Lest We Forget: The night of Feb. 28, 1942, USS HOUSTON CA-30
35 Naval History Blog by NHHC / 6h // keep unread // hide // previewBy Capt. R. Mark Stacpoole, United States Navy, American Legation, US Naval Attaché, Jakarta, IndonesiaTonight, while you are...
View ArticleNavy Cuts 2015 LCS Plan to Three Ships -Official
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View ArticleLaunching of USS Indiana (BB-1), the Navy’s first battleship
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View ArticleGreat Lakes Almost Completely Frozen Over, New Data Shows
100+ gCaptain ⚓ Maritime & Offshore News by Mike Schuler / 7h // keep unread // hide // previewThe crew of Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug homported in Cleveland,...
View ArticleToday in U.S. Naval History: February 28
MarineLink.comFriday, February 28, 2014, 12:20 PMUSS Indiana (U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.)Today in U.S. Naval History - February 281844 - Explosion of Peacemaker, experimental 14 inch gun,...
View ArticleBorgøy: the World’s first LNG-Fueled Tug
Marine NewsFriday, February 28, 2014, 11:57 AMLate last year, an innovative project to design and build the world’s first LNG fuelled escort tugs became a reality when the Borgøy was handed over for...
View ArticleHamiltonJet HT900s for World’s Biggest High Speed Crew Boat
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View ArticleTexas Boats Combat Drug Cartels on the Rio Grande
By Susan BuchananFriday, February 28, 2014, 11:37 AMTexas Marine Unit Uses Yellowfin-built Shallow Water Vessels for Border Patrol missions.Menaced by Mexican drug cartels, the Texas Department of...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Analyzes Operations Within an Evolving Arctic Frontier
87 gCaptain ⚓ Maritime & Offshore News by Reuters / 11h // keep unread // hide // previewGraphic via the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations shows the different routes and its...
View ArticleImage of the Day: RFA Fort Victoria en Route for Her Revamp
Naval Today >> The industry's seaborne news provider by Naval Today / 11h // keep unread // hide // previewRFA FORT VICTORIAThe Royal Navy’s Fleet Auxiliary ship Fort Victoria on her way...
View ArticleFairmount Tows Rig from Brazil to Singapore
MarineLink.comFriday, February 28, 2014, 9:38 AMTug Fairmount Expedition (Photo: Fairmount Marine)Fairmount Marine said it has safely delivered rig ENSCO 5002 in Singapore. The rig was towed from Rio...
View ArticleItalian Navy Gets Third FREMM Frigate
Naval Today >> The industry's seaborne news provider by Naval Today / 13h // keep unread // hide // previewCARLO BERGAMINI, THE FIRST ITALIAN GP VARIANTTwo months after the final...
View ArticleUK: First Captain of Future Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier Named
Naval Today >> The industry's seaborne news provider by Naval Today / 14h // keep unread // hide // previewCOMMODORE JERRY KYDThe first seagoing Captain of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft...
View ArticleEmergency Aboard Noble’s Paul Wolff Rig Prompts Evacuation Offshore Brazil
200+ gCaptain ⚓ Maritime & Offshore News by Rob Almeida / 14h // keep unread // hide // previewFile image of the Noble Paul Wolff while being drydocked abord the semi submersible heavy lift...
View ArticleDEME Reports Record Year of Digging in the Ocean
95 gCaptain ⚓ Maritime & Offshore News by Rob Almeida / 14h // keep unread // hide // previewImage (c) DEMEMarine and offshore services firm DEME reports 2013 was a record year for their...
View ArticleUkrainian Frigate Hetman Sahaidachny Heads Home
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View ArticleHMS Westminster Arrives in Portsmouth, UK
Naval Today >> The industry's seaborne news provider by Naval Today / 16h // keep unread // hide // previewHMS WESTMINSTERHMS Westminster has arrived back in Portsmouth to hundreds of...
View ArticleAntwerp finishes rail cargo tunnel:
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View ArticleMarch 1, 1942 - U-656 becomes the first German submarine of World War II to...
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View ArticleThe Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) left,...
Armed Forces Footage originally shared:The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) left, the guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) and the Ticonderoga-class...
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