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“All American Marine wins order for 74-foot patrol vessel”–Marine Log
California Department of Fish and Wildlife vessel will feature Teknicraft rapid RHIB launch and retrieval system, integrated into the stern Marine Log reports, “The California Department of Fish and...
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Portugal to Build a New Type of Ship–UxS Carrier
The “plataforma naval multifuncional” (multifunctional naval platform). Portuguese Navy image. It is not often an entirely new category of ship emerges, but this seems to be the case. Perhaps it was...
View ArticleAustal–OPC, EMS, and Saildrone
Above is a video of interviews with representatives of Austal Shipbuilding in regard to the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) and the Expeditionary Medical Ship (EMS). There isn’t much new here about the...
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“Pakistan’s New OPV – PNS Yarmook – Is At NAVDEX 2023”–Naval News
Sister ship: GULF OF OMAN (Nov. 11, 2021) Pakistani corvette PNS Tabuk sails alongside amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) during a passing exercise in the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 11,...
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“Philippine Coast Guard Set For Personnel Boost”–Naval News
BRP Teresa Magbanua during sea trials off Japan (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) Naval News reports, “The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to receive an additional 4,000 personnel this year, in order...
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“Austal USA Taps Fairbanks Morse Defense to Equip OPC WMSM-919”–Marine Link
Future USCGC Pickering (Image: Austal USA) Marine Link reports, Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD)…which has been expanding its offering as single-source maritime defense contractor, said its cross-company...
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“How Big is Big?”
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Photo gCaptain reports, Chinese Shipyard Delivers ‘World’s Largest Containership’ at 24,346 TEUs… 399.99 meters in length…61.3 meters in beam…” So, if you put a Reliance class...
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Pacific NW WMEC-210s Doing Drug Interdiction
USCGC Active (WMEC 618) Aug. 16, 2019. Active is a 210-foot Medium Endurance based out of Port Angeles, Wash. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Strohmaier) Below is a news...
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Coast Guard’s FY2024 Unfunded Priority List
The crew USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) visit Ulithi Atoll on Oct. 31, 2022, the first time a fast response cutter visited the atoll and delivered 20 boxes of supplies, 50 personal floatation devices,...
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“Shipbuilder Austal executives accused of inflating earnings”–MSN
Future USCGC Pickering (Image: Austal USA) MSN reports, “Three current and former former executives of a shipbuilder that constructs vessels for the U.S. Navy have been indicted on accounting fraud...
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“Canadian Coast Guard Plans to Order Up to 61 Small Vessels”–Marine Link
Marine Link reports, “…the Canadian Coast Guard, on Thursday announced $2.5 billion CAD (roughly $1.8 billion USD) for the construction of up to 61 new small vessels and the ongoing replacement of...
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“Vard Unveils New ‘Vigilance’ OPV Design” for Canada –Naval News
Vigilance OPV design for Canada by VARD Naval News reports, Tailored to the needs of the Royal Canadian Navy’s future fleet, Vigilance strikes the balance between flexibility, adaptability, and size,...
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Canada’s Multi-Purpose Vessels
Canadian CG MPV. Credit Aker Arctic. Canada has a project to replace a large part of the Canadian Coast Guard fleet with up to 16 Multi-purpose Ships at an estimated cost of $14.2 billion (Canadian),...
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NSC #10, the future USCGC Calhoun (WMSL 759) Begins Sea Trials
An aerial image of HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding. Just a quick note. The Navy League on-line magazine “Seapower” has an article, “HII’s Ingalls Shipyard Has Capacity for More Navy Shipbuilding” that...
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“Navy makes sure helicopters cannot land on new Offshore Patrol Vessels”–The...
Australia Considering Modular C-Dome For Arafura OPVsIllustration of Arafura-class OPV fitted with C-DOME The Australian reports, “Normally when a navy acquires a new ship, they want it to be as...
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“China to build icebreaker with submersible to reach Arctic...
Chinese Icebreaker Interesting Engineering has a story about China’s third polar icebreaker expected to be ready in 2025. It appears to be a relatively light polar icebreaker, “The proposed length of...
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“Editor’s Notes: Why the Coast Guard Lags When It Comes to Unmanned...
Eagle Eye UAS, part of the “Deep Water” Coast Guard recapitalization plan. National Defense has a post that traces the Coast Guard’s two-decade effort to put unmanned aircraft on cutters. But here is...
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First of Ten Turkish Hisar-class OPV is ready to launch
A rendering showing the design of the Hisar-class OPV (ASFAT image) Naval News reports, The Turkish Navy’s first-ever offshore patrol vessel (OPV), the Hisar-class project’s lead ship was spotted at...
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“Israeli Navy reveals Reshef corvette plans”–Naval News
An illustration and infographic of the Reshef class corvette (Credit: Israeli Navy) Naval News reports, The Israeli Navy is looking to have the first of its new Reshef class corvettes in service at the...
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“Orizzonte Sistemi Navali Signs Contract For New Italian Navy OPVs”–Naval News
Drawing of the OPV by Fincantieri Naval News reports, As part of the Italian Navy OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) acquisition programme Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), the joint venture between...
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