Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the three other frigates of the Brandenburg class were designed as replacements for the Hamburg-class destroyers. She was laid in 1993 at the yards of Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack and launched in February 1995. Her sponsor was Annemarie Seite, wife of the then Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Berndt Seite. After undergoing trials sheContinue reading “German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern”
Monthly Archives: January 2022
New in 2022: USS Carl Vinson expected to wrap up first deployment with F-35C fighter jets
By Diana Stancy Correll Jan 6, 10:39 AM The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class helicopter destroyer JS Kaga take part in Maritime Partnership Exercise 2021 on Oct. 17, 2021. (MC3 Erin C. Zorich/Navy) The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is expected to wrap up its current deployment — the first including the F-35C Lightning II fighter jetContinue reading “New in 2022: USS Carl Vinson expected to wrap up first deployment with F-35C fighter jets”
USS Chafee (DDG 90).
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 4, 2021) An MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to “Blue Hawks” Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, prepares to land aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90). Chafee is on a scheduled deployment in U.S. 7th Fleet to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response forceContinue reading “USS Chafee (DDG 90).”
USS Chafee (DDG 90)
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 4, 2021) Sonar Technician Surface 2nd Class Justin Lennox, from Wrentham, Massachusetts, and Sonar Technician Surface 3rd Class Rebecca Brennan, from Saginaw, Michigan, prepare a Mark 46 torpedo to be inserted into a torpedo tube aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90). Chafee is on a scheduled deployment inContinue reading “USS Chafee (DDG 90)”
In numbers: Warship HMS Montrose marks 1,000-day Gulf milestone
She has sailed 163,000 nautical miles – more than 7.5 times around the globe – and seized more than 6.5 tonnes of drugs. Alex Walters 5th January 2022 at 11:43am A bow shot of HMS Montrose while refuelling from USNS Big Horn during Gulf exercises last year (Picture: Royal Navy). Warship HMS Montrose has celebratedContinue reading “In numbers: Warship HMS Montrose marks 1,000-day Gulf milestone”
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