USS Portland conducts Laser Weapon System Demonstrator Test, announces Pacific Fleet

May 23, 2020

Washington D.C. [US], May 23 : US Pacific Fleet on Friday (local time) announced that Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland 'successfully' disabled an...

US Navy warship burns for 12 hours off Japan's Okinawa, two sailors injured

Aug 21, 2025

The fire started on board USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock ship weighing 25,000 tons, around 4 pm local time on Wednesday. It...

China's fame in shipbuilding industry turns to ashes

Aug 26, 2020

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 26 : Years of China's fame in the shipbuilding industry due to its pace in production turned to ashes when...

US deploys more than 3K sailors, Marines to Middle East following Iran’s targeting of ships

Aug 08, 2023

"Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 50) and dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) entered the Red Sea after transiting from the...

Sri Lanka allows Chinese spy ship to dock

Aug 13, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 13 : Sri Lanka on Saturday granted permission to Chinese vessel Yuan Wang-5, widely believed to be a spy ship,...

Indian Navy readying three warships to evacuate Indian citizens from Gulf countries

Apr 29, 2020

New Delhi [India], April 29 : Indian Navy is readying its landing platform dock warship INS Jalashwa and two Magar-class amphibious warships for evacuating...