BySeaWaves Magazine Jun 30, 2025 Forward-deployed U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii following a scheduled port visit June 27, 2025. Frank Cable is currently on patrol supporting U.S. 7th Fleet, providing critical maintenance and logistics support to sustain undersea forces across the Indo-Pacific region. “Pearl Harbor is a livingContinue reading “USS Frank Cable Departs from Hawaii”
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USS Tripoli Maiden Arrival at New Homeport of Sasebo
The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) arrives at Sasebo (CFAS), June 23, 2025, to replace USS America (LHA 6) in U.S. 7th Fleet’s Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Japan. US Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Sophia H. Bumps.
Royal New Zealand Navy Frigate Visits Jakarta
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 10:15 amPress Release: Royal New Zealand Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) frigate HMNZS Te Kaha has arrived in Jakarta on a goodwill port visit – the first visit to Indonesia by a RNZN vessel since 2017. The two day visit forms part of HMNZS Te Kaha’s role in supporting theContinue reading “Royal New Zealand Navy Frigate Visits Jakarta”
Royal Australian Navy Commissions New OPV HMAS Arafura
Share The Royal Australian Navy commissioned the first Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel, HMAS Arafura, into its fleet on 28 June, 2025. The commissioning comes more than three years after the vessel was launched. Australian ministry of defence press release Today marks a major milestone of the Australian Government’s implementation of the Surface Fleet Review with theContinue reading “Royal Australian Navy Commissions New OPV HMAS Arafura”
MCGUIRK: The pitiful state of the Irish Naval Service
The LE Aoibhinn (sister ship to Gobnait) docked in Cork – Ex – HMNZS Rotoiti The USS Constellation is a guided missile frigate of the United States Navy, which is due to be commissioned and will come into service in 2029. She will displace 6,700 tonnes, and carry a crew of 140 sailors and servicemen, and have aContinue reading “MCGUIRK: The pitiful state of the Irish Naval Service”
