Monthly Archives: August 2023

USS Wichita gets new engine after just four years’ service The Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship will see its main diesel engine replaced and looks set to be kept in service after having been earmarked for early retirement. By Richard Thomas

The Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) and an MH-60s Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, Detachment 6, participate in a photo exercise in the Caribbean Sea in 2022. Credit: US DoD. The US Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Wichita (LCS13) appears to have been saved from the chopping block asContinue reading “USS Wichita gets new engine after just four years’ service The Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship will see its main diesel engine replaced and looks set to be kept in service after having been earmarked for early retirement. By Richard Thomas”

ALMIRANTE, Panama – The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) arrived in Almirante, Panama, Aug. 11, marking the first of many stops throughout the course of the Continuing Promise 2023 mission.

During Burlington’s time in Panama, U.S. Navy and partner nation medical personnel will work together to provide care in community clinics. The vessel recently returned from participating in UNITAS, the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise in the world. “The Continuing Promise mission provides a great opportunity for us to join forces to provide aid toContinue reading “ALMIRANTE, Panama – The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) arrived in Almirante, Panama, Aug. 11, marking the first of many stops throughout the course of the Continuing Promise 2023 mission.”

UK Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon nears return to service One of six air defence destroyers operated by the UK Royal Navy, HMS Dragon has been undergoing rectification work to its propulsion systems under a class-wide programme. – By Richard Thomas

A social media post from BAE Systems showing HMS Dragon floating at dock 14 at Portsmouth Naval Base: Credit: BAE Systems. The UK Royal Navy Type 45 air defence destroyer HMS Dragon has moved a step closer to a return to operations after the vessel was flooded up and undocked from Dock 14 at Portsmouth Naval Base last month, as itContinue reading “UK Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon nears return to service One of six air defence destroyers operated by the UK Royal Navy, HMS Dragon has been undergoing rectification work to its propulsion systems under a class-wide programme. – By Richard Thomas”

An F-35B Lightning jet lands on HMS Queen Elizabeth as she sails closely with tanker RFA Tideforce and Type 23 frigate HMS Northumberland

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USS Tempest (PC-2) is the second of the Cyclone-class of United States Navy coastal patrol ships, named for various weather phenomena.

  A starboard bow view of the coastal patrol craft USS TEMPEST (PC-2) underway off the coast of Haiti. The United Nations (UN) decreed a maritime embargo to force out the illegal government presently in power and to reestablish the properly elected government. Date Shot: 29 Jul 1994  She was transferred to the US Coast Guard as USCGC Tempest (WPC-2),Continue reading “USS Tempest (PC-2) is the second of the Cyclone-class of United States Navy coastal patrol ships, named for various weather phenomena.”