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RSS Vigour

## RSS Vigour (92)

RSS Vigour (center) with USS Chung-Hoon (left) and RSS Supreme (right)

**RSS *Vigour* (92)** is the fifth ship of the *Victory*-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

### Career

*Vigour* was launched on 1 December 1989 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 25 May 1991.

On 15 June 2009, RSS *Intrepid*, RSS *Conqueror*, RSS *Vigour*, RSS *Victory*, RSS *Stalwart*, RSS *Endeavour*, USS *Harpers Ferry*, USS *Chafee* and USS *Chung-Hoon* participated in a joint exercise in the South China Sea.

RSS *Vigour*, RSS *Stalwart* and RSS *Supreme* conducted a joint exercise with USS *Chung-Hoon* on 23 August 2011.

RSS *Vigour* was deployed to conduct the search and rescue operation for the missing MH370, alongside two additional C-130 aircraft, a *Formidable*-class frigate (RSS *Steadfast*) with a Sikorsky S-70B naval helicopter onboard.

The Republic of Singapore Navy and The Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consists 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.

The Republic of Singapore Navy and The United States Navy conducted a joint ASEAN-USN exercise in the Philippine Sea. Other ships in attendance are KDB Daruttaqwa, KD Lekiu, KRI Martadinata, UMS Kyansitta and HTMS Kraburi.
USNS Supply

## USNS Supply (T-AOE-6)

USNS Supply

**USNS *Supply* (T-AOE-6)**, ex-**USS *Supply* (AOE-6)**, is the lead ship of the *Supply*-class fast combat support ships. She was commissioned in 1994 and decommissioned in 2001, after which she was transferred for service with the U.S. Military Sealift Command.

### Career

*Supply* was laid down on 24 February 1989 and was launched on 6 October 1990. She was commissioned in the United States Navy as **USS *Supply* (AOE-6)** on 26 February 1994 at Naval Air Station, North Island in San Diego, California. After her initial outfitting in San Diego, she sailed to Norfolk, Virginia via the Panama Canal and Caribbean Sea, arriving on 7 August 1994.

After service in the U.S. Navy from 1994 through 2001 as USS *Supply* (AOE-6), she was decommissioned and her weapons systems were removed, then she was transferred on 13 July 2001 to the Military Sealift Command, which designated her USNS *Supply* (T-AOE-6). Like other fast combat support ships, she is part of MSC's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force.

In 2014, *Supply* put into BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards in Mobile, Alabama for repairs.

In 2017, *Supply* put in for repairs in Boston, Massachusetts.

On 6 May 2022, *Supply* conducted an underway replenishment (UNREP) with cruiser USS *San Jacinto* (CG-56).

USNS *Supply* was allegedly the target of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) in 2014. AQIS claimed through Twitter and other social media forums that the AQIS attack on Pakistan Navy frigate PNS *Zulfiquar* was intended to attack USS *Supply* (sic). AQIS report contradicts the official Pakistan Navy account of the attack which states that the frigate was attacked by AQIS at the Naval Dockyard in Karachi. AQIS claims that PNS *Zulfiqar*'s crew were involved in the attempt to take over the ship at sea for attacking USS *Supply* and its unnamed naval escort.
USS Jack Williams

## USS Jack Williams (FFG-24)

Jack Williams at sea, c. 1983

**USS *Jack Williams* (FFG-24)**, sixteenth ship of the *Oliver Hazard Perry*-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Jack Williams, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

### Construction and career

Ordered from Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, *Jack Williams* was laid down on 25 February 1980; launched on 30 August 1980, sponsored by Mrs. Fern Williams Carr, sister of PhM3c Williams; and commissioned on 19 September 1981.

in 1983, the ship accidentally launched a live MK-46 torpedo while berthed at Naval Station Mayport in Florida. The torpedo skidded across the top of a concrete pier but did not detonate.

Decommissioned and stricken on 13 September 1996, she was transferred to Bahrain the same day and recommissioned as RBNS *Sabha* (90).

*Jack Williams* (FFG-24) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
Udaloy-class Destroyer

## Udaloy-class

Vice Admiral Kulakov, a ship of the class

The ***Udaloy* class**, Soviet designation **Project 1155 *Fregat*** and Russian designation **Project 11551 *Fregat-M*** (Russian: Фрегат, 'Fregat' meaning Frigate), are series of anti-submarine guided-missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy, seven of which are currently in service with the Russian Navy. Twelve ships were built between 1980 and 1990, while the thirteenth ship built to a modified design, known as *Udaloy II* class, followed in 1999. They complement the Sovremenny-class destroyers in anti-aircraft and anti-surface warfare operations. The codename **Udaloy** comes from an archaic Russian adjective *удалой*, meaning *daring* or *bold*.

### Armament

* ***Udaloy I:***
* 2 × 1 AK-100 Naval Gun 100 mm naval guns
* 8 (2 × 4) SS-N-14 'Silex' anti-submarine/anti-ship missiles
* 64 (8 × 8) VLS cells for SA-N-9 'Gauntlet' surface-to-air missiles
* 4 × 6 30 mm AK-630 CIWS
* 2 × 1 21KM AA guns
* 2 × 4 533 mm torpedo tubes for Type 53 torpedoes
* 2 × 12 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
* ***Udaloy II:***
* 1 × 2 AK-130 Naval Gun 130 mm naval guns
* 8 (2 × 4) SS-N-22 'Sunburn' anti-ship missiles
* 64 (8 × 8) VLS cells for SA-N-9 'Gauntlet' surface-to-air missiles
* 2 × Kashtan CIWS
* 2 × 4 553 mm torpedo tubes for SS-N-16 'Stallion' anti-submarine missiles
* 2 × 10 RBU-12000 anti-submarine rocket launchers

### Ships in Class

* RFS Udaloy
* RFS Vice Admiral Kulakov
* RFS Marshal Vasilyevskiy
* RFS Admiral Zakharov
* RFS Admiral Spiridonov
* RFS Admiral Tributs
* RFS Marshal Shaposhnikov
* RFS Severomorsk
* RFS Admiral Levchenko
* RFS Admiral Vinogradov
* RFS Admiral Kharlamov
* RFS Admiral Panteleyev
* RFS Admiral Chabanenko
USS Fitzgerald

## USS Fitzgerald (DDG-92)

Fitzgerald underway

**USS *Fitzgerald* (DDG-62)**, named for United States Navy officer Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald, is an *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer in the US Navy.

In the early morning hours of 17 June 2017, the ship was involved in a collision with the container ship MV *ACX Crystal*, seriously damaging the destroyer. Seven of her crew were killed. Several others were injured, including her commanding officer, Commander Bryce Benson.

### Construction

*Fitzgerald*'s keel was laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, 9 February 1993; launched 29 January 1994; sponsored by Betty A. Fitzgerald, widow of the late Lt. Fitzgerald; and commissioned 14 October 1995, in Newport, Rhode Island. The ship was then homeported in Naval Base San Diego, California.

### Service History

n early April 2004, Navy officials announced plans to deploy *Fitzgerald,* 14 other destroyers, and three cruisers to counter ballistic missile threats worldwide. The next month, she took part in a personnel exchange known as "Super Swap", taking aboard 141 sailors from the destroyer *O'Brien* and transferring 95 to join the soon-to-be-decommissioned ship's decommissioning unit. *Fitzgerald* sailed to Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan, arriving on 30 September 2004, and joining the U.S. 7th Fleet's Destroyer Squadron 15.
n March 2011, in company with the aircraft carrier *Ronald Reagan*, *Fitzgerald* was deployed off northeastern Honshu, Japan, to assist with relief efforts after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

On 16 November 2011, while docked in Manila, Philippines, *Fitzgerald* hosted US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario to sign the Manila Declaration, which called for multilateral talks to resolve maritime disputes and to mark the 60th anniversary of the American–Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty.

On 1 June 2017, *Fitzgerald*, operating out of Yokosuka Naval Base, was noted for participating in routine exercises with Japan that were described in the media as a show of force to North Korea. She sailed with the aircraft carrier *Ronald Reagan*, the cruiser *Shiloh*, and the destroyers *Barry*, *McCampbell*, and *Mustin*, joined by the aircraft carrier *Carl Vinson*, cruiser *Lake Champlain*, and destroyers *Wayne E. Meyer* and *Michael Murphy*, and Japanese ships *Hyūga* and *Ashigara*.

In May 2022, *Fitzgerald* was homeported at Naval Station San Diego and a part of Destroyer Squadron 2, along with Carrier Strike Group 3 led by USS *Abraham Lincoln*.

*Fitzgerald* participated in RIMPAC 2022.

### Awards

* Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award for outstanding food service - (2012)
* Navy Unit Commendation - (16-20 Dec 1998)
* Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - (Dec 2000-Mar 2001, Apr 2012-Dec 2013)
* Navy E Ribbon - (1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)
* Humanitarian Service Medal - (Mar-May 2011) 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
* Spokane Trophy - (2000)
* Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award - (2007)
* Vice Admiral Thomas H. Copeman III Material Readiness Award – (2021)
USS Anzio (CVE-57)

Not to be confused with the other USS Anzio

## USS Anzio (ACV/CVE/CVHE-57)

USS Anzio

USS Anzio (ACV/CVE/CVHE-57), formerly Aikula Bay and later Coral Sea, was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy.

### Career

On September 24, 1943, the then-Coral Sea conducted her shakedowns. They were completed October 25.

She and USS Liscome Bay visited Pearl Harbor. On November 10 she headed to the Gilbert Islands. She attacked Makin and returned to Pearl Harbor on December 5.

In January 1944 she began sailing to Kwajalein, where she bombarded it and then set course for Eniwetok. She was recalled from Eniwetok and returned to Pearl Harbor. She returned and attacked Hollandia and the Solomon Islands. The carrier returned to Pearl in April.

She returned to Kwajalein in June, setting up to assault the Marianas. She provided air support for the landing on Saipan by the 2nd Marine Division. She stopped at multiple friendly islands to unload aircraft before going into dry dock at San Diego in August for an overhaul.

After overhaul, she sailed to Eniwetok to form a Hunter-Killer Group with several other ships. She sailed around Ulithi and assisted USS Reno after that ship was torpedoed. She was replaced by USS Extractor in February 1945. She then sailed to Iwo Jima to provide fire support. She later attacked Chichi Jima. In March she took the squadron VC-3 from USS Tripoli.

Anzio worked around Okinawa for the rest of the war. After World War 2 she shuttled troops home. She was decommissioned in 1946 and used as an aircraft transport until 1959 when she was scrapped.
RSS Valiant

## RSS Valiant (91)

RSS Valiant

**RSS *Valiant* (91)** is the fourth ship of the *Victory*-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

### Career

*Valiant* was launched on 22 July 1989 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 25 May 1991.

Singapore and Brunei concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise on 27 November. *Exercise Pelican* ran from 23 to 27 November 2015, hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy. The exercise featured RSS *Stalwart*, RSS *Valiant*, KDB *Darussalam* and KDB *Darulehsan*.

On 6 April 2018, RSS *Supreme* and RSS *Valiant* underwent alongside USS *Sampson* and USS *Theodore Roosevelt* off Singapore.
USS Dewey

Not to be confused with USS Dewey (DD-349), USS Dewey (DDG-45), USS Dewey (YFD-1)

## Information

### Fate

Active

**USS *Dewey* (DDG-105)** is an *Arleigh Burke*-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. *Dewey* is the third Navy ship named after Admiral of the Navy George Dewey, hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.

The ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 1 of Carrier Strike Group One of which the flagship is aircraft carrier USS *Carl Vinson*.

### Career

She was authorized on 13 September 2002 and was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. The keel was laid down on 4 October 2006 at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. On 26 January 2008, *Dewey* was christened in a ceremony in Pascagoula, by Deborah Mullen, the wife of Admiral Mike Mullen. *Dewey* was commissioned in Seal Beach, California on 6 March 2010, as the 55th *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer. This is the first ship commissioning for the City of Seal Beach.

In April 2013, *Dewey* was outfitted with a Laser Weapon System (LaWS). This is an experimental weapon which can be used to disable small boats and drones.

On 26 May 2017, *Dewey* carried out a "freedom of navigation operation" (FONOP) in waters claimed by China in the South China Sea. According to Chinese sources, *Dewey* was "warned and expelled" from Chinese waters near the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea. According to the US Navy, the FONOP proceeded as planned by peacefully transiting the area, despite verbal challenges and approaches by Chinese vessels.

On 16 June 2017, *Dewey* got underway to assist USS *Fitzgerald* after a collision with the Japanese-owned (NYK Line) Philippine-flagged container ship *ACX Crystal*. On 4 September 2017, she deployed to the Port of Los Angeles as part of the 2017 fleet week activities. In October 2017, *Dewey* spilled oil near the Tijuana River.

In early 2020 the Optical Dazzling Interdictor laser weapon was installed on *Dewey*. She was the first ship to receive the new weapons system.
RSS Tenacious

## RSS Tenacious (71)

RSS Tenacious

**RSS *Tenacious* (71)** is the fourth ship of the *Formidable*-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

### Construction and Career

RSS *Tenacious* was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore around 2005. *Tenacious* was commissioned on February 5th, 2008.

RSS *Tenacious* arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on 25 June 2018 for RIMPAC 2018, which took place from June 27th to August 2nd, 2018. During the RIMPAC exercise, RSS *Tenacious* successfully test fired her RGM-84 Harpoon missiles.

The Republic of Singapore Navy and the Royal Brunei Navy held a large 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.

Singapore, India and Thailand, predominantly India, held a naval exercise together called *SIMTEX* on 11 October 2019. RSS *Tenacious*, HTMS *Kraburi*, INS *Ranvir*, INS *Kora* and INS *Sukanya* participated in the exercise.

RSS *Tenacious* participated in Exercise Indopura 2021, together with the Indonesian Navy.

RSS *Tenacious* led 3 other ships, RSS *Stalwart*, RSS *Fearless*, and MV *Avatar* to participate in Exercise Pacific Griffin 2021, together with the United States Navy. The two-month-long exercise involved numerous assets including 2 F-15SG fighter jets to conduct a joint missile firing together with her sister ship RSS Stalwart. In addition, the participating ships conducted Aster missile firing and torpedo firing exercises.

RSS *Tenacious* participated in Exercise MILAN, a huge multinational exercise involving more than 30 nations organized by the Royal Australian Navy. During the sea phase, RSS *Tenacious* participated in air defense, gunnery and anti-submarine warfare drills together with the multinational task force.
Spruance-class Destroyer

## Spruance-class

USS Fife

The ***Spruance*-class destroyer** was developed by the United States to replace the many World War II–built *Allen M. Sumner*- and *Gearing*-class destroyers, and was the primary destroyer built for the United States Navy during the 1970s and 1980s. It was named in honor of U.S. Navy Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, who successfully led major naval battles in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II such as the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

Introduced in 1975, the class was designed with gas-turbine propulsion, a flight deck and hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters, all-digital weapons, and automated 127 mm (5-inch) guns. The *Spruance* class was originally designed to escort a carrier group, primarily for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), with point-defense anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) missiles and limited anti-ship capabilities. Two dozen members of the class were upgraded with Tomahawk cruise missiles for land attack. The Navy retired the class somewhat earlier than planned, decommissioning the last ship in 2005. Most *Spruance*s were broken up or destroyed as targets. Its hull form and propulsion plant were adopted as the foundation of the *Ticonderoga*-class cruisers constructed in the 1980s. The class was succeeded as the main U.S. destroyer by the *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer.

### Armament

* 2 × 5-inch (127mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns
* 1 × 8-cell ASROC launcher
* 1 × 8-cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher
* 2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk 46 torpedoes) (14 torpedoes)
* *Later fitted*
* 2 × Quadruple Harpoon missile canisters
* 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns
* 2 × Quadruple ABL Mark 143 Tomahawk missile launchers (7 ships)
* 1 × 61-cell Mark 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk/ASROC missiles in place of the 8-cell ASROC launcher (24 ships).
* 1 × 21-cell Rolling Airframe Missile launcher on some ships

### Ships in Class

* USS Spruance
* USS Paul F. Foster
* USS Kinkaid
* USS Hewit
* USS Elliot
* USS Arthur W. Radford
* USS Peterson
* USS Caron
* USS David R. Ray
* USS Oldendorf
* USS John Young
* USS Comte de Grasse
* USS O'Brien
* USS Merrill
* USS Briscoe
* USS Stump
* USS Conolly
* USS Moosbrugger
* USS John Hancock
* USS Nicholson
* USS John Rodgers
* USS Leftwich
* USS Cushing
* USS Harry W. Hill
* USS O'Bannon
* USS Thorn
* USS Deyo
* USS Ingersoll
* USS Fife
* USS Fletcher
* USS Hayler
USS William Charette

## USS William Charette (DDG-130)

USS William Charette, artist depiction

**USS *William Charette* (DDG-130)** is a planned *Arleigh Burke*-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 80th overall for the class. She will be named in honor of Master Chief William R. Charette, a Korean War veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor. *William Charette* will be the fifth ship of the Flight III series.
USS Halsey (DLG-23)

Not to be confused with the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Halsey

## USS Halsey (DLG/CG-23)

USS Halsey

USS Halsey (DLG/CG-23) was a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser (also designated as a destroyer leader) of the United States Navy.

### Career

USS Halsey departed San Francisco on November 23, 1963. She headed to Dabob Bay and conducted anti-submarine warfare and acoustical surveys. She returned home on December 11, 1963.

Halsey was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 7 on December 13, 1963, and participated in a sea power demonstration for the Secretary of the Navy.

After a shakedown cruise from March 16, 1964 to May 1, 1964, she returned to the San Francisco Naval Shipyard.

In 1966, she left San Diego for Subic Bay in the Philippines. Halsey rescued 22 airmen in the Gulf of Tonkin in this period. She returned to San Diego on December 21, 1966.

Halsey took part in many training cruises in early 1967.

In 1975, she was redesignated as a guided missile cruiser from a destroyer leader.

She was scrapped in Brownsville, Texas, from the late 1990s until 2003, when it was completed.
USS Blenny

## USS Blenny (SS/AGSS-324)

USS Blenny

USS Blenny (SS/AGSS-324) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, credited with 8 torpedo kills and 62 gun kills on small craft.

### Career

On November 10, 1944, Blenny departed on her first patrol. She patrolled around the Philippines, surviving a depth charge and bomb attack. On December 14, she torpedoed a small cargo ship. She also sunk a small coastal defense boat and, on December 23, a 4,000 ton cargo ship. She headed to Australia, arriving on January 13, 1945, for a refit.

On February 5, 1945, she began her second patrol. On the 20th she attacked a small convoy and survived another depth charge attack. On February 26 she sank a 10,000 ton tanker. She reloaded torpedoes at Subic Bay and returned in March, when she sank 3 ships. She received 2 rescued airmen from USS Blueback.

On April 16 she began her third patrol. She destroyed a submarine chaser, lugger, and a cargo ship.

On her fourth patrol in July she sank IJN Nankai and attempted to destroy another small vessel, but failed. For the rest of the patrol she attacked junks, sampans, and other small boats. On August 3rd, she picked up some sailors from USS Cod who had boarded a sampan and then been abandoned because of an air attack. She was attacked by a fighter aircraft and survived. She ended the patrol the day before the war ended.

After the war, Blenny was refitted and from 1945-1950 took part in many training and midshipman cruises. In 1951 she received the GUPPY I upgrade. She did a 35-day recon patrol around Korea and was reassigned to the Atlantic in 1954.

From 1954 to 1969 she was used to practice tactics and test new weapons. She was redesignated AGSS-324 and decommissioned in 1969.

In 1989 Blenny was scuttled to form an artificial reef.
SPS Victoria

## SPS Victoria (F82)

SPS Victoria

SPS Victoria (F82) is a Santa Maria-class frigate of the Spanish Navy.

### Career

On March 29, 2009, SPS Victoria took part in Operation Atalanta. During this time, the FGS Spessart was attacked by Somali pirates. Victoria's helicopter attacked the boat and trapped it while HNLMS De Zeven Provincien, HS Psara, and USS Boxer aided SPS Victoria in the capture.

On June 2, 2010, SPS Victoria aided MV Rim after a pirate attack. She also helped MV Bow Saga.

In November 2022 she received an RHIB upgrade.
Italian Navy

Not to be confused with the Regia Marina

## Italian Navy/Marine Militaire

The Italian Navy ensign, similar to the flag of the Italian Empire

The **Italian Navy** (Italian: *Marina Militare*, lit. 'Military Navy'; abbreviated as **MM**) is the navy of the Italian Republic. It is one of the four branches of Italian Armed Forces and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the *Regia Marina* (Royal Navy) after World War II. As of August 2014, the Italian Navy had a strength of 30,923 active personnel, with approximately 184 vessels in service, including minor auxiliary vessels. It is considered a multiregional and a blue-water navy.

Today's Italian Navy is a modern navy with ships of every type. The fleet is in continuous evolution, and as of today oceangoing fleet units include: 2 light aircraft carriers, 3 amphibious assault ships, 4 destroyers, 11 frigates and 8 attack submarines. Patrol and littoral warfare units include: 10 offshore patrol vessels, 10 mine countermeasure vessels, 4 coastal patrol boats, and a varied fleet of auxiliary ships are also in service.
Royal Bahraini Naval Force

Bahraini Navy Flag

The **Royal Bahrain Naval Force** (**RBNF**) (previously known as **Bahrain Defense Force, Naval Branch**) is the maritime branch of the Bahrain Defence Force. The current Commander of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force is Rear Admiral Mohammed Yousif al-Asam. The navy consists of 7 combat vessels, 31 patrol craft, 10 landing ships and over 700 personnel. The fleet is based at Mina Salman Naval Base and has a flight wing which can operate off the corvettes, consisting of two MBB BO-105 helicopters. The flagship of the RBNF is the vessel RBNS *Sabha*, an American-built missile frigate given to the state as a gift in 1996.

### Future

Sep. 8, 2017 - The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain for two 35 Meter Fast Patrol Boats. The estimated cost is $60.25 million. These are now in service.

In 2019, Bahrain has purchased another frigate from the US, the USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49) which will join the fleet after completion of current refurbishment works.

Bahrain has ordered 6 Vigor RB-M Fast Interceptor boats. 3+ now in service.

1 Hamilton class cutter acquired from the United States in 2020 and 5 Cyclone patrol ships also acquired from the United States in 2022.

Bahrain is eying French-origin Egypt-built Gowind corvettes.

### Bases

* **Mina Salman Naval Base** is a facility currently shared with the United States Navy and is used as a ship and submarine logistic support base for the entire United States 5th Fleet. It was opened in the 1980s as cargo facility and is now solely used as a naval port.
* **Manama Naval Base** is another key US Navy installation and formerly home to HMS Juffair. It is not used by RBNF.
* RBNF also operates a shipyard that is shared with several other neighbouring countries.
USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.

## USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124)

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**USS *Harvey C. Barnum Jr.* (DDG-124)** is a planned United States Navy *Arleigh Burke*-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer, the 74th overall for the class. She was named in honor of Harvey C. Barnum Jr., a retired United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the Vietnam War. Colonel Barnum served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Reserve Affairs) and as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). In a press release from General Dynamics, the parent company of Bath Iron Works, it was announced that the United States Navy has awarded funding for the planning and construction of DDG-124, for the Fiscal Year 2016. The $644.3 million contract modification fully funds this ship, and was awarded as part of a multi-year competition for *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyers awarded in 2013. *Harvey C. Barnum Jr.* is expected to be commissioned in 2024.
V-22 Osprey

## Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

V-22 Osprey

The **Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey** is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft.

In 1980, the failure of Operation Eagle Claw (during the Iran hostage crisis) underscored that there were military roles for which neither conventional helicopters nor fixed-wing transport aircraft were well-suited. The United States Department of Defense (DoD) initiated a program to develop an innovative transport aircraft with long-range, high-speed, and vertical-takeoff capabilities, and the Joint-service Vertical take-off/landing Experimental (JVX) program officially commenced in 1981. A partnership between Bell Helicopter and Boeing Helicopters was awarded a development contract in 1983 for the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft. The Bell Boeing team jointly produces the aircraft. The V-22 first flew in 1989 and began flight testing and design alterations; the complexity and difficulties of being the first tiltrotor for military service led to many years of development.

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) began crew training for the MV-22B Osprey in 2000 and fielded it in 2007; it supplemented and then replaced their Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knights. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) fielded its version of the tiltrotor, the CV-22B, in 2009. Since entering service with the Marine Corps and Air Force, the Osprey has been deployed in transportation and medevac operations over Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Kuwait. The U.S. Navy began using the CMV-22B for carrier onboard delivery duties in 2021.
Soviet Navy

Soviet Navy ensign

The **Soviet Navy** was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the **Red Fleet**, the Soviet Navy made up a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planning in the event of a conflict with the opposing superpower, the United States, during the Cold War (1945–1991). The Soviet Navy played a large role during the Cold War, either confronting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in western Europe or power projection to maintain its sphere of influence in eastern Europe.

The Soviet Navy was divided into four major fleets: the Northern, Pacific, Black Sea, and Baltic Fleets, in addition to the Leningrad Naval Base, which was commanded separately. It also had a smaller force, the Caspian Flotilla, which operated in the Caspian Sea and was followed by a larger fleet, the 5th Squadron, in the Mediterranean Sea. The Soviet Navy included Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry, and the Coastal Artillery.

The Soviet Navy was formed from the remnants of the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russian Civil War. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation inherited the largest part of the Soviet Navy and reformed it into the Russian Navy, with smaller parts becoming the basis for navies of the newly independent post-Soviet states.
SH-3 Sea King

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### Operators

Argentina, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Peru, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela (current), Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Spain (Former)

### Status

Active

The **Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King** (company designation **S-61**) is an American twin-engined anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. A landmark design, it was one of the first ASW rotorcraft to use turboshaft engines.

The Sea King has its origins in efforts by the United States Navy to counter the growing threat of Soviet submarines during the 1950s. Accordingly, the helicopter was specifically developed to deliver a capable ASW platform; in particular, it combined the roles of *hunter* and *killer*, which had previously been carried out by two separate helicopters. The Sea King was initially designated *HSS-2*, which was intended to imply a level of commonality to the earlier *HSS-1*; it was subsequently redesignated as the *SH-3A* during the early 1960s.

Introduced to service in 1961, it was operated by the United States Navy as a key ASW and utility asset for several decades prior to being replaced by the non-amphibious Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk in the 1990s. In late 1961 and early 1962, a modified U.S. Navy HSS-2 Sea King was used to break the FAI 3 km, 100 km, 500 km, and 1000 km helicopter speed records. The Sea King also performed various other roles and missions such as search-and-rescue, transport, anti-shipping, medevac, plane guard, and airborne early warning operations.

The Sea King has also proved to be popular on the export market with foreign military customers, and has also been sold to civil operators as well. As of 2015, many examples of the type remain in service in nations around the world. The Sea King has been built under license by Agusta in Italy, Mitsubishi in Japan, and by Westland in the United Kingdom as the Westland Sea King. The major civil versions are the S-61L and S-61N.
USS Huse

## USS Huse (DE-145)

USS Huse

USS Huse (DE-145) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy.

### Career

USS Huse's first few months were full of convoy escort in the East Atlantic. On March 8, 1944, she joined the USS Croatan hunter-killer group. On April 7, she and USS Champlin worked together to destroy U-856. They also took down U-488 with help from USS Croatan's aircraft. She and several other escorts also attacked U-490 and sank it, saving the entire crew.

She and 2 others sank U-880 on March 25, 1945.

During the Korean War, she served as a sonar training ship off the coast of Florida. In October 1962, she participated in the blockade of Cuba. In the mid-60s she trained sailors before being decommissioned in 1965 and scrapped in 1975.
USS Conyngham (DDG-17)

Not to be confused with USS Conyngham (DD-55), USS Conyngham (DD-371)

USS Conyngham

USS Conyngham (DDG-17) was a Charles F. Adams-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

### Career

Through the 1960s and 1970s, USS Conyngham spent time in the Mediterranean, taking part in crises aversion in Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel.

In 1982, she served off the coast of Libya. She sailed with the USS America CSG during the Grenada intervention.

In 1987 she took part in Operation Earnest Will. She provided aid to USS Stark after her incident with a Mirage F1.

In 1989 she joined USS Theodore Roosevelt's battle group.

In 1990 she suffered a fire her mainspace. USS Normandy and USS Briscoe provided aid during this.

She was decommissioned after the fire in 1990.
UNS Hetman Sahaydachniy

## UNS Hetman Sahaydachniy (U130/F130)

UNS Hetman Sahaydachniy

UNS Hetman Sahaydachniy (U130/F130) was a Krivak-class frigate of the Ukrainian Navy. She was scuttled to avoid capture during the Russian invasion.

### Career

In 1994 she visited France for the Normandy Landings anniversary. In 1995, she visited Abu Dhabi and was going to visit Norfolk, Virgina, but did not for unknown reasons.

Between 2006 and 2007 Hetman Sahaydachniy underwent a repair and refit.

In 2014 she took part in Operation Ocean Shield. She also approached a Russian fleet which had entered Ukrainian waters and the Russians withdrew.

In 2022 she underwent a refit.

In the invasion of Ukraine she was scuttled to avoid capture.
USS Gridley

Not to be confused with USS Gridley (DLG-21), USS Gridley (DD-92), or USS Gridley (DD-380)

## Information

### Fate

Active

The fourth **USS *Gridley* (DDG-101)** is the 51st *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer in the United States Navy. *Gridley* is named after Captain Charles Gridley, Commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship USS *Olympia*, (Flag Captain) and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.

### Career

In May 2004, the Secretary of the Navy announced the names of five new *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyers, including *Gridley*. Her keel was laid on 30 July 2004 at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was christened on 11 February 2006. The *Gridley* was commissioned at the Port of Miami on Saturday, 10 February 2007.

She has joined the Pacific Fleet and is homeported at Naval Station Everett.

*Gridley* departed Naval Base San Diego on 19 May 2008 for her maiden deployment and returned on 25 November 2008.

On 22 August 2014 *Gridley* departed the naval base for a scheduled 10-month deployment, along with USS *Bunker Hill* and USS *Carl Vinson*, returning on 4 June 2015.

On 9 July 2016 *Gridley* arrived at her new homeport in Everett, Washington.

In December 2021, *Gridley* departed Everett, on deployment as part of Destroyer Squadron 21, along with Carrier Strike Group 3 led by the USS *Abraham Lincoln* on a scheduled deployment.

*Gridley* participated in RIMPAC 2022.
USS Paul Ignatius

## USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117)

USS Paul Ignatius

**USS *Paul Ignatius* (DDG-117)** is an *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She is named for Paul Ignatius who served as United States Secretary of the Navy under President Lyndon Johnson from 1967 to 1969. Ignatius had previously served as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II. *Paul Ignatius* is the second of eight planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which contains elements of the Flight III ships.

*Paul Ignatius* was launched on 12 November 2016, and was christened on 8 April 2017. She was commissioned on 27 July 2019 Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The ship was sponsored by Ignatius' wife Nancy before her death and that role was taken over by their granddaughter, Dr. Elisa Ignatius. *Paul Ignatius* is homeported in Rota, Spain.

### Career

On 28 April 2022, *Paul Ignatius* departed Mayport, Florida, for a patrol in the US Sixth Fleet area of operations and a homeport shift to Naval Station Rota.

On 17 June 2022, *Paul Ignatius* arrived at her new homeport of in Rota, Spain. Her Phalanx CIWS was moved to the forward mount and she received the SeaRAM close-in weapon system on her aft mount.

In October 2022, *Paul Ignatius* conducted a routine patrol in the Baltic Sea, where she was accompanied by the support ship *William McLean*. After the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage the ship remained deployed there to safeguard regional energy interests and to guard the areas of the pipeline sabotage.
RSS Steadfast

## RSS Steadfast (70)

RSS Steadfast

**RSS *Steadfast* (70)** is the third ship of the *Formidable*-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

### Career

RSS *Steadfast* was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore around the late 2000s. *Steadfast* was commissioned on 5 February 2008.

Between 27 June to 31 July 2008, RSS *Steadfast* participated in the exercise alongside more than 30+ warships and 10+ submarines from different countries. The exercise took place off Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.

RSS *Vigilance*, RSS *Steadfast*, RSS *Persistence*, MV *Avatar*, USNS *Amelia Earhart*, USS *Russell*, USS *Chung-Hoon* and USCGC *Mellon* participated in *CARAT 2010*.

RSS *Steadfast* was leading two multi-national warship from Okinawa to Hawaii for *RIMPAC 2016* which lasts from 30 June to 4 August 2016.

On 27 May 2020, RSS *Steadfast* and USS *Gabrielle Giffords* conducted a bilateral exercise from 24 to 25 May in the South China Sea.
USS Croatan

## USS Croatan (AVG/ACV/CVE-25)

USS Croatan

USS Croatan (CVE-25) (formerly AVG/ACV-25) was a Bogue-class escort carrier of the United States Navy.

### Career

From July to September 1943, USS Croatan took part in hunter-killer groups providing convoy escort in the Atlantic. Her aircraft had 2 skirmishes with surfaced submarines. She returned to Norfolk on September 22, 1943. From October 17-December 29, 1943, Croatan made 2 voyages to Morocco ferrying aircraft for North African operations.

In January and February 1944, she did an anti-submarine patrol. From March 27 to May 11, 1944, she took part in a successful patrol. On April 7, she located submarine U-856, which was sunk by her escorts USS Champlin and USS Huse. On the night of April 25 her escorts sunk U-488, and on June 10 USS Frost, USS Huse, and USS Inch worked with her aircraft to sink U-490. Aircraft from Croatan, USS Frost, and USS Inch also worked together to sink U-154 on July 3, 1944. On August 20, 1944, after a short refit, she rescued survivors from USS Warrington, which had foundered in a hurricane. In October 1944, Croatan took part in anti-submarine training around Bermuda.

In February 1945, USS Croatan trained pilots for carrier operations. In March and April she resumed patrols, during which USS Frost and USS Stanton destroyed U-880 and U-1235. She reached home in May for an overhaul. In the latter quarter of 1945 she ferried troops home from France.

USS Croatan was placed in reserve in 1946.

Reactivated as USNS Croatan, she transported aircraft to NATO nations from 1958 to 1964. In 1965 she served briefly as a NASA vessel and later transported helicopters to Vietnam. She was removed from service in 1970 and scrapped in 1971.
RSS Stalwart

## RSS Stalwart (72)

RSS Stalwart with two Arleigh Burke destroyers

**RSS *Stalwart* (72)** is the fifth ship of the *Formidable*-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

### Career

RSS *Stalwart* was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore around the late in the 2000s. *Stalwart* was commissioned on 16 January 2009.

RSS *Formidable* participated in Exercise Malabar 07–2 in September 2007, a Theater Security Cooperation engagement involving the navies of the United States, India, Australia, Japan and Singapore. The exercise involved more than 20,000 personnel on 28 ships and 150 aircraft, including the USS *Kitty Hawk* Carrier Strike Group.

On 16 November 2009, RSS *Stalwart* was deployed to southern California to support ship/air integration activities. The Republic of Singapore Air Force established its Peace Triton Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk Naval Helicopter detachment at the USN Maritime Strike Weapons School in San Diego, California to undertake qualification and operational training under the umbrella of the USN's SH-60F Aircraft Qualification Course.

Singapore and Brunei concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise from 10 to 13 July 2011 which consists of RSS *Stalwart*, KDB *Darulehsan*, KDB *Syafaat* and KDB *Itjihad*.

RSS *Vigour*, RSS *Stalwart* and RSS *Supreme* conducted a joint exercise with USS *Chung-Hoon* on 23 August 2011.

Singapore and Brunei concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise on 27 November. *Exercise Pelican* ran from 23 to 27 November 2015, hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy. The exercise featured RSS *Stalwart*, RSS *Valiant*, KDB *Darussalam* and KDB *Darulehsan*.

On 19 April 2019, RSS *Stalwart* arrived at Qingdao, China for a multinational naval event.

RSS *Stalwart*, KDB *Daruttaqwa*, HMAS *Success*, PLAN *Xiangtan*, INS *Kolkata*, INS *Shakti*, KRI *Halasan*, KRI *Tombak*, JS *Murasame*, JS *Izumo*, KD *Lekiu*, BRP *Andres Bonifacio*, 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 have to conduct an exercise where they need to retake hostile vessels and rescue people overboard at sea. All ships returned to Singapore to conduct check aboard cargo ships.
USS Leyte Gulf

## USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55)

USS Leyte Gulf

**USS *Leyte Gulf* (CG-55)** is a *Ticonderoga*-class guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named in memory of the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific. She is powered by four large gas-turbine engines, and she has a large complement of guided missiles for air defense, attack of surface targets at sea and ashore, and anti-submarine warfare (ASW). In addition, she carries two Seahawk LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters, whose primary mission is ASW.

### Career

On 14 October 1996, *Leyte Gulf* collided with the *Nimitz*-class aircraft carrier, USS *Theodore Roosevelt* while conducting operations off the coast of North Carolina. The incident occurred as the carrier, without prior warning, reversed her engines while *Leyte Gulf* was behind her and slammed into the cruiser's bow. There were no personnel casualties or injuries reported, and damage to the Leyte was only $2 million.

In 2002, she won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for the Atlantic Fleet.

In late 1992 *Leyte Gulf* was assigned to Carrier Strike Group 2. In March 2003 *Leyte Gulf* was assigned to Carrier Strike Group 8.

On 15 September 2007, there was a fire aboard *Leyte Gulf* as she underwent an extensive modernization program in BAE Systems Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the fire received national attention due to the possibility that it was a terrorist incident, however, it was quickly revealed to be an industrial accident. Five shipyard workers were injured in the incident, one seriously, but no naval personnel were involved.

In February 2011, *Leyte Gulf* was involved in an incident with Somali pirates after they captured the United States flagged yacht *Quest*.

The cruiser returned to Norfolk on 15 July 2011. During her deployment, she had participated in operations which had captured 75 Somali pirates and had missile strikes by her carrier strike group against the Libyan government.

In January 2015, *Leyte Gulf* returned from a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. The ship served as flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 for much of the deployment.

In August 2022 *Leyte Gulf* was again deployed to the Mediterranean Sea. She returned to Norfolk on 09 June 2023.
SPS Reina Sofia

## SPS Reina Sofia (F84)

SPS Reina Sofia

***Reina Sofía* (F84)** is the fourth of six Spanish-built *Santa María*-class frigates of the Spanish Navy. The *Santa María* class is based on the American *Oliver Hazard Perry*-class design, providing an anti-air warfare platform with anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare capabilities at a reduced cost. *Reina Sofía* was constructed by Bazan and was laid down on 12 October 1987 and launched on 19 July 1989. The ship was commissioned in 1990 and has seen service in the Mediterranean Sea and off Somalia.

### Career

After delays in the program caused by the construction of the aircraft carrier *Príncipe de Asturias*, construction of *Reina Sofía* was approved in 1985 and the ship was ordered on 19 June 1986. Laid down on 12 October 1987 by Bazan at Ferrol, Spain, the frigate was launched on 19 July 1989. The vessel was intended to be named *America* but was renamed *Reina Sofía*, after Queen Sofía of Spain. The ship was commissioned on 18 October 1990.

On the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005 *Reina Sofía* participated in a procession alongside the French frigate *Montcalm* and HMS *Chatham* at the site of the battle.

In 2016, the ship participated in migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea. *Reina Sofía* also participated in training missions in the Mediterranean with the Egyptian Navy. In May 2023 *Reina Sofía* was deployed off the coast of East Africa in order to evacuate civilians after an escalation in violence in Sudan. The frigate evacuated 162 civilians of different nationalities from within the European Union from Sudan to Saudi Arabia.
USS John F. Lehman

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## USS John F. Lehman (DDG-137)

**USS *John F. Lehman* (DDG-137)** is a planned *Arleigh Burke*-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 87th overall for the class. She will honor Philadelphia-born John Lehman, who was the 65th United States Secretary of the Navy during 1981–1987, under the Ronald Reagan administration. During this tenure, he pushed for the creation of a 600-ship Navy.
Swedish Navy

## Svenska Marinen

The Swedish Ensign, following most Nordic ensign patterns.

The **Swedish Navy** (Swedish: *Svenska marinen*) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet (*Flottan*) – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps (*Amfibiekåren*).

Founded under King Gustav I in 1522, the Swedish navy is one of the oldest continuously serving navies in the world, celebrating its 500th anniversary in 2022.

### History

Early Swedish kings (c. 9th–14th centuries) organised a Swedish Navy along the coastline through *ledungen*. This involved combined rowing and sailing ships (without artillery). This system became obsolete with the development of society and changes in military technology. No later than in the 14th century, the duty to serve in *ledungen* was replaced by a tax. In 1427, when Sweden was still part of the Kalmar Union (with Denmark and Norway), Swedish warships did however participate in the naval battle of Öresund against the Hanseatic League. It is unclear how this force was organised and exactly on what basis.

On 7 June 1522, one year after the separation of Sweden from the Kalmar Union, Gustav Vasa purchased a number of ships from the Hanseatic town of Lübeck. Official Swedish histories since the 19th century have often recorded this day as the birth of the current Swedish Navy. The museum ship *Vasa* in Stockholm was a 17th-century ship of the Royal Swedish Navy (*Kungliga flottan*).

The Amphibious Corps dates back to 1 January 1902, when a separate "Coastal Artillery" (*Kustartilleriet*) was established, and *Marinen* came into use as the name of the service as a whole. The last decade of the 20th century saw the abandonment of the coastal fortifications and the force became a more regular marine corps, renamed Amphibious Corps (*Amfibiekåren*) in 2000.

For most of the twentieth century, the Swedish Navy focused on the threat of a full-scale invasion of Sweden via the Baltic Sea and on protecting commercial shipping. Sweden's location on the Scandinavian peninsula makes it highly dependent of maritime trade: 90% imports and exports enter or leave Sweden through the Baltic. In 1972, the government decreed that non-military measures should be used to protect merchant shipping. The resolution led to the de-commissioning of all the navy's destroyers and frigates, though the non-military measures the government intended to use to protect shipping have never been specified.

The navy first participated in a UN-led peacekeeping mission in October 2006 when the corvette HSwMS *Gävle* began performing coastal surveillance duties for the United Nations Mission in Lebanon. HSwMS *Gävle* was relieved by HSwMS *Sundsvall*, which returned to Sweden in September 2007.

HSwMS *Malmö*, HSwMS *Stockholm*, and HSwMS *Trossö* took part in the EU-led EUNAVFOR operation (2008– ) off the coast of the Horn of Africa. In 2010, HSwMS *Carlskrona* was the EUNAVFOR flagship, housing the fleet headquarters led by RAdm (LH) Jan Thörnqvist.