SYDNEY – The Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Canberra (LCS 30), will be commissioned, July 22 at the Royal Australian Naval Base Garden Island, in Sydney Harbor — a rare commissioning abroad for the U.S. Navy. Behind…
Navy Retires Its Last Special Operations Helicopter Squadron
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s only helicopter squadron dedicated to support of special operations forces has made its final flight. Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 85 (HSC-85), a reserve squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island, California, made…
SECNAV ACCEPTS MIAMI-DADE’S INVITATION TO HOST FLEET WEEK MIAMI IN 2024
Release from Commander, Navy Region Southeast ***** By CNRSE PAO 18 July 2023 MIAMI (July 14, 2023) – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro joined with Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to announce the inaugural Fleet Week Miami in…
Heavyweight Torpedo Contributes to U.S. Navy’s Undersea Dominance
Release from SAIC ***** Heavyweight Torpedo Contributes to U.S. Navy’s Undersea Dominance The MK48 torpedo is the U.S. Navy’s sole submarine-launched anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare weapon. All classes of Navy submarines use it for achieving sea control and neutralizing or destroying threats to high-value…
Navy’s I-Boss Aeschbach: Fleet Sees Greater Need for Information Warriors
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s operational climate is generating a growing need for the Navy Information Forces, challenging the capacity of the forces to meet that need. The Navy’s information warfare forces include personnel specializing in intelligence, electronic…
USS Canberra (LCS 30) Arrives in Sydney Ahead of Commissioning
Release From Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron ONE Public Affairs Office Courtesy Story, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron ONE Public Affairs SYDNEY (July 18, 2023) Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) arrived in Sydney, Australia, July 18, ahead of…
LCACs 105-107 Receive Lift of Opportunity Aboard USS Gunston Hall
Release from Naval Sea Systems Command ***** By Team Ships Public Affairs Washington Navy Yard – Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushions (LCAC) 105-107 received a lift of opportunity (LOO) aboard USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), on…
USS JAMES E. WILLIAMS RETURNS FROM NATO DEPLOYMENT
Release from U.S. Fleet Forces Command ***** By Ensign Blaise De Oliveira, USS James E. Williams Public Affairs 14 July 2023 NORFOLK, Va. — Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) returned to Naval Station Norfolk from…
SECNAV Names Future Navajo-Class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship Billy Frank Jr.
Release from Secretary of the Navy Public Affairs ***** July 13, 2023 From Secretary of the Navy Public Affairs WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced, today, that a future Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue ship…
Philly Shipyard Wins Contract for Hospital Ship Design Study
Release from Philly Shipyard ***** July 12, 2023 PHILADELPHIA – Philly Shipyard, Inc. (“Philly Shipyard”), the sole operating subsidiary of Philly Shipyard ASA (Oslo: PHLY) today announced the contract award to conduct the T-AH(X) Hospital Ship Feasibility Study for Gibbs and…
