On the latest CavasShips Podcast: The Houthi war against merchant shipping has suddenly turned more deadly - ships hit by attacks, one sunk, mariners killed and injured. Maritime experts Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ & John Ʌ Konrad V are back to delve into the complexities defaeroreport.com/2024/06/21/cav…

Philippines Withdraws Its Mariners From the Red Sea After Seizure, Attacks and Losses 1️⃣Attack on Transworld Navigator 2️⃣ #Houthi Uncrewed Surface Vessels 3️⃣Philippines Says No Mariners to the #RedSea, #BabelMandeb & #GulfofAden youtu.be/IZg87-EgEIE

Iranian frigate SAHAND 74 has capsized and sunk in port at Bandar Abbas. Ship had recently been fitted with Sayyad-3 surface-to-surface missile launchers (photos fm early March) although the launchers don't seem to be present here. Ship has fallen right over amidst merchant ships

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: How's the US Navy doing at mid-2024? The Bryans - Bryan Clark and Bryan McGrath -- dive in with the Chrises with some strong opinions, pro and con. If they won't say it, we will defaeroreport.com/2024/07/02/cav…

Russia has cancelled the main naval parade at Kronstadt near St Petersburg for Russian Navy Day. Rather only 12 smaller vessels will take part in St Petersburg on 28 July thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/20…

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: BJ Armstrong discusses the history of Maritime Statecraft, especially how Mahan was writing on this more than a century ago. Plus Naval News of the Week defaeroreport.com/2024/07/26/cav…

Escambia County, Florida officials are considering acquiring the long-derelict ocean liner SS UNITED STATES to be sunk as a dive reef off Pensacola. The liner faces eviction from the Philadelphia pier where it has languished for years wuwf.org/local-news/202…

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: AUKUS fm Down Under. Australian-based journalist Alex Luck discusses how the agreement is playing politically & socially. Plus the US Navy is changing how some destroyers are crewed as they replace decommissioned cruisers defaeroreport.com/2024/08/09/cav…

Former Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier MINSK appears to be seriously damaged by a major fire at Nantong, China, where it was undergoing refurbishment. The ship was formerly a tourist attraction known as Minsk World.

US Coast Guard icebreaker HEALY WAGB20 returned to her Seattle WA homeport 16 Aug, cutting short an Arctic deployment after suffering an electrical fire 25 July near Banks Isld Canada. A similar fire hit the ship in Aug 2020

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: former commander of US Naval Forces in the Mideast VADM ret John "Fozzie" Miller on the likelihood of Iranian aggression & looks at the performance of the US Navy. Plus Naval News of the Week defaeroreport.com/2024/08/16/cav…

KINGSVILLE LCS36, next-to-last Independence-class littoral combat ship, approaches the Harbor Bridge 18 Aug as she arrives at Corpus Christi, Texas, where she'll be commissioned on 24 Aug. KINGSVILLE will be homeported at San Diego

Beautiful shots of the Italian aircraft carrier CAVOUR 550 alongside at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Frigate ALPINO F594, escorting CAVOUR on the Pacific deployment, is in the background of these views

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: The Navy's plan to cut up to 17 support ships - reporter Sam LaGrone, who broke the story, joins us to dive into the issue; and Surface Navy Assoc exec dir Chris Bushnell weighs in on waterfront concerns + Naval News defaeroreport.com/2024/08/23/cav…

South China Sea: Chinese Coast Guard vessel "deliberately and intentionally" rammed the BRP Teresa Magbanua of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) three times at Escoda Shoal.

Impressive multinational naval task force in the western Pacific: Japanese, Italian, French, German and Australian warships operating together

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: We're at HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard to hear HII President Kari Wilkinson walk us through the multiple programs under construction in Pascagoula and the challenges of training & keeping shipbuilders defaeroreport.com/2024/08/30/cav…

New US Navy unmanned surface vessel VANGUARD (USV 3) completing at Austal USA's shipyard in Mobile, Alabama on 29 August 2024. Hull built by Austal USA with systems from L3Harris. This is the 4th Overlord program vessel