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DSME Delivers Sixth Daegu-Class FFX Batch II Frigate to ROK Navy
South Korea’s DSME delivered ROKS Pohang (FFG-825), the sixth Daegu-class FFX Batch II frigate, to the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy).
2 March 2023
South Korea’s DSME delivered ROKS Pohang (FFG-825), the sixth Daegu-class FFX Batch II frigate, to the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy).
General Dynamics NASSCO held the keel-laying ceremony for the 4th John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler for the U.S. Navy.
The French DGA took delivery of the sixth Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 on December 21, 2021, and delivered it to the French Navy…
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) today launched ROKS Pohang (FFG-825), the sixth Daegu-class FFX Batch II frigate for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy). The event took place at DSME’s Okpo Shipyard.
Russian shipbuilder Admiralty Shipyards (a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has launched the third Project 636.3 (NATO reporting name: Improved Kilo-class) diesel-electric submarine for the Pacific Fleet on March 26.
The ceremony was attended by the First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Alexander Vitko, the Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral
The Admiralty Shipyard laid two diesel-electric submarines of project 636.3 for the Pacific fleet.
The first Project 636.3 (NATO designation: Improved Kilo-class) diesel electric submarine (SSK) for the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet was launched on March 28, 2019 in St. Petersburg at JSC “Admiralty Shipyards” (a member of united shipbuilding corporation OCK).
China’s tenth Type 052D Destroyer (NATO reporting name: Luyang III class) and Sixth Type 071 Landing Platform Dock (NATO reporting name: Yuzhao class) were both commissioned with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) on 12 January 2019. Our colleagues from Eastpendulum reported that both vessels joined the PLAN South Sea Fleet.
As in previous years, U.S. Sixth Fleet is partnering with the U.S. Naval research enterprise to bring the latest advancements in emerging unmanned technologies to conduct mine countermeasures (MCM) operations.
