems; SWOBOSS Unveils New Surface Vision

Chief of Naval Operations Mike Gilday speaking on Jan. 11, 2022 from his office in the Pentagon. US Navy Photo

ARLINGTON, Va. – The reluctance across the Navy to be self-critical and a tendency to hide mistakes and minimize flaws have resulted in systemic problems in the service and stalled efforts to improve, Chief of Naval Operations Adm Mike Gilday said on Tuesday.

“We are not operating to our full potential. Over these last few years, I think we have learned some hard truths about ourselves,”...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/11/cno-blames-culture-of-poor-self-assessment-for-major-navy-problems-swoboss-unveils-new-surface-vision

Panel: Smaller NATO Navies Struggle with Recruitment, Awareness

HMCS Ottawa (FFH-341). US Navy Photo

Three senior NATO navy officers said their countrymen have cases of “maritime blindness” and don’t understand how their navies operate.

Speaking at an international navies session at the Surface Navy Association symposium in Arlington, Va., Capt. William Quinn, naval attache at the Canadian Embassy, said despite his nation’s extensive coastlines on the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans, “I run into many Canadians that don’t know we have a navy.”

In Canada, to...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/11/panel-smaller-nato-navies-struggle-with-recruitment-awareness

New Navy Surface Warfare Vision: The Competitive Edge

The following is the Jan. 11, 2022 U.S. Navy surface warfare vision, Surface Warfare: The Competitive Edge.

From the report

Global competition with China and renewed tension with Russia are the main strategic drivers for Navy planners. We are competing with first-rate navies—and other joint sea denial capabilities—whose reach extends far beyond territorial seas. China provides the pacing threat. We focus our discussion in this document on China while being mindful of the unique and considerable...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/11/new-navy-surface-warfare-vision-the-competitive-edge

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