On the latest CavasShips Podcast: Salvage expert and frmr SupSalv Gregg Baumann details clearing the containership DALI from the Baltimore Bridge collapse. plus maritime safety, firefighting, and Navy salvage capabilities. And Naval News of the Week.

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: Govt shutdown, Houthi attacks resume, the Shadow Fleet expands, & govt info gets harder & harder to get. @mercoglianos and @johnkonrad are back for a lively discussion. Plus Naval News of the Week

The Thai Navy on 1 Oct decommissioned training ship PINKLAO 413, a Cannon-class destroyer escort transferred from the US Navy in 1959. Built in 55 weeks by Western Pipe in Los Angeles and commissioned in May 1944, she lasted more than 81 years in service! https://t.co/0nVlXK0bwV

Throwback: my photos of training ship FOUDROYANT at Portsmouth UK in Sept 1984. Built in Bombay, India in 1817, afloat at Pompey from 1954-1986, she regained her original name TRINCOMALEE in 1992 and has been restored as a sailing frigate and preserved at Hartlepool UK

Big week for new Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyers: HII Ingalls announced completion of sea trials for TED STEVENS DDG128, the 2nd F3 to be completed for the US Navy, while @GDBIW christened their 1st F3, LOUIS H WILSON JR DDG126, on 27 Sept

CavasShips Podcast: We're taking a bye week this week and will be back with a new episode on 3 Oct. Meanwhile, the current pod discussing the latest Chinese Navy developments with Tom Shugart is still a great listen!

SENTRY MCM3 & DEVASTATOR MCM6 last US Navy mine countermeasures ships in 5th Fleet decommissioned 25 Sept at Mina Salman Bahrain. With DEXTROUS MCM13 decom'ed 3 Sept & GLADIATOR MCM11 decom'ed 4 Sept all will be brought to Philadelphia via heavylift ship for disposal

Two fine warships decommissioned 25 Sept at Naval Station Norfolk: Ticonderoga-class cruisers PHILIPPINE SEA CG58 and NORMANDY CG60. Both built at Bath Iron Works. CG58 commissioned in March 1989, CG60 in Dec 1989. BZ and very well done. Photos-FB. Last shows CG60 plankowners

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: @tshugart3 is back with us to dive into the latest Chinese naval technology, tit-for-tat Taiwan Strait transits, and the robustness of Chinese warship construction after 2 ships hit each other. Plus Naval News Of The Week

Oldie time: Belknap-class missile cruiser USS FOX CG33 at Southwest Marine (now BAE Systems) in San Diego in April 1986. Always one of the better transom adornments!

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: UK shipbuilding is on a roll and Babcock Marine CEO Sir Nick Hine fills us in with details. Plus impressions of this year's DSEI exposition in London and Naval News of the Week

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: new Surface Navy Assoc prez VADMret Ron Boxall on issues facing the Surface Force, incl readiness, unmanned vessel integration & the upcoming Waterfront Conference West in San Diego. Plus Naval News of the Week

Farewell minesweepers USS DEXTROUS MCM13, decommissioned 3 Sept, and GLADIATOR MCM11, decommed 4 Sept, both at Bahrain. Their anti-mine mission has been replaced by newly-arrived littoral combat ships. Tough little ships! closeup views are MCM11

2 Sept 1945 - the formal end of WW2, 80 years ago today. Japan's surrender documents signed aboard battleship USS MISSOURI BB63 anchored in Sagami Wan, presided over by US Gen MacArthur. "These proceedings are closed."

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: UK RADM ret Jon Pentreath talks UK Defence and NATO & European maritime trends ahead of #DSEI2025 opening in London in mid-Sept. Of special note are reactions to new US political stances. Plus Naval News & Katrina Plus 20

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: the worldside shadow tanker fleet numbers nearly 2,000 ships - 1/5 the global tanker fleet. Martime intel expert Michelle Wiese Bockmann talks about the dark fleet's strategic & security threats. Plus Naval News of the Wk

US amphibs already are having enough trouble. Now USS NEW ORLEANS LPD18 is fighting a serious fire at White Beach, Okinawa, Japan with the assistance of smaller firefighting craft

For the first time since at least 1997 Russia's nuclear-powered heavy cruiser ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV 080 is at sea under her own power. Ship is carrying out builder's sea trials after a major rebuilding at Sevmash. First commissioned 1988, laid up since 1999. Will replace PYOTR VELIKY

On the latest CavasShips Podcast: navalist and thinker @brentdsadler is back to talk force structure, shipbuilding, US Navy readiness for conflict and the dustup and collision in the South China Sea. Plus Naval News of the Week

V-J Day 1945. Times Square. US ships in Leyte Gulf. On board destroyer escort USS WILEMAN (DE-22). Japanese prisoners of war on Guam.