Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Ariake (DD-109) and HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) perform maneuvers as they conduct a PHOTOEX while at sea on 06 September 2024 during OP HORIZON. OP HORIZON is an international training exercise that allows Royal Canadian Navy members to strength their skills, connections and improve security in the Indo-Pacific alongside allies and partner nations.

 

Former USS Cowpens (CG 63) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser being towed by USNS Grasp into Pearl Harbor for storage - September 16, 2024.

 

The Future HMCS Protecteur Auxiliary oiler Ship at the Seaspan shipbuilding yard in North Vancouver BC The first of 2 Joint Support ships ordered by the Royal Canadian Navy. Protecteur is set to launch later this year while the second ship, HMCS Preserver, is under construction.

 

USS New Jersey (BB-62) and seven decommissioned Knox class frigates tied up at Puget Sound Naval Yard. 1993.

 

HMS Lancaster conducts PASSEX with Pakistani frigate PNS Shamsheer while participating in CTF-150 maritime security operations in the Arabian Sea.

 

Royal Australian Navy Hobart-class air warfare destroyer HMAS Brisbane (DDG 41) coming into San Diego - September 6, 2024.

 

Swedish Submarine Rescue Vehicle (URF) deployed from HSwMS Belos during NATO submarine rescue exercise Dynamic Monarch 24 currently underway off Norway.

https://x.com/NavyLookout/status/1834970821443321917/video/2

 

Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates (Left to right) USS De Wert (FFG 45), USS Taylor (FFG 50), USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) and USS Nicholas (FFG 47), docked at Bath Iron Works. De Wert was being commissioned that day. December 1983.

 

French Navy Mistral-class amphibious assault ship FS Tonnerre L9014 inbound to Toulon, France - September 13, 2024.

 

HMS Chiddingfold coordinated departure from Bahrain with HMS Middleton.

 

The smell...! When nuclear submarines are at sea they mostly remain submerged with a sealed atmosphere. Part of the atmosphere control system functions are to remove carbon dioxide (CO2), since a build-up of carbon dioxide can become fatal. To remove the carbon dioxide submarines use a chemical called amine. When amine is cool it absorbs carbon dioxide and when hot will release it. So the amine is cycled through a machine referred to as a CO2 Scrubber, which will alternately heat and cool the carbon dioxide and pushes the gas into the ocean, keeping the atmosphere breathable. This is a very effective system, with the downside being the amine imparts a rather "unique" smell into the atmosphere. Which ultimately permeates every part of the submarine interior including crew members clothing and even their skin. In addition to the amine smell, submarine crews are exposed to cooking odors, hydraulic oil vapors, diesel exhaust that isn't quite captured by the diesel exhaust system, inboard venting of the sanitary tanks, and the smell of a large number of closely confined people. The interiors become quite fragrant. Crew members become accustomed to it and after a while never notice it. But other people do.

 

HMS Cardiff joins HMS Glasgow in dry dock, fitting out at Scotstoun, Glasgow.

 

USNS Patuxent conducts replenishment at sea with HMS Duncan in the Mediterranean.

 

Carry on from previous post, now the future Hellenic Navy Island-class patrol boat HS Mantouvalos (P197) (ex-USCGC Wrangell (WPB-1332)) completing sea trials at Salamis Shipyards - September 13, 2024.

 

The US Coast Guard (USCG) ISLAND CLASS: Patrol Craft-Large USS WRANGELL (WPB 1332) leads a Royal Navy, SANDOWN CLASS: Minehunter (second) and a Royal Navy RIVER CLASS: Minesweeper (foreground), as they escort the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RAF), Logistic Landing Ship, RAF SIR GALAHAD (L3005), as it arrives at the Coalition secured port of Umm Qasr, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. RAF SIR GALAHAD (L3005), was the first ship to deliver humanitarian supplies to the port of Umm Qasr, in support of the Operation.

 

ITS Alpino (F 594) is a Carlo Bergamini-class frigate, shown here in Baltimore in 2018.

 

Ops Room on HMS Iron Duke.

 

HMS Queen Elizabeth arriving back in Portsmouth after her family's day cruise.

 

USS New Jersey in 1983.

 

USS New Jersey (SSN 796) is now commissioned and ready for service. The Navy's latest Virginia-class submarine joins the fleet. Watch the video to learn more about the Navy's newest sub, commissioned yesterday in Earle New Jersey.

https://x.com/i/status/1834993910227042692

 

HMAS Melbourne and escorts HMNZS Canterbury and HMAS Brisbane return from the Silver Jubilee Spithead Review in 1977.

 

The experimental U.S. Navy hydrofoil USS High Point (PCH-1) underway, in 1963.

 

USS Ajax (AR-6), in service 1943 to 1986, was the second Vulcan-class repair ship.

 

Four Russian vessels were shadowed round the clock by HMS Iron Duke and HMS Tyne, past Dover and through the Channel. They followed a Kilo-class sub, corvette and support vessels in a 6-day operation working with NATO allies.

 

HMS Somerset, a Type 23 frigate, outbound on the Clyde this morning.

https://x.com/i/status/1834552960518386088 

NATO ships & subs gather in Norway ahead of NATO’s challenging submarine rescue Exercise Dynamic Monarch 24. 10 Allied nations will practice searching for a “distressed submarine” & rescuing the crew, using the latest techniques and equipment.

https://mc.nato.int/media-centre/news/2024/nato-practises-saving-lives-with-cuttingedge-submarine-rescue-capabilities-during-exercise-dynamic-monarch-24 

Two Turkish Navy replenishment ships TCG Yakıt 3 Y 161 and TCG Yakıt4 Y 162.

 

USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ship leaving Yokosuka, Japan - September 12, 2024.

 

Sailors aboard USS Russell (DDG 59) salute Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CV 550) during divisional tactics manoeuvring in the South China Sea, Sept. 10, 2024.

 

HMS Mersey exercises with the Japanese cadet training ship, JS Shimakaze, after the Japanese ship visit to London, in the English Channel this week.

 

Four Aegis destroyers "Kongo" type, assembled at the Sasebo Base of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

 

HMS Trent has made the Royal Navy's first ever interception of a narco-sub during operations in the Caribbean Sea, working with the USCG. The patrol ship seized £160m of cocaine from the semi-submersed vessel south of the Dominican Republic on the 26th August.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2024/september/12/20240912-royal-navy-intercepts-narco-sub-carrying-cocaine-in-the-caribbean-sea 

The Royal Navy has 2 of these essential Damage Repair Instruction Units to train our sailors how to recover the ship after damage. They are in HMS Raleigh Plymouth and HMS Excellent in Portsmouth.

https://youtu.be/SGEl5DE_q1Q?si=d3VJT6JYp_3OY0B_ 

Type 23, Duke Class, F 229 HMS Lancaster.

 

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) conducts a replenishment at sea with the New Zealand oiler HMNZS Aotearoa (A11) in the South Korea Strait during Exercise Ssang Yong 24 (SY24), Sept. 4, 2024.

 

USS North Carolina (SSN 777), Virginia-class Block 1 attack submarine entering Dry Dock 1 at Pearl Harbour, September 4th , 2024.