The US Coast Guard commissioned its newest Legend-class national security cutter (NSC) during a commissioning ceremony at Coast Guard Base Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, April 20. USCGC Calhoun is the tenth Legend-class cutter to join the coast guard and is the fourth NSC to be homeported...
USCGC Hamilton
Repairs nearly complete on Philippine Navy ship damaged in 2018 Spratlys grounding
An official of the Philippine Navy has confirmed that the service expects repairs to be completed within this month on one of its ships that suffered significant damage a ..
HMS Queen Elizabeth Enters Middle East After Suez Canal Transit; Carrier Eisenhower Now in Atlantic
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R06) transiting the Suez Canal on July 6, 2021. Royal Navy Photo
British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) and its escorts are now operating in the Red Sea after transiting the Suez Canal on Tuesday, according to U.K. officials.
The carrier passed through the canal as part of the 28-week maiden deployment of the carrier with an air wing made up of both Royal Air Force and U.S. Marine F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters, the strike group announced.
The escorts...
Warships HMS Defender, HNLM Evertsen Leave Black Sea
HMS Defender (right) and HMNLS Evertsen (left) leaving the Black Sea on July 2, 2021. Photo by Yörük Işık used with permission
Two NATO warships have left the Black Sea after operating for 18 days of exercises in the region, according to ship spotters in Turkey.
British guided-missile destroyer HMS Defender (D63) and the Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen (F805) transited south through the Bosphorus toward the Mediterranean, according to photos shared with USNI News.
The two ships, assigned to the HMS...
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More NATO Ships Enter Black Sea While Tensions With Russia Simmer
ITS Fasan, SNMG2 flagship cross under Istanbul strait on July 1, 2021. NATO Photo
The flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 entered the Black Sea on Thursday with two more alliance warships set to join the Sea Breeze exercises that started earlier this week, NATO announced.
Frigate ITS Virginio Fasan (F 591) passed through the Bosphorus headed for the Black Sea with a Turkish frigate and will join with a Romanian warship, according to ship spotters in Turkey.
“During [Fasan’s] deployment in...
https://news.usni.org/2021/07/01/more-nato-ships-enter-black-sea-while-tensions-with-russia-simmer
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 28, 2021
USNI News Illustration
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of June 28, 2021, 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:296Ships Underway
| Deployed Ships Underway | Non-deployed Ships Underway | Total Ships Underway |
| 61 | 38 | 99 |
Ships Deployed by Fleet
| Fleet... |
https://news.usni.org/2021/06/28/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-june-28-2021
U.K. MoD Denies Russians Fired Warning Shots, Dropped Bombs Near Warship During Black Sea Transit
U.K. warship HMS Defender entering the Black Sea on June 14, 2021. Photo by Yörük Işık used with permission
Russian fighters and warships did not fire warning shots or drop bombs to warn off U.K. warship HMS Defender (D36) operating in the Black Sea, the U.K. Ministry of Defense said in a Wednesday statement to USNI News.
“This morning, HMS Defender carried out a routine transit from Odessa towards Georgia across the Black Sea,” said U.K. MoD head Ben Wallace in the statement.
“As is normal for...
Positions of Two NATO Ships Were Falsified Near Russian Black Sea Naval Base
USNI News Illustration
The tracking data of two NATO warships was faked off the coast of a Russian controlled naval base in the Black Sea while the actual ships were moored 180 miles away, USNI News has learned.
The U.K. Royal Navy’s HMS Defender, a Type-45 Daring-class destroyer, and the Royal Netherlands Navy’s HNLMS Evertsen, a De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate, pulled into Odessa in Ukraine on June 18. The group had been monitored by Russian warships while exercising in the Black Sea,...
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 21, 2021
USNI News Illustration
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of June 14, 2021, 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:296Ships Underway
| Deployed Ships Underway | Non-deployed Ships Underway | Total Ships Underway |
| 62 | 33 | 95 |
Ships Deployed by Fleet
| Fleet... |
https://news.usni.org/2021/06/21/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-june-21-2021
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 14, 2021
USNI News Illustration
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of June 14, 2021, 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:296Ships Underway
| Deployed Ships Underway | Non-deployed Ships Underway | Total Ships Underway |
| 62 | 39 | 101 |
Ships Deployed by Fleet
| Fleet... |