Japan MSDF frigate makes port call in Australia amid contract bid

 KYODO NEWS – Mar 13, 2025 – 19:06 | World, All, Japan A Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate has made a port call in Western Australia as Japan bids for a contract to build Australia’s new fleet of general-purpose frigates. The Mogami-class frigate Noshiro arrived at the HMAS Stirling naval base near Perth on Australia’s west coast earlier this week,Continue reading “Japan MSDF frigate makes port call in Australia amid contract bid”

USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) – JS Hamana (AOE 424) – FNS Prairial (F731).

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 19, 2021) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Towada-class replenishment ship JS Hamana (AOE 424) and French Floreal-class light frigate FNS Prairial (F731). (Photo courtesy of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)

US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conduct drills in Hawaiian Islands Operating Area

Naval News October 2021 Navy Forces Maritime Defense IndustryPOSTED ON FRIDAY, 08 OCTOBER 2021 14:13 On October 4, the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73), Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), and JMSDF training ship JS Kashima (TV 3508) conducted the CODEP, consisting of unit exercises testing cooperation, communicationContinue reading “US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conduct drills in Hawaiian Islands Operating Area”

JS Hyūga (DDH-181) is the lead ship of the Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), center right, sail in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Yugiri (DD 153), and training ships JS Hatakaze (TV 3520) and JS Setoyuki (TV 3518) during a bilateral maritime exercise.

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 28, 2021) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), center right, sail in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Yugiri (DD 153), and training ships JS Hatakaze (TV 3520) and JS Setoyuki (TV 3518) during a bilateral maritime exercise. TheContinue reading “The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), center right, sail in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Yugiri (DD 153), and training ships JS Hatakaze (TV 3520) and JS Setoyuki (TV 3518) during a bilateral maritime exercise.”