Haifa Port – February 2022 Movements.
The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]
Haifa Port – October 2021 Movements
The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]
Malta Naval Visits – USS RAMAGE DDG 61 – 12-16.07.1999
On Monday 12th July,1999 the 16th Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer (Flight I Class) USS RAMAGE with pennant number DDG 61 entered Grand Harbour, Malta assisted by 2 tugs – KATRIN & LIENI berthing starboard side alongside at Pinto 4 & 5 wharves part of VISET ( now Valletta Cruise Port). The ship is […]
Naval News – Maiden Deployment for HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH R 08 – 2021
In the afternoon of Saturday 30th May, 2021 the Aircraft carrier HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH R 08 left her home in Portsmouth ahead of her first operational deployment. She will lead the UK’s Carrier Strike Group, which is taking part in an exercise off Scotland before departing for a tour of the Indo-Pacific region. Image by […]
Casualties – USS BONHOMME RICHARD LHD 6 fire – 12.07.2020
On Sunday 12th July 2020, an explosion occurred around 0850 hrs aboard the US Navy Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BONHOMME RICHARD LHD 6 while she was berthed at her home port, Naval Base San Diego undergoing maintenance. The resulting fire was fuelled by paper, cloth, rags or other materials, not fuel oil or […]
SYRIA AIR STRIKES – Saturday 14th April, 2018. During the early hours of Saturday 14th April, 2018 the US, UK and French carried air strikes on Syria’s chemical related sites. US Naval assets involved were the Virginia Class submarine USS JOHN WARMER SSN 785, the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS MONTEREY CG 61 and the Arleigh […]
U.S. Destroyer Challenges China’s Claims in South China Sea August 10, 2017 by Reuters By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer carried out a “freedom of navigation operation” on Thursday, coming within 12 nautical miles of an artTensions on the Korean Peninsula have risen recently after North Korea carried out two nuclear […]
USS Oscar Austin DDG-79 at Haifa, Israel – 03.08.2017 USS OSCAR AUSTIN DDG 79 is an Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer in the United States Navy. Oscar Austin is named for Medal of Honor and Purple Heart recipient Private First Class Oscar P. Austin. This ship is the 29th destroyer of her class. USS OSCAR AUSTIN was the 17th ship of […]
