On 26 March 2014, French warship A-645 FS Alizé made a northbound passage through the Dardanelles. According to news reports her destination was not disclosed but it is safe to assume that she is heading to the Black Sea. She is a very peciluar ship to send to the Black Sea. First of all she... Continue Reading →
As the Russian landing ship were busily occupied in transporting Russian military units to Crime they have remained in the Black Sea. Therefore there has been less to report about their passage to the Mediterranean. On 23 March 2014 , the Ropucha class landing ship of Russian Northern Fleet, 012 Olenegorskiy Gorniak made a sound... 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 →
As reported few days ago by US Navy, the Arleigh Burke class destroyer DDG-103 USS Truxtun passed through the Turkish Straits on 7 March 2013 and entered the Black Sea. According the official US Navy press release the destroyer is en route to conduct combined training and theater security cooperation engagements in the Black Sea... Continue Reading →
The Alligator class landing ship 150 Saratov and the Ropucha class landing ships 156 Yamal have passed through the Bosphorus this morning are now in the Black Sea. Whether they are heading to Sevastopol or Novorossiysk is not clear at the moment. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14... 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 →
Today, two Ropucha class landing ship from Russian Navy passed through Bosphorus returning from their Syrian deployment. As the political crisis in Ukraine particular in Crimea is increasing it is possible that Russian Navy wanted these valuable assets closer to home. According to the blog Warships On Bosphorus two more Russian ships started their Syrian... 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 →
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