The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), top, sails alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) during a cooperative deployment, April 2, 2020. Gabrielle Giffords, part of Destroyer Squadron Seven, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhanceContinue reading “The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), top, sails alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) during a cooperative deployment, April 2, 2020. Gabrielle Giffords, part of Destroyer Squadron Seven, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force.”
Monthly Archives: April 2020
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 6, 2020 500+USNI Newsby U.S. Naval Institute Staff / 8h // keep unread // hide USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of April 6, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSGContinue reading
YouTube video – Caught on Camera: Containership Takes Out Crane in Busan, South Korea April 6, 2020 by Mike Schuler
A major accident was caught on camera today at the Port of Busan today when a containership struck multiple shoreside gantry cranes and another ship while berthing. The video shows the Milano Bridge approaching its berth with the assistance of tugs at Busan New Port. In the video, you can one of the cranes collapseContinue reading “YouTube video – Caught on Camera: Containership Takes Out Crane in Busan, South Korea April 6, 2020 by Mike Schuler”
Royal Navy’s newest and greenest warship HMS Tamar with technology that cuts diesel emissions by 90 per cent arrives at its Portsmouth home
HMS Tamar has arrived at its Portsmouth Naval Base for the first time It is the fourth of five new offshore patrol vessels built in Glasgow shipyards The ship and its crew will undergo sea training before commissioning ceremony By BEN MITCHELL, PRESS ASSOCIATION PUBLISHED: 02:30 AEDT, 3 April 2020 | UPDATED: 02:56 AEDT, 3 April 2020 Continue reading “Royal Navy’s newest and greenest warship HMS Tamar with technology that cuts diesel emissions by 90 per cent arrives at its Portsmouth home”
HMNZS Otago (F111) was a Rothesay-class Type 12 frigate, or separately designated, Otago-class frigate acquired from the Royal Navy by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) before completion. Otago and Taranaki differ from the Royal Navy Rothesays as they were never reconstructed to the Leander standard, with hangar and landing pad for a Wasp a/s helicopter as the main weapon system with a/s torpedoes,depth charges and AS-12 missiles to engage FAC and surfaced submarines. The RNZN frigates were constructed with the long range Type 177 sonar to combine with the only operational MK 20 heavyweight torpedo,(where the RN versions in most cases had an accurate short range Type 174, initially) and provided more comfort for the crew in cafeteria messing and bunk bedding. Otago was launched on 11 December 1958 by Princess Margaret,[1] and was commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy on 22 June 1960. The sensors or the Otago were generally updated in line with those of the RN Rothesay,to year 1980 standard, but Otago unlike the RN frigates, was not fitted as a specialised a/s frigates and retained the medium 200km range air and surface warning 277Q, and original 275 and 262 fire control, As ordered the frigate was intended to mount, twin Mk 5 40mm for close in AA but the RNZN decided to rely on Seacat missiles for AA and the Otago and Taranaki carried only a single Mk9 40mm until Seacat was fitted in NZ in 1963-64. During the confrontation with Indonesia in 1964-6, HMNZS Otago, in line with most RN frigates was fitted with a couple of Oerilikons for junk bashing, its sister Taranaki carried older single 40mm initially for the purpose. Later in the decade US Mk 32 tubes were fitted for Mk 44/46 torpedoes in place of the ineffective RN Mk20 torpedoes, in line with the ANZUS alliance, and in the frigates 1974-75 mid life refit, the Limbo mortars were removed as the RNZN anti sub specialists and director of plans viewed Limbo mortars as useless for anything but killing huge numbers of fish in the Hauraki Gulf. The ship was named after the province of Otago in New Zealand’s South Island, and associated with the city of Dunedin.
HMNZS Otago (F111) HMNZS Otago (F111) was a Rothesay-class Type 12 frigate, or separately designated, Otago-class frigate acquired from the Royal Navy by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) before completion. Otago and Taranaki differ from the Royal Navy Rothesays as they were never reconstructed to the Leander standard, with hangar and landing pad forContinue reading “HMNZS Otago (F111) was a Rothesay-class Type 12 frigate, or separately designated, Otago-class frigate acquired from the Royal Navy by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) before completion. Otago and Taranaki differ from the Royal Navy Rothesays as they were never reconstructed to the Leander standard, with hangar and landing pad for a Wasp a/s helicopter as the main weapon system with a/s torpedoes,depth charges and AS-12 missiles to engage FAC and surfaced submarines. The RNZN frigates were constructed with the long range Type 177 sonar to combine with the only operational MK 20 heavyweight torpedo,(where the RN versions in most cases had an accurate short range Type 174, initially) and provided more comfort for the crew in cafeteria messing and bunk bedding. Otago was launched on 11 December 1958 by Princess Margaret,[1] and was commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy on 22 June 1960. The sensors or the Otago were generally updated in line with those of the RN Rothesay,to year 1980 standard, but Otago unlike the RN frigates, was not fitted as a specialised a/s frigates and retained the medium 200km range air and surface warning 277Q, and original 275 and 262 fire control, As ordered the frigate was intended to mount, twin Mk 5 40mm for close in AA but the RNZN decided to rely on Seacat missiles for AA and the Otago and Taranaki carried only a single Mk9 40mm until Seacat was fitted in NZ in 1963-64. During the confrontation with Indonesia in 1964-6, HMNZS Otago, in line with most RN frigates was fitted with a couple of Oerilikons for junk bashing, its sister Taranaki carried older single 40mm initially for the purpose. Later in the decade US Mk 32 tubes were fitted for Mk 44/46 torpedoes in place of the ineffective RN Mk20 torpedoes, in line with the ANZUS alliance, and in the frigates 1974-75 mid life refit, the Limbo mortars were removed as the RNZN anti sub specialists and director of plans viewed Limbo mortars as useless for anything but killing huge numbers of fish in the Hauraki Gulf. The ship was named after the province of Otago in New Zealand’s South Island, and associated with the city of Dunedin.”
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