Monthly Archives: October 2026

The U.S. Military Sealift Command oiler USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO-146), center, replenishing the U.S. Navy battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) and the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) on 25 July 1986.

RFS Kerch (Project 1134B / Kara class)foreground, and a Slava-class guided-missile cruiser (such as the Moskva)

Foreground Vessel: The image shows the Soviet-era Kara-class large anti-submarine ship/cruiser Kerch (pennant number 713) in the foreground alongside a Slava-class guided-missile cruiser (such as the Moskva) of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol Baya large anti-submarine warfare ship commissioned in 1974, decommissioned in 2020 following a fire in 2014, and subsequently scrapped

Class B Fairmiles and HMNZS Killegray, Devonport Naval Base, 1945

Royal New Zealand Navy Class B Fairmiles Q 409 (left) and Q 404 (right) later named “Wailana”. with HMNZS Killegray (T174), an Isles-class trawler/minesweeper commissioned in 1941). the background at Devonport Naval Base. Q 409 was recommissioned in 1953 as HMNZS Māori (P3570) and in 1963 she became the Auckland-Waiheke ferry ‘Iris Moana’.

RSS Sentinel Launched at Fassmer Shipyard

BySeaWaves Magazine – Oct 4, 2026 Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Sentinel for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) was officially named October 2 at the Fassmer shipyard in Berne. Sentinel is the first of a total of four new Offshore Patrol Vessels being built by Fassmer for Singapore. The ceremony marking the important program milestoneContinue reading “RSS Sentinel Launched at Fassmer Shipyard”

On October 2, 2026, Ohio**-class ballistic missile submarines USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) and USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) arrived at their new homeports of Kings Bay, Georgia, and Naval Base Kitsap – Bangor, Washington, respectively.

The hull swap between Pennsylvania and Wyoming was a planned component of the Navy’s long-term fleet modernization strategy to position the newer ballistic missile submarines at Naval Base Kitsap. This process allows the Navy to position its submarine fleet strategically in preparation for the introduction of the future Columbia-**class ballistic missile submarines, while ensuring ourContinue reading “On October 2, 2026, Ohio**-class ballistic missile submarines USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) and USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) arrived at their new homeports of Kings Bay, Georgia, and Naval Base Kitsap – Bangor, Washington, respectively.”