The five crew members of the so-called semi-submersible vessel – a vessel that is underwater mainly and therefore barely visible – were arrested, as the Portuguese police unit Polícia Judiciária announced in a press release and at a press conference, carrying 6.5 tons of cocaine.

 

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On this day in 1968, Battleship New Jersey was recommissioned for service in Vietnam after being modernized at the Philadelphia Naval Yard. She was the only battleship called to serve in Vietnam, and was selected in part because she was in the best material condition compared to the other three Iowa-class.

 

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Italian Navy Bergamini-class (FREMM) general purpose frigate ITS Antonio Marceglia (F597) coming into Osaka, Japan – April 11, 2025.

 

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Tanker RFA Tidespring is ready to join CSG25 with HMSPWLS which departs later this month, providing the carrier strike group with fuel and other essential supplies. She will be joined later in the mission by RFA Argus.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/april/14/20250414-rfa-tanker-crews-ready-to-support-rns-premier-deployment.

 

 

 

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Putin announces plans to spend 8.4 trillion rubles on naval construction in the next decade (approx £77.2 Billion). The Russians “plan” to do a lot of things, but right now their focus is on a land war in Ukraine. That will consume almost all of their financial resources, so it will remain to be seen what Russia is going to spend on its Navy. It will, however, maintain a strong submarine capability (both nuclear and diesel-electric) because they know those are the most powerful naval weapons they have.

 

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