200726-N-KT825-1100 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 26, 2020) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56), front, and the Hellenic Navy frigate HN Aegean (FFGH 460) conduct joint operations with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Mediterranean Sea, July 26, 2020. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is conductingContinue reading “Eisenhower Strike Group Exercises with Hellenic Navy”
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Large Bulk Carrier Runs Aground in Mauritius – video here https://ift.tt/2XSheVa
July 27, 2020 by Mike Schuler The MV Wakashio aground off Point d’Ensy, Mauritius. A large bulk carrier has run aground on an Indian Ocean reef off Mauritius. The Panama-flagged MV Wakashio was underway from China to Brazil when it ran aground Saturday night off Pointe d’esny on Mauritius’ south-eastern coast during a voyage from China toContinue reading “Large Bulk Carrier Runs Aground in Mauritius – video here https://ift.tt/2XSheVa”
75 Years Ago: The Last Nazi U-Boat Surrenders
Argo on patrol displaying her World War II armament and haze gray paint scheme (U.S. Coast Guard Photo)BY WILLIAM THIESEN 07-26-2020 02:02:12 Described as a “lanky, hawk-faced man,” Charles Eliot Winslow was born in 1909 and grew up in the Boston area. He preferred using his middle name and, by 1940, he was a successful paintContinue reading “75 Years Ago: The Last Nazi U-Boat Surrenders”
Time for US to build Asian amphibious alliance
US Navy should build a multinational amphibious task force with allies’ attack ships and fighter planes to counter China By GRANT NEWSHAMJULY 27, 2020 US troops in an amphibious landing drill in Thailand during annual Cobra Gold exercises, February 2018. Image: Handout The two American aircraft carriers operating in the South China Sea in recent weeksContinue reading “Time for US to build Asian amphibious alliance”
Carrier USS Nimitz in the Middle East as Eisenhower Strike Group Begins Trip Home
By: Mallory Shelbourne July 24, 2020 10:31 AM USS Nimitz (CVN-68) steams in the Indian Ocean during a cooperative deployment with the Indian Navy July 20, 2020. US Navy Photo USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is now operating in the Middle East, continuing a sustained U.S. aircraft carrier presence in the region that began in mid-2019, a Navy official confirmedContinue reading “Carrier USS Nimitz in the Middle East as Eisenhower Strike Group Begins Trip Home”
