Operations
ESPS Patiño met up with CTF151 Pakistan Warship PNS Tariq
ESPS Patiño met up with CTF151 Pakistan Warship PNS Tariq to conduct counter-piracy exercises at sea off the Somali Coast.Personnel from each vessel transferred between warships to understand each other’s capabilities and focus on the major aspects of counter-piracy...
Operations
Iran Navy repels pirate attack in Gulf of Aden
According to Iran Press TV, Iranian naval forces have thwarted a pirate attack on one of the country's merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden.Iran's 48th naval fleet, comprised of Alvand destroyer and Lavan logistic warship, rescued the Iranian...
Operations
Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov returns to Barents Sea from long voyage
Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov returns to Barents Sea from long voyageCrew of the Russian Northern Fleet’s large antisubmarine warfare ship Vice-Admiral Kulakov has begun the final stage of the long voyage. On Saturday, the ship entered the Barents Sea,...
Operations
HMS Sutherland to deploy to Asia Pacific region next year
UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced that the UK will send a second warship to the Asia Pacific region to strengthen relations with allies in the area.Addressing the crew on HMS Sutherland this morning, the Defence Secretary announced...
Miscellaneous
Search ends for Sailors in C-2A crash
The U.S. Navy ceased search and rescue operations at 10:00 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Nov. 24 for three Sailors not immediately recovered after a C-2A Greyhound crashed on the afternoon of Nov. 22.USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) led...
Operations
EU NAVFOR’S Italian ship Virginio Fasan chases and captures suspected pirates.
EU NAVFOR Somalia’s Flagship, the Italian vessel ITS Virginio Fasan, has apprehended six suspected pirates and seized their vessels.Six crew of a motor whaler, acting as mother ship, and a skiff have been detained following attacks on a 52,000...
Operations
France’s CATG Departs Port for a Bilateral Deployment
France’s amphibious task group (CATG), comprised of the French Navy Mistral-class amphibious assault ship LHD Tonnerre and the Horizon-class air defense destroyer Chevalier Paul, left its homeport Nov. 21 for a deployment which will include time in the U.S....
Miscellaneous
Guided missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin returns after 7-month deployment.
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...
Exercises
HMNLS ZEELAND returned to homeport
HMNLS ZEELAND returned to homeport today after contributing emergency aid efforts to Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten, hit by Hurricane Irma.She involved in securing the Island (with the members of the Dutch Marine (in Dutch called: Korps Mariniers)),...
Exercises
Vice-Admiral Kulakov has passed through the English Channel
The Russian Northern Fleet’s large anti-submarine destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov has passed through the English Channel and is continuing along its long route in the Atlantic amid adverse weather conditions, the Fleet’s press service said on Monday."Last night, the Russian...
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NATO Ships Participate in ITA MINEX 22, Mare Aperto
Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) participated in Exercise Mare Aperto-Italian Mine Warfare Exercise 22 (ITA MINEX-22) in...