By Alastair Gale Monday marks the 62nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, when North Korea launched a surprise attack on the South in a conflict that has never formally ended. This year the anniversary coincides with the final day of a three-day naval exercise off the southwest coast of the peninsula, a […]
Heber Holbrook, 88, is a survivor of both the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the Naval Battle at Guadalcanal. As a way to remember his wartime experiences, he’s made a hobby of collecting museum-quality models of important WWII naval ships. The collection includes the USS Arizona (which sunk at Pearl Harbor), the USS Juneau […]
TOKYO – Nearly 3,000 visitors toured U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) while the ship was moored in Tokyo on June 17. Blue Ridge opened its brows to allow visitors the opportunity to see what a U.S. Navy ship looks like and how it operates. “I think everybody had a good […]
Initial US Navy estimates place the cost of repairing the nuclear-powered USS Miami attack submarine, damaged in a 23 May dry dock fire, at between $400 and $500 million. This appraisal was delivered to the US Congress in response to a congressional request and, Navy officials claim, is not a definitive cost projection but simply […]
USS Miami (SSN 755) entered dry dock in March 2012 for an overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo) A fire raged through the nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Miami on Wednesday 23 May while sitting in a dry dock at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. The fire is reported […]
EAST CHINA SEA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) joined the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Hatakaze-class destroyer JS Shimakaze (DDG 172) and Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) to participate in the military exercise Pacific Bond 2012, June 6-7. Pacific Bond is a multilateral exercise developed to […]
SURABAYA, Indonesia – The 18th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. Navy and Indonesian Navy (IDN) began May 29 with the arrival of a U.S. Navy Task Group and Marine landing force in Surabaya, Indonesia. The exercise is designed to enhance maritime security skills and operational cohesiveness among participating forces. It […]
WHITE BEACH OKINAWA, Japan– Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) honored World War II veteran Wayne Heyart with a ceremony on the ship’s forecastle during a June 1 port visit to White Beach, Okinawa. Heyart, a former Radioman 1st Class, toured McCampbell and spoke with Sailors about his experiences in […]
SASEBO, Japan – The amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Sasebo, Japan, for port visit on June 1. The ship pulled into Sasebo Naval Base for the crew’s third port visit since departing the U.S. 5th Fleet area of […]
USS MAKIN ISLAND, At sea – Sailors serving aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), along with Marines from the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), paused from their daily operations to observe Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month with a ceremony on the ship’s mess decks, May 31. Makin Island’s Diversity […]