The French frigate, F-710 FS La Fayette arrived in Aksaz Naval Base in Marmaris for a port visit. The duration of the visit was not disclosed but I assume it would be at least a 3 day visit. The ship, first of its class, is a multi-mission stealth frigate. Her design inspired many warships designed... Continue Reading →
The Karel Doorman class frigate of Belgian Navy BNS Leopold 1 left Istanbul on 6 December 2014. The frigate arrived in Istanbul for a short port visit on her way back to Belgium, after ending her deployment for EU anti piracy operation Atalanta.
This morning around 9.00 the Karel Doorman class frigate from Belgian Naval Forces F-930 BNS Leopold 1 arrived in Istanbul for a port visit. The duration of the port visit is not disclosed. As far as I know, this is the first visit of BNS Leopold 1 in Istanbul. She is returning home from EU... Continue Reading →
The US, Arleigh Burke class destroyer DDG-71 USS Ross ended its port visit in Istanbul on 13 November 2014 and headed to the Mediterranean. USS Ross, arrived in Istanbul on 9 November and made a 5 day stop here. She was deployed between 6 and 9 November to the Black Sea where she had performed underway engagement... Continue Reading →
US Arleigh Burke class destroyer DDG-71 USS Ross arrived today for a probably 3 day port visit in Istanbul. USS Ross operating in the US 6th Fleet was deployed between 6 and 9 November to the Black Sea where she had performed underway engagement with Romanian Navy. This second deployment of USS Ross to the... Continue Reading →
On 28 October 2014, the Udaloy class destroyer of Russian Northern Fleet, Vitse Admiral Kulakov has arrived in Aksaz Naval Base for a port visit. The ship sailed away from her home port Severomorsk, on 15 April 2014. Since then she has been deployed in the Mediterranean. She was in Black Sea for a small overhaul between... Continue Reading →
Today, there was a graduation ceremony at Turkish Naval Academy. I did not attend the ceremony but I was able to take photos of the warships anchored off the Naval Academy for the celebrations. I guess, the number of the warships and their combined firepower was more than the naval armed forces of many nations.... Continue Reading →
The resolution of the photo is not excellent but it is good enough to recognize the shapes of the warships of SNMCMG-2 making a port visit in Istanbul. The NATO taskforce arrived, on 23 July 2014 in Istanbul, after making port visits in Varna Bulgaria and Constanta Romania. While in Bulgaria, the task force took... Continue Reading →
On 3 July 2014 the US cruiser USS Vella Gulf arrived in Kuşadası for a port visit. According to news reports the ship will stay till Sunday
The Arleigh Burke class US destroyer DDG-64 USS Carney arrived in Bodrum, Turkey for a 3 day port visit. According to wikipedia, on 12 November 2009, the Missile Defense Agency announced that Carney would be upgraded during fiscal 2012 to RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the Aegis... Continue Reading →
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