Eye on the Navy
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort's Medical Treatment Facility changed leadership May 25 as Navy Capt. Kevin J. Knoop assumed command from Navy Capt.
From Navy News Service:
1952 - USS Iowa (BB 61) bombards Chongjin, Korea.
1973 - Launch of Skylab 2 mission, which was first U.S. manned orbiting space station.
SAFE Boats International (SBI) has been awarded a contract to provide the United States Navy five (5) MK VI Patrol Boats (MK VI PB). The MK VI PB is the Navy’s
Huntington Ingalls Industries announce that Newport News Shipbuilding celebrates construction milestone on aircraft carrier 'Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)'
The
From the Navy News Service:
1850 - Navy sends USS Advance and USS Rescue to attempt rescue of Sir John Franklin's expedition, lost in Arctic.
The aircraft carrier 'Carl Vinson' and its strike group returns to San Diego, wrapping up a six-month deployment
Carl Vinson is scheduled to arrive at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado,
From the Navy News Service:
1882 - Commodore Shufeldt signs commerce treaty opening Korea to U.S. trade.
1958 - Naval aircraft F4D-1 Sky Ray sets five world speed-to-climb records,
Undersecretary of the U.S. Navy says 8 LCS's could be based in the Persian Gulf
The Navy could eventually have a force of eight ships operating from Bahrain if
Lockheed Martin's Aegis computer program development approved by U.S. Navy for Australian Warfare Destroyer
Lockheed Martin has completed computer program development
Military appetite for powerful and agile smaller platforms heats up.
The use of small craft by terrorist organizations and domestic terrorist cells is
Russian Navy Pacific Fleet ships to join U.S., multi-national force, in RIMPAC exercise for first time ever
A Pacific Fleet task unit comprising destroyer Admiral Panteleyev,
USN to commission Amphibious Transport Dock Ship 'San Diego'
The Navy will commission the newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship San Diego during a 10 a.
From the Navy News Service:
1940 - FDR announces plans to recommission 35 more destroyers.
1942 - USS Tautog (SS 199) sinks Japanese sub,
Harbor Commission Approves Environmental Impact Report, Lease Agreement; Historic Battleship Plans to Open to Public July 7.
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission
The 6,000 tonne hull section of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, known as Lower Block 02, will set off on its four day journey to Rosyth on Monday 21 May.
The forward
USS Essex collides with fleet oiler off California coast
The amphibious assault ship Essex collided with the oiler Yukon during an underway replenishment
From the Navy News Service:
1820 - Congress becomes first U.S. warship to visit China.
1919 - Three Navy flying boats begin 1st trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland.
USS Essex (LHD 2) is returning to San Diego after completing 12 years as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious assault ship in Sasebo, Japan
"Essex departed San Diego in 2000,
Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded US$133.7-million advance procurement contract for Amphibious Transport Dock LPD 27
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announce
The public in Portsmouth caught their first glimpse of the giant forward section of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH today, as it was loaded out of the hall at BAE Systems’