NASSCO is currently under contract for the first nine ships of the class and has delivered three to date. With this award, the company will build seventeen of the Navy’s twenty-ship program of record. From NASSCO Sept. 13, 2024 SANDIEGO…
Navy Announces Commissioning Date for the Future USS Nantucket
By Karli Yeager, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs Sept. 11, 2024 The U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Nantucket (LCS 27), a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, November 16, 2024, at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston,…
Navy to Boost Fleet’s Electronic Attack Capability with Next Generation Jammer Low Band Contract Award
From Naval Air Systems Command, Sept. 10, 2024 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. and Australian fleets are one step closer to getting the next increment of the U.S. Navy’s most advanced airborne electronic attack (AEA) system. The Navy awarded L3…
SECNAV Del Toro Visits Philly Shipyard for NSMV II Christening
From SECNAV Public Affairs, 9 September 2024 PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 9, 2024) – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited Philly Shipyard, Inc. and spoke at the christening for the second National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Patriot State (NSMV II) Sept. 9. “It was…
September 6-9 U.S. Central Command Update
From U.S. Central Command Sept 9,2024 TAMPA, Fla. – In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed two Iranian-backed Houthi missile systems and one support vehicle in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. Additionally, USCENTCOM forces successfully destroyed one Houthi…
SECNAV, CNO Announce Flag Officer Assignments
From the Department of Defense, Sept. 9, 2024 The secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations announced today the following assignments: Rear Adm. Nicholas M. Homan is currently serving as commander, Fleet Information Warfare Command Pacific/Information Warfare Task…
LPD USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. Commissioned
From Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. (September 7, 2024) – The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) commissioned aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, September…
SECNAV Del Toro Attends USNS Lansing Keel Laying at Austal Shipyard
From SECNAV Public Affairs, 6 September 2024 MOBILE, Ala. (Sept. 6, 2024) – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro attended the keel laying ceremony for USNS Lansing (EPF 16) alongside ship sponsor Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Mobile, Alabama,…
Austal USA Launches 15th EPF, USNS Point Loma
MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA launched USNS Point Loma (EPF 15) at the company’s state-of-the-art ship building facility in Mobile, Ala. today. The U.S. Navy’s 15th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF), christened in the beginning of August, is now docked pier…
Navy Honors Capt. Thomas G. Kelley at Keel Plate Signing
By Team Ships Public Affairs, Aug.30, 2024 The U.S. Navy celebrated the keel plate signing for one of the Navy’s future Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyers at an event hosted at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) on Aug. 30. …
