20 November 2024 Building Readiness Together: SURFLANT Holds Joint Captain’s and Spouse Summit Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) hosted a Captain’s Summit alongside the inaugural SAIL LOFT Spouse Summit at Naval Station Norfolk, VA, Nov. 19-20, 2024.The bi-annual Captain’s Summit focuses on building cohesion across Naval Surface Force Atlantic’s 70 warship Captains. This...
18 November 2024 Greatest Lady of the Seas, USS Nantucket Commissions The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Nantucket (LCS 27) November 16, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. To honor naval history, Nantucket became the newest ship in the fleet while moored stern-to-stern with USS Constitution, the U.S. Navy’s oldest commissioned...
15 November 2024 The Future USS Nantucket (LCS 27) Visits Namesake Communities Throughout the week before the commissioning, the crew of the future USS Nantucket (LCS 27), which will be the Navy’s newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, visited the ship’s namesake of Nantucket, Mass. as well as volunteered with Boston communities. For the Nantucket Sailors, these visits...
12 November 2024 A Living Legacy, USS John Basilone (DDG 122) Commissions On Saturday morning, nestled between the USS Intrepid, New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, and the cruise terminal, the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Basilone, was brought to life. Commissioning ceremonies, as described by Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, are a...
22 October 2024 Investments in Warfighter Sustainment: Arrival of USS Oscar Austin Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain celebrated the arrival of the guided-missile destroyer, USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), with a homeport ceremony Oct. 16, 2024 hosted by senior U.S. and Spanish Navy leaders.The Oscar Austin departed Norfolk, Va., September 30, after being homeported there since its...
22 October 2024 Navy Announces Commissioning Ceremony for the Future USS Beloit The U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Beloit (LCS 29), a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, on Nov. 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.LCS 29 will be the first commissioned ship in naval service bearing the name of Beloit, Wisconsin.The naming of LCS 29 honors the contributions the...
24 September 2024 USS Leyte Gulf Decommissioned The crew of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) held a decommissioning ceremony onboard Naval Station Norfolk on September 20th.Over 500 attendees including plankowners and former crew members joined together to celebrate the ship's distinguished 37 years of naval...
13 September 2024 USS Iwo Jima Dedicates Memorial in Honor of Marine Corps Sergeant Nicole Gee The crew of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) held a memorial dedication ceremony aboard the ship Sept. 2, to honor Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee, who previously served aboard the ship and was killed in action while supporting evacuation operations in Afghanistan in...
04 September 2024 USS Laboon Returns Home from Deployment The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, from an independent deployment to the U.S. 2nd, 5th, and 6th fleet areas of operation, Sept. 1.Laboon deployed for 279 days to the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden,...
18 July 2024 USS Bulkeley Aids in Rescue of Vessel in Distress Sailors from USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM 79) provided life-saving assistance to an adrift vessel on July 16, during routine operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.A helicopter from HSM 79, conducting routine flight operations from Bulkeley spotted people...