Turkish Navy is conducting two naval exercises simultaneously. One is Nusret 2012 mine warfare exercise is held in the Aegean with the participation of NATO's SNMCMG-2 and Turkish, Greek and US naval units. Below is the order of battle for this exercise as far as I could find. Number Name Type Country M-500 TCG Foça... Continue Reading →
USS Winston S. Churchill Helps M/V Belde
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 →
USS Fort McHenry Passed Through The Bosphorus
The third ship of the Whidbey Island Class dock landing ships, LSD-43 USS Fort McHenry passed through Bosporus and entered into the Black Sea on 8th August 2012. Her destination in Black Sea and the duration of her stay were not disclosed. Note the covered load on the flight deck. My educated guess is that she is going to... Continue Reading →
An US Company Pays Compensation To The Family Of A Dead Turkish Admiral
This was an interesting news of an interesting development which could be turn into something big. Family compensated after Turkish admiral dies of asbestos on US ship A U.S. ship-building company has paid compensation to the family of a Turkish admiral who died of cancer after serving for years on a warship containing asbestos. The... Continue Reading →
The Naval Exercise Sea Breeze 2012 Has Ended
The Sea Breeze 2012 naval exercise (not to be confused with Breeze naval exercise organised by Bulgaria) organized by Ukraine and held in Odessa has finished. It is the largest multinational maritime exercise in the Black Sea. 1,500 troops from 16 countries, including U.S., Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Algiers, Bangladesh, Belgium, Denmark, Georgia, Israel, Canada, Moldova, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Qatar, Turkey. The... Continue Reading →
USS Abraham Lincoln Has Departed From Turkey
The Nimitz class aircraft carrier CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln finished her 4 day port visit in Antalya, Turkey and started another sea leg of her return trip to USA. USS Abraham Lincoln is the flagship for Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, which is also comprised of embarked Carrier Air Wing 2, the guided-missile cruiser CG-71 USS Cape... Continue Reading →
The Breeze 2012 Naval Exercise Starts Tomorrow
According to Sofia News Agency, the Bulgarian Navy will host the Breeze 2012 naval drills in the Western Black Sea. The Breeze 2012 training will take place June 22-July 1, 2012, with the southern Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas serving as a base. The goal of Breeze 2012 will be to improve the interoperability... Continue Reading →
USNS Grasp Returns To The Black Sea
I had reported about the port visit of the Safeguard class salvage ship of the US Military Sealift Command T-ARS-51 USNS Grasp in Istanbul last week. I had the impression that after leaving Istanbul USNS Grasp would be heading to the Mediterranean as had spent at least 14 days in the Black Sea where she... Continue Reading →
US Navy Holds Talks with Turkish Naval Chief of Intelligence
This is from US Navy official website: NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- The Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Resources and Plans at Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, engaged in staff talks with the Turkish Naval Forces Command Chief of Intelligence, at the Naval Support Activity Naples in Naples, Italy, June 12. During the talks, Rear... Continue Reading →
USNS Grasp Was Here
The Safeguard class salvage ship of the US Military Sealift Command T-ARS-51 USNS Grasp was in Istanbul last week for a short port visit. USNS Grasp and her sisters were constructed for US Navy in 1980'ies to be used for rescue and salvage operations throughout the world. The class was transferred to the MSC in 2006.
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