Wednesday, December 29, 2010

ARM Usumacinta (A-412)

Mexican Navy ship Usumacinta (A-412), formerly USS Frederick (LST-1184), arrives in Pearl Harbor for a 10-day port visit. Usumacinta was a Pearl Harbor based ship, before it was decommissioned on October 5, 2002 and later sold to the Mexican Navy in December 2002. Usumacinta returned to Pearl Harbor to retrieve machinery parts from the several decommissioned tank-landing ships maintained in the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Photographer’s Mate 1st Class William R. Goodwin)

RFN BDK-11

The Russian Federated Navy (RFN) tank landing ship, BDK-11, prepares to moor at Apra Harbor. The Russian ship is one of four RFN ships and two U.S. Navy ships, which participated in passing exercise (PASSEX) 2006, off the coast of Guam. PASSEX is an exercise designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the strong cooperative relationship between Russia and the United States. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Edward N. Vasquez)

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

HMAS Dubbo (FCPB 214)

HMAS Dubbo (FCPB 214) at sea. (Photo: Australia DoD)

HMAS Warrnambool (FCPB 204)

The Royal Australian Navy Fremantle class patrol boat HMAS Warrnambool (FCPB 204) during Exercise Kakadu. (Photo: Australia DoD)