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USNS City of Bismarck (EPF 9) Launched
June 8, 2017
MOBILE, MOBILE. - The U.S. Navy's USNS City of Bismarck (EPF 9), the ninth EPF vessel, launched in Mobile, Alabama, June 7.

Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Yuma
April 21, 2017

U.S. Navy Partners with U.S. Coast Guard for Service Life Extension Work
April 12, 2017
The Navy is partnering with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to execute a Service Life Extension Plan on up to five of the Yard Patrol (YP) 676 Class Training Craft.   The maintenance and modernization work will be performed at the USCG Yard in Baltimore, Maryland and will allow the midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) to continue training onboard these craft. YP 688 is the first craft to arrive for modernization.

Ex-USS Independence departs Naval Base Kitsap
March 15, 2017
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) at sea during the later 1980s or early 1990s.

Keel Laid for the Future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr.
February 21, 2017
After tracing her initials onto the keel plate of DDG 121 -- the future USS FRANK E. PETERSEN, JR. -- Mrs. D'Arcy Neller, authenticator and ship sponsor, watches from behind a protective mask as Ingalls Shipbuilding structural welder Jeremy Lally etches her initials into the ship's keel plate.  The keel authentication ceremony for DDG 121 was held Tuesday morning, Feb. 21, at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, MS.  Also observing at left is Ingalls Shipbuilding President Mr. Brian Cuccias.  The keel's co-authenticator, Mr. Donald Brabston, a 50-year Ingalls employee, was unable to attend.

USNS Yuma Completes Acceptance Trials
February 6, 2017

Future USS Rafael Peralta Delivers to the Navy
February 3, 2017
BATH, Maine - The future USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) successfully completed acceptance trials Dec. 16 after spending two days underway off the coast of Maine.

Keel Laid for Future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002)
January 30, 2017
A keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) was held Jan. 30 at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine.  Lynda Johnson Robb etches her initials into the keel plate with assistance from veteran GD-BIW shipyard welder, Timothy Trask.

Navy Marks Milestones for Two Expeditionary Fast Transports
January 19, 2017
The Honorable Robert O. Wefald (right), former North Dakota State District Court Judge, welds his initials into the keel plate of the future USNS City of Bismarck (EPF 9) with the assistance of Austal USA Class A Welder Richard A. Sinclair (left). The keel authentication ceremony was held Jan. 18 at the Austal USA Shipyard in Mobile, Ala.

Future USS Rafael Peralta Completes Acceptance Trials
December 28, 2016
BATH, Maine - The future USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) successfully completed acceptance trials Dec. 16 after spending two days underway off the coast of Maine.