USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul stopped two alleged drug smuggling operations in the Caribbean Sea within 72 hours. Minneapolis-Saint Paul, with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 50, Detachment Three, made the two busts in the Caribbean, taking out vessels through a combination of air and surface operations.

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Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) enters the Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay, Georgia, dry dock Feb. 1, 2021, for an extended refit period (ERP).

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Ex-RFA Wave Ruler moved from Seaforth Dock, Liverpool yesterday (where she has been laid up since 2018) to CammellLaird Birkenhead. Now earmarked for disposal – unclear if she has been sold to a foreign navy.

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Scrapyard workers wield hammers and oxy-acetylene cutters as they dismantle the Royal Navy Abercrombie-class monitor HMS Roberts and her two 14-inch (356 mm)/45 calibre twin gun turrets for scrap at the Thomas W. Ward shipyard in Preston, United Kingdom, on 2 December 1965.

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