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Three Ships Have Left RN Service

BySeaWaves Magazine – Jul 13, 2026 The Royal Navy is marking a significant moment in its evolution as HMS Richmond, HMS Iron Duke and HMS Chiddingfold prepare to leave service after delivering more than a century of combined operational excellence. As the Royal Navy modernizes its fleet, older Type 23 frigates are being retired asContinue reading “Three Ships Have Left RN Service”

Navy awards TOTE $2.2 billion to manage Medium Landing Ships project

By Leigh Giangreco – Jul 15, 2026, 07:15 AM Concept design for the McClung class Medium Landing Ship. (Sekishou Productions via Marine Corps) The Navy this week awarded a $2.2 billion Vessel Construction Management contract to the Jacksonville, Florida-based TOTE Services LLC for the service’s new Medium Landing Ships. The Marine Corps commissioned the new Medium Landing Ships, or LSMs,Continue reading “Navy awards TOTE $2.2 billion to manage Medium Landing Ships project”

One of America’s most decorated WWII submarines is leaving its Michigan home for the first time in 40 years

By JOEL BISSELL  MLIVE.COM • July 12, 2026 An aerial image of the USS Silversides 236 submarine and museum in Muskegon, Mich. Behind the Silversides is the USCGC McLane, a prohibition-era Coast Guard cutter, which is also open for tours. (Joel Bissell, mlive.com/TNS) MUSKEGON, Mich. (Tribune News Service) — The USS Silversides, one of theContinue reading “One of America’s most decorated WWII submarines is leaving its Michigan home for the first time in 40 years”

Always a good read – Hunter’s Fountain

Posted on July 9, 2026 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment Some 85 years ago this week, the 10,000-ton Dutch Java-Pacific Lijn/VNS passenger steamer SS Jaegersfontaine pulled out of San Francisco on 10 July and, steaming West across a wide and nervous ocean, arrived a little over 8,000 miles away at Rangoon in British Burma on the 28th, making it in aContinue reading “Always a good read – Hunter’s Fountain”

U.S. Bases Nuclear Fast-Attack Submarine USS Tucson in Guam to Deepen Deterrence Along China’s Maritime Flank.

The U.S. Navy has forward-deployed the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Tucson (SSN 770) to Naval Base Guam, a move announced following its arrival on July 10, 2026, that strengthens America’s undersea combat posture in the Western Pacific. By basing another nuclear-powered attack submarine inside the region, the Navy reduces response times, increases patrol availability near keyContinue reading “U.S. Bases Nuclear Fast-Attack Submarine USS Tucson in Guam to Deepen Deterrence Along China’s Maritime Flank.”