The USS Sioux City is due for a Port visit today, arriving at the dockyard around 1:15.
A Freedom Class Littoral Combat ship, she is on her delivery trip from the builders in Marinette Wisconsin. USS Wichita is also on a delivery trip, and currently tied up in Montreal
USS Freedom – Nov 2008
USS Fort Worth – Aug 2012
USS Milwaukee – Dec 2015
USS Detroit – Nov 2016
USS Little Rock – April 2018
the class will feature 8 more ships.
Managed to get a better picture of her over the weekend.
the Royal Fleet Auxillery oiler RFA Tidespring arriving in the harbour.
the ship went into service, and is likely bound to join the Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth currently anchored in New York Harbour. Photos are via NS Webcams – more to come later.
the Noon hour brought the arrival of the French Rubis class submarine. the exact identity is currently secret, but it would have to be one of the 6 boats in the class.
Powered by a nuclear reactor, she tied up at Shearwater.
The Tug Glenivis met the sub off Maugher’s beach with a barge, and recovered a towed array. this suggests the array may have gotten stuck in the deployed position and this was an unplanned stop to deal with that.
UPDATE: Marlant tweeted that the sub is FS Améthyste, and is here to re-supply.
A french Nuclear submarine is due in port tomorrow around noon, and will be tying up at Shearwater. The French Navy last had a Submarine here in September 2016.
Updates will be posted at https://halifaxshippingnews.ca/2018/10/french-submarine-due-tomorrow.html
The Bay class icebreaking tug USCGC KATMAI BAY arrived at Tall ships Quay overnight.
the Bay class usually works in the great lakes, breaking ice, the ship is likely headed back to her home port of at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Katmai Bay, is named after an area of saltwater shoreline in the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, is the lead ship of a class.
The Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser USS hue City arrived for a port visit this morning. the ship is assigned to Carrier Strike Group 2, with the Carrier USS George HW Bush, however word is she is on a solo deployment, and sailed from Mayport Fl. on Sept 23rd.
She is named for the Battle of Huế, fought in the city during the Tet Offensive of 1968. Hué City is the only U.S. Navy ship named after a battle in the Vietnam War. She was Commissioned in September of 1991.
USS Hue City is Tied up next to the Casino.
the Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser USS hue City is due for a port visit tomorrow. the ship is assigned to Carrier Strike Group 2, with the Carrier USS George HW Bush.
She is scheduled at the pilot station for 0800, and should arrive at the Dockyard around 9am.
The US Navy destroyer, USS ARLEIGH BURKE, around 10:00am in the inner Harbour, and tied up at the Dockyard jetty NB. She was last here for a fuel stop in May 2017.
the US Navy destroyer, USS ARLEIGH BURKE, is due tomorrow, around 10:45 in the inner Harbour. She was last here for a fuel stop in May 2017.
I will post updates if arrival times change.