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USS Horne

## USS Horne (DLG/CG-30)

USS Horne

**USS *Horne* (DLG/CG-30)** was a *Belknap*-class destroyer leader/cruiser, named for Admiral Frederick J. Horne, 1880–1959. She was launched as **DLG-30**, a destroyer, and reclassified a cruiser on 30 June 1975.

The contract to construct *Horne* was awarded on 20 September 1961. Her keel was laid down at San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 12 December 1962. She was launched 30 October 1964 and sponsored by Mrs. Frederick Horne, widow of Admiral Horne. She was delivered 7 July 1967 and commissioned on 15 April 1967.

### Service History

On 20 July 1983 *The New York Times* reported that *Horne*, along with seven other vessels in the Carrier Ranger Battle Group, left San Diego on Friday 15 July 1983 and were headed for the western Pacific when they were rerouted and ordered to steam for Central America to conduct training and flight operations in areas off the coasts of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras as part of major military exercises planned for that summer.

The battle group was composed of the carrier *Ranger*, the cruiser *Horne*, the guided missile destroyer *Lynde McCormick*, the destroyers *Fletcher* and *Fife*, the frigate *Marvin Shields*, the oiler *Wichita* and the support ship *Camden*.

After more than 26 years of service, *Horne* was decommissioned on 4 February 1994. She was struck from the register the same day, placed in the custody of the United States Maritime Administration and was laid up at the Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet. Initially scheduled to be scrapped, she was spared the breakers torch and was sunk as a target on 29 June 2008 as part of RIMPAC 2008.

*Horne* was the last of the *Leahy*/*Belknap* type cruisers.
INS Ranvir

## INS Ranvir (D54)

INS Ranvir

INS Ranvir (D54) is a Rajput-class Destroyer of the Indian Navy.

### Career

INS Ranvir and INS Mysore anchored outside of Sri Lankan waters to provide security for Indian PM Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2008.

From May 22-26 2015, INS Ranvir and INS Shakti paid a visit to Singapore and then Indonesia.

In 2022, an explosion occurred aboard INS Ranvir which killed 3 and injured 11. The blast was attributed to a gas leak.
A-7 Corsair II

## Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II

an A-7E

The **LTV A-7 Corsair II** is an American carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV).

The A-7 was developed during the early 1960s as replacement for the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. Its design was derived from the Vought F-8 Crusader; in comparison with the F-8 Crusader, the A-7 is both smaller and restricted to subsonic speeds, its airframe being simpler and cheaper to produce. Following a competitive bid by Vought in response to the United States Navy's (USN) *VAL* (Heavier-than-air, Attack, Light) requirement, an initial contract for the type was issued on 8 February 1964. Development was rapid, first flying on 26 September 1965 and entering squadron service with the USN on 1 February 1967; by the end of that year, A-7s were being deployed overseas for the Vietnam War.

Initially adopted by USN, the A-7 proved attractive to other services, soon being adopted by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Air National Guard (ANG) to replace their aging Douglas A-1 Skyraider and North American F-100 Super Sabre fleets. Improved models of the A-7 would be developed, typically adopting more powerful engines and increasingly capable avionics. American A-7s would be used in various major conflicts, including the Invasion of Grenada, Operation El Dorado Canyon, and the Gulf War. The type was also used to support the development of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk.

The A-7 was also exported to Greece in the 1970s and to Portugal in the late 1980s. The USAF and USN opted to retire their remaining examples of the type in 1991, followed by the ANG in 1993 and the Portuguese Air Force in 1999. The A-7 was largely replaced by newer generation fighters such as the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The final operator, the Hellenic Air Force, withdrew the last A-7s during 2014.
Combined Task Force 151

## Combined Task Force (CTF) 151

### Nation

United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand

### Role

Counter-Piracy

**Combined Task Force 151** (**CTF-151**) is a multinational naval task force, set up in 2009 as a response to Somali piracy attacks in the Gulf of Aden and off the eastern coast of Somalia. Its mission is to disrupt piracy and armed robbery at sea and to engage with regional and other partners to build capacity and improve relevant capabilities in order to protect global maritime commerce and secure freedom of navigation, as well as shield shipping lanes. It operates in conjunction with the EU's Operation Atalanta and NATO's Operation Ocean Shield.

As of the 2020s, the commander of CTF-151 is the Rear Admiral André Luiz Andrade Felix, of the Brazilian Navy.

### History

The CTF 151 was established on 12 January 2009 as a response to piracy attacks in Somalia, "with a specific piracy mission-based mandate under the authority of UNSCRs 1816, 1838, 1846, 1851 and 1897". The CTF 150 mainly dealt with maritime security and counter terrorism. Piracy was considered more of a law enforcement mission. CTF were established as a mission-based Task Force. Upon their establishment in 2009, operated under a UNSCR counter-piracy mandate. The CTF is not geographically constrained. Their mandate has been "based upon the range of counter-piracy UNSCRs". In February 2011, a group of pirates hijacked a Panamanian-flagged ship. The Puntland government stated that they did not want captured ships and pirate bases near Bosaso. The pirates forced the ship's crew to the south, to a coastal area that was not as receptive. Admiral Mcknight had a conversation with Jatin Dua and the Navy SEALS rescued two hostages who were being held in an inland camp. The SEALS killed about nine pirates.

In January 2012, six Somali pirates launched an attack on the bulk cargo ship the MV *Sunshine* about one hundred miles off the coast of Oman. This was referred to as a by-the-book approach; The pirates used AK-47s, a rocket propelled grenade launcher, a grappling hook and attempted to affix a ladder onto the boat. The pirates threw their weapons overboard so the boarding team could not arrest them. They gave the pirates food and water, finally turning them loose. The Somalis did not realize that a helicopter from the USS *Mobile Bay* was keeping track of their movements. The pirates headed back to the Iranian dhow. The USS *Kidd* was able to track the *Al Mulahi* and noticed some Middle Easterners were aboard. The *New York Times* reported a standoff, afterwards the Somalis were still hidden and the Iranian captain spoke with the Americans.
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CNS Almirante Cochrane (Type 23)

## CNS Almirante Cochrane

Almirante Cochrane

In June 2005 it was announced that *Norfolk* would be sold to the Chilean Navy. She was commissioned into the Chilean Navy on 22 November 2006 as *Almirante Cochrane* (named after Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald).

Along with other Chilean vessels of her class, *Almirante Cochrane* underwent a significant upgrade from March 2018 to November 2019. The CMS 330 combat management architecture was installed along TRS-4D G-Band active scanning radars and 32 CAMM Sea Ceptor vertical-launch surface-to-air missile silos to replace the previous Sea Wolf SAM System.
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

Iran uses their flag as an ensign

The **Islamic Republic of Iran Navy** or **Iranian Navy** (IRIN; Persian: نیروی دریایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران, romanized: *Niru-ye Daryâ'i-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân*), officially abbreviated **NEDAJA** (Persian: نداجا), is the naval warfare service branch of Iran's regular military, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (*Artesh*). It is one of Iran's two maritime military branches, alongside the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

NEDAJA is charged with forming Iran's first line of defense in the Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf and abroad. It is generally considered to be a conventional green-water navy, as it mostly operates regionally, namely in the Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and northwest quarter of the Indian Ocean. The Navy aims to develop blue-water capabilities: in July 2016, it announced plans to establish a presence in the Atlantic Ocean, and as of May 2021 has sent ships into the region.

NEDAJA shares many functions and responsibilities with the IRGC Navy, with distinctions in military strategy and equipment: In contrast to the IRGC Navy, which is equipped with small fast-attack craft, the backbone of the Artesh naval inventory consists of larger surface ships, including frigates and corvettes, and submarines.

The Artesh Navy has a large fleet by the standards of the developing world, and has been described as maintaining "robust" capabilities by regional standards. Since 2019, the Navy has had several joint exercises with Russia and China, which it aims to conduct annually.
SPS Navarra

## SPS Navarra (F85)

SPS Navarra with American ships

***Navarra* (F85)** is the fifth of the six Spanish-built *Santa Maria*-class frigates, based on the American *Oliver Hazard Perry*-class design, of the Spanish Navy.

### Career

Laid down on 15 April 1991, and launched on 23 October 1992, *Navarra* was commissioned in service on 27 May 1994.

The ship features a series of improvements to her previous sisters, with a new Meroka mod 2B CIWS, and upgraded fire control systems with Mk.92 mod6 CORT (Coherent Receiver Transmitter) and SPS-49(v)5 radar instead of previous (v)4.

All of these Spanish frigates have the length of the later *Oliver Hazard Perry* frigates, and have a wider beam than the US Navy design, and therefore able to carry more top weight. Fin stabilizers are fitted.

On 9 December 2002, *Navarra* intercepted the unflagged freighter *So San* several hundred miles southeast of Yemen at the request of the United States government, possibly associated in some fashion with the U.S. Proliferation Security Initiative. The frigate fired across *So San*'s bow after the freighter ignored hails and attempted to evade the frigate. The freighter's crew was North Korean; 23 containers containing 15 complete Scud ballistic missiles, 15 high-explosive warheads, and 23 nitric acid containers were found on board. Yemen claimed ownership of the shipment and protested the interception and U.S. officials released the vessel after receiving assurances that the missiles would not be transferred to a third party.

On 23 March 2010, she sank a Somali pirate mothership lifeboat and captured two skiffs, after private security forces successfully defended MV *Almezaan* from a pirate attack. The six suspected pirates were later released, when the master and crew of *Almezaan* refused to testify.

In November 2016, while patrolling off the Libyan coast as part of the EUNAVFOR's Operation Sophia, the frigate recovered 227 migrants from inflatable boats in the Mediterranean Sea.
HNoMS Froya

HNoMS Froya

The minelayer **HNoMS *Frøya*** was built for the Royal Norwegian Navy by the naval shipyard in Horten during World War I, with yard number 108. A fast ship for her time, she was kept in service until the German invasion of Norway in 1940. At some point between her commissioning and 1940, a 76 mm gun was added to her armaments. *Frøya* was the first purpose-built minelayer commissioned into the RNoN.

### World War II Service

At the time the Germans invaded Norway, *Frøya* was underway from Finnmark to Horten naval base in the Oslofjord, and on 8 April she anchored at Brekstad harbour at Ørland at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord. Due to bad weather Captain T. Schrøder-Nielsen was reluctant to cross Hustadvika bay on with the ship's full load of mines and had sought shelter at Brekstad overnight. When, on the morning of 9 April, the German assault came, the crew of the *Frøya* observed the intruding German warships making their way to Trondheim. Trapped in the fjord, the decision was made to move the minelayer into the nearby Stjørnfjord. In the Stjørnfjord *Frøya* repeatedly came under attack from both land based artillery and Luftwaffe bombers. On 13 April Captain Schrøder-Nielsen decided all hope was lost and, refusing to let his ship fall into German hands, he ordered her scuttled. After removing some equipment and *Frøya*'s load of mines for possible later use the crew of *Frøya* rammed their ship at great speed ashore at Søtvika, opened the ship's valves and at 12:30 fired explosive charges, demolishing her. Shortly after being scuttled the wreck of *Frøya* was discovered by *Kapitänleutnant* Wilhelm Rollmann of the German submarine *U-34*. As the U-boat captain believed her still to be salvageable for the Norwegians the submarine torpedoed *Frøya*, blowing the stern off the already wrecked minelayer.

### The Wreck Today

After she was scuttled, it was still possible to explore the wreck. Even today enough remains to make *Frøya* an interesting wreck to dive on.
KDB Daruttaqwa

## KDB Daruttaqwa (09)

KDB Daruttaqwa

**KDB *Daruttaqwa* (09)** is the fourth and last ship of the *Darussalam*-class offshore patrol vessels. The vessel is in active service in the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).

### Career

KDB *Daruttaqwa* was built by Lürssen Werft company in Germany around the late 2000s. She is part of the second batch delivered from Germany to Brunei. KDB *Daruttaqwa* commissioned on 8 September 2014 at Muara Naval Base. All four sister ships work in the offshore patrol vessel role.

16 April 2016, KDB *Daruttaqwa* was sent to Padang, Indonesia for *Maritime Naval* *Exercise Komodo 2016* which is hosted by the Indonesian Navy from 12 to 16 April 2016.

KDB *Daruttaqwa* was sent on a Maritime Exercise in Langkawi, Malaysia for *Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition 2019* (LIMA’19) which lasted from 19–22 March 2019. She returned to Muara Naval Base on 5 April 2019.

On April 12, 2019, KDB *Daruttaqwa* left Muara Port for Qingdao, China to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the People's Liberation Army Navy. KDB *Daruttaqwa* later joined *ADMM-Plus 2019*.

KDB *Daruttaqwa*, HMAS Success, PLAN Xiangtan, INS Kolkata, INS Shakti, KRI Halasan, KRI Tombak, JS Murasame, JS Izumo, KD Lekiu, BRP Andres Bonifacio, RSS Stalwart, MV Avatar, ROKS Cheonjabong, ROKS Jeonbuk, ROKS Wang Geon, HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej, USS William P. Lawrence and VPNS Quang Trung conducted *ADMM-PLUS 2019* off Busan, South Korea. The ships had to conduct an exercise where they needed to retake hostile vessels and rescue people overboard at sea.

All ships returned to Singapore to conduct check aboard cargo ships. KDB *Daruttaqwa* returned to Muara Naval Base on 20 May 2019.
HMS Cleopatra (F28)

Not to be confused with HMS Cleopatra (1915), HMS Cleopatra (33), HMS Cleopatra (1779), HMS Cleopatra (1835), HMS Cleopatra (1878), HMS Cleopatra (1839)

## Information

### Fate

scrapped 1993

HMS Cleopatra (F28) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy.

### Career

HMS Cleopatra's first operation was with the 2nd Destroyer Squadron in 1966. She returned home in 1967 and then joined the Beira Patrol to prevent oil from reaching Rhodesia. In 1969 she was present at HMAS Melbourne's collision with USS Frank E. Evans.

Following refits in 1970 and 1971, she visited the USA and Caribbean with HMS Ark Royal, RFA Regent, and RFA Olmeda. She escorted the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during their 1972 visits in Southeast Asia. Her helicopter crash landed in the ocean later in the year, and she carried it to the Maldives. She replaced HMS Lowestoft in the Beira Patrol and borrowed her Westland Wasp for the remainder of the deployment. In 1973 she underwent a major refit which swapped many of her weapons and electronics systems. She joined the 5th Frigate Squadron in 1975 as the leader. She participated in the 1975 fleet review and docked alongside HMS Arethusa and HMS Zulu.

In 1981, HMS Cleopatra deployed to the Mediterranean. In 1982 she received yet another upgrade, which was completed by 1983. In 1984-1985, she visited the United States and became the leader of the 7th Frigate Squadron.

She was scrapped in 1993 after decades of service.
Etendard

## Dassault Etendard

Dassault Etendard

The **Dassault Étendard IV** is a transonic carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aerospace company Dassault Aviation.

Development of the Étendard originally commenced during the 1950s. Despite not having attracted the interests of either the French Army or any of the NATO air forces, a more powerful proposal had attracted the interest of the French Navy. Accordingly, Dassault developed a navalised demonstrator, which made its first flight on 24 July 1956. Its performance having met with the service's satisfaction, the French Navy ordered the type into production, receiving a total of 69 *Étendard IVM* fighters, in addition to 21 *Étendard IVP*, the latter being a specialised aerial reconnaissance variant.

The Étendard would serve as the basis for the more advanced Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard. During the 1970s, it had been intended to replace the Étendard IV with a navalised version of the SEPECAT Jaguar, designated as the *Jaguar M*. However, development of the Jaguar M was terminated and, shortly after, it was announced that the Super Étendard had been ordered in its place. For a time, the Étendard IV was operated alongside its improved model before being progressively withdrawn during the 1980s. In 1991, the fighter models of the type was finally retired from service by its sole operator, while the reconnaissance variant was withdrawn during 2000.

The **Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard** (*Étendard* is French for "battle flag", cognate to English "standard") is a French carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft designed by Dassault-Breguet for service with the French Navy.

The aircraft is an advanced development of the Étendard IVM, which it replaced. The Super Étendard first flew in October 1974 and entered French service in June 1978. French Super Étendards have served in several conflicts such as the Kosovo war, the war in Afghanistan and the military intervention in Libya.

The Super Étendard was also operated by Iraq (on a temporary lease) and Argentina, which both deployed the aircraft during wartime. Argentina's Navy use of the Super Étendard and the Exocet missile during the 1982 Falklands War led to the aircraft gaining considerable popular recognition. The Super Étendard was used by Iraq to attack oil tankers and merchant shipping in the Persian Gulf during the Iraq-Iran War. In French service, the Super Étendard was replaced by the Dassault Rafale in 2016.
JS Samidare

## JS Samidare (DD-106)

JS Samidare

JS Samidare (DD-106) is a Murasame-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

### Career

In 2009, she was deployed to Somalia along with JS Sazanami.

JS Samidare and JS Ashigara took part in the blockade on North Korea in 2017.

She also took part in Malabar 2019. JS Samidare operated alongside JS Chokai, JS Kaga, JS Omi, USS McCampbell, INS Sahyadri, INS Kiltan, and an unidentified American submarine, as well as P-8 Poseidon aircraft.

On October 16, 2019, she and Taiyuan took part in a communications exercise using their shipborne radios.

In 2022 she deployed to Djibouti for anti-piracy operations. She was relieved by JS Harusame.
RFS Admiral Kasatonov

RFS Admiral Kasatonov

RFS Admiral Kasatonov is an Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate of the Russian Navy.

### Career

Immediately after her commissioning, RFS Admiral Kasatonov conducted anti-submarine exercises. In December 2020, she deployed to the Mediterranean. She stayed there for nearly a year, accompanied by various tankers and tugs throughout the deployment. On March 15, 2021, she monitored FS Tonnerre. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower had also been active in the area. In April she returned to Severomorsk.

On February 7, 2022, she deployed to the Mediterranean with RFS Marshal Ustinov, RFS Vice Admiral Kulakov, and RFS Vyazma, strengthening the task force already there.

In early 2023, accompanied by RFS Akademik Pashin, she returned to Severomorsk after another Mediterranean deployment.
Mark 46 Torpedo

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Mark 46 being launched

### Users

Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA

### Designer

NOTS Pasadena

The **Mark 46 torpedo** is the backbone of the United States Navy's lightweight anti-submarine warfare torpedo inventory and is the NATO standard. These aerial torpedoes are designed to attack high-performance submarines. In 1989, an improvement program for the Mod 5 to the Mod 5A and Mod 5A(S) increased its shallow-water performance. The Mark 46 was initially developed as **Research Torpedo Concept I** (**RETORC I**), one of several weapons recommended for implementation by Project Nobska, a 1956 summer study on submarine warfare.
E-2 Hawkeye

## Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye

E-2 Hawkeye

The **Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye** is an American all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft Company for the United States Navy as a replacement for the earlier, piston-engined E-1 Tracer, which was rapidly becoming obsolete. The aircraft's performance has been upgraded with the E-2B and E-2C versions, where most of the changes were made to the radar and radio communications due to advances in electronic integrated circuits and other electronics. The fourth major version of the Hawkeye is the **E-2D**, which first flew in 2007. The E-2 was the first aircraft designed specifically for its role, as opposed to a modification of an existing airframe, such as the Boeing E-3 Sentry. Variants of the Hawkeye have been in continuous production since 1960, giving it the longest production run of any carrier-based aircraft.

The E-2 also received the nickname "Super Fudd" because it replaced the WF (later E-1) "Willy Fudd". In recent decades, the E-2 has been commonly referred to as the "Hummer" because of the distinctive sounds of its turboprop engines, quite unlike that of turbojet and turbofan jet engines. In addition to U.S. Navy service, smaller numbers of E-2s have been sold to the armed forces of Egypt, France, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Singapore and Taiwan.

Grumman also used the basic layout of the E-2 to produce the Grumman C-2 Greyhound cargo aircraft.
Crotale

## Crotale (SAM)

### Users

Bahrain, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine (current), Iraq, Libya, Portugal, South Africa, Chile, Morocco

### Designer

Thales, Samsung

The **Crotale** (which means "Rattlesnake") is a French, all-weather, short-range surface-to-air missile system developed to intercept airborne ranged weapons and aircraft, from cruise or anti-ship missiles to helicopters, UAVs or low-flying high-performance fighter aircraft. It was developed by Thomson CSF Matra (now Thales Group) and consists of a mobile land-based variant as well as various naval ones.
DS30

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## DS30 Autocannon

### Users

United Kingdom, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, Lithuania

### DS30M

The **30mm DS30M Mark 2** is a ship-protection system made by MSI-Defence Systems consisting of a 30mm Mark 44 Bushmaster II cannon on an automated mount. It was designed to defend Royal Navy frigates from fast inshore attack craft armed with short-range missiles, rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns, or explosives.

#### Design

The DS30M Mark 2 system consists of a 30mm Mark 44 Bushmaster II on a fully automated mount or via manual control with an off-mount electro-optical director (EOD). The gun and the EOD can be controlled from a remote operator console elsewhere on the ship. The weapon is a gyro-stabilized, electrically operated, self-contained, single cannon mount featuring a choice of weapon, control mode and sights. It has low magnetic, radar and infrared signatures with good availability, reliability and maintainability (ARM). In theory, the dual feed system of the Bushmaster series allows the operator to select different types of ammunition for use against a variety of targets.

### DS30B

The **DS30B** rapid-fire cannon is a 30mm Oerlikon stabilized, ship-protection system created by MSI-Defence Systems and controlled by a single operator.

The DS30B system consists of a marinized, stabilized gun mount which accommodates the Oerlikon KCB 30mm cannon. The DS30B is the predecessor to the 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun, which mounts a 30mm Mark 44 Bushmaster II.
HTMS Kraburi

## HTMS Kraburi (FFG-457)

HTMS Kraburi

**HTMS *Kraburi* (FFG-457)** (Thai: เรือหลวงกระบุรี) is the third ship of *Chao Phraya*-class frigate of the Royal Thai Navy, a variant of the Chinese-built Type 053H2 frigate.

### Career

The four ships of the class was ordered on 18 July 1988. *Kraburi* was laid down somewhere in 1990 at Hudong Shipyard, Shanghai. The ship was launched on 28 December 1990 and was commissioned on 16 January 1992. Upon the ship completion and arrival on Thailand, the shipbuilding quality were deemed to be unsatisfactory, and work was needed to improve the ship. The damage control abilities were also upgraded before she entered service.

Upon entering service, *Kraburi* and her sisters were frequently used for training and rotated monthly to the Coast Guard.

In April 1997, *Kraburi* and *Naresuan* were sent to Spanish waters to escort *Chakri Naruebet* during the aircraft carrier's aviation trials in Rota, Spain. The two frigates also escorted the aircraft carrier in the journey back to Thailand, of which they arrived on 10 August 1997.

The ship was damaged and washed ashore in the aftermath of 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that occurred on the 26th of December, 2004. She was repaired and re-entered service by February 2005.

*Kraburi* and INS *Karmuk* attended the 30th India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) on 18–20 November 2022.

On the 18th of December, 2022, corvette HTMS *Sukhothai* were flooded and listing after being caught in a storm off Bang Saphan, Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Of the several ships and helicopters sent to assist the corvette, only *Kraburi* managed to arrive on the scene and rescued the personnel before *Sukhothai* sunk in the midnight. Even by 26 December, *Kraburi* along with other ships continued to search the area for still-missing people.
HMS Grafton

Not to be confused with HMS Grafton (1892), HMS Grafton (H89), HMS Grafton (F51), or the many sailing ships

## Information

### Fate

Active in Chilean service

**HMS *Grafton*** is a Type 23 frigate formerly in service with the Royal Navy. She was the ninth vessel to bear the name, and is named after the Duke of Grafton. Ordered in January 1992, *Grafton* was laid down on 13 May 1993 by Yarrow Shipbuilders. The frigate was launched on 5 November 1994 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 29 May 1997 with the pennant number F80. In 2007 the ship was transferred to Chile as ***Almirante Lynch*** and, having undergone a significant upgrade from 2019 to 2020, remains in service with the Chilean Navy.

### Service History

On 23 September 1998, while operating off the coast of Malaysia, *Grafton*'s Lynx helicopter crashed into the sea during a night exercise, one crew member was killed.

In 2003, the ship was used in the ITV drama series *Making Waves* as the fictional Royal Navy warship *Suffolk*. In early 2004 the ship was deployed in the Persian Gulf. In July 2004, it was announced that *Grafton* would be one of three Type 23 frigates to be decommissioned by the end of 2006.

In June 2005, it was announced that *Grafton* would be sold to the Chilean Navy. During her service in the Royal Navy, her crew were awarded the freedom of the Borough of Ipswich, due to their frequent visits to the Suffolk town. On her last visit to Ipswich in 2006, the ship's bell was presented to the town as a permanent reminder of the links between *Grafton* and Ipswich. The bell is now on display in the reception area of the Ipswich Borough Council offices at Grafton House, named for the connection to the warship. She was decommissioned on 31 March 2006.

The ship was sold the Chile as CNS *Almirante Lynch.*
HSwMS Sundsvall (J12)

Not to be confused with HSwMS Sundsvall

HSwMS Sundsvall

**HSwMS *Sundsvall* (J12)** was a Swedish destroyer, later rebuilt as a frigate, in the four-ship *Visby* class. The ship was named after the Swedish coastal city of Sundsvall. *Sundsvall* was laid down in 1942 during the Second World War and was commissioned on 17 September 1943. She survived the war and was modified and redesigned as a frigate in 1965. She was kept in service by the Swedish Navy until 1982 and was then used for testing of the Navy's RBS-15 anti-ship missile. The ship was later sold to Spain for scrapping.

### Career

*Sundsvall* was built at Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad in Gothenburg and was launched on 20 October 1942 and was delivered to the Swedish Navy on 17 September 1943. After delivery, *Sundsvall* was put into the Coastal Fleet, where she served during the rest of World War II.

In the mid-1960s, *Sundsvall* underwent extensive rebuilding. The front and aft 12 cm guns were replaced with 57 mm m/50 D anti-aircraft guns and the third was removed and replaced by a Bofors 37.5 cm M/50 anti-submarine rocket launcher. Additionally, two more rack-deployed m/33 depth charges were added, and the mining capacity was extended to 130 mines. A helicopter platform was built, and a new fire-control system was installed with a new radar antenna in a radome on the bridge deck. In 1965 the ship was reclassified to frigate and in 1966 the conversion was completed.

*Sundsvall* was decommissioned on 1 July 1982, after which she was used as a target ship for test firing with RBS-15 before she was sold for scrap in Spain in 1984.
FS Lamotte-Picquet

## FS La Motte-Picquet (D645)

FS La Motte-Picquet

FS La Motte-Picquet is a Georges Leygues-class frigate of the French Navy.

### Career

On August 22, 2007, La Motte-Picquet took custody of a Danish freighter formerly owned by pirates.

On November 9, 2011, she left Brest for a cruise and was refueled by USNS Patuxent on January 12, 2012. She passed through the Strait of Hormuz with HMS Argyll and a USN Carrier Strike Group centered around USS Abraham Lincoln on January 22.

In November 2015, it was made public by the French Navy that La Motte-Picquet would be sailing with the FS Charles de Gaulle strike group for Operation Chammal.

In March 2016, La Motte-Picquet shadowed RFS Vice Admiral Kulakov, an oiler, and a tugboat.
USS Leftwich

## USS Leftwich (DD-984)

USS Leftwich

USS Leftwich (DD-984) was a Spruance-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for William G. Leftwich, Jr.

### Career

USS Leftwich sailed through the Panama Canal to San Diego on August 26, 1979, from where she operated until 1985.

On November 29, 1982, Leftwich collided with USS Thomas A. Edison. USS Thomas A. Edison was decommissioned because of the damage.

In 1984 Leftwich was damaged in a storm while doing exercises.

In 1985 she switched home ports to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

In 1987 she took part in Operation Nimble Archer.

In 1990-91 she took part in the Gulf War, capturing a pair of islands in the Battle of Quarah and Umm al Maradim. She rescued 16 pilots.

She repeatedly returned to the Persian Gulf for various operations until her 1998 decommissioning.

She was sunk as a target in 2003.
JS Izumo

## JS Izumo (DDH-183)

JS Izumo

JS Izumo (DDH-183) is an Izumo-class helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

### Career

In August 2015 JS Izumo took part in a major disaster relief exercise with the Japan Coast Guard.

In May 2017, she escorted USNS Richard E. Byrd to North Korean waters so Byrd could refuel warships deterring North Korean missiles. She was joined by JS Sazanami.

In 2020, she was upgraded to carry F-35s.

In 2021 she took part in exercises with HMS Queen Elizabeth.

On May 31, 2022, she, JS Takanami, and JS Kirisame were deployed to RIMPAC 2022.
Battle of Quarah and Umm al Maradim

## Quarah and Umm al Maradim

An Iraqi vessel is destroyed by gunfire

The **Battle for Qurah and Umm al Maradim**, were several naval and land battles for control over the islands off the coast of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf, mainly the islands of Qurah and Umm al Maradim.

### Quarah

Qurah was the first island to be retaken by Coalition Forces. On 24 January, two A-6's destroyed an enemy minelayer, a minesweeper, and a patrol boat near Qurah Island. A second minesweeper was sunk when it ran into one of their own mines, trying to evade the A-6s. Helicopters from USS *Curts* flew over the wreckage to pick up Iraqi survivors and take them back as POWs. As they picked up the survivors, Iraqi troops on Qurah fired at the helicopters forcing them to fall back, managing to get twenty-two survivors out of the water. USS *Curts* maneuvered itself in a position so that it could fire on the island's defenses. This started a six-hour battle to retake the first parcel of Kuwaiti Territory. USS *Leftwich* landed United States Navy SEALs on the island via helicopter, and by the time the gunfire had ceased, three Iraqi soldiers lay dead with fifty-one surrendering. There were no Coalition losses.

### Umm al Maradim

On 29 January, in the northern Persian Gulf, the five ships of Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) ALFA – USS *Okinawa*, USS *Ogden*, USS *Fort McHenry*, USS *Cayuga* and USS *Durham* steamed near the Kuwaiti island Umm al Maradim. United States Marines assaulted the 300-meter by 400-metre island 12 miles off the Kuwaiti coast using embarked Marine helicopter. After several hours of intense combat, the marines succeeded in liberating the second Kuwaiti island. After destroying Iraqi anti-aircraft weapons and artillery stored on the island, which had been used as an early warning post by the enemy, the Marines raised the Kuwaiti flag over the second parcel of reclaimed territory.
HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)

Not to be confused with HMAS Melbourne (R21) or HMAS Melbourne (1912)

HMAS Melbourne

HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) was an Adelaide-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, later sold to the Chilean Navy as CNS Almirante Latorre.

### Career

From January 20 to February 24, 2000, HMAS Melbourne was a part of the INTERFET task force in East Timor.

In 2002 and 2003 she visited Iraqi waters as part of Operation Slipper, Operation Catalyst, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In 2010, Melbourne received her Timor and Persian Gulf battle honors. On August 16 she returned to the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea to fight piracy. She returned home in 2011.

Between February 5 and 7, 2014, she seized over 1,200 pounds of heroin off Tanzania and destroyed it all. She and PNS Alamgir boarded a dhow carrying cannabis and destroyed the drugs.

She was decommissioned in October 2019 and sold to Chile as CNS Almirante Latorre.
USS Mustin (DD-413)

Not to be confused with the other USS Mustin

USS Mustin

USS Mustin (DD-413) was a Sims-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

### Career

In early 1942 Mustin was overhauled. She escorted convoys between Hawaii and California until April 4. She escorted a convoy to Samoa and then a merchantman carrying troops to Midway. Afterwards she joined Task Force 17 looking for Japanese ships fleeing Midway. She continued operating with Task Force 17 throughout the year. She shot down 5 aircraft in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. At the end of the year, she bombarded Guadalcanal.

USS Mustin took part in the occupation of Adak and Attu and also was a part of the Ghost Fleet battle. She and Task Force 52 attacked Makin on 10 November 1943.

In early 1944, Mustin took part in the bombardment of Kwajalein and Wotje. She joined Task Force 58 and fought in and around New Guinea. In late 1944 she took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

In 1945 Mustin struck Luzon and patrolled until February, when she returned to Guadalcanal. She joined the United States 5th Fleet and arrived at Okinawa on April 1. She served in anti-submarine duty in the Marianas after bombarding Okinawa. She was overhauled at the end of the war.

She was involved in the Bikini Atoll tests and was scuttled by gunfire in 1948.
KDB Darulaman

## KDB Darulaman (08)

KDB Darulaman

**KDB *Darulaman* (08)** is the third ship of the *Darussalam*-class offshore patrol vessels. The vessel is in active service in the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).

### Career

KDB *Darulehsan* was built by Lürssen Werft company in Germany around the late 2000s. She is part of the second batch delivered from Germany to Brunei. KDB *Darulaman* was launched on 26 June 2009 and commissioned on 12 August 2011 at Muara Naval Base. All four sister ships work in the offshore patrol vessel role.

During the MILAN 2012, an exercise was hosted by the Indian Navy which KDB *Darulaman* was also participated.

*Darulaman* and KDB *Darussalam* fired their missile systems for the first time.  They successfully conducted their first Exocet MM40 Block II surface-to-surface missile firing at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) north of Kaua’i Island.

Both RBN ships participated in Exercise RIMPAC in 2014, hosted by the United States 3rd Fleet off Hawaii. The ships participated in the SINKEX exercise. *Darussalam* and *Darulaman* simultaneously fired their Exocet missiles, which struck the target which was the ex-USS *Tuscaloosa*.

KDB *Darulaman*, KDB *Berkat*, USNS *Fall River* and USS *Emory S. Land* conducted *Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training* (CARAT) to strengthen the relations between Brunei Darussalam and United States of America. It took place in the South China Sea on 15 November 2018.

KDB *Darulaman*, BRP *Ramon Alcaraz*, RSS *Tenacious*, UMS *Kyan Sittha*, HTMS *Krabi*, USS *Montgomery* and USS *Wayne E. Meyer* attended the *US-ASEAN Maritime Exercise* (AUMX) in the Gulf of Thailand on 3 September 2019 and will end in Singapore.

KDB Darulaman, KDB Syafaat, USNS *Millinocket* and USS *Montgomery* conducted *Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training* (CARAT) to strengthen the relations between Brunei Darussalam and United States of America. It took place in the South China Sea on 29 October 2019.

The Republic of Singapore Navy and Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consisted of RSS Tenacious, RSS Valour, RSS Vigour, KDB *Darussalam*, KDB *Darulehsan* and KDB *Darulaman*. All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019.
HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen

Not to be confused with HNoMS Fridjtof Nansen (1930)

## HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310)

HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen

**HNoMS *Fridtjof Nansen*** is a frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Launched on 5 April 2006, she is the lead ship of the *Fridtjof Nansen* class of warships.

### Career

On 26 February 2009, the Norwegian government decided to deploy |HNoMS *Fridtjof Nansen* to the Gulf of Aden, thereby participating in the ongoing Operation Atalanta, the European Union's counter-piracy campaign in Somalia. *Fridtjof Nansen* joined the campaign in August 2009.

*Fridtjof Nansen*'s engagement in Operation Atalanta was carried out without a permanently stationed helicopter. Mainly due to delays in delivery of the new NH90, the ship is equipped with two ultra-fast RHIBs as a replacement. In November 2009 she became involved in a firefight with suspected pirates after being attacked while inspecting a fishing vessel.

In 2014, *Fridtjof Nansen* took part in the naval exercise RIMPAC 2014 in the Pacific Ocean. During the exercise, she used a Naval Strike Missile to sink the USS *Ogden* (LPD-5), a decommissioned U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock, as a target 55 nautical miles northwest of Hawaii on 10 July 2014.

From September 2021 to May 2022, *Fridtjof Nansen* was fully integrated with the US Navy's Carrier Strike Group 8 (CSG-8) as part of the USN's Cooperative Deployment Program. The Nansen arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in September 2021 and underwent extensive training, testing and certification before deploying with the USS *Harry S. Truman* (CVN-75) and the rest of the strike group in December 2021. The strike group was originally planned to transit the Suez Canal in early February for a cruise through the Middle East and Persian Gulf regions, but in light of the tensions surrounding the ongoing standoff between Russia and Ukraine, they were ordered to remain in the Mediterranean until further notice. The Nansen served a full 6-month deployment with the group before returning to Norway in May 2022.
F/A-18 Hornet

## McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

### Operators

United States, Canada, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Spain, Switzerland, Australia (all current)

### Status

Active

The **McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet** is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, the F/A-18 was derived from the latter's YF-17 in the 1970s for use by the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The Hornet is also used by the air forces of several other nations, and formerly by the U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels.

The F/A-18 was designed to be a highly versatile aircraft due to its avionics, cockpit displays, and excellent aerodynamic characteristics, with the ability to carry a wide variety of weapons. The aircraft can perform fighter escort, fleet air defense, suppression of enemy air defenses, air interdiction, close air support, and aerial reconnaissance. Its versatility and reliability have proven it to be a valuable carrier asset, though it has been criticized for its lack of range and payload compared to its earlier contemporaries, such as the Grumman F-14 Tomcat in the fighter and strike fighter role, and the Grumman A-6 Intruder and LTV A-7 Corsair II in the attack role.

The Hornet first saw combat action during the 1986 United States bombing of Libya and subsequently participated in the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War. The F/A-18 Hornet served as the baseline for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, its larger, evolutionary redesign, which supplanted both the older Hornet and the F-14 Tomcat in the U.S. Navy.

### Super Hornet

The **Boeing F/A-18E** and **F/A-18F Super Hornet** are supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft variants derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet series. The F/A-18E single-seat and F/A-18F tandem-seat variants are larger and more advanced versions of the F/A-18C and D Hornet.

The Super Hornet has an internal 20mm M61A2 rotary cannon and can carry air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface and a variety of other weapons. Additional fuel can be carried in up to five external fuel tanks and the aircraft can be configured as an airborne tanker by adding an external air-to-air refueling system.

Designed and initially produced by McDonnell Douglas, the Super Hornet first flew in 1995. Low-rate production began in early 1997 with full-rate production starting in September 1997, after the merger of McDonnell Douglas and Boeing the previous month. The Super Hornet entered fleet service with the United States Navy in 1999, replacing the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, which was retired in 2006; the Super Hornet has served alongside the original Hornet. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), which has operated the F/A-18A as its main fighter since 1984, ordered the F/A-18F in 2007 to replace its aging General Dynamics F-111C fleet. RAAF Super Hornets entered service in December 2010. In February 2023, Boeing announced plans to end production of the Super Hornet in 2025.
IRIS Sahand

Not to be confused with IIS Faramarz, renamed IRIS Sahand later in life

## IRIS Sahand (74)

IRIS Sahand

IRIS Sahand is a Moudge-class frigate of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. She is named in honor of the original IRIS Sahand, which was sunk in 1988 in combat.

### Career

In June 2021, IRIS Sahand, as well as IRIS Makran, headed to Saint Petersburg for Navy Day. IRIS Makran supposedly carried 3 fast attack craft.
HNoMS Tordenskjold

HNoMS Tordenskjold

**HNoMS *Tordenskjold***, known locally as **Panserskipet Tordenskjold**, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She, her sister ship, *Harald Haarfagre*, and the slightly newer *Eidsvold* class were built as a part of the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905. *Tordenskjold* remained an important vessel in the Royal Norwegian Navy until she was considered unfit for war in the mid-1930s.

### Service

A vital part of the Royal Norwegian Navy, *Tordenskjold* performed ordinary duties until 1918, when she was turned into a cadet ship. She performed well in this role, carrying out eighteen training cruises until considered "unfit for war" in the mid-1930s. After the German invasion of Norway, she was seized by the Germans and rebuilt as a floating flak battery with 10.5 cm AA guns and renamed ***Nymphe***. In May, 1945 she was damaged by RAF aircraft at Svolvaer and beached. She was refloated later in the year. After the war *Tordenskjold* was used briefly as a floating barracks before she was sold for scrapping in 1948.

It was intended to augment the Norwegian coastal defence ship fleet with the two ships of the *Bjørgvin*-class, ordered in 1912, but after these were confiscated by the Royal Navy at the outbreak of World War I the *Tordenskjold* class and the slightly newer, two ship *Eidsvold* class were forced to soldier on long after they were obsolete.
FS Vendemiaire

Not to be confused with FS Vendemiaire (Q59), or FS Vendemiaire (Q215)

## FS Vendemiaire (F 734)

FS Vendemiaire

FS Vendemiaire (F 734) is a Floreal-class frigate of the French Navy.

### Career

FS Vendemiaire was first assigned to New Caledonia. She deployed to East Timor in 1999.

In 2011 she visited Hong Kong, where she was available to the public.

In 2013 Vendemiaire took part in the International Fleet Review.

In 2015 she visited Vanuatu.

In 2016, she visited Australia and South Korea. She exercised with the Republic of Korea Navy. She did this again in 2018.

She visited Hong Kong in 2018.

In March 2018 she did a PASSEX with KDB Darussalam.

In 2019, Vendemiaire transited the Taiwan Strait and was shadowed by People's Liberation Army Navy ships.

She was refitted in 2023.