Austal gets $135m US ship contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded Austal USA with a $156 million contract to construct two additional steel-hulled Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ships (T-ATS),...
Russian mega-sub in Baltic
Last autumn, the “Severodvinsk” test launched the submarine version of Russia’s new hypersonic Tsirkon cruise missile in the Barents Sea. It is unclear whether...
Extending US N-subs’ life
On June 4, the US Navy laid the keel for USS District of Columbia, the first of its new Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines, at...
Advantages of shooting landing craft
By Przemyslaw Ziemacki*
Amphibious and transport operations can play a vital role at all levels of war, but landing craft can do much more than...
Better US naval options to deal with China
By Commander Bryan Clark*
China’s coast guard and maritime militia have mounted what essentially is an insurgency in the East and South China Seas for...
Huge N-sub rejoins RN fleet
An impressive nuclear submarine which is capable of generating its own supply of water and oxygen and is almost as long as St Paul’s...
A binary submarine culture
By Ryan C. Walker*
During my short tenure as a submariner in the U.S. Navy, from 2014-2019, I observed the friendly rivalry between sailors who...
Ireland decommissions a third of fleet
Three of the Irish Navy’s nine ships – the Le Eithne, Le Orla and Le Ciara – were decommissioned yesterday with a combined service...
HMAS Childers helps stricken vessel
Whilst alongside Norship Dockyard in Cairns, HMAS Childers rendered assistance to a civilian vessel named Experience which suffered an engine failure, the Royal Australian...
US fleet size not first priority
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday has long insisted he must first prioritize the readiness of today’s fleet, followed by increasing its lethality...