Today brought the arival of the French Warship FS Aquitaine. The Aquitaine is the first of a new class of warship, and is on a long cruise as part of her trials. Her previous stop was in Norfolk Virgina.
The FREMM European multimission frigate is a joint build program with France and Italy as initial buyers/developers. Between them, 21 FREMM frigates will be built. An Addtional Frigate for Moroco will be delivered this year.
for more see the article at Naval Technology
USCGC Seneca tied up at Dockyard jetty NC3. seneca arrived this morning and will depart on the 19th.
Hot on the departure of USCGC Northland on the 14th, the 16th Will bring us the arrival of USCGC Seneca, also a Medium Endurance cutter. Seneca was last here in January 2011 (file photo)
Seneca is bassed out of Boston.
USCGC Northland is scheduled to depart Halifax Thursday at 1045am
USCGC Northland WMEC-904 arrived today for a port visit. The Medium Endurance Cutter is based out of Portsmouth Virginia. She was commisioned in 1984.
You can Visit her website at http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/cgcNorthland/default.asp
The US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Northland WMEC-904 is due for a visit tomorrow
Photos to follow
USCGC Spencer is due to arrive tomorrow morning and will tie up at the dockyard.
Spencer is home ported in Rhode Island
UPDATE: She is Scheduled to Depart 0900 on the 13th
The US Navy Warship USS DeWert Paid a brief visit to Halifax Yesterday. She had Embarked on a Summer Great Lakes Tour with HMCS Ville De Quebec and USS Huricane.
She appears to have departed early, skipping the Final Canadian Stops. The Tour is Expected to End October 3 when the Ville De Quebec (And presumabley USS Huricane) return to Halifax.
USS Fort Worth arrived this morning and is tied up at “Navy B”, She was built in Wisconsen, and is headed to Texas to be Commissioned.
Update Aug 20:
She is scheduled to Depart at 1500 today.
UPDATE 2: She Failed to Sail as Scheduled. Tim Colton at Maritime Memo’s reports “The word is that LCS 3’s main propulsion diesels are out of action and she’s running on her gas turbines”
Her Stay in Halifax may have been extended due to the propulsion problems.
The US Coast Guard is taking part in Operation Nanook. The USCG sea going buoy tender USCGC Juniper arrived in Halifax today to take part.
Danish forces are reportedly also taking part.
For more See This Marine Link Article
