24 October 2022 Keel Authenticated for Future USS Robert E. Simanek SAN DIEGO - The keel for the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), a Lewis B. Puller-class Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego, October 21...
07 October 2022 Future USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Completes Acceptance Trials The future USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) completed Acceptance trials, October 6...
05 October 2022 Keel Authenticated for the Future USNS Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek The keel for the future USNS Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek (T-ATS 8) was ceremonially laid at Bollinger Houma Shipyards, Oct. 3. ...
05 October 2022 Keel Authenticated for T-AGS 67 The keel for the Navy’s next oceanographic survey ship (T-AGS 67) was ceremonially laid at Halter Marine in Pascagoula, MS, Oct. 4. The keel authenticator was Rear Admiral Tom Anderson, Program Executive Officer, Ships...
09 September 2022 The future USNS Apalachicola Achieves Milestones with Acceptance Trials and Completion of Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials The future USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13), the Navy’s 13th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport successfully completed Acceptance Trials and Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials...
09 September 2022 Start of Fabrication Begins for Future USS Pittsburgh PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The start of fabrication of the future USS Pittsburgh (LPD 31) began at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Sept. 7...
17 August 2022 Wireless Connectivity Bridge Expansion Continues to Improve Sailor Access during Maintenance Availabilities NORFOLK, Va. – Sailors now can access and interface with essential services and information available online for their professional requirements during shipyard availabilities using the Wireless Connectivity Bridge (WCB)...
09 June 2022 Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 104 The Navy accepted delivery of the next generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 104, June 9...
22 April 2022 Future APL 69 Conducts Builder’s and Acceptance Trials The Navy’s newest berthing barge, Auxiliary Personnel Lighter (APL) 69, recently conducted Builder’s and Acceptance Trials in Pascagoula, Mississippi.Builder's Trials consist of a series of in-port tests and demonstrations that allow the shipbuilder, VT Halter Marine, and the Navy to assess the...
12 April 2022 Navy Conducts Battle Damage Repair Exercise VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two (MDSU2) and Naval Sea Systems Command activities took part in a battle damage repair exercise on the ex-USS Boone (FFG-28) to test their emergent repair capabilities March 22- 29 while underway in the Atlantic and at Joint Expeditionary Base...