Miscellaneous

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) arrived in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Jan. 19, aboard heavy lift vessel MV Transshelf inward bound from Yokosuka, Japan.Fitzgerald is expected to spend several days in the Port of Pascagoula as...

A group of Philippine opposition senators has sought a public inquiry into the navy’s 15.7 billion peso ($310 million) acquisition of a frigate from a South Korean firm, after media said the president’s closest aide had meddled in the...

Commander of Bahrain Navy Visits USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) welcomed the commander of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force while underway in the Persian Gulf on January 16.Commodore Mohammed Yousif Al...

Five officers involved in two U.S. Navy ship collisions last year that killed a total of 17 sailors are being charged with negligent homicide, the U.S. Navy said Tuesday (Jan 16).A U.S. Navy spokesman, Capt. Greg Hicks, said the...

USS Carney departs Alexandria, EgyptThe Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) departed Alexandria, Egypt, Jan. 17, 2018, after a port visit that enhanced relationships between the Egyptian Navy and the U.S. Navy.Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, is on...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departed Agadir, Morocco, Jan. 13, 2018, after a scheduled port visit to participate in exercise African Sea Lion with the Royal Moroccan Navy frigate Tarek Ben Ziyad.One of African Sea...

The Indian Navy decommissioned Veer-class corvettes ‘Nirghat’ and ‘Nirbhik’ in a ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on January 11.Nirbhik and Nirghat were commissioned at Poti, former USSR, in1987 and 1989.

Fire breaks out in INS Shivaliks engine room, doused after six hoursA fire broke out in the engine storeroom of INS Shivalik on Wednesday (Jan 9). No casualties have been reported due to the fire.The fire was extinguished after...

According to the Public Relations Division of the Fourth Division of the Iranian Navy (Nedaja), the Damavand destroyer hit a breakwater and slightly damaged because of storm in Caspian Sea.  She arrived at the port of Caspian Sea this...

India $2.9 billion nuclear ballistic missile submarine flooded and almost sank after someone left the hatch open.India’s first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine has been grounded for almost a year after it flooded with seawater and almost sank last February.The...