Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) underway in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2023. HII Photo
HII Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works won contracts to build nine Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided-missile destroyers (DDG-51) in a five-year deal, according to a Tuesday Pentagon announcement. Read More
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) leaving San Diego, Calif., on July 27, 2023. Photo Used with Permission
Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is under repair in San Diego after a planned relocation to Mississippi was interrupted by a maintenance issue, Navy officials confirmed to USNI News. The ship initially left on Thursday before for Ingalls Shipbuilding to undergo the installation of a new hypersonic missile system before it came back to port, Navy officials told USNI News. Read More
U.S. Capitol on Dec. 29, 2022. USNI News Photo
The Senate passed the annual defense policy bill in an 86 to 11 vote in the upper chamber on Thursday, authorizing the Navy to buy a total of 10 battleforce ships in the next fiscal year. Read More
Virginia-class submarine USS Oregon (SSN-793) transits the Thames River during routine operations in Groton, Conn., on Oct. 6. US Navy Photo
A group of Republican lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to boost submarine industrial base support with a claim the U.S. submarine force could be at risk if Washington goes through with the sale of Virginia-class nuclear attack boats to the Royal Australian Navy, according to the letter obtained by USNI News. Read More
Shipyard worker at the Austal USA yard in Mobile, Ala., looking on Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship Augusta (LCS-34). USNI News Photo
Problems with the first ships on Austal USA’s steel line have resulted in an estimated loss of around $40 million (AUD $58 million) for the Alabama shipyard’s Australian parent company, according to an Australian Securities Exchange notice published this week. Read More
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), lead ship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, returned to Naval Air Station North Island on Aug. 11, 2022, after a deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets in support of maritime secuirty operations to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. U.S. Navy Photo
Newport News Shipbuilding won a $528.4 million contract to maintain U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in California, according to a Monday Pentagon contract announcement. Read More
U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard and the Royal Australian Navy ceremonial guard line up for a photo op shortly before the commissioning ceremony for the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS-30) in Sydney, Australia July 22, 2023. DoD Photo
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Leaders of the U.S. Navy joined their Australian counterparts on a windy winter day at the ancestral home of the Royal Australian Navy to welcome USS Canberra (LCS-30) to the American fleet. Read More
PLAN Dongdiao 795 Photo Courtesy of Japanese Ministry of Defense
A Chinese surveillance ship is now off the east coast of Australia and expected to move further south to monitor the U.S.–Australian-led multinational exercise Talisman Sabre 2023, an Australian senior military officer announced Friday. Read More
PLA Navy Ships Underway off Japan
Chinese and Russian warships linked up in the Sea of Japan Wednesday for the People’s Liberation Army Northern Theatre Command led Chinese-Russian “Northern Interaction 2023,” reported the PLA Daily. Read More
Guided-missile destroyer Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG-124) in dry dock at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in June 2023. BIW Photo
The Navy is now more than 80 ships short of the latest estimate of what the sea service thinks it needs to fulfill the Biden administration’s national security strategy. Read More
