Miscellaneous

Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset shadowed a Russian naval destroyer through the Moray Firth this weekend.Somerset, a Plymouth-based Type 23 frigate, detected and monitored the movements of the Russian warship Vice Admiral Kulakov and her supporting tanker.HMS Somerset had...

Turkish Navy decommissioned 74 year old submarine rescue ship TCG AKIN (Ex USS Greenlet) on Nov 16.USS GREENLET had been commissioned on May 29, 1943 and after 27 years of service, she had been transferred to Turkey on 12...

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia held a keel-laying ceremony for the first of two auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) vessels ordered by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at its Ferrol yard on 17 November.According to Navantia the launch of the first oiler...

U.S.Navy officials were faced with an unusual controversy after residents of Okanogan County, Washington noticed a sky drawing many said looked like male genitalia on Thursday."US Navy air crew, flying an F/A-18 Growler (Electronic Attack Aircraft) assigned to Electronic...

 Argentina Navy submarine ARA SAN JUAN disappeared in waters of Puerto Madryn, northern Patagonia, Argentina, contact with submarine manned with 44 crew lost since Nov 15.“We are investigating the reasons for the lack of communication,” Argentine naval spokesman Enrique...

The guided missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin returned to Norfolk Friday (Nov 16)after seven months abroad.The Oscar Austin had been supporting U.S. naval operations in the Black Sea, North Atlantic, Mediterranean, the Gulf of Aden and the Baltic Sea...

The United Arab Emirates has closed a deal to buy two French-made Gowind class corvettes, built for coastal surveillance and anti-submarine warfare, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday (November 9) in Dubai.The deal includes an option for two more...

The crew of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii following the successful completion of a Western Pacific deployment, Nov. 9.Olympia participated in several coordinated exercises with U.S. and...

Six months after Singapore's first littoral mission vessel (LMV) became fully operational, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has added two more of the locally-built, high-tech warships to its fleet.RSS Unity and RSS Sovereignty turned fully operational in a...

Taiwan will hold a ceremony in December to commission 12 military aircraft acquired from the United States to boost its anti-submarine warfare capabilities, the Taiwanese Air Force said Sunday.In a statement, the Air Force said it has taken full...