Massive munitions transfer at sea
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, has successfully completed a significant ammunition off-load operation involving two other carriers and...
Keel laid for 80th Arleigh Burke destroyer
The keel laying for the US Navy’s 80th Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyer, the future USS William Charette(DDG 130), was held in a ceremony...
Malaysian missile boat founders
On the afternoon of 25 August the 43 metre Handalan class missile boat KD Pendekar struck a submerged object and later sank in the...
Qld company developing nuclear power for ships
Gold Coast based ship design group Seatransport and an unnamed Brisbane-based technology company are developing nuclear solutions for the propulsion of strategic response vessels...
China sends three ice-breakers to Arctic
China continues to push ahead with the rapid expansion of its Arctic-capable fleet. For the first time it has dispatched three icebreaking vessels into...
Help for US ice-breaking capacity
In late June, the US Coast Guard announced that one of its two premier icebreakers, Polar Star, had entered dry dock to undergo work...
Crew shortage hits support ships
Military Sealift Command has drafted a plan to remove the crews from 17 Navy support ships due to a lack of qualified mariners to...
New missile hits old Russian ship
One of the world’s oldest active-duty naval ships has been damaged by a modern guided missile. The ship is the Russian Navy’s Kommuna, an...
USN in multi-ship deal
The Navy has secured a multi-ship deal with HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding to buy four amphibious warships in a block deal estimated to save the...
Final Littoral Combat ship delivered
Austal USA this week announced it had launched the final Littoral Combat Ship, Pierre (LCS-38), in the class, a milestone signaling the shipbuilding program...