Monthly Archives: September 2026

The image appears to show a Reis-class submarine belonging to the Turkish Naval Forces navigating past a coastal fortification

Transiting the Dardanelles

Future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided missile destroyer entering the Miraflores Locks southbound (to the Pacific) on the Panama Canal – September 9, 2026 SRC: webcam

The U.S. Navy will commission the Stevens on October 3, 2026, in Whittier, Alaska. 

During Kang Kon’s (52) commissioning in North Korea, this warship was spotted nearby. Supposedly still in active service, it’s a Project 53 minesweeper T-8 Cheka, launched by the Soviet Union in 1936.

During Kang Kon’s (52) commissioning in North Korea, this warship was spotted nearby. Supposedly still in active service, it’s a Project 53 minesweeper T-8 Cheka, launched by the Soviet Union in 1936.

Numancia (F83) is the third of the six Spanish-built Santa Maria-class frigates of the Spanish Navy, based on the American Oliver Hazard Perry class design. The frigate was constructed in Spain by Bazan and laid down on 8 January 1986; launched on 29 January 1987; and entered service with the Spanish Navy on 17 November 1989.

Based at Rota, Numancia has been deployed to the Indian Ocean to fight piracy in Somalia as part of Operation Atalanta and to the Mediterranean Sea to intercept illegal trafficking of migrants as part of Operation Sophia.

Marne is a Durance-class command and replenishment tanker of the French Navy. In addition to its primary duty as a fleet tanker, Marne is configured as a flagship and has served as such in the Indian Ocean.

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