NAC News – Edition 523
Your weekly national and international naval news for the week of July 28th, 2023
Edition: 523 Quote: “That [invasion of Europe] would require a million ground troops, a quarter million air force crewmen, and another quarter million personnel in supply and services. But the delivery of that eventual invasion depended on first winning the Battle of the Atlantic. Secure the sea, military strategists said, and you may hope to win on land.” Battle of the Atlantic – Gauntlet to Victory, page 10, Ted Barris, 2022
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NOTICES
17/18 October 2023 ABCMI’s Annual Business Opportunities Conference & Trade Show – Vancouver Conference Centre ABCMI’s Annual Business Opportunities Conference & Trade Show. See the website for developing Event Details including Exhibitor Spaces and Sponsorship Opportunities.
2 November 2023 The Deep Blue Forum 2023 Super Early Bird Registration is Open! Venue – The Westin Ottawa, 11 Colonel By Drive.
13 November 2023 0900-1600 hrs Vancouver BC Day Sail event on warship for women and girls
6 December 2023 7:30 am – 6:30 pm Ottawa time. Industrial Participation Association of Canada (IPAC) announced their first ever Industrial Participation Conference, titled The Changing Landscape of Industrial Participation in Canadian Federal Procurements Conference to be held at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa.
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THIS WEEK’S SIGNIFICANT ARTICLES
Canada pledged to spend 2% of GDP on its military. Would that transform it? Is it affordable?
Record high officer supply shortfall threatens manning costs, warns Drewry
Fincantieri, RINA team up with newcleo to test feasibility of nuclear naval propulsion
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CANADA
Prime Minister announces changes to the Ministry (Editor – note new Defence Minister Bill Blair and Ginette Petitpas Taylor as Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence.) and the politicking begins…Minister of defence is no easy job — is Bill Blair ready for it?
‘I hope the Canadians are watching’: U.S. senator tees off on Canada’s military spending and Trudeau defends Canada’s military spending against U.S. senator’s scolding (Editor – a series of news videos)
CDAI: Canada’s Future Submarine Capability
Canada orders more Airbus A330 tankers, hires firm to convert planes
Risky N.L. adventures ignite debate over who should pay for search and rescue
HMCS Ottawa boatswain defies odds and receives Top Sailor award
National Monument to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan
‘Historically low water’ in the Mackenzie River forces northern cargo on 4,000 km detour
Canada Charters a PSV to Carry Out a Long-Range Fishery Patrol
Another milestone for LNG Canada (Editor – I wish we could economically build things like this in Canada, or at least North America)
Cruise-ship slowdowns good for environment, but not great for Victoria businesses
Public roundtables begin on Baffinland’s latest request to ship more ore from Nunavut
B.C. port strike cost Canadian Pacific’s newly amalgamated railway $80M, exec says
‘We take pride in what we accomplished’: Canadian veterans remember the Korean War
RCN 2023 Captain Postings, Promotions and Retirements and a more comprehensive list 2023 Captain (Navy) and Colonel Promotions, Appointments and Releases
Canadian Divers Find WWII Bombs on US Shipwrecks Off Newfoundland Coast
‘For Abbigail.’ Sailor uses music to commemorate friend lost in Stalker 22 helicopter crash
Telegraphist Reynold Joseph Jeannotte, MiD, V-11421 and Able Seaman Lawrence James Jodoin, V-57427
Lookout: Volume 68, Issue 28, July 17, 2023
Trident: Monday 24 July 2023 Volume 57, Issue 15
NAC Naval Affairs Programme Briefing Note #18 The Law of the Sea and Canadian Maritime Security (Editor – please share to anyone you think may benefit from the knowledge)
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USA & AMERICAS
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 24, 2023
Franchetti chosen to become the first woman to lead the US Navy and Flag Officer Announcements 21 July 2023
Senate Passes NDAA Authorizing Navy to Buy 10 New Ships
Senate NDAA Bans Allied Manufacturing Base From U.S. Navy Shipbuilding
SECNAV Del Toro Names Next ESB After MoH Recipient Hector Cafferata Jr.
U.S. Navy Stages Global Exercise With Six Carriers and 25,000 Personnel
Marines Activate First Tomahawk Battery
Time to Recalibrate: The Navy Needs Tactical Nuclear Weapons . . . Again
US Navy Sets Out Plan for HALO Hypersonic Missile EMD
USSOCOM Has Declared IOC With Dry Combat Submersible
Problems with Austal USA’s First Steel Ships Results in $40M Write Down for Aussie Parent
Bollinger Shipyards delivers 54th fast response cutter to US Coast Guard
US Navy Commissions New Independence Littoral Combat Ship in Australia
USS Little Rock: Back with a Vengeance
US Navy ‘operationalizes’ drones in 4th Fleet exercise
BAE Systems to deliver next-gen digital IFF Identification Friend or Foe interrogator for US Navy
Severe Drought Forces Panama Canal to Restrict Number of Daily Vessel Transits
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock to Proceed with Largest Project in its 133-Year History
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INDO-PACIFIC
A Strategy of Denial for the Western Pacific
Second US submarine arrives in South Korea amid North Korea tensions
Chinese military snubbed invite to defence conference, says senior US admiral
Chinese Spy Ship Off Coast of Australia as Talisman Sabre Exercise Begins and Japan Shoots Type 12 SSM Off Australia’s East Coast
South Korea’s Sophisticated KSS-III Submarines (Editor – USNI 3:44 min video… impressive boats)
Eastern Naval Command set to expand its Fleet, grows mightier
US to Deploy Coastguard Ship to Papua New Guinea
Chinese naval vessels visit Vladivostok, Russia
Australia to get replacement for navy’s sail training ship Young Endeavour (Editor – I wonder if an HMCS Oriole replacement would ever happen)
GRSE to launch Hugin Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Survey Vessels
China’s Large Naval Base In Cambodia Nears Completion In Challenge To US Naval Power well sort of China’s Cambodian navy base project makes US wary, but fears it will host aircraft carrier are unfounded, analysts say
Missile-armed Walo arrives home
Video: Philippine Ferry Boat Capsizes in High Winds, 26 Drowned (Editor – 25 sec video included)
Deep Dive Into China’s Move To Build Shadow Fleet Tankers
Asia Buys Near-Record Volumes Of US Crude, Replaces MidEast Oil
Video: Containership Sinks in Taiwan Anchorage (Editor – include 1:26 min video)
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EUROPE
Ukraine:
Russia raises maximum age for military conscription to 30
Moldova expels 45 Russian diplomatic staff in spy row
NATO Convoys Can Protect Ukraine’s Grain Says Stavridis
Russian Diplomat Accuses Ukraine of Using Black Sea Grain Corridor for Attacks
Russia used anti-ship missiles in attack on Odessa and laid mines in Black Sea
Nearly 30 Ships Stop Around Ukraine’s Izmail Gateway After Russian Danube Strikes (Editor – so close to Romania a NATO member)
Royal Navy’s divers train Ukrainian counterparts to disarm Russian mines because UK Believes That Russia is Mining Approaches to Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports
Crimea bridge closed after fuel depot hit – Russia
Why the New Package of Sanctions on Russia is a Game-Changer for Europe
Russian Navy Holds Live Fire Exercise in Black Sea as Threats to Shipping Escalate and
Russian corvette Ivanovets fires supersonic missile on Ukrainian corvette Ternopil
Is #Russia preparing to drag the #Ukraine war into the #BlackSea? #shorts (Editor – short intel video)
Russian patrol ship destroys drifting Ukrainian mine northeast of Bosporus Strait
General:
Iceland to suspend embassy operations in Moscow as of August 1
BAE Systems joins two main sections of HMS Cardiff (Editor – type 26 rolling along!)
Several Countries Have Recognized The UK Type 26 Frigate as The Most Successful Surface Combatant (Editor – interesting linkage in a 8:32 min video)
Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales ready to resume her mission and Better than before now Britain’s biggest warship HMS Prince of Wales is ready to resume her mission (Editor – and a 1:59 min video)
Naval Group Rolls Out 3rd Barracuda Type Submarine
Turkey’s Istif-class frigates will integrate GE’s gas turbine engines (Editor – a welcome step forward in relations)
Video: Deploying An Aerial Drone (UAV) From A Submarine (Editor – 3:49 min video included)
Meet Türkiye’s New Kamikaze Drone Boat: ULAQ KAMA
IDEF 2023: Sonitus presents cutting-edge underwater vehicle NARVAL 504-P
Italy Captures 5 Tons of Cocaine Transferred from Cargo Ship to Trawler
The Netherlands Select Leonardo’s New Sovraponte Guns for ASWF
French Defence Procurement Agency unveils naval electromagnetic railgun project
Ameland rescue: Crew jump off ship ablaze with cargo of 3,000 cars (Editor – includes 24 sec video) Fremantle Highway Fire Lessens as Vessel Continues to Drift off Dutch Coast and A Brief Look Back at Recent Car Carrier Fires
Floating LNG platform : big advance for Russia’s expansive Arctic industry
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MIDDLE EAST
USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall in Mediterranean on Way to Middle East
Iran reveals ‘Abu Mahdi’ naval cruise missile amidst strengthened US Gulf presence
Iran Denies Owning Oil Cargo While Demanding US Release Another Tanker
Inside the UN’s $143 Million Race to Avoid a Massive Oil Spill | WSJ (Editor – interesting 4:09 min video)
Royal Navy completes record-breaking drug-busting mission in Gulf
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
Will the Gulf Stream really collapse by 2025? (Editor – even the thought is scary)
SA Navy submarine SAS Manthatisi’s presence off the Cape explained
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SCUTTLEBUTT
The Rescue of the Submarine USS Squalus
Russia’s Unstoppable Supercavitating Torpedo (VA-111 Shkval)
Why the Largest Submarine in the World Wasn’t Big Enough (Editor – 11:50 min video)
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THIS WEEK IN RCN/MARITIME HISTORY
29 July 1948 HMCS Royal Roads is transformed into a Canadian Service College and begins training flight cadets, as well as naval cadets.
29 July 1972 HMCS Iroquois, the first of the DDH 280 class destroyers, is commissioned.
31 July 1940 HMCS Prince Robert, after conversion from a merchant vessel, is commissioned as an armed merchant cruiser.
31 July 1942 HMCS Skeena commanded by A/LCdr Kenneth L. Dyer, RCN with HMCS Wetaskiwin commanded by LCdr Guy S. Windeyer, RCN sank U-588 in the North Atlantic.
31 July 1942 The Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRENS) is authorized, by war’s end nearly 6,500 will have joined up.
1 August 1959 The RCN is presented with Queens Colours by Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II in Halifax.
4 August 1910 The Rainbow was commissioned as an H.M.C. ship at Portsmouth as the first warship in the RCN. She was manned by a nucleus crew supplied by the Royal Navy and the Royal Fleet Reserve. The Rainbow was a light cruiser of the Apollo class, and the Canadian Government paid £50,000 for her and assigned her to the west coast.
4 August 1914 War is declared between Great Britain and Germany. Canada is automatically at war with Germany as well. HMC ships placed under Admiralty operational control.
SIGNIFICANT RCN DATES – If you see any omissions or errors please inform me, and any more modern significant dates are also welcomed. The list draws primarily from the Directory of History and Heritage’s comprehensive “Significant Dates in Canadian Military History”, the now defunct “Canada Channel”, “Legion Magazine”, The Naval Service of Canada, Its Official History Vol 1-3, NAC member Roger Litwiller’s excellent web site, encyclopedic guidance from NAC member Fraser McKee, the Uboat.net site, and anywhere else I can find credible information. For the merchant ship history, a special thanks to NAC member Bill Dziadyk for his able assistance and detailed work. The RCN lost 1,965 men and 24 ships during the War, most of them in the Atlantic. A comprehensive list of the staggering merchant losses – sunk, damaged, or lost – Canadian Merchant Ship Losses of the Second World War, 1939-1945 by Rob Fisher {Revised June 2001}, and for the loss of individual personnel RCN Ship Histories, Convoy Escort Movements, Casualty Lists 1939-1947)
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