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U.S. Navy christens newest aircraft carrier The U.S. Navy has christened its newest Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), during a ceremony on Saturday, December. 6, at the Newport News Shipbuilding. John F. Kennedy is the second aircraft carrier of the Gerald R. Ford class, slated to replace USS Nimitz (CVNContinue reading “U.S. Navy christens newest aircraft carrier”

British navy vessel passes through Taiwan Strait British navy vessel passes through Taiwan Strait Survey ship HMS Enterprise sails past self-ruled island as UK steps up presence in region Published: 4:17pm, 7 Dec, 2019 Updated: 10:09pm, 7 Dec, 2019122 HMS Enterprise pictured at an anchor in the UK. Photo: Handout A British navy survey vessel sailedContinue reading “British navy vessel passes through Taiwan Strait”

A successful NEW HORIZON for Sirius and Arunta Published on 07 December 2019 SBLT Aidan Barber (author) Members of the Australian and Indonesian navies held a triumphant closing ceremony on board HMAS Arunta to mark the successful completion of Exercise NEW HORIZON 2019. HMA Ships Sirius and Arunta, along with members of Deployable Sea Training Group, spent late November working alongside the Indonesian NavyContinue reading “A successful NEW HORIZON for Sirius and Arunta”

Warship Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019: The Other Tora of Pearl Harbor U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office Here we see the 125-foot Active-class patrol craft USCGC Tiger (WPC-152) in 1928 during Prohibition. One of a class of 35 so-called “Buck and a Quarter” cutters rushed into completion to deal with rumrunners, these choppy little gunboats were designed to serveContinue reading “Warship Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019: The Other Tora of Pearl Harbor U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s…”

U.S. Navy to christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship The Navy will christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Mobile (LCS 26), during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, Dec. 7, in Mobile, Alabama. U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, representing Alabama’s first district, will deliver the christening ceremony’s principal address. His wife,Continue reading “U.S. Navy to christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship”