Category Archives: U.S. Navy

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Sept. 18, 2023

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Sept. 18, 2023

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Sept. 18, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Read More

VIDEO: Navy Commissions LCS USS Marinette, 4 Freedom-Class to Decommission This Year

VIDEO: Navy Commissions LCS USS Marinette, 4 Freedom-Class to Decommission This Year

Menominee, Michigan (Sept. 16, 2023) –The crew of the Navy’s USS Marinette (LCS 25), bring the ship to life during her commissioning ceremony in Menominee, Mich., on Sept. 16, 2023. US Navy Photo

The 13th Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Marinette (LCS-25) commissioned in a Michigan ceremony on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Navy has decommissioned two Freedom-class LCS this year and is set to shed two more by the end of the month, USNI News has learned. Read More

10 Years Later Survivors, Service Come Together To Commemorate Lives Lost in Navy Yard Shooting

10 Years Later Survivors, Service Come Together To Commemorate Lives Lost in Navy Yard Shooting

Members assigned to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) raise a U.S. flag during a Flag Raising Ceremony in honor of the victims of the Washington Navy Yard shootings in 2013. US Navy Photo

WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Ten years ago, Jay Stefany was running late to work. It was never unusual for Stefany to run a couple of minutes behind, but on Sept. 16, 2013, those few minutes could have saved his life. Read More

MQ-4C Triton Reaches Initial Operational Capability, UAV on 2nd Guam Deployment

MQ-4C Triton Reaches Initial Operational Capability, UAV on 2nd Guam Deployment

An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), taxis after landing on Andersen Air Force Base. VUP-19, the first Triton unmanned aircraft systems squadron, will operate and maintain aircraft in Guam as part of the MQ-4C on Aug. 4, 2023. US Navy Photo

After making several updates to the platform, the Navy’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned squadron is back in Guam for its second operational deployment. Read More

India to Take on Future U.S. Navy Ship Maintenance Per Agreement

India to Take on Future U.S. Navy Ship Maintenance Per Agreement

Military Sealift Command’s rescue and salvage ship USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) arrived at Larsen & Toubro Ltd, commonly known as L&T Shipyard, in Kattupalli near Chennai, India, for voyage repairs on Sunday, July 9, 2023.

India will be serving as a future maintenance hub for U.S. Navy assets in the Indo-Pacific, according to a joint U.S.-India statement issued last week on the sidelines of G20 in New Delhi. Read More

Franchetti: Columbia Program Meeting Contracted Delivery Schedule

Franchetti: Columbia Program Meeting Contracted Delivery Schedule

Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti answers questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during her confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Sep. 14 2023. U.S. Navy Photo

The program to replace the Navy’s sea-based leg of the nuclear triad is on track for its new schedule, the nominee to lead the sea service told Congress on Thursday. Read More

Army Long Range Missile Launcher Spotted on Navy Littoral Combat Ship

Army Long Range Missile Launcher Spotted on Navy Littoral Combat Ship

An Army MK 70 missile launcher on the flight deck of Littoral Combat Ship USS Savannah (LCS-28) in San Diego, Calif. Photo obtained by USNI News

This post has been updated with additional information on the radar system seen on USS Savannah (LCS-28) .

A portable missile launcher capable of firing a combination of long-range anti-ship and anti-air weapons was spotted this week undergoing testing aboard a Littoral Combat Ship in San Diego, Calif., according to photos provided to USNI News. Read More