NAC News – Edition 246

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Rod Hughes – Editor NAC News

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NOTICES

• ★   GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor – Needs contributions)
• 2018 Battle of the Atlantic Gala Dinner at the Canadian War Museum on Thursday 3 May 2018.  NAC members who wish to attend may register here on or after March 1.
• Welcome to Canada’s Global Defence and Security Trade Show (EY Centre 4899 Uplands Drive in Ottawa, Ontario on May 30 – 31, 2018)

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CANADA

• ★   Closing Canada’s icebreaker gap
• Promotions and Senior Appointments 2018 – General and Flag Officers  (in case you missed you missed it earlier)
• Canada Expelling Russian Diplomats After Nerve Agent Attack In U.K.
• Cyclone Problem: Challenge for Canada’s New Navy Helicopters (great video follow up to previous written article)
• RCN visits Liberia to promote peace, security and women’s empowerment
• ★   Royal Canadian Navy shadowed by China (28 Feb video)
•  Halifax says goodbye to HMCS Athabaskan as Canada’s last destroyer heads to scrap heap
• HMCS SACKVILLE CTV News video news update
• Ship Arrivals – Last Updated 24 March 2018
• New ships are showing their worth, Great Lakes-Seaway operators say
• Damen to build Canada’s first fully electric ferries
• Partnership to create Live Stor America with holding facilities in Portland, Seattle

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USA & AMERICAS

• USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 26, 2018
• US Navy to Commission USS Ralph Johnson
• U.S. Coast Guard to Discontinue Service From Remaining Differential GPS Sites
• ★   Virginia Beach-based Navy divers recovered torpedoes from the Arctic. Here’s how they did it.
• Exclusive: U.S. warship sails near disputed South China Sea island, officials say (only the first few minutes of this video)

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INDO-PACIFIC

• The Counterterrorism Yearbook 2018
• China, North Korea portray strong ties after Kim Jong Un visit
• North and South Korea set date for leaders’ summit
• South Korea eyes French design for indigenous nuclear sub, sources say
• Kim Jong-un visit: What else crosses the China-North Korea border?
• US warship sails near disputed islands in South China Sea, officials say
• USS Wasp Expected to Join Foal Eagle Exercise
• Novatek Delivers its First LNG Cargo to India
• US Navy ship USNS Brunswick begins Pacific Partnership 2018
• Into the Fold: F-35C Carrier Qualifications Aboard Lincoln
• PLA Navy to exercise in South China Sea
• ★   Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Delivers World’s Largest Ore Carrier
• AET Aframax shuttle tankers to run on LNG and cargo vapour

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ATLANTIC & EUROPE

• Panel: U.S., E.U. Need to Work to Prevent Turkey’s Slide Away from the West
• Emerging German-Dutch naval tie-up has industry abuzz
• Queen Decommissions Royal Navy Amphib HMS Ocean Ahead of Sale to Brazil
• Russian navy’s Arctic patrol vessels suffer delays of 3-4 years
• Spy poisoning: Russia expels 60 US diplomats in tit-for-tat measure
• Icebreaking LNG Carrier Vladimir Rusanov on Ice Trials
• Vladimir Rusanov Started First Loading Operation in Yamal LNG Plant
• USS Oak Hill exits Black Sea after Romania drill, Georgia port visit
• UK opposes Brexit threat to role in EU’s Galileo scheme
• UK hires team to stop destroyers from breaking down at sea
• World Ports Sustainability Program Launched
• Near Record Low Arctic Ocean Ice a Boost for Shipping

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MIDDLE EAST & REST-OF-THE-WORLD

• Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Leaves Middle East for Pacific
• Climb aboard a water-borne improvised explosive device
• ★   Keeping pirates at bay: On board with the Canadian navy off the coast of Nigeria
• Turkey Sends Drillship to Contested Waters off Cyprus
• Fast Patrol Craft looking for better boat handling

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SCUTTLEBUTT

• The Royal Canadian Navy – Year in Review – 2017   (English) (Youtube Video)
• Royal Canadian Navy – Year in Review – 2017  (French)
• Life for an O Boats Crew As It Use To Be Circa 1960-80
• Facts about HMAS CANBERRA Class Helicopter Landing ship   (Aussie’s Honking Big Ship)
• March 1943 | Captured Japanese submarine draws curious crowds