Above The High Seas

USS Wasp: Queen The Biggest Presence At Naval Centennial bash

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:15:42 PDT

USS Wasp (LHD-1) will be the largest warship docked in Halifax Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will visit Halifax from June 28 to 30. The Queen will conduct a review of the international fleet...

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U.K. , French, US Navy vessels exercise in the Atlantic

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:48:39 PDT

HMS Sutherland's Commanding Officer, Commander John Payne, keeps a close eye on navigator Lieutenant Charlie Collins during a Replenishment at Sea with RFA Fort George The AURIGA deployment is a...

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Run to Rona On Shipbuilding: Big Canadian Hardware Budget

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:59:18 PDT

HMCS Preserver during New York fleet week 2009. Two big shipyards will share $33 billion up for grabs for building large vessels Shipbuilding in Canada is something I've completely sort of forgot...

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USS Enterprise Out of Yard: InSurv Classified Documents?

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:22:06 PDT

More exciting news these days than those US Navy InSurv classified documents policy changes of Dec '09... The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group deployed Friday from Norfolk Naval Station, Va.,...

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USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76) Now Beyond Accommodative

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:51:56 PDT

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Torrey W. Lee, USS Ronald Reagan Public Affairs May 21, 2010 - SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) pulled into Naval Air Station North...

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Above The High Seas Recommisioned for Action

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:15:23 PDT

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...At Rosyth, the massive 1,000-tonne crane needed to begin work on assembling the new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers is now being...

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USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) and 3 other Navy Ships In Maintenance Trial

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:34:25 PDT

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...The life-cycle management activity will take its cues from a pilot program in which NavSea contracted with inspectors from the American Bureau of...

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More Carrier Work for Scottish Yards in the Spring

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:40:11 PDT

Last month the consortium building the UK's two new aircraft carriers had announced a 50% increase in the amount of construction work coming to Scotland. The Aircraft Carrier Alliance said two major...

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Russian Navy Not Kidding Around: Somali Pirates No Match

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:42:54 PST

Just a reminder "Russian Navy is not old news even a month after incident."The Russian large Udaloy-class anti-submarine destroyer "Admiral Vinogradov" has defended on Tuesday at 08h20 GMT a 278m...

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Italian Carrier Cavour (550): Future to reckon with Lockheed F35B's

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:09:39 PST

Cavour (550) is an Italian aircraft carrier (CVH) of the Marina Militare, the Italian Navy. She is named after the Italian statesman and politician Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour.Cavour was laid down...

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French Le Clem joins ghost fleet: 60 Year Carrier Being Dismantled

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:32:23 PST

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...HUNDREDS of people lined the coast to a huge aircraft carrier finally arrive in Hartlepool.The former French Navy ship Le Clemenceau docked at...

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Capt. John Carroll Relieved of Duties

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:28:03 PST

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...The Rear Admiral's decision was swifter than the Captains Command Blunder PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) -- The commanding officer of a $1 billion...

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A major transition for the tiny island of Guam

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:09:36 PST

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AP) - Sprawling toward the horizon, Andersen Air Force Base is surprisingly quietLong-range B-2 bombers have begun regularly deploying to GuamDuring the next six years,...

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Aussie warship turned into party boat for US rockers

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:43:13 PST

IT will be all aboard HMAS XBox for Fall Out Boy fans when the navy turns one of its biggest warships into a party boat this month. The US rockers will command the deck of HMAS Tobruk at Garden...

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Don't Give Up The Ship!!

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:58:37 PST

The final words of Captain Lawrence (October 1, 1781 – June 4, 1813) American Naval officer, are painted onto the USS Lake Erie (CG-70), seen here during a 2008 missile launch.It really kind of makes...

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Downtime: Maintenance on USS Shiloh (CG67)

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:22:34 PST

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 12, 2008) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) is in dry dock during a dry dock selective restricted availability. Shiloh is forward-deployed to...

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Wanna Do The Shipping: Got To DoThe Protecting

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:52:17 PST

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...Taipei- Taiwan is mulling sending warships to protect Taiwanese ships from Somali pirates, a politically sensitive move that needs China's...

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29 African Countries: Naval Muscle On Somolia?

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:29:45 PST

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...Chinese ships navigate Somalia’s waters Somali pirates continue to hold hostagesProbing behind the Obama...

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Little Guys For Low Budgets

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:14:15 PST

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...Russia has become the go-to provider of short range, low cost, warships. Currently, Russian shipyards are building nearly $6 billion worth of...

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Russian Nary Gets Time Off For Good Behaviour

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:15:11 PST

12 hours ago: Russian destroyer Admiral Chabanenko sails into Havana's bay December 19, 2008. The Russian warship arrived on Friday for the first time since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, as...

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Brand New Internal NAV systems for Canadian Navy

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:24:00 PST

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...Canadian Destroyer undergoes first trials with Northrop Grumman inertial-navigation and data-distribution systemCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., 28 Oct....

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European Union: Time To Stand Behind Safe Marine Trade

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:25:59 PDT

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go... Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- European Union governments say they will deploy additional warships off the coast of Somalia to fight piracy. ...

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William The Conqueror on Peter The Great

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:06:56 PDT

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...Predictable Scenarios are a Rats Tail of CharmOne of the predictable outcomes of the mess in Georgia is that the Russians, peeved by what they...

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Brits and Norges keep Russian Convoy Alert

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:26:33 PDT

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) - A long-range sortie of the Russian naval task group to the Caribbean has drawn close attention from NATO, a...

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US Coast Guard Moves Forward on Social Media

noreply@blogger.com (Westie99) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:06:11 PDT

As Rough As It May Seem,It's Still Steady As You Go...It's interesting already that there some high traffic social networking websites for the various military services already in use.I myself use...

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