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APCL Falmouth says that RFA Argus overhaul completed recently included significant upgrades and alterations to the aircraft lifts and overhaul/replacement of several onboard systems. Now designated as a Littoral Strike Ship (PCRS afloat medical capability also retained), Argus will return to Falmouth to begin a major LIFEX refit later this year following participation in CSG25 deployment. It is intended she will serve beyond 2030, when she will be approx 50 years old.

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On this day in 1943, USS Yorktown (CV-10) was commissioned. She would go on to serve with distinction in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. This clip of the Yorktown firing her 5 inch guns is from the 1944 documentary The fighting lady.

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In UK Naval Bases, sailors get to ships at sea via a PAS Boat. Named after the Port Auxiliary Servic,e which ran the service until 1976, the service is now provided by SercoGroup.

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USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returns to Naval Base Guam following its first operational tasking while forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific region. As one of five subs assigned to Submarine Squadron 15, Minnesota reaffirms the Navy’s strength and presence in the Indo-Pacific.

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