19 May 2023 Future USS Jack H. Lucas Successfully Completes Acceptance Trials PASCAGOULA, Miss – The future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) successfully completed acceptance trials, returning to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division May 18. DDG 125 is the first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built in the Flight III...
18 May 2023 USS Canberra Will Join the U.S. Fleet in Australia to Honor Namesake SAN DIEGO - The future USS Canberra (LCS 30) will join the U.S. Navy active fleet on July 22 with the U.S. Navy’s first international commissioning ceremony at the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Base East in Sydney, Australia...
17 May 2023 U.S. Marines Resupply Ballistic Missile Submarine in Philippine Sea MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP COURTNEY, Japan -- U.S. Marines from 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, provided a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) operation for a U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine in the Philippine Sea, last week...
17 May 2023 Keel Authenticated for Future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. BATH, Maine --The keel for the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126), a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was ceremonially laid at Bath Iron Works, May 16, 2023...
15 May 2023 UK Frigate Patrolling for CTF 150 Seizes $6 Million Drug Shipment MANAMA, Bahrain - A frigate from the United Kingdom Royal Navy seized $6 million worth of hashish from a fishing vessel transiting the Arabian Sea, May 8...
15 May 2023 SURFLANT Wraps Up Surface Line Week 2023 NORFOLK, Va. - Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) Surface Line Week 2023 ended after a week of energetic competition between multiple sea and shore commands, May 12. ...
15 May 2023 Italian Air Force Breaks Barrier at Exercise Formidable Shield 2023 HEBRIDES, United Kingdom - Italian Air Force F-2000 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft conducted the first air-to-air live-fire engagement during the Formidable Shield exercise series while flying on the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Hebrides Range operated by QinetiQ, in Scotland, United Kingdom, May 12,...
12 May 2023 Future USS Augusta (LCS 34) Delivered to the Navy MOBILE, Ala. — The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama, May 12. USS Augusta is the second ship named in honor of the city of Augusta, Maine...
12 May 2023 U.S. to Increase International Coordination, Presence in Strait of Hormuz MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. 5th Fleet is working with regional allies and partners to increase the rotation of ships and aircraft patrolling in and around the Strait of Hormuz following Iran’s recent unlawful merchant vessel seizures...
12 May 2023 SUBLANT Completes Exercise Agile Player 23 NORFOLK, Va. - Multiple submarines under Submarine Force Atlantic’s (SUBLANT) organizational structure participated in Exercise Agile Player 2023 (AP23)...