![East Coast Repair and Fabrication Wins USS Hurricane Dry-Docking Deal]()
East Coast Repair and Fabrication L.L.C., has received a $13.5 million fixed-price contract for a dry-docking phased maintenance availability on the USS Hurricane (PC 3) for the accomplishment of miscellaneous structural, electrical and mechanical repairs, including dry-docking, the US Department of Defence announced. This contract contains options, which if exercised, would bring the contract value [...]
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic will recycle more than six miles of damaged metal pipes from Naval Weapons Station Earle, in a project that began Dec. 14, saving the Navy more than $150,000 in refuse removal fees for the material. According to Dave North, Naval Weapons Station Earle recycling specialist, Hurricane Sandy destroyed three to [...]
The three amphibious ships supporting Hurricane Sandy relief efforts off the coast of New York and New Jersey will return to their homeports in Virginia, Nov. 12. Marines from the 26th MEU are also scheduled to return to Camp Lejeune, N.C. Nov. 12. Operations in support of relief have shifted into the recovery phase and [...]
![Sailors from USS Mississippi Clean-Up Local Childcare Center after Hurricane Sandy]()
A handful of Sailors from USS Mississippi (SSN 782) and their families combined efforts Nov. 1 in Groton, Conn., to help local citizens with cleanup efforts from Hurricane Sandy. The Riverfront Children’s Center had several trees uprooted and thrust out across the activities yard of the non-profit childcare facility and needed a helping hand to [...]
With today’s start of the hurricane season, the Netherlands Defence units stationed in the Caribbean are on official stand-by for providing emergency aid before, during and after hurricanes. This task is an addition to the main tasks of the Dutch navy, army and marechaussee personnel present in the area, counterdrugs operations being one of them. [...]
Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF) and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) are conducting a hurricane preparedness exercise, HURREX/Citadel Gale 12, April 16 through 27. The purpose of this annual exercise is to prepare the Navy to respond to weather threats to U.S. coastal regions, and to maintain its ability to deploy naval forces even [...]
In preparation for the upcoming hurricane season, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay will conduct an exercise April 13-18 to test it responsiveness to weather threats and disasters. The exercise called “HURREX/Citadel Gale 2012″ will involve two simulated storm systems developing and intensifying to hurricane strength, threatening the Caribbean Islands, East Coast and Gulf Coast Regions. Commander, [...]
USS Hurricane (PC 3) and USS Monsoon (PC 4) arrived in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Nov. 16 for the launch of Maryland’s Star-Spangled Bicentennial, a War of 1812 commemoration event that will be held here in June 2012. With Sailors manning the rails, the ships will join Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Department [...]
![USA: Norfolk-Based Sailors Return from Hurricane Relief Preps]()
Norfolk-based Sailors returned home Sept. 2 after preparing to provide humanitarian assistance in areas that were devastated by the effects of Hurricane Irene. Once Navy commanders saw Irene’s potential path, they immediately set plans to provide direct support to civil authorities (DSCA) if requested. “We were put on alert on Monday, told to prepare to [...]
![NS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Weathers Hurricane Irene]()
Naval Station (NS) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba’s commanding officer ordered Hurricane Condition of Readiness (COR) level five set Aug. 24. In coordination with NS Guantanamo Bay’s Emergency Operation Center, COR five was issued as Hurricane Irene moved northeast of the base. COR five is the standard for NS Guantanamo Bay for the duration of hurricane [...]
