Malta Naval Visits – USS BULKEREY DDG 84 from 04.02.2004 to 08.02.2004
On Wednesday 4 the February, 2004 the United States Navy Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS BULKERLEY DDG 84 called to Valletta during her maiden call. The same day two US Navy Grumman C2A Greyhound aircraft from the Fleet Logistics Support(VRC) Squadron 40 embarked on the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN […]
Naval News – USS Cowpens CG 63 leaves San Diego for the last time – 30.08.2024
Last Tuesday 27th August, 2024 the United States Navy Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS COWPENS CG 63 was decommissioned after 33 years of service. At Naval Station San Diego back to October, 1999. She was launched on 11th March 1989 and commissioned on 9th March 1991 and is the second warship to be named […]
Drug Bust – US Forces caught Cocaine filled Submarine in Atlantic Ocean – 22.03.2024
Last Friday 22nd March, a specialized U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) law enforcement unit embarked the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS LEYTE GULF CG 55, successfully intercepted and seized a semi-submersible vessel carrying thousands of pounds of cocaine in the U.S. Southern Command’s operational area. Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) […]
Malta Naval Visits – February 2024
Friday 2nd February. Year 2024 was started with an interesting naval movement and the maiden call of the French Navy Mistral Class Amphibious Assault & Command Ship (Bâtiment de Projection et de Commandement / BPC) FS DIXMUDE L 9015. She passed breakwaters at 0817 hrs coming from Egypt after she was being used as a […]
Gaza-Israel War – Houthi Rebels attack 3 commercial ships and a naval vessel – 03.12.2023
Following the 2023 Yom Kippur attack by Hamas on Southern Israel on Saturday 7th October , the Houthi Movement officially known as Ansar Allah began to fire missiles at Israeli cities; the attacks marked the first instance of space warfare in human history, as Israel began to actively intercept the Houthis’ ballistic missiles in outer […]
Russia-Ukraine War – Turkish ships, backed by NATO Aircraft, call in Ukraine – July 2023
Turkey, which has been central to getting grain exports through the Black Sea over the past year, looks like it is working new ways to ensure some of the foodstuff gets out of the war-torn country. Last month Russia decided to walk away from a shipping pact with Ukraine, an agreement that had been fostered with […]
Naval News – US Navy Reveals Ships Facing Potential Decommissioning in 2023 -April 2022
The U.S. Navy released the names of the 24 ships it hopes to decommission in fiscal 2023, eight of which have reached the end of their planned service life and 16 of which would be retired early to save money on ships that the service views as not worth their rising costs. USNS JOHN LENTHALL […]
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 […]
Delivery – 96 metre High Speed Craft INCAT 050 at Malta – July 2008
On Friday 11th July,2008 afternoon the 96 metre High Speed Craft INCAT 050 entered Grand Harbour, Malta after finishing her charter to the United States Navy as JOINT VENTURE HSV-XI. INCAT 050 was one of six 96 metre (WPC 96) catamarans built by Incat, Australia in 1998. Under the name DEVIL CAT, she operated for a […]
Malta Naval Visits – USNS TRENTON T-EPF 5 – 12 to 18th Nov 2021
On Friday 12th November, 2021 the Spearhead Class Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel USNS TRENTON T-EPF 5 called at Grand Harbour, Malta during her maiden call and the first of the Class to enter Grand Harbour passing breakwaters at 1423 hrs. The Spearhead class ships is a United States Navy led shipbuilding program to provide “a platform […]
