Monthly Archives: July 2022

Westland Wasp of No. 3 Squadron RNZAF flies past HMNZS Waikato (F55)

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HMNZS Wellington on its first visit to Wellington 2010

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USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Berthed on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Kidd (DD-661) underway at the time she was recommissioned for Korean War service, circa March 1951. Kidd off Roi island on 12 June 1944 Admiral Kidd was the first US flag officer to die during World War II, and the first American admiral ever to be killed in action.[3] A National HistoricContinue reading “USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.”

Combat Logistics – 173 Tanker Taskforce is on the job! U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate Seaman Hayden Bannditini fires a shot line from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) as it conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Royal New Zealand Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A 11) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.

Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Gwendelyn Ohrazda | PACIFIC OCEAN (July 24, 2022) Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique trainingContinue reading “Combat Logistics – 173 Tanker Taskforce is on the job! U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate Seaman Hayden Bannditini fires a shot line from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) as it conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Royal New Zealand Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A 11) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.”

Multinational coalition reports record drugs seizure near Arabian Gulf in 2021

Sailors assigned to the French Frigate FS Floreal inventory a shipment of illicit drugs interdicted from a stateless dhow on Nov. 3, 2021. (@CMF_Bahrain) Value of the drugs seized by the Bahrain-based Combined Task Force 150 exceeded the past four years combined MANAMA/DUBAI: A multinational naval coalition said it seized over 67 tons of drugsContinue reading “Multinational coalition reports record drugs seizure near Arabian Gulf in 2021”