Rear Admiral Philip E. Sobeck, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Three, today released the following statement: After four days of firefighting, all known fires have been extinguished aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6).
President Donald J. Trump visited Fincantieri Marinette Marine yesterday, following the shipyard’s recent award of a $795,116,483 Navy contract to design and produce the next generation small surface combatant, the Guided Missile
Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $23,752,381, firm-fixed-price contract for a 96-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the Military Sealift Command fast combat support
The first of a series of six new Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) Z-Tech 4500 design tugs for the U.S. Navy (YT 808) was successfully launched by the Dakota Creek Industries shipyard in
U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, yesterday announced that the committee had advanced the National Defense Authorization Act for
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District command center received a report on Thursday evening that an explosion had occurred in the engineroom of the cargo ship Laura Maersk, 275 miles off
The future USS Oakland (LCS 24) successfully concluded acceptance trials May 22, following a series of in-port and underway demonstrations in the Gulf of Mexico. During trials, the final milestone prior to
Drones present an increasing threat to naval operations. Last July we reported on the incident in the Strait of Hormuz in which the USS Boxer downed an Iranian drone. Subsequent reports revealed
The U.S Department of Justice reports that Xavier Fernando Monroy, 62, has been charged one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, one count of bribery, one count of false statements, and one
The Navy reports that its first Yard Tug (YT) 808 class vessel was successfully launched at the Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) shipyard, in Anacortes, Wash., on May 16. The YT 808 vessels