According to information published by the U.S. Navy on January 14, 2021, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) of the U.S. Navy departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, on its ninth Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol, January 12, 2021. Read full Naval News at this link … from JC’s Naval, Maritime and MilitaryContinue reading “US Navy USS Porter DDG 78 guided missile destroyer departs for its ninth Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe”
Monthly Archives: January 2021
First escort mission for Chinese Navy Changsha 173 Type 052D destroyer in the Gulf of Aden
According to a statement released by the Chinese Ministry of Defense (MoD) on January 16, 2021, the 37th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Saturday, January 16, 2021, left the port city of Sanya in south China’s Hainan Province for the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia to escort civilianContinue reading “First escort mission for Chinese Navy Changsha 173 Type 052D destroyer in the Gulf of Aden”
The 19,500-tonne vessel, which will be known as HMAS Supply (II) (with pennant number A195) once it is commissioned in April, arrived for the first time at Fleet Base East in Sydney, New South Wales, on 15 January, according to a statement issued that same day by the Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra.
The first of two Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ships for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has arrived at its homeport in Sydney Harbour. The RAN’s future AOR vessel, Supply , arrived for the first time at Fleet Base East in Sydney, New South Wales, on 15 January. (Commonwealth of Australia/Department of Defence) “TheContinue reading “The 19,500-tonne vessel, which will be known as HMAS Supply (II) (with pennant number A195) once it is commissioned in April, arrived for the first time at Fleet Base East in Sydney, New South Wales, on 15 January, according to a statement issued that same day by the Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra.”
Federation Celebrations, ‘The Russian Cruiser Cromoboi Lying at Port Melbourne Railway Pier’, Melbourne, May1901
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USS Rockbridge (APA-228) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the VC2-S-AP5 model in the United States Navy during World War II and the years following. She was named for Rockbridge County in Virginia.
Rockbridge was laid down for the Maritime Commission (MCV hull 674) on 2 September 1944 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company in Vancouver, Washington, launched on 28 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. C. J. Hearn, acquired by the Navy on loan-charter on 18 November 1944; and commissioned the same day, with Captain William W. Cone inContinue reading “USS Rockbridge (APA-228) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the VC2-S-AP5 model in the United States Navy during World War II and the years following. She was named for Rockbridge County in Virginia.”
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