Monthly Archives: September 2023

US Navy According to the US Navy, the ship was decommissioned in a ceremony held on 22 September. During the ceremony guest speaker, Bunker Hill’s second commanding officer, Vice Adm. Rodney Rempt, USN, Ret., wished the current crew fair winds and following seas as they bid farewell to their ship. Bunker Hill’s final commanding officer,Continue reading “USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), the 11th ship of the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser, has been decommissioned after more than 37 years of naval service.”

The first Flight III destroyer Jack H Lucas (DDG 125) sails away from Ingalls Shipbuilding on 26 September, 2023. Credit: HII The first of the Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, USS Jack H Lucas (DDG 125), is nearing its entry into US Navy service following its departure from Ingalls Shipbuilding site in Pascagoula on 26 September. AccordingContinue reading “US DoD in PSA contract award for navy destroyer days before commissioning The US Navy’s first Flight III destroyer, the USS Jack H Lucas (DDG 125), is due to be commissioned into service in October. – Richard ThomasSeptember 27 2023”

An experimental private venture fast patrol boat built at Vosper Thornycroft’s Camber yard in Portsmouth 1967-69. She was not bought by the RN until January 1972, but was used for demonstrations and was twice chartered by the RN in 1971. Although designed for a heavy armament this was never fitted (the twin 35mm mounting andContinue reading “HMS “Tenacity” (P 276) -Tenacity class 44ft Vosper Fast Patrol Craft, 1972″