Monthly Archives: December 2020

Chinese warship shadows USS John S. McCain as the guided-missile destroyer passes near Beijing’s fortified reefs in the South China Sea The US guided-missile destroyer passed through South China Sea on Tuesday Chinese warship shadowed the McCain during part of the operation US military says all interactions with foreign military were safe and professional It comes days after China’s military tailed a US warship in the Taiwan Strait

 By KEITH GRIFFITH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and WIRES PUBLISHED: 06:11 AEDT, 23 December 2020 | UPDATED: 06:11 AEDT, 23 December 2020           e-mail   31 View comments The Chinese military has shadowed a US warship as it traveled near reefs fortified to bolster Beijing’s sweeping territorial claims in the South China Sea. The USS John S. McCain guided-missile destroyer passed through theContinue reading “Chinese warship shadows USS John S. McCain as the guided-missile destroyer passes near Beijing’s fortified reefs in the South China Sea The US guided-missile destroyer passed through South China Sea on Tuesday Chinese warship shadowed the McCain during part of the operation US military says all interactions with foreign military were safe and professional It comes days after China’s military tailed a US warship in the Taiwan Strait”

Just in time for Christmas: 100 Mission Essential Civil Service Mariners, USNS Medgar Evers return to Norfolk

  NORFOLK, VA, UNITED STATES 12.19.2020 Story by LaShawn Sykes  USN Military Sealift Command    Subscribe 6 Military Sealift Command’s Combat Logistics Force vessel USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) returned to Naval Station Norfolk December 19, after completing a four-month deployment, participating in a myriad of joint operations from Exercise Joint Warrior 2020 to conducting MV 22Continue reading “Just in time for Christmas: 100 Mission Essential Civil Service Mariners, USNS Medgar Evers return to Norfolk”

Royal Navy Amphib Returns Home After Helping Seize $500M in Cocaine

RFA Argus (top) with the patrol ship HMS MedwayBY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 12-20-2020 07:41:00   The Royal Navy amphib RFA Argus has returned home to the UK for a rest and refit period after helping intercept more than $500 million of cocaine in the Caribbean. The support ship departed eight months ago to support the region’s British Overseas TerritoriesContinue reading “Royal Navy Amphib Returns Home After Helping Seize $500M in Cocaine”

Australian naval vessels during a 1950 visit to Wellington, New Zealand. HMAS Australia, Submarine possible HMS Telemachus, Probable HMAS Warramunga and possible HMAS Murchison. Anybody that can confirm please

 Other suggestions – The T class sub is from the RN 4th Submarine Flotilla on the Australia Station and is either HMS Trump or HMS Taciturn. Astern of HMAS Warramunga is heavy cruiser HMAS Australia with a River class frigate outboard and the aft end of the island of aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney just visible astern of Australia from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3p8ORNaContinue reading “Australian naval vessels during a 1950 visit to Wellington, New Zealand. HMAS Australia, Submarine possible HMS Telemachus, Probable HMAS Warramunga and possible HMAS Murchison. Anybody that can confirm please”

HMCS Louisburg was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She fought mainly as an ocean escort during the Battle of the Atlantic. She was sunk in 1943. She was named for Louisburg, Nova Scotia.

  HMCS Louisburg (K143) https://ift.tt/3aulUYf from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/38kJEet via IFTTT