29 September 2022 USS Port Royal Decommissions during Pearl Harbor Ceremony PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – USS Port Royal (CG 73), the 27th ship of the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser, recognized more than 28 years of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony Sept. 29 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam...
22 September 2022 SUBLANT Hosts Regional, Area Commander Summit NORFOLK, Va. - Submarine Force Atlantic (SUBLANT) hosted a regional and area commander summit onboard Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Sept. 15...
17 September 2022 Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center Completes First Planned Maintenance Availability Aboard USS Tulsa (LCS 16) JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center (HRMC) conducted its first-ever planned maintenance availability (PMAV) for Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) in the Pearl Harbor basin this past July...
17 September 2022 Top USS George Washington Sailors Visit Mount Vernon MOUNT VERNON, Va. - A select number of Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), along with the ship’s commanding officer Capt. Brent Gaut, participated in a customized tour of Mount Vernon, George Washington’s family estate, Sept. 14...
06 September 2022 Federal Painter Wage Grade Standardization at All Four Navy Shipyards Federal painters across all four public shipyards will soon have the same wage potential after the top tier wage grade for the positions was set to WG-10...
02 September 2022 USS Providence Decommissioned After 37 Years of Service NAVAL BASE KITSAP – BANGOR, Wash. (Sept. 1, 2022) --The Los Angles-class fast-attack submarine USS Providence (SSN 719) held a decommissioning ceremony at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington, Sept. 1, 2022...
31 August 2022 Navy Commences Construction of First Constellation Class Frigate WASHINGTON - The first Constellation Class Guided Missile Frigate, a highly capable and survivable multi-mission warship, will begin construction Aug. 31 at Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. The start of construction follows a detailed Navy assessment of the maturity of...
29 August 2022 Keel Laying commemorated for third ship in Gerald R. Ford-Class, the future USS Enterprise (CVN 80) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – With the words, “I hereby declare the keel of the United States Ship Enterprise truly and fairly laid,” Olympians Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky chalked their initials on respective steel plates, which were then embossed by skilled welders and affixed to the keel of the future...
25 August 2022 PCU Massachusetts Hold Change of Command NORFOLK, Va. - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Pre-commissioning Unit Massachusetts (SSN 798) held a change of command onboard Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 25...
17 August 2022 U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command Conducts Maintenance in India CHENNAI, India - Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) conducted maintenance at Larsen & Toubro Ltd, commonly known as L&T shipyard, in Kattupalli near Chennai, India, Aug. 7-17...