Category: Shipbuilding

Green light for second Constellation frigate

Green light for second Constellation frigate

Gepostet von | 23 May 2021 | , , , , | 0

Fincantieri Marinette Marine has received an order from the US Department of Defence for the construction of another frigate. It will be the second ship of the future Constellation class, whose design is based on the French-Italian Fremm frigates. From the mid-twenties, they were to replace the US Navy's unpopular and weakly armed Littoral Combat Ships. The Navy's specifications therefore included low development, construction and operating costs as well as a more powerful armament, which was to be less than that of the Arleigh Burke class. The contract value for the ship, which is to be named USS Congress, also includes detailed changes to the existing design and amounts to around 554 million dollars. At...

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City and ship: Mobile

City and ship: Mobile

Gepostet von | 23 May 2021 | , , , | 0

Another ship has been added to the US Navy's fleet list. The latest Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Mobile (LCS 26), was commissioned on 22 May. She is the fifth Navy ship to bear the name of the port city in the state of Alabama. The USS Mobile will find its new home in San Diego, California. By chance or by design? The ship was built at Austal USA, a shipyard in ... Mobile. Due to the coronavirus, the ceremony took place in a "small circle". Which in the Navy means 400 (sic!) invited guests. The 13th ship of the Independence class will be launched at a time...

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DGzRS christens lifeboat Erich Koschubs

DGzRS christens lifeboat Erich Koschubs

Gepostet von | 22 May 2021 | , , , | 0

Sea rescue christening on Whitsun Saturday in Travemünde: The latest lifeboat of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) was named ERICH KOSCHUBS on 22 May 2021 on the Priwall. The volunteer sea rescuers at the traditional DGzRS station have a state-of-the-art 10.1-metre newbuild of the latest generation. With the words "I christen you ERICH KOSCHUBS and wish you and your crew a safe journey at all times and always a safe return home", Edeltraut Koschubs christened the new lifeboat in the name of her late husband. The 78-year-old woman from Hamburg had made the new vessel with the DGzRS internal registration number SRB 80 possible with a very generous donation. Edeltraut Koschubs was...

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Small gift for the 290th birthday

Small gift for the 290th birthday

Gepostet von | 21 May 2021 | , , , , | 0

21 May 2021 marks the 290th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Pacific Fleet. And what could be better on this anniversary than a gift that you can give yourself? So some thought has been put into it and the latest ship in Project 12700 has been brought into its new home port for the first time. In beautiful Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city of around 180,000 inhabitants on the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia and an important base for the Pacific Fleet, a dignified ceremony was held to mark the occasion. The Yakov Balayev is the fifth boat of the Alexandrite class, but only the fourth to be...

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Next, please

Next, please

Gepostet von | 21 May 2021 | , , , | 0

Last weekend, the future USS Carl M. Levin was handed over to her future element at Bath Iron Works. It was quietly docked in the Kennebec River, a good 100 kilometres north of Boston. The 9300-tonne destroyer is now being fitted out ready to be delivered to the Navy as the 70th ship of the Arleigh Burke class. Construction of the ship began in February 2019. The Carl M. Levinge belongs to Flight IIA and will have SM-2 and Tomahawk missiles in 96 VLS containers as its main armament. A date for commissioning has not yet been set. Text: mb; Photo: General...

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