Surface Forces

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 5, 2024

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug. 5, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle ForceDeployedUnderway
297
(USS 237, USNS 60)		101
(USS 70, USNS 31)		79
(47 Deployed, 35 Local)

In the Philippine Sea

Navy Sailor assigned to...

https://news.usni.org/2024/08/05/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-5-2024

Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Heads to Middle East as Iran Threatens Strikes Against Israel

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departs Naval Station North Island on July 11, 2024. US Navy Photo

West Coast carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is setting sail to the Middle East from the Pacific to relieve the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and its strike group. Meanwhile, the Navy is sending additional ships to the region following threats from Iran, Pentagon officials announced on Friday evening.
“To maintain a carrier strike group presence in the Middle East, the Secretary has...

https://news.usni.org/2024/08/02/carrier-uss-abraham-lincoln-heads-to-middle-east-as-iran-threatens-strikes-against-israel

Canadian Shipbuilder Davie Wants to Invest in the U.S.

Davie Shipbuilding in 2017. Davie Photo

Canada’s largest shipbuilder, Davie, is inspecting sites and seeking a U.S. partner “to make a long-term commitment to American shipbuilding” and expand its capacity, the White House announced this week.

This was just one of the Biden administration’s announcementson expanding domestic shipbuilding following the July 11 agreement reached among the United States, Canada and Finland to create the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or “Ice PACT,” to work...

https://news.usni.org/2024/08/02/canadian-shipbuilder-davie-wants-to-invest-in-the-u-s

U.S. and Philippine Warships Patrol South China Sea

Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS-26) conducts a Maritime Cooperative Activity with Philippine Navy’s Gregorio del Pilar-class patrol ship, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16), in the South China Sea, July 31, 2024. US Navy Photo

U.S. and Philippine warships rendezvoused near a disputed South China Sea feature to conduct a joint maritime patrol on Wednesday.

USS Mobile (LCS-26) and BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16) met off Leslie Bank, a maritime feature within Manila’s exclusive economic...

https://news.usni.org/2024/08/01/u-s-and-philippine-warships-patrol-south-china-sea

Report to Congress on Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans

The following is the July 25, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress.

From the report

The current and future size and composition of the Navy, the annual rate of Navy ship procurement, the prospective affordability of the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, the capacity of the U.S. shipbuilding industry to execute the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, and Navy proposals for retiring existing ships have been oversight matters...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/30/report-to-congress-on-navy-force-structure-and-shipbuilding-plans

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 29, 2024

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 29, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. 

Ships Underway

Total Battle ForceDeployedUnderway
296
(USS 236, USNS 60)		104
(USS 72, USNS 32)		90
(55 Deployed, 35 Local)

In the Philippine Sea

Sailors assigned to the...

U.S., Partners Experiment with New Weapon Systems During RIMPAC 2024 SINKEX

Royal Netherlands Navy De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate HNLMS Tromp (F803) fires a Harpoon missile during a long-planned live fire sinking exercise as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Royal Netherlands Navy Photo

The U.S. military is experimenting with potential future weapon systems at the ongoing Rim of the Pacific 2024 exercise in Hawaii, using a weapon known as QUICKSINK during the biennial drill’s sinking exercise.

U.S. forces used QUICKSINK – born out of collaboration...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/23/u-s-partners-experiment-with-new-weapon-systems-during-rimpac-2024-sinkex

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 22, 2024

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 22, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. 

Ships Underway

Total Battle Force DeployedUnderway
297
(USS 237, USNS 60)		103
(USS 71, USNS 32)		85
(54 Deployed, 31 Local)

In Okinawa

An MH-60S Seahawk from Helicopter...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/22/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-july-22-2024

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