SYDNEY, July 22 (Reuters) – The United States commissioned a warship in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, the first time a U.S. Navy vessel joined active service at a foreign port, as the two close…
https://gcaptain.com/uss-canberra-us-commissions-navy-warship-in-australia/
Thomas Gunning Kelley
ARLINGTON, Va. – The future guided-missile destroyer DDG-140 will be named after Medal of Honor recipient retired Navy Capt. Thomas Gunning Kelley, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced on Wednesday.
The Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyer will honor Kelley, who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Vietnam War.
Del Toro announced the naming of the ship during his speech at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium on Wednesday. Although Kelley...
A rescue operation is underway after the Thai navy reported nearly three dozen sailors went missing when one of its warships capsized in Thailand waters on Sunday night, reports BBC.
Warships capsize in ThailandThe warship, which carried more than 100 crew members, capsized and sank after water flooded its power controls Sunday during a storm in the Gulf of Thailand.
As of Monday, 75 sailors from the HTMS Sukhothai corvette had been rescued and 31 were still missing,...
https://mfame.guru/watch-31-sailors-missing-after-warship-capsizes/
MOSCOW, July 24 (Reuters) – Russian forces have destroyed a Ukrainian warship and U.S.-supplied Harpoon anti-ship missiles in the Ukrainian port of Odesa, Russian news agencies quoted the defense ministry as saying…
https://gcaptain.com/russia-claims-it-struck-ukrainian-warship-and-harpoon-missiles-depot/
In a video released by the US Navy, the Iranian Guard’s Boghammer can be seen speeding towards the patrol ship USS Sirocco, in the strategic waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. The encounter which lasted for an hour has been criticised by the US Naval command.
According to the US Naval Forces Central Command, the Cyclone-class patrol ship USS Sirocco and Spearhead-class fast transport USNS Choctaw County were on a regular transit when the Iranian boghammer came within 45 yards of the...
Turkey has shifted the rhetoric to declare Russia’s assaults on Ukraine a “war”. Such a shift reportedly took place on Sunday. It further decided to implement an international pact that looks at limiting the transit of Russia’s warships to the Black Sea from the Mediterranean.
Kyiv had pleaded to Ankara to prevent any more Russian vessels from accessing the Black Sea, from which Moscow introduced an incursion on the southern coast of Ukraine. More than a submarine and six Russian warships...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/turkey-might-restrict-russias-warships-till-black-sea/
Fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) at Naval Base San Diego on July 12, 2020. US Navy Photo
SAN DIEGO – The fire that eventually destroyed much of the former USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) likely was deliberately set to ignite cardboard boxes in a stowage area packed with assorted items that fire investigators ruled out as the ignition source, a federal fire investigator testified in a Navy court Monday.
Matthew Beals, a special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...
A report commissioned by four members of Congress in the wake of several high-profile Navy losses of lives and warships makes disturbing reading. Entitled “A Report on the Fighting Culture of the United States Navy’s Surface Fleet,” it was commissioned by, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) along with Representatives Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.).
“The findings of this report are very concerning,” said Cotton. “Our sailors are too often deprived of the training...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/report-slams-surface-navy-culture-leadership/
The flight deck crew of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) launches and recovers F/A-18E-F Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122 as pilots in the West Coast fleet replacement squadron conduct carrier qualifications on March 9, 2021. USNI News photo.
ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS GERALD R. FORD, IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN – When new commanding officer Capt. Paul Lanzilotta wakes up each morning on USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), his long and diverse to-do list highlights the balance the aircraft...
