13 July 2023 7th Fleet Aircraft Transits Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT -- A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon transited the Taiwan Strait in international airspace on July 13 (local time). By operating within the Taiwan Strait in accordance with international law, the United States upholds the navigational rights and freedoms of all nations. The
12 July 2023 Structural Upgrades Complete on Dry Dock 5, USS Connecticut Docks for Availability BREMERTON, Wash. – Interim seismic mitigation efforts, which began March 29 on Dry Dock 5, have been completed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton. The dry dock has been tested and re-certified and USS Connecticut (SSN 22) was docked for its...
12 July 2023 Navy Week Program Returns to Cleveland MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- The U.S. Navy is preparing to bring a Navy Week to Cleveland, Ohio during the week of September 4-10, as the tenth Navy Week of the calendar year...
12 July 2023 Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) The Navy accepted delivery of fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), from shipbuilder General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) on July 11...
11 July 2023 USNS Burlington Hosts Launch of Unmanned Surface Vehicle CARRIBEAN SEA – U.S. Navy Sailors partnered with Military Sealift Command civilian mariners and civilian contractors in a collaborative effort to successfully launch a Wave Glider unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF...
11 July 2023 UNITAS LXIV to Begin in Colombia CARTAGENA, Colombia - U.S. Navy and Marine forces are set to arrive in Cartagena in support of UNITAS LXIV, the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise in the world, scheduled to start July 11, 2023...
11 July 2023 Wreck site identified as World War Two carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE 79) Naval History and Heritage Command confirmed the identity of a wreck site as USS Ommaney Bay (CVE 79) July 10...
11 July 2023 NAVSUP WSS, Shipyard Supply Support Unit Standardize Processes, Decrease Ship Repair Delays MECHANICSBURG, Pa - Members of Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support’s (NAVSUP WSS) Strategic Management and Improvement Office (SMIO) assisted public shipyard units with knowledge sharing and standardization, leading to decreased ship repair delays...
11 July 2023 FRCE Modernization Team Improves Work Environment, Saves Time and Money While teams of expert artisans, engineers and logisticians support state-of-the-art maintenance, repair and overhaul of the military’s most advanced aircraft platforms at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) – often in buildings that date back to the depot’s World War II...
11 July 2023 Program Executive Office Aircraft Carriers Holds Change-of-Office Ceremony WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Casey J. Moton relieved Rear Adm. James P. Downey as Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers (PEO CVN) during a change-of-office ceremony, July 7, at the Washington Navy Yard. Moton assumed leadership of PEO CVN after previously serving as the Program Executive...