Uncategorized – Page 222 – Arkies Naval News and Photos

Battleship New Jersey (BB-62) leaving from Philadelphia Naval Yard drydock heading back to her home in Camden, New Jersey – June 20, 2024.

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Estonian Navy Sandown-class minehunter ENS Ugandi (M315) (ex HMS Bridport) coming into Glasgow, Scotland – June 21, 2024.

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HMS Tamar (Center) rafted up with submarine tender USS Emory S Land and HMAS Leeuwin in Cairns to test logistic support capabilities. The Emory S Land is primarily designed to provide stores, fuel and engineering support to submarines but could potentially do the same for surface ships in the Pacific region.

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Romanian Navy Type 22 multipurpose frigate (Ex-HMS London) ROS Regina Maria (F222) northbound in the Bosphorus – June 20, 2024.

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USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ship in Kiel, Germany – June 20, 2024.

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Argentine Navy is ready to buy second-hand European submarines!

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) departing Bremerton, WA, was passing the Washington State Ferry M/V Walla Walla (Super Jumbo Ferry). Not so “Super Jumbo” next to the massive Navy “Super Carrier”!

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The latest drug bust in the West Indies. 1.2 tons of cocaine seized in the south of Martinique by Dumont d’Urville Marine Nationale.

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In UK Naval Bases sailors get to ships at sea via a PAS Boat. Named after the Port Auxiliary Service which ran the service until 1976 the service is now provided by Serco Group. Sailors still call them PAS boats and in HMNB Devonport they usually bear the FOST name Seariders.

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On this day in 1982, HMS Illustrious became the first Royal Navy warship to be commissioned at sea, on her way to HMNB Portsmouth from the builders where she had been rushed through to relieve HMS Invincible was providing air cover to the Falklands after the war, arriving in late August.