Almost one year later, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 is in Istanbul again. According to NATO Maritime Command web site the SNMG 2 is made up from the following ships: F-105 SPS Cristobal Colon as flagship, F-247 TCG Kemalreis, FFG-50 USS Taylor, 334 HMCS Regina and A-630 FS Marne. The task force, without the US... Continue Reading →
The two training ships of the Turkish Navy A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa and A-579 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa are cruising in Mediterranean with the Turkish Naval Petty Officer Vocational School on board. Every year the cadets take part in these open sea cruises as a port of their training. During this year's cruise the two... Continue Reading →
French Durance class underway replenishment tanker A-608 FS Var arrived in Marmaris in the morning hours on 5 April 2014. Although it was not disclosed how long the ship will stay in Marmaris, it is safe to assume that the port visit will take at least 3 days. It was reported that FS Var is... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow, on 17 March 2014, the Barbaros Turkish Maritime Task Group will leave Turkish Naval Base in Gölcük to starts its circumnavigation of Africa. The task force will contain the frigates F-495 TCG Gediz, F-245 TCG Oruçreis, the corvette F-511 TCG Heybeliada and the replenishment tanker A-595 TCG Yarbay Kudret Güngör. During the deployment, which is... Continue Reading →
The French frigate D-614 FS Cassard arrived in Marmaris for a port visit. Before arriving in Marmaris, the French warship stationed in Eastern Mediterranean, conducted "PASSEX" exercise with the U.S. aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush. Unlike her sister D-615 FS Jean Bart the main radar of FS Cassard has not been upgraded. She... Continue Reading →
After a well deserved 3 day port visit in Istanbul at quarter to 9:00 am, the flagship of the 6. US Fleet, USS Mount Whitney left Istanbul heading towards the Mediterranean. This is the formal end of the US Navy's Olympic Games Deployment. USS Taylor is still in Samsun harbour in the meantime. The fate... 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 →
After drawing endless circles in the water for 20 days between 4 and 24 February 2014, the flagship of the 6th US Navy Fleet, USS Mount Whitney have arrived in Istanbul. To be honest I was expecting her to pass through the Bosphorus and head straight for Mediterranean but she is conducting a well deserved... Continue Reading →
Today the governor of Samsun made a written statement about the damage of US Navy frigate FF(G)-50 USS Taylor. According to this statement, initially USS Taylor arrived in Samsun on 12 February, for a very short port visit just to get refueled. Unfortunately the ships propeller stuck the sea ground and got damaged. She has... Continue Reading →
Foreign ships visiting Turkish harbors usually stay for 3 or 4 days. Thus I was quite curious about the extended stay of us Perry class frigate FF(G)-50 USS Taylor in Samsun, Turkey. I my opinion she should have left three days ago Samsun in order to join USS Mount Whitney off the coast of Sochi... Continue Reading →
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