On 24 November 2015, one Turkish F-16 fighter, shoot down a Russian Su-24M fighter-bomber violating Turkish airspace. The events happening after this incident are beyond the scope of this blog. I am going to try to explain this recent Turco-Russian crisis from a maritime point of view. So what is going to happen on maritime... Continue Reading →
On 19 August 2015, the Russian tug SB-921 Paradoks, towed the Tarantul class missile corvette R-32 to Russia. The corvette made headlines when she was handed over to Egyptian Navy on 10 August 2015. According to official statements the handing of the corvette was seen as a confirmation of the cooperation and strategic partnership between... Continue Reading →
Last week Turkish Navy demonstrated its underwater search and rescue capabilities by using an atmospheric diving suit (ADS). According to the training scenario the Atılay class submarine TCG Dolunay at a dept of 100 meters, released her distress buoy 13 miles off the coast of Mediterranean city Mersin . When the news of the distresses... Continue Reading →
On 4 April 1953, in the wee hours of the morning two Turkish submarines TCG Dumlupınar and her sister boat TCG 1. İnönü,entered from the Aegean into the Dardanelles Strait, as the returning from the NATO naval exercise Blue Sea. The Commodore of First Submarine Squadron was in command of the two submarines and he was on board of TCG Dumlupınar. When... Continue Reading →
The Arleigh Burke class destroyer DDG-103 USS Truxtun is the only US warship in the Black Sea as today with the southbound passage of FF(G)-50 USS Taylor through the Bosphorus. The Perry class frigate was deployed to the Black Sea before the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games started. USS Taylor and the flag ship of the... Continue Reading →
While USS Truxtun sailed towards the Black Sea another US Navy warship is trying to leave it. The Perry class frigate FF(G)-50 USS Taylor is being towed towards Souda, Creta. USS Taylor was with USS Mount Whitney, the flag-ship of US 6th Fleet port of the US Navy's Olympic Deployment. Both ships arrived just before... Continue Reading →
Unfortunately the career of the commanding officer of the stricken frigate FF(G)-50 USS Taylor did not survived the grounding in Samsun, Turkey. As expected, Commander Dennis Volpe was relieved from the command of USS Taylor. Capt. Jim Aiken, commander, Task Force 65, relieved Cmdr. Dennis Volpe, commanding officer of the Mayport-based frigate USS Taylor (FFG 50),... Continue Reading →
I have missed the anniversary of the incident of TCG Muavenet being hit. So I am reposting one of my earlier post about this incident: On 2th October 1992, 11 minutes past midnight, during the NATO's Display Determination '92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles fired accidentally from the aircraft carrier CV-60... Continue Reading →
The bulk of the FF-1093 ex-USS Capodanno, F-250 ex-TCG Muavenet is on her way to the scrapyard in Aliağa, İzmir. This is her final voyage. The Knox class frigates served a short service in Turkish Navy compared to older Gearing class destroyers and newer Perry class frigates. F-250 TCG Muavenet was the first ever Knox... Continue Reading →
US warship DDG-81 USS Winston S. Churchill was the first ship that respond to the distress call from the Turkish owned and Panamanian flagged merchant ship M/V Belde on Aug. 20, approximately 110 miles north of Socotra Island, Yemen. The captain and one sailor of M/V Belde were checking the cables securing the load on... Continue Reading →
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