CARIBBEAN SEA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67), supporting maritime southern border operations, conducted a hold-and-transfer of 245 kilograms of contraband recovered by the Royal Canadian Navy Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel HMCS William Hall (AOPV 433)
The Navy’s DDG(X) Destroyer Has a Message for Russia’s Navy
Key Points – The US Navy’s next-generation DDG(X) destroyer program faces criticism for its evolving design, high projected cost (around $3.2 billion per ship), and extended timeline, with construction not starting until at least 2032. -Recent conceptual renderings show significant changes, includin
The Last Gun Fighter: PLAN Type65 FFG, NATO codename Jiangnan frigate
The Type65 was the last PLAN pure-gun frigate (there are other smaller PLAN gun vessels out there), after Type65, the newer PLAN frigate are equipped with with SAM (ask the case with Type 053K) and SSM (as the case with Type 053H), no-longer gun-only.While claiming to be a domestic design, the Type
USS O’Kane returns home after seven-month deployment to 5th and 7th Fleet
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77), assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), returned to their homeport, Naval Base San Diego, after a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 7th and 5th Fleet area of operations, Fe
