USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) entering Pearl Harbour in preparation for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans.

 

 

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HMS Kent being brought into number 7 dry dock at the Devonport Frigate Support Centre. She will undergo upkeep period and receive the Power Generation and Machinery Upgrade (PGMU).

 

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HMS Gloucester (D 96) foreground, alongside combat stores ship USS Niagara Falls (AFS 3) for a RAS, with USS Fife (DD 991) in attendance.

 

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U.S. Navy Task Group ALFA: Formation portrait of the Atlantic Fleet anti-submarine group’s ships and aircraft, taken during exercises in 1959 with Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke embarked. The ships include the group flagship, the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in center, two submarines, and seven destroyers. Identifiable among the latter are USS Eaton (DDE-510) at left front, USS Beale (DDE-471) following Eaton, USS Waller (DDE-466) in the center foreground, and USS Conway (DDE-507) at right front. Aircraft overhead include two four-plane formations of Grumman S2F-1/-2 Trackers and three Sikorsky HSS-1 Seabat helicopters from the Valley Forge air group, plus one shore-based Lockheed P2V Neptune.

 

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German Navy Baden-Wurttemberg-class frigate FGS Nordrhein-Westfalen (F223) in Kiel and then heading into the Kiel Canal in Germany – July 5, 2024.

 

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Have you ever wondered what 215 consecutive days at sea do to a ship?

An article from Defence Media:

When the USS Stout returned from its unprecedented 215-day deployment in October 2020, there was no way to hide how much of the ship was covered in rust.One reason why Navy ships look so beat up is they are made of alloys that are designed to rust on the surface while protecting the metal underneath from further corrosion, said retired Navy Cmdr. Bryan Clark, a senior fellow with the Hudson Institute think tank in Washington, D.C.The destroyer left Virginia’s Naval Station Norfolk in mid-January and finally ended its gruelling nine-month deployment when it returned home on October 11, 2020. Along the way, the USS Stout traveled more than 60,000 nautical miles, completing multiple strait and choke point transits as it crossed the Atlantic Ocean while operating in the US 2nd, 5th and 6th fleets carrying out various missions including ensuring the free flow of commerce.

During her time in the Black Sea recently, HMS Dragon exercised with the Romanian frigate ROS Marasesti, a type 45 Destroyer.

 

 

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