MV Pacific Collector – US DoD Missile Instrumentation Ship (formerly USNS Chauvenet T-AGOS-29) passing Astoria, Oregon heading to Portland – August 29, 2025.

 

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HMS Daring was the first of the Type 45 destroyers, designed primarily for air warfare and equipped with the Sea Viper missile system. The ship has undergone extensive maintenance and refit, including a Power Improvement Project (PIP) to address propulsion issues. As of August 2025, HMS Daring has been out of service for over 3,000 days and is preparing for sea trials before rejoining the fleet, potentially in early 2026.

 

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Maintenance work on the embarked RN 815NAS Wildcat helicopter. Norwegian frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen, a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate, with the Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter on its deck. HMS Dauntless on the starboard side. CSG25

 

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In 1959, the heavy cruiser USS Albany (CA-123) began its conversion to a guided missile cruiser (CG-10) at the Boston Naval Shipyard. The extensive four-year process involved stripping the ship down to its hull, removing its entire superstructure, and fitting a new one with an aluminium bridge to accommodate missile systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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USS Lake Erie (CG 70), a U.S. guided-missile cruiser, transiting the Panama Canal at night. This event occurred on the night of August 30, 2025, as the ship moved from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea. The deployment of the USS Lake Erie and other warships to the southern Caribbean was officially described by the U.S. as an anti-drug trafficking operation.

 

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Russian one-way attack USV has sunk the Ukrainian intelligence gathering ship (AGI) UNS Simferopol at the mouth of the Danube, just metres from Romanian territorial waters. At least 2 sailors killed, several missing or injured. First successful Russian USV strike in the public domain.

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