The commander and second in charge of the U.S.S. Montgomery were relieved of command in a rare punishment, reportedly over their handling of a sexual harassment case. The littoral combat ship Montgomery has in recent years patrolled contested waterways like the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea.Credit…Manman Dejeto/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Eric SchmittDec.Continue reading “Navy Fires Warship’s Top Two Officers, Citing ‘Loss of Confidence’”
Monthly Archives: January 2022
Navy to dismantle sunken cargo ship on Thames holding unstable explosives
MoD reportedly warns of ‘mass damage and potential loss of life’ if ordnance on SS Richard Montgomery triggered The mast of the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery in the Thames displaying a warning sign, with Sheerness visible in the background. Photograph: James Bell/Alamy Charlie MoloneyThu 30 Dec 2021 15.24 GMT An operation to remove theContinue reading “Navy to dismantle sunken cargo ship on Thames holding unstable explosives”
RAN – First Evolved Cape Class Begins Sea Trials
By BENJAMIN FELTON in AUSTRALIA, NAVAL, NEWS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, SURFACE COMBATANT January 3, 2022TweetSharePin0SHARES Austal Australia announced on 22 December, that sea trials had commenced aboard the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) first Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boat. Austal launched the vessel earlier this year in a ceremony held at its Henderson shipyard. However, a combination of the pandemic, material faults and workforce issues haveContinue reading “RAN – First Evolved Cape Class Begins Sea Trials”
Royal Navy Makes Rare Visit to Remote South Atlantic Island Chain to Study Penguins
HMS Protector off a penguin colony on Saunders Island. Credit: Royal Navy Mike SchulerTotal Views: 4141 January 3, 2022 Share this article 195Shares 155 31 The Royal Navy research ship HMS Protector is making a rare visit to the remote South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean to study the penguin population and the impacts of climateContinue reading “Royal Navy Makes Rare Visit to Remote South Atlantic Island Chain to Study Penguins”
USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) departs Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jan. 3, 2022) The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) departs Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Jan. 3, 2022. Milwaukee is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missionsContinue reading “USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) departs Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.”
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