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US Navy awards HII $1.2B contract to overhaul long-sidelined sub USS Boise Originally launched in 1991, Boise has sat in port since 2017 due to a series of delays that denied it a timely availability at a public shipyard.

 

USS Boise (SSN-764) moors at Marathi NATO Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Greece, during a scheduled visit Dec. 23, 2014. Boise, a Los Angeles-class submarine, homeported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeffrey M. Richardson/Released)

WASHINGTON — The Navy today awarded HII a $1.2 billion contract to begin the engineering overhaul on the Los Angeles-class submarine Boise (SSN-764), a boat that has been sidelined for years due to the service’s ongoing maintenance backlog, according to the Pentagon’s daily contract announcements.

The work will be done at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., and the award allows for maintenance to begin “immediately,” according to the company.

“The NNS team looks forward to leveraging our experience in nuclear-powered submarine maintenance to begin this important engineering overhaul (EOH) of USS Boise (SSN 764),” Todd Corillo, an HII spokesman, said in a statement to Breaking Defense. “The contract covers work that will include maintenance and restoration of the ship’s hull structure, tanks, propulsion systems, electric plant, auxiliary systems, armament and furnishings, as well as numerous ship alterations.”

Originally launched in 1991, Boise has sat in port since 2017 due to a series of delays that denied it a timely availability at a public shipyard. If the Navy’s expectation of work being completed by September 2029 holds, that means there is a potential 12 year gap between missions for the Boise, a nuclear-powered, fast-attack sub.

In May 2020, Corillo said, the sub was sent to Newport News Shipbuilding for associated work to “de-risk the overhaul,” or in other words, provide HII the opportunity to identify ahead of time any unexpected issues that might need to be resolved during the long anticipated engineering overhaul.

Boise’s excessive delays have been repeatedly cited by lawmakers such as Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., as the “poster child” for the Navy’s ship maintenance backlog.

Although submarine maintenance is traditionally handled by one of the service’s public shipyards, the Navy has taken to tapping private industry in an effort to alleviate its maintenance backlog.

As the Navy’s senior acquisition executive, Nickolas Guertin, who was nominated to his position in 2022 but only recently assumed his office following a political impasse over military nominations in the Senate, is largely responsible for the service’s sub maintenance and contracting.

During his confirmation hearing in March 2023, he said he would “aggressively pursue any method we can” to resolve the backlog.

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Juan Sebastián de Elcano Sails on Her 96th Training Cruise

Commissioned in 1927, the Spanish Navy’s 371-foot steel-hulled training barquentine Juan Sebastián de Elcano left Cadiz last month for a regular seven-month cadet cruise, her 96th.

The ship is under the command of Captain Luis Carreras-Presas do Campo and the crew of the four-mast brig-schooner is made up of 21 officers, 21 NCOs, 135 seamen/third-year cadets, and 2 civilians.

Elcano via Ministerio de Defensa España

She is expected to call at 10 overseas ports sailing across the North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Fortaleza (Brazil), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Manzanillo (Mexico), San Diego, Balboa, New Orleans, Boston, London, and Marin (NW Spain), returning to her home base on 21 July.

With a history that includes covering over 2 million miles under sail and ten full circumnavigations of the globe, if you have a chance to visit her you will not be let down.

I had a chance to visit Elcano last June when she called at Pensacola’s Commendencia Street Slip, her 9th visit there since 1959. Of interest, I noted she carried a pair of well-greased 37mm DP 6-pounders for use as saluting guns, and a rack of HK G36s and sabers on the quarterdeck protected by a Cabo armed with a Star Model 30M sidearm.

Gotta love those HK36s

A closer look at the stand. Note the officer sabers and, while there are no loaded mags in place, you can bet there is an ammo box somewhere close if needed.

The wheels and breech are well lubricated and these pieces no doubt get a lot of TLC after firing salutes. Can you imagine having to clean off powder and carbon from this bad boy? Well, I guess that’s what midshipmen are for. 

The Star Model 30M, with gold embossed grip panels, is a standard sidearm of the Spanish Navy, despite Star going belly up years ago. Also, note the Bianchi UM84 holster in parade white 

El Cano is beautiful, and if you get a chance to visit her this year– or any year– please do

 

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Photos – Askold (Russian: Аскольд) was a protected cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was named after the legendary Varangian Askold. Her thin, narrow hull and maximum speed of 23.8 knots (44.1 km/h) were considered impressive for the time.

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The Imperial Russian protected cruiser Askol’d on the trials in Kiel, Germany.
Askold in East Indies (1902)
Askold at Port Arthur (1904)
Russian Protected cruiser Askold’ during World War 1 in the Mediterranean Sea, Toulon.

Askold had five thin funnels which gave it a unique silhouette for any vessel in the Imperial Russian Navy. This led British sailors to nickname her Packet of Woodbines after the thin cigarettes popular at the time. However, the five funnels also had a symbolic importance, as it was popularly considered that the number of funnels was indicative of performance, and some navies were known to add extra fake funnels to impress dignitaries in less advanced countries.

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HMS Malaya was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s.


HMS Malaya 1919 – 1921

Malaya departing New York after repairs, 9 July 1941
>Shortly after commissioning in early 1916, she participated in the Battle of Jutland of the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. In the Second World War, Malaya served mostly in escort duties in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. She was withdrawn from service at the end of 1944, and sold for scrap in 1948.

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HMS REVENGE – GIBRALTAR – 1930’s

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HMS REVENGE – GIBRALTAR – 1930’s

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USS YORKTOWN 1944 PUGET SOUND

USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction, after the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), which was sunk at the Battle of Midway. She is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, though the previous ships were named for 1781 Battle of Yorktown. Yorktown was commissioned in April 1943, and participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation.
Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in February 1953 as an attack carrier (CVA), and served with distinction during the Korean War. The ship was later modernized again with a canted deck, eventually becoming an anti-submarine carrier (CVS) and served for many years in the Pacific, including duty in the Vietnam War, during which she earned five battle stars. The carrier served as a recovery ship for the December, 1968, Apollo 8 space mission, the first crewed ship to reach and orbit the Moon, and was used in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, which recreated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and in the 1984 science fiction film The Philadelphia Experiment.
Yorktown was decommissioned in 1970 and in 1975 became a museum ship at Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, where she was designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Outside Radio KOI on HMNZS Taranaki 1967 – Basil Rutherford and the late Chick Henderson (RIP)

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USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) was the ninth of the Newport-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy, which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs).

The vessel was constructed by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California and was launched in 1969 and commissioned in 1970 and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The LST participated in the Vietnam War and was decommissioned in 1994. The ship was laid up until being sunk as a target ship during a sinking exercise in 2014.

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Exclusive tour of Spanish F-100 frigate capable of firing laser-guided Hellfire missiles 23rd February 2024 at 2:59pm Play Video Watch: Tour of ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbón.

Exclusive tour of Spanish F-100 frigate capable of firing laser-guided Hellfire missiles
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Watch: Tour of ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbón.

During a port call in Southampton, Forces News was granted an exclusive tour of Spain’s ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbón, en route to Nato’s largest exercise since the Cold War.

The F-100 frigate can perform both surface and anti-submarine warfare, as well as launching laser-guided Hellfire missiles. 

Before arriving in Hampshire, ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbón, the flagship of Standing Nato Maritime Group 1, carried out gunnery exercises while travelling from Scotland.

The frigate is one of five Nato warships visiting Southampton’s port before heading to take part in Exercise Steadfast Defender.

The visit comes after more than 700 vehicles sailed on a 23,000-tonne cargo vessel from Anvil Point to take part in Exercise Steadfast Defender. 

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NZDF completes 22 Push Up Challenge -Today hundreds of military and civilian New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel around the motu dropped and gave us 22 push ups to support work around mental health and wellbeing.

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22 FEBRUARY, 2024

Many of us struggle with challenges to our mental health and today’s event was designed to start the sometimes difficult conversation around that topic and let people know where they can find help. Sailors, soldiers, aviators and civilian staff took to ships, the beach, the gym and many other areas to take on the challenge.

The 22 Push Up Challenge began in the United States in 2011 as a means of honouring veteran service and sacrifice and drawing attention to veteran mental health challenges. At the time 22 US veterans were committing suicide every single day. Mental health challenges aren’t unique to veterans and it is important to assess your health and wellbeing on a regular basis.

22 PUSH UP CHALLENGE: NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE

Push ups, like life, have their ups and downs. Getting down can seem easy, what matters is that we try our best to get back up again. But if you do find yourself down and getting back up feels impossible, here are some places you can turn to for help. Camaraderie and support are at the heart of the NZDF’s ethos. No-one should feel they are fighting alone. As you do your set of 22, reflect on this list of 22 places you can go for support:

1 Local chaplain
2 Social worker
3 PTI you trust
4 Command WO
5 Line commander
6 Local MO or Doctor
7 0800 NZDF4U
8 Local Defence Psychologist
9 Local RSA welfare officer
10 Defence Nurse
11 A medic you trust
12 Anti-Harassment advisor
13 VANZ
14 Family and Whanau
15 1737  – free national helpline.
16 Overwatch – Rainbow communities support
17 Lifeline – free national crisis line
18 Camp & Base Pasifika and Pan-Asian Networks
19 Defence Marae staff
20 SAPRA
21 Unit commander
22 Any member of the NZDF you might trust.
  

Should you be struggling please know that you are not alone and the NZDF has support available to you at any time, now or in the future. The Defence Health website, Putahi Hauora, provides guidance about helping a suicidal mate, self-harm and suicidal thoughts, and personal stories shared by NZDF personnel. You will find contact numbers for NZDF Social Workers or Chaplains and external health professionals through 0800 NZDF4U where help is available for all regular force and their families, reservists, civilians and veterans. 0508 TAUTOKO (0508 828 865) is the free, nationwide suicide crisis helpline or in an emergency always phone 111.

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