• USS Cooperstown Returns to Naval Station Mayport Following Deployment

    Navy Public Affairs
    MAYPORT, Fla. — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) returned to Naval Station Mayport Aug. 31, 2026, following a four-month deployment to U.S. Fourth Fleet area of operations. Cooperstown departed Naval Station Norfolk May 16, 2026, to support USNORTHCOM’s border security objectives in line with the president’s…

  • PNSY Returns North Dakota to the Fleet

    Navy Public Affairs
    USS North Dakota (SSN 784) successfully completed its Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Aug. 29, returning the battle-ready asset to the fleet ahead of the rebaselined schedule. The project, which marked PNSY’s first Chief of Naval Operations availability on a submarine from the third production block…

  • Austal USA Starts Construction on USCGC INGHAM

    Press Release
    MOBILE, Ala. — Austal USA has started construction on its third U.S. Coast Guard Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), the future USCGC Ingham, at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility. Ingham is being built under a contract that includes options for up to 11 cutters and has a current…

  • Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr.

    Navy Public Affairs
    The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), an Expeditionary Sea Base, from General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, Aug. 25, 2026. The delivery of ESB 8 marks the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy, following completion of successful integrated…
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