Author Archives: David Arkwright

The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) departed Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 20. This is scheduled to be USS Philippine Sea’s final deployment.

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U-475 Black Widow, decaying in the River Medway in Strood Kent. Black Widow was built at Sudomekh shipyard in Leningrad and commissioned in 1967. It was based at Riga and served with the Soviet Baltic Fleet before being used as a training vessel for crews from overseas who would be operating Foxtrot-class subs in their own navies. It was decommissioned in 1994 and sold. In 2004 it was moved to her present location, in a state of disrepair, and is currently awaiting restoration.

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Vessels at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington – January 18, 2025.

USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Freedom (LCS 1) Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2) Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) Independence-variant littoral combat ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) Supply-classContinue reading “Vessels at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington – January 18, 2025.”