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This Day in Navy History - September 23-25

Sep 23, 2011

September 231779 - Captain John Paul Jones in Continental Navy frigate Bonhomme Richard captures HMS Serapis.1931 - LT Alfred Pride pilots Navy's first rotary wing aircraft, XOP-1 autogiro, in landings and takeoffs on board USS Langley while underway…

Wärtsilä Waterjets for LCS Class

Sep 22, 2011

Wärtsilä won the contract to supply the waterjet propulsion system for two US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Independence Class vessels with an option for an additional eight ship sets expected to be exercised later. The system employs Wärtsilä's…

Kongsberg Maritime Wins Navy Engine Room Simulator Deal

Sep 22, 2011

Kongsberg Maritime was selected by BAE and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to provide a custom engine room simulator for the training of engineers aboard Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Canberra Class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) vessels. The…

This Day in Navy History

Sep 22, 2011

September 221776 - John Paul Jones in Providence sails into Canso Bay, Nova Scotia, and attacks British fishing fleet.1943 - U.S. destroyers and landing craft land Australian troops at Finschhafen, New Guinea.1989 - After Hurricane Hugo…

This Day in Navy History

Sep 21, 2011

September 211858 - Sloop Niagara departs Charleston, SC, for Liberia with African slaves rescued from slave ship.1923 - Asiatic Fleet completes mission of aiding earthquake victims in Japan.1939 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks Congress…

HII Wins U.S. Navy Support Services Contract

Sep 20, 2011

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) said its AMSEC LLC subsidiary has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for functions related to integrated logistics support for Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) technical data development…

This Day in Navy History

Sep 20, 2011

September 191915 - SECNAV Josephus Daniels organizes the Naval Consulting Board to mobilize the scientific resources of U.S. for national defense.1957 - Bathyscaph Trieste, in a dive sponsored by the Office of Naval Research in the Mediterranean…

Metal Shark Delivers Fire/Rescue Boat

Sep 19, 2011

21 Relentless Delivered to Pendleton Rescue Squad.   Metal Shark Boats has completed delivery of a 21 Relentless fire, rescue, and patrol vessel for Pendleton Rescue Squad's operations in Kentucky. A custom-built derivative of the U.S…

Navy's First JHSV Christened

Sep 19, 2011

USNS Spearhead, the first of the Navy's joint high-speed vessels designed for rapid intra-theater transport of troops and military equipment, was christened Sept. 17 during a ceremony at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala.Military Sealift Command will…

Indian Navy, CG Work Drives Partnerships

Sep 19, 2011

After Mazagon Dock Ltd, two more defence ministry-controlled shipyards are looking for private partners to build warships to meet rising demand from the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard, according to a report on www.LiveMint.com. Hindustan Shipyard…

New ONR Policy Equalizes Opportunities for Contractors

Sep 16, 2011

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) published new guidance Sept. 15, aimed at preventing conflicts of interest among companies competing for business with the science and technology organization.'This new set of guidelines levels the playing…

$1.8B Contract for Two Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 Destroyers

Sep 16, 2011

The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $1.8 billion contract for the construction of DDG 1001 and DDG 1002, the next two ships in the Zumwalt-class program.  DDG 1001 is scheduled…

Aircraft Carrier: Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Hits Contstruction Milestone

Sep 15, 2011

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) said that the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division placed an 825-ton superlift on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on Sept. 12, completing the ship's stern.Gerald R. Ford is being built using modular construction…

SS New York Arrives in NYC to Commemorate 9/11

Sep 09, 2011

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced Sept. 6 that amphibious transport dock ship USS New York will participate in numerous events throughout the city honoring the victims and responders from the Sept…

This Day in Navy History

Sep 09, 2011

1923 - In disaster at Point Honda, Calif., seven destroyers run aground through faulty navigation.1939 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims a limited national emergency and increases enlisted strength in the Navy and Marine Corps; also authorizes the recall to active duty of officers…

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