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New shipbuilding delay leaves Canada reliant on allies, civilian ship to supply navy

Castanet 01 Jul 2022

The Royal Canadian Navy will ... By that time, the navy will have been without a permanent supply ship for a full decade ... Canada originally planned to buy three new navy support ships when it launched the project more than a decade ago, but cost overruns saw the order cut down to two.

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Another Canadian Navy ship commander relieved from duty, this time for 'inappropriate conduct'

Canada Dot Com 01 Jul 2022

OTTAWA — The Royal ...

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Lessons From 40 Years of Missile Warfare: HMS Sheffield to the Moskva

The Maritime Executive 01 Jul 2022

The recent loss of the Russian Navy guided missile cruiser RFS Moskva from a cruise missile strike called forth many comparisons to previous losses of large surface combatants, including the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano and even the Japanese super dreadnought Yamato ... That readiness may also depend on other ships in the same task group.

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Austal USA awarded $3.3 billion multi-ship contract for U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter ...

Eagle-Tribune 01 Jul 2022

Navy’s Auxiliary Floating Drydock Medium (AFDM) ... Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, Expeditionary Fast Transport, and is under contract for the construction of Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue ships and an Auxiliary Floating Drydock Medium ... Navy and USCG.

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Explorers find WWII Navy destroyer, deepest wreck discovered

The Sharon Herald 01 Jul 2022

“It was an extraordinary honor to locate this incredibly famous ship, and by doing so have the chance to retell her story of heroism and duty to those who may not know of the ship and her crew’s sacrifice," Vescovo, a former Navy commander, said in a statement.

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With a new carrier and rumors of more bases, a vision of China's global presence ...

Business Insider 01 Jul 2022

A Chinese navy ship delivers relief supplies to the South Pacific island of Tonga, February 15, 2022 ... what's not fair is also not smart and not strategic," Jackson said.US Navy destroyer USS Mustin in Singapore alongside Indian, South Korean, and Chinese navy ships, May 20, 2015.

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A popular pirate was put to death in Maine during the US’s 1st federal execution

Bangor Daily News 01 Jul 2022

They were pirates who’d killed their tyrannical captain, dumped him overboard, then made off with his ship and its booty ... For the next 10 years, Bird served on board a slew of ships, all sailing between West Africa and the West Indies, in the the slave trade ... Bird switched sides, sailing on rebel navy ships for nearly four years.

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Russia makes goodwill gesture to alleviate food crisis

Beijing News 01 Jul 2022

"This demonstrated to the international community that the Russian Federation does not hinder the UN effort to organize a humanitarian corridor to ship agricultural products from the Ukrainian territory," Col ... Moscow has denied the allegations, saying that its Navy offered safe passage to civilian ships.

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Mayflower Autonomous Ship arrives in Plymouth after successfully crossing Atlantic Ocean

The Patriot Ledger 01 Jul 2022

AI Mayflower ship will set sail on 400th anniversary of Plymouth Rock landing ... Phaneuf said the ship will be heading to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute later this summer and will also work with the Navy, local universities and businesses working on artificial intelligence for years to come.

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The Gauntlet

Vox 01 Jul 2022

This is the story of the women Navy officers who overcame that culture to fly the formidable F-14 ... It reigned for years as the workhorse among US Navy air combat machines ... To land — or “trap,” as they say in the Navy — on an aircraft carrier, a pilot must snag the jet’s tailhook on a high-tensile steel cable stretched across the ship’s deck.

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Australia's worst maritime disaster — the sinking of the Montevideo Maru — commemorated 80 years on

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 01 Jul 2022

The ship was bound for a Japanese prisoner of war ...

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Covid? What Covid? How an isolated British island - located 6,000 miles away in the ...

The Daily Mail 01 Jul 2022

Islanders went out on a boat to pick up Covid vaccines that were shipped specially to the island ... The jabs had to be flown out to the Falkland Islands and then shipped by a Royal Navy vessel HMS Forth in specially designed fridges to Tristan da Cunha, arriving in April 2021.

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Russian forces leave Snake Island, keep up eastern assault

Newburyport Daily News 01 Jul 2022

The exact number of troops was not disclosed ... Gen ... Snake Island sits along a busy shipping lane ... It was unclear if the evacuation of Snake Island meant a change in Moscow’s designs on Ukraine’s biggest port, which is crucial for shipping grain to Africa, the Middle East and other parts of the world. It’s also the headquarters of the country’s navy ... .

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Happy hour? You won't find one in these states

Fox31 Denver 01 Jul 2022

(NEXSTAR) - On any given day, typically between the hours of 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., your local bar may be offering deals on alcoholic beverages as part of its happy hour ... While sailors on the ship couldn't drink alcohol due to Navy regulations, they and other enlisted men brought the idea of happy hour home with them ... Here’s why ... .

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Russian forces exit key island, push eastern attack

The Buffalo News 01 Jul 2022

The exact number of troops was not disclosed ... Gen ... Snake Island sits along a busy shipping lane ... It was unclear if the evacuation meant a change in Moscow's designs on Ukraine's biggest port, which is crucial for shipping grain to Africa, the Middle East and other parts of the world. It's also the headquarters of the country's navy ... Luhansk Gov ... ....