BySeaWaves Magazine – Jun 4, 2025 The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis is shown here underway, June 3, 2025. The Storis is the Coast Guard’s first new polar icebreaker acquisition in 25 years and will expand U.S. operational presence in the Artic Ocean. Photos courtesy of Edison Chouest Offshore. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter StorisContinue reading “USCGC Storis Departs on Maiden Voyage”
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USS Tripoli forward deploys to Japan
03 June 2025 – From Courtesy Story SAN DIEGO – The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) departed Naval Base San Diego May 19 to forward deploy to Sasebo, Japan, as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific. 250519-N-EV253-1002 America-class amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) transits San DiegoContinue reading “USS Tripoli forward deploys to Japan”
Navy Deploys Destroyer USS Sampson to NORTHCOM
Sam LaGrone – June 3, 2025 11:13 PM A West Coast destroyer departed on Tuesday as the latest ship to deploy in support of operations in U.S. Northern Command, reads a statement from U.S. Fleet Forces. USS Sampson (DDG-102) left from San Diego to relieve the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston (LCS-18), “continuing the Navy’s role in maritime operations thatContinue reading “Navy Deploys Destroyer USS Sampson to NORTHCOM”
Hegseth orders renaming of ship named for gay rights icon Harvey Milk
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press – Jun 4, 2025, 09:25 AM In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the replenishment oiler Harvey Milk conducts a replenishment at sea in the Atlantic Ocean on Dec. 13, 2024. (MC2 Maxwell Orlosky/U.S. Navy via AP) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the replenishment oiler Harvey Milk, a highly rareContinue reading “Hegseth orders renaming of ship named for gay rights icon Harvey Milk”
World’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be dismantled in Alabama
By JOHN R. ROBY AL.COM • May 31, 2025 A Vermont company has been awarded more than a half-billion dollars to dismantle a historic aircraft carrier in Mobile, Ala. According to a Pentagon procurement notice posted Friday, NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services LLC of Vernon, Vt., has been awarded a $536,749,731 firm-fixed-price contract for “the dismantling,Continue reading “World’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be dismantled in Alabama”
