This drone video, via Michael Girvan, shows the arrival yesterday of two 100-tonne cranes at the BAE Systems shipyard in Govan, destined for the brand new, and almost topped out, frigate factory.

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Austal USA has successfully launched future USS Pierre (LCS 38), the last ship of the U.S. Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.

 

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Japanese frigate JS Noshiro conducted a trilateral exercise with HMS_Tamar and HMAS Choules (Ex-RFA Largs Bay). This is the first joint exercise between the navies of Japan, the Royal Navy and Canada.

 

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The mothballed USS Daniel (DE-335) and USS Merrill (DE-392) in 1960. These were WWII Edsall class DEs. USS Daniel was only on duty for 2¼ years. It commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1946; then sat idle for 28 years until being scrapped in 1974.

 

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The Royal Navy’s submarines will continue to be armed with one of the world’s most advanced torpedoes after successful trials of the next-generation Spearfish weapons system. This means that the boats can now meet the latest threats at sea.

 

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The unstable design has stalled construction and compromised the US Navy’s next-generation Consetalltion class frigate schedule.

 

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Happy 234th birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard! DYK that the USCG has precision marksmen who have topped U.S. Marine and Navy SEAL snipers in shooting competitions? The USCG marksmen are often needed to fire from helicopters to disable the engines of go-fast narco boats.

 

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