Surface Forces

Navy Issues Iran Warning to Keep Away From Warships

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels conducted unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range while operating in international waters of the North Arabian Gulf. The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) is conducting joint interoperability operations in support of maritime security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. US Navy photo.

The U.S. Navy’s stay-away warning to marine traffic...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/21/navy-issues-iran-warning-to-keep-away-from-warships

Report to Congress on Amphibious Warship Programs

The following is the May 6, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Navy LPD-17 Flight II and LHA Amphibious Ship Programs: Background and Issues for Congress.

From the report

This report discusses two types of amphibious ships being procured for the Navy: LPD-17 Flight II class amphibious ships and LHA-type amphibious assault ships. Both types are built by Huntington Ingalls Industries/Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII/Ingalls) of Pascagoula, MS. The first LPD-17 Flight II class ship, LPD-30, was...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/20/report-to-congress-on-amphibious-warship-programs

Small Crews, Technical Complexity Makes Operating Modern Warships in Pandemic Tough

Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Rhandy Domigpe, from Oxen Hill, Md., communicates with the bridge watch team during low visibility watch aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59). US Navy Photo

The increased technical complexity of systems and reduced manning make U.S. warships less able to operate if a disease breaks out on a ship than the previous ships that weathered the 1918 influenza outbreak, a panel of experts said last week.

“There’s not a lot of...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/19/small-crews-technical-complexity-makes-operating-modern-warships-in-pandemic-tough

Navy Removes USS Philippine Sea CO After Fuel Spill

USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) transits the Atlantic Ocean in 2019. US Navy Photo

The Navy removed the captain of USS Philippine Sea, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser that spilled close to 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the York River on May 7.

Rear Adm. Richard Cheeseman, the commander of Carrier Strike Group 2, relieved Capt. Erica Hoffmann of command of Philippine Sea due to a loss of confidence in her ability to command, according to a Navy statement.

Capt. Erica Hoffman. US Navy...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/19/navy-removes-uss-philippine-sea-co-after-fuel-spill

Theodore Roosevelt Crew Drilling at Pier Ahead of Going Back to Sea; 14 Sailors Retest Positive for COVID-19

U.S. Navy Personnel Specialist Seaman Maurene Morales, from Colorado Springs, Colo., checks Sailors returning from off-base quarantine into the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) on the pier at Naval Base Guam May 16, 2020. Theodore Roosevelt’s COVID-negative crew returned from quarantine beginning on April 29 and is making preparations to return to sea to continue their scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. US Navy photo.

Since the start of the pandemic, the Navy has set...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/18/theodore-roosevelt-crew-drilling-at-pier-ahead-of-going-back-to-sea-14-sailors-retest-positive-for-covid-19

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 18, 2020

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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 May 18, 2020, 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.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:299Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
6645111

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces3r...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/18/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-may-18-2020

How USS Makin Island, Fleet Medical Team Responded to COVID-19 Outbreak on USS Kidd

Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) underway in the eastern Pacific on April 20, 2020. US Navy Photo

When a COVID-19 outbreak hit USS Kidd (DDG-100) last month, the Navy sent a medical team with specialized lab equipment to the guided-missile destroyer to test for novel coronavirus among the crew. An outbreak at sea could easily and quickly overwhelm a warship’s small medical department, in this case an independent-duty corpsman and two hospital corpsmen in a crew of about 330.

Fortun...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/17/how-uss-makin-island-fleet-medical-team-responded-to-covid-19-outbreak-on-uss-kidd

Report to Congress on Gerald R. Ford Carrier Program

The following is the May 7, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress.

From the report

The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and CVN-81 are the first four ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). The Navy’s proposed FY2021 budget requests $2,714.1 million (i.e., about $2.7 billion) in procurement funding for CVN-78 class ships, including $71.0...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/15/report-to-congress-on-gerald-r-ford-carrier-program

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