OCTOBER 24, 2016—The U.S. Navy commissioned its seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) – USS Detroit (LCS 7) – on the Detroit River at Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s shipyard, officially placing the ship designed
OCTOBER 13, 2016 — The Navy has taken out three radar sites in territory controlled by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The action comes after recent missile attacks threatening U.S. naval vessels and other
AUGUST 29, 2016 — Viktor Lenac Shipyard, Rijeka, Croatia, has been awarded a $20,998,341 firm-fixed-price contract for a 179-day drydocking and overhaul of USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20). This contract includes 14 options
JUNE 10, 2015 — U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau yesterday pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court to felony charges that he lied to federal investigators to conceal his illicit years-long
APRIL 28, 2015 — The U.S.Navy responded this morning after an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, or IRGCN, vessel fired shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands flag containership and subsequently
DECEMBER 12, 2014—Zapping enemy planes, ships and boats with lasers may seem like something straight out of Star Wars, but the U.S. Navy inched a step closer to that reality during a
OCTOBER 25, 2014—Kvichak Marine, Industries, Inc., Seattle, WA, was recently awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to build twelve 30 ft Rapid Response Skimmers (RRS) for delivery over the next 18
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that the amphibious transport dock, San Diego (LPD 22), successfully completed U.S. Navy acceptance trial this week. The ship returned to Ingalls Shipbuilding Thursday after a two-day
From the July issue of Marine Log magazine There’s a reason why the larger U.S. shipbuilders have government relations offices, usually staffed up with a goodly number of retired U.S. Navy admirals.
MARCH 20, 2018 — Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ:GIFI)confirmed yesterday that, as we reported March 17, through its subsidiary Gulf Island Shipyards, L.L.C., it has signed a contract for the construction and
