USS Barry (DDG 52) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct a replenishment-at-sea training evolution in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

 

Royal Navy Trafalgar class attack nuclear HMS Talent in Gibraltar.

 

French Navy Mistral-class amphibious assault ship FS MISTRAL L9013 leaving Toulon, France - May 21, 2024.

 

USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer leaving San Diego - May 20, 2024.

 

HMS Dagger training in the Bay of Gibraltar at RN Gib Sqn.

 

Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth (FFH 157) coming into Burnie Port, Tasmania - March 23, 2024.

 

Finnish Navy Hameenmaa-class minelayer FNS Uusimaa (05) in the Kiel Locks on the Kiel Canal in Germany - May 28, 2024.

 

HMS Birmingham and HMS Cardiff, Type 42 Guided Missile Destroyers.

 

Netherlands Navy has laid up frigate HNLMS Van Speijk and assault ship HNMLS Rotterdam due to a shortage of sailors.

 

Flying past the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) in San Diego, California, are a US Navy (USN) SH-60F Seahawk, Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 10 (HS-10), Taskmasters, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), San Diego, California, and a USN SH-3H Sea King, Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 2 (HS-2), Golden Falcons, NASNI, in formation. Below, tugboats handle the USN Spruance Class Destroyer, USS Hewitt (DD 966) toward its docking berth.

 

Spanish frigate Almirante Juan de Borbón on the River Thames.

 

USAV Worthy (T-AGOS-14) (ex-USNS Worthy) Kwajalein Mobile Range Safety System (KMRSS) missile range instrumentation ship. (Spy ship!)

 

HMS Ocean and HMS Diamond were alongside in Souda Bay in 2017.

 

Future Russian Navy Project 677 Lada-class attack submarine Velikiye Luki leaving for sea trials - May 27, 2024

 

RFA Proteus outbound from Plymouth Sound yesterday.

 

USS Marinette saillng past the Statue of Liberty.

 

HMS Duncan RAS with RFA Tidespring.

 

HMS Iron Duke was outbound from Portsmouth yesterday.

 

Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730) transits past the Olympic Mountains as it prepares to conduct sea trials in Bangor, Wash., Jan. 16, 2013.

 

The future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127) getting ready to launch. May 23, 2024.

 

A ROSYTH Councillor has called for assurances that rotting nuclear submarines will not be sent to Australia for disposal.

 

Today, HMS Duncan deployed from Portsmouth to protect vital trade routes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. She is set to relieve the sister ship HMS Diamond, which has performed the same task since before Christmas.

 

Finnish Navy Prototype ITA Tuuli Hovercraft.

 

USS Shiloh (CG 67) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser leaving Pearl Harbour - May 16, 2024

 

A Royal Navy Astute class attack submarine is under construction in the Submarine 'shed'.

 

USS San Jacinto and USS Philippine Sea alongside at the NATO pier facility Souda Bay 2008.

 

HMS Spey is still alongside in Yokosuka, Japan this week.

 

HMS Westminster confirmed for disposal. The Ministry of Defence has provided further details on the planned disposal of HMS Westminster, a Royal Navy Type 23 frigate.

 

RFA Argus is now in dry dock at Seatrium Tuas Boulevard shipyard, Singapore for the maintenance period.

 

USS Harpers Ferry holds swim call in Sulu Sea at US 7th Fleet.

 

USS Bataan (LHD-5) entering New York for fleet week.

 

Admiral Ronarc'h is the lead ship of the Defence and Intervention Frigate of the French Navy.

 

Wreck of America’s most lethal World War II sub found near the Philippines. The wreckage of a US Navy submarine that sank the most Japanese warships during World War Two has been found in the South China Sea, some 80 years after it was sunk by enemy forces. The USS Harder was found 3,000ft (914m) below water off the Philippines' northern island of Luzon.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/24/asia/wwii-submarine-wreck-uss-harder-found-philippines-intl-hnk-ml/index.html 

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-05-24/world-war-ii-submarine-harder-south-china-sea-13958683.html

The towed array sonar-equipped frigate has not put to sea since February and is currently in dry dock having yet more post-LIFEX defect rectification work (which has also delayed the introduction of Naval Stike Missile into service).

 

Soviet Submarine B-427 seen docked in Long Beach on July 1st, 2023.

 

USS Virginia (CGN-38), 1976. Mk. 26 launchers and SM-1 (MR) missiles.

 

HMS Iron Duke back into Portsmouth this morning following a post-maintenance workup. For video click link.

https://x.com/i/status/1793919808276459619 

RFA Tidesurge replenishes FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern while supporting COM_SNMG1 warships in Northern waters.

 

The first meeting of NATO’s new Critical Undersea Infrastructure Network was held in Brussels yesterday and chaired by the Commander at NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM), Vice Admiral Mike Utley, RN. Experts from across the alliance discussed ways to improve cooperation on the security of undersea pipelines & cables. Industry representatives, including energy operators, also attended.

 

On this day in 1982, Type 42 Destroyer HMS Coventry was lost during action with Argentine Aircraft in which several bombs hit. 19 sailors died, most of which were in the Operations Room and Dining Hall areas where the bombs hit.