Category: Marines from all over the world

USA: Construction number 4 of the "America" class to be named after the Iraqi city of Fallujah

USA: Construction number 4 of the "America" class to be named after the Iraqi city of Fallujah

Gepostet von | 20 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

To begin with, the American "amphibious assault ships", first of the "Wasp" class (LHD 1-8, in service from 1989 to 2009), then the "America" class (LHA 6-8, in service from 2014 to 2024), are 260-metre-long and 40,000+ tonne flight deck carriers designed to support landing operations by the US Marines. Although they are almost identical in silhouette, the facilities on and below deck have changed over time with the evolving air combat and transport vehicles: From helicopters to swing-rotor aircraft and from the vertical takeoff MV-22 Osprey to the short-takeoff-vertical-landing F35-B Joint Strike Fighter (STOVL), including the Marines' projected Air Combat Element. Amphibious Aircraft Carriers While the...

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Double baptism for Singapore in Kiel

Double baptism for Singapore in Kiel

Gepostet von | 14 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

It is certainly not the first ship christening for the former First Mayor of Hamburg. Today, Olaf Scholz attended the christening of two submarines as Federal Chancellor. In front of 350 guests, Ho Ching, the wife of the Singaporean Prime Minister, christened the submarines "Impeccable" and "Illustrious". The pair are build numbers two and three of four type 218SG submarines being built by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) for the Singapore Ministry of Defence. tkMS submarine family for Singapore expands Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who greeted the naming ceremony with a 'Moin-Moin', referred in his speech to the German Chancellor's recent visit to Singapore...

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US Navy: Warships on a collision course

US Navy: Warships on a collision course

Gepostet von | 13 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

It's only a short video, but it's sure to make even the most hardened sailor look up: Two warships in immediate need of manoeuvring! In early December, a situation arose in San Diego Bay in which the 16,000-tonne dock landing ship LSD 49 "USS Harpers Ferry" and the destroyer DDG 92 "USS Momsen" were on a collision course. A swift evasive manoeuvre by the destroyer resolved the situation before the much more inert amphibious craft could show any discernible reaction. Now the superior authorities in the U.S. Pacific Fleet are once again dealing with navigational safety on board. To experience - and learn. Video...

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New Zealand: It's getting lonely in the South Pacific

New Zealand: It's getting lonely in the South Pacific

Gepostet von | 12 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

New Zealand's navy is quite manageable anyway - two frigates (combat force) and four OPVs (patrol force, 2 large, 2 small), plus three modern support vessels (tanker Aotearoa, multipurpose supply vessel Canterbury, survey vessel Manawanui), that's it! Now the third of the OPVs has also been transferred to reserve status, as the New Zealanders are simply short of personnel. In addition to the unattractive salary for new recruits, the navy has lost a lot of personnel because they migrated to the civilian sector after the military coronavirus support mission. The navy only has one small Lake-class OPV (HMNZS Rotoiti, 350 tonnes) and two recently overhauled OPVs in active status.

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USA: Two submarine keels in a fortnight

USA: Two submarine keels in a fortnight

Gepostet von | 12 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

Some do Christmas shopping - others lay the keels of two Virginia-class attack submarines in the space of 14 days! At the end of November, Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in Hampton Roads, Virginia, performed the ceremonial keel authentication for the 27th Virginia-class attack submarine. SSN 800 is to bear the name "USS Arkansas" in future. Further north-east, 700 kilometres away, at the Electric Boat Division (GDEB) of General Dynamics Corporation in Quonset Point/Rhode Island, construction of the "USS Arizona" (SSN 803), the 30th boat in the Virginia class, began in the same way at the beginning of December. Teamwork The two specialised shipyards are cooperating on the modular...

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