18 August 2023 Keel Authenticated for Future USS Tang (SSN 805) GROTON, Conn. – Senior Navy leaders and shipbuilders gathered at General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, to attend a keel-laying ceremony for the future Virginia-class submarine USS Tang (SSN 805), Aug. 17...
18 August 2023 Bangor Dry Dock Recertifies, Completing Seismic Mitigation Work BREMERTON, Wash. – Interim seismic mitigation efforts, which began Feb. 15 on the Trident Refit Facility Delta Pier in Bangor, have been completed. ...
18 August 2023 USS Mount Whitney Arrives In Istanbul for Visit Focused On U.S. and Turkish NATO Partnership ISTANBUL, Türkiye -- The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) arrived in Istanbul, Türkiye for a scheduled port visit on August 18, 2023...
17 August 2023 Military Sealift Command’s USNS Millinocket Aids Vessel In Distress TIMOR SEA -- Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) expeditionary fast transport USNS Millinocket (T EPF 3) rendered assistance to a distressed small leisure boat in the vicinity of Darwin, Australia, Aug. 8...
17 August 2023 Farewell, FLIP! Renowned Navy-Owned Research Platform Retired after 60 Years of Service ARLINGTON, Va. -- Built in 1962 with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), FLIP helped generations of scientists and oceanographers better understand the mysteries of the sea, including internal waves, air-sea interaction and long-range sound propagation. Sadly, age and exorbitant...
17 August 2023 IWTC Corry Station Alumni One of Navy’s Newest Aerial Vehicle Operators PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Warrant Officer 1 Thomas Forsythe, an Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station alumni, was among the first to be “winged” as an Aerial Vehicle Operator (AVO) for the MQ-25 Stingray and earn the warrant officer designator 7371, at the Naval Aviation...
17 August 2023 USS Mount Whitney, U.S. Sixth Fleet support LSE23 GAETA, Italy -- For the past two weeks, the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and embarked Sixth Fleet staff conducted operations in the Mediterranean Sea while participating in Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2023...
15 August 2023 NAVSEA Improves Readiness of USS Bataan with New 3D Printing Capability WASHINGTON NAVY YARD –The crew of USS Bataan (LHD 5), supported by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), recently completed the first metal 3D part fabrication and replacement for a de-ballast air compressor (DBAC) in only five days using her permanently installed metal 3D printer...
15 August 2023 USS Sioux City (LCS 11) Decommissions NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. -- Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Sioux City (LCS 11) was decommissioned in Mayport, Fla., August 14...
15 August 2023 20 Indo-Pacific Maritime Forces Commence 22nd SEACAT Exercise SINGAPORE -- Maritime forces from 20 Indo-Pacific partner nations, including the U.S. Navy, and non-governmental and international organizations, began the 22nd iteration of Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) in the Republic of Singapore, Aug. 14, 2023. This year included India for the...