08 September 2020 USS Rafael Peralta Completes Maiden Deployment SAN DIEGO, California -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) returned to San Diego, Sept. 3,marking the completion of the ship's maiden deployment. Rafael Peralta spent seven and a half months in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.Rafael Peralta deployed...
23 July 2021 USS Mustin Returns to San Diego after 15 Years of Service in Japan SAN DIEGO -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) returned to San Diego, July 22, after 15 years serving in the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) in Japan.Mustin executed a change of station to the United States to conduct a planned depot modernization period and will...
15 January 2020 The Surface Force: Owning Tomorrow’s Fight Today ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. Navy has “the premier surface force in the world—second to none—that controls the seas and provides the nation with combat naval power when and where needed.”That was the message Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander, Naval Surface Forces (CNSF), delivered to naval leaders,...
14 September 2018 Hawaii Bids Aloha to USS O'Kane, USS Wayne E. Meyer PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- "Aloha" means hello and goodbye.The guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) arrived in its new homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in a homeport shift with USS O'Kane (DDG 77). O'Kane departed for San Diego this week after nearly 19 years of service in the...
18 December 2015 USS Chafee Returns from Independent Deployment JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) returned home from an independent deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 4th and 7th Fleet areas of operations, Dec. 17. Deployed since May, the crew of more than 350 Sailors conducted presence operations and goodwill...
25 August 2016 USS Port Royal and USS Hopper set to deploy PEARL HARBOR - Guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73), with an embarked detachment from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37, and guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) will depart their homeport of Pearl Harbor for an independent deployment to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas...
13 August 2014 Hawaii to Welcome USS Preble and USS John Paul Jones Two guided-missile destroyers will arrive at their new homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam this week, with USS Preble (DDG 88) expected Aug. 14 and USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) on Aug. 15.John Paul Jones is an exchange for guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), which will depart Hawaii...
06 May 2014 USS Hopper to Return from Deployment The guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) is scheduled to return to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam May 6 from an independent deployment to the 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility.Commanded by Cmdr. Dave Snee, the ship and its crew of nearly 280 Sailors deployed from Hawaii Sept. 6, 2013...
14 November 2014 Navy Engineer Assigned as Science Advisor to U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Dr. Peter Cho, electrical engineer at Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station(NAVSSES) began a three-month assignment in early November as the U.S. Embassy Science Fellow, Power and Energy specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Cho, who received the Department of the Navy...
08 July 2016 Self Defense Test Ship Completes Test Trials Using 100% Alternative Fuel PORT HUENEME, California -- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division's (NSWC PHD) Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS), ex-PAUL F. FOSTER went underway for final-phase testing of two alternative fuels, May 31.The SDTS traveled to San Diego, where it took on approximately 30,000 gallons of two...