23 January 2024 Providing Stress Relief for Deployed USNS Mercy Sailors The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is targeting the unique stressors faced by military healthcare workers during Pacific Partnership 2024-1 (PP24-1)...
22 January 2024 MSC Chartered Ship MV Ocean Gladiator Arrives at McMurdo Station Ice-Pier to Begin Cargo Offload in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2024 The Military Sealift Command chartered ship MV Ocean Gladiator has arrived at the ice-pier at McMurdo Station, Antarctica in support of the annual resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica; Operation Deep Freeze 2024.Ocean Gladiator moored at the McMurdo ice-pier on Saturday. Shortly after...
17 January 2024 Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Cody MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the first Flight II Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel, USNS Cody (EPF 14), January 11...
02 January 2024 Military Sealift Command Celebrates “75 Years of Maritime Excellence” This year, Military Sealift Command will celebrate its 75th anniversary. Since 1949, MSC, originally Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), has been at the forefront of maritime logistics supporting the nation’s joint warfighters around the world. Over the decades, the command has evolved...
21 December 2023 MSC Chartered Ship MV Ocean Gladiator Departs in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2024 Military Sealift Command charter ship MV Ocean Gladiator departed Port Hueneme, Calif., today, kicking off their support of their support of the annual resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica; Operation Deep Freeze 2024.Since Dec. 13, the 545-foot Ocean Gladiator has been conducting a...
20 December 2023 6th Fleet Oiler Empowers NATO Allied Navies MEDITERRANEAN SEA — The Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), conducted a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with the Italian Carlo Bergamini-class frigates, Carlo Bergamini (F 590) and Virginio Fasan (F 591), Dec. 14, 2023...
19 December 2023 MSC Ships Hone Logistics Skills in Consolidated UNREP Military Sealift Command (MSC) dry cargo ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) conducted a consolidated cargo replenishment (CONSOL) at sea with the MSC chartered ship motor tanker Badlands Trader in the vicinity of Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 15.During the CONSOL, Matthew Perry received about 335 thousand...
20 October 2023 Hybrid Fleet Campaign Event Evaluates Technology For Future Operations U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet demonstrated unmanned air and surface capabilities from expeditionary fast transport USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) during the command’s Hybrid Fleet Campaign Event (HFCE) in Key West Oct. 4-13, 2023...
11 October 2023 Navy Hospital Ship Departs for Pacific Partnership 2024-1 The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) departed San Diego, marking the beginning of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Oct. 10...
08 September 2023 Sobeck Takes Command of Military Sealift Command as Wettlaufer Retires Rear Adm. Michael Wettlaufer turned over the helm as commander of Military Sealift Command to Rear Adm. Philip E. Sobeck during a change of command and retirement ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 8...
17 August 2023 Military Sealift Command’s USNS Millinocket Aids Vessel In Distress TIMOR SEA -- Military Sealift Command (MSC) expeditionary fast transport USNS Millinocket (T EPF 3) rendered assistance to a distressed small leisure boat in the vicinity of Darwin, Australia, Aug. 8...
11 August 2023 Construction Begins on Future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. SAN DIEGO – Construction started on the sixth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD NASSCO), Aug. 8...
12 July 2023 Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) The Navy accepted delivery of fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), from shipbuilder General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) on July 11...
16 June 2023 USNS Comfort Medical Treatment Facility holds Change of Command Ceremony The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, June 16.During the ceremony, Capt. Stephen Arles relieved Capt. Kathryn Elliot as Commanding Officer of USNS Comfort."Throughout history, hospital ships have been...
12 June 2023 Naval Air Warfare Center Teams up with Military Sealift Command, U.S. Marines to Test Unmanned Aerial System Concept in an Expeditionary Environment A team of contracted civilian Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) specialists from Texas-based Skyways teamed up with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) Rapid Prototyping and Experimentation Division and UX-24 Unmanned Test Squadron, the U.S. Marine Corps, Military Sealift...
22 May 2023 Military Sealift Command Honors Merchant Mariners Past and Present with National Maritime Day Celebration Military Sealift Command (MSC) hosted a National Maritime Day celebration aboard hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), May 22, honoring United States Merchant Mariners...
02 May 2023 USNS Bruce C. Heezen (T-AGS 64) arrives in Monaco for IHO Assembly 2023 MONACO CITY, Monaco – The Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship USNS Bruce C. Heezen (T-AGS 64) arrived in Monaco City, Monaco, May 1, 2023, for a scheduled port visit to participate in the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Assembly 2023...
13 April 2023 MSC Atlantic Changes Hands Military Sealift Command’s leadership in the Atlantic changed hands, when Navy Capt. James A. Murdock relieved Navy Capt. Daniel E. Broadhurst as commander of Norfolk-based Military Sealift Command Atlantic (MSC Atlantic) during a change of command ceremony held aboard Navy hospital ship USNS...
29 March 2023 U.S. Navy Launches USNS Cody MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy’s newest Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, USNS Cody (EPF 14), launched at Austal USA’s shipyard, Mar. 20...
01 March 2023 Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS John L. Canley WASHINGTON - ESB-class ships are highly flexible platforms that support various military operations such as Airborne Mine Counter Measures (AMCM), Special Operations Force (SOF) operations, Crisis Response Sea-basing (e.g., Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force), Intelligence,...