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NAC News – Edition 584 (Lawrenceville)

NAC News – Edition 584 (Lawrenceville)

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Your weekly national and international naval news for the week of September 27th, 2024

Edition: YTS 584(590) Lawrenceville (Editor – Robert Allen designed, as are the brand-new RCN tugs)

Quote:  “The federal budget for fiscal year 2024-25 is $537.6 billion.  That may sound like a lot of money, but little wiggle room exists.  Almost half of the budget is earmarked either for fixed transfer payments to the provinces—established by a complex formula based on provincial differences in per capita revenues, revenue sources, and tax rates—or social programs such as Old Age Security, Canada Pension Plan, and Employment Insurance, which many Canadians rely on.  Canada’s public debt now accounts for 41.9 percent of the country’s GDP, with annual interest charges totalling a stunning $54.1 billion.  To put that in perspective, Ottawa now spends more on servicing its debt than its health transfers to the provinces, or more than twice what it spends on defence ($28.8 billion).”  Republished by MLI.  Trudeau promised to boost defence spending. Now that Parliament is back, will he follow through?: Fen Osler Hampson and Tim Sargent in the Hub (Editor – this sobering article is linked below in the “significant articles” section.

Rod Hughes: Editor NAC News rhughes@shaw.ca  (Comments welcome to help improve this service.)  Links to keep in touch with the NAC and RCN can be found at the bottom of this email.  Contact Kevin Goheen executivedirector@navalassoc.ca if you wish someone to be added to the NAC News email distribution. (Influencer, or good candidates to become an NAC member, and note the first year’s NAC/Branch membership dues are waived)

NOTICES

31 Oct & 01 Nov 2024, Association of British Columbia Marine Industries (ABCMI) Business Opportunities Conference & Trade Show, Vancouver Convention Centre.  Aimed at all businesses and organizations involved in BC’s industrial marine sector.   Includes the Thales Canada Supplier Engagement Event on Friday afternoon, 01 Nov, for businesses interested in learning about supply opportunities for their product and services relevant to the AJISS and MWAVE in-service support contracts.  Register

14 November 2024 (7:30-18:30 Ottawa time)  Super Early Bird Registration is open for the Vanguard Deep Blue Forum 2024 to be held at The National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa.  THEME: Transition: Preparing for the In-Country Support of a New Submarine. If you’re not able to attend in person, all speaker sessions will be live streamed, to permit virtual attendance.  FREE registration for all serving navy & government personnel.  Not Able to Attend in Person? – all speaker sessions will be live streamed, to allow for virtual attendance.  Sponsorship opportunities available:

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25 February 2025 ShipTech Forum 2025  Super Early Bird registration is open!, The National Arts Centre, Ottawa ON

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THIS WEEK’S SIGNIFICANT ARTICLES

Putin proposes new rules for using nuclear weapons

Thinking the ‘unthinkable’: NATO wants Canada and allies to gear up for a conventional war with NATO military head Bauer talks Baltics, Ukraine and club bouncers

Trudeau promised to boost defence spending. Now that Parliament is back, will he follow through?: Fen Osler Hampson and Tim Sargent in the Hub

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CANADA

Readout of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti’s Meeting with Commander Royal Canadian Navy Vice Adm. Angus Topshee

Outgoing Chief of the Defence Staff Reminds Canadian Military Personnel they are World-Class in Final Message

His Majesty’s Canadian Ships Edmonton and Yellowknife Return from Successful Operation CARIBBE and 8:37 min video Royal Canadian Navy ships HMCS Yellowknife and HMCS Edmonton return after drug interdiction mission aussi Les navires canadiens de Sa Majesté Edmonton et Yellowknife reviennent de l’ opération CARIBBE couronnée de succès

HMCS Shawinigan, HMCS Charlottetown and NATO Allies monitor Russian Navy Vessels

Canadian Submarine Force trains future ally captains

First submarine in new Canadian fleet won’t be operational until 2037, navy confirms

Canadian Forces struggling with a training bottleneck, commander tells MPs

CGAI: Defence Deconstruction: Getting to 2 Per Cent (Editor – 49:24 min podcast incudes NAC member Paul Madison)

Dedication of Venture (1954-1968) Cairn (Editor – BZ indeed)

Canadian Armed Forces Currently Filling Canadian Defence Attache Positions

MAN ES to provide propulsion systems for Canadian Coast Guard’s AOPSs

Alberta grain farmers anxiously watching as B.C. export terminal strike lands amid harvest

BC Ferries Will Not Be Built in BC and Seaspan says government needs to financially support shipbuilding or ferries will not be built in B.C.

Damen Books Canadian Order for Two Fully Electric Ferries

DNA test helps identify sailor from doomed Arctic expedition

The Canadian Disruptive Pattern Multi-Terrain (CADPAT MT) Camouflage – New Canadian Army Uniform (Editor – 18:49 min video, what sailors will wear when serving in land warfare)

Great Lakes Museum: See the S.S. Keewatin!

The Nautical Institute: The Navigator Visual Navigator October 2024 Issue no. 37

REPEAT Naval Reserve Association of Canada (NRAC) would like to know from their member’s interests in participating in various events and invite them to complete our short survey by 30 September.  Their 7-minute survey can be found in English or French (Editor – great deal of membership overlap with NAC membership I expect)

Ahoy matey! ‘Scruffy’ local sailors keeping naval history afloat

Lookout: Volume 69, Issue 34, September 23, 2024

NAC Naval Affairs Programme Bibliographies The RCN in the Korean War (Editor – Please share with anyone you think may benefit from the knowledge, after all, that’s what our naval affairs programme is all about – enlightening Canadians)

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USA & AMERICA

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Sept. 23, 2024

Hurricane Helene Shuts Down Florida’s Gulf Coast Ports

Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Leaves for Deployment

Virginia Class Submarine Program $17B Over Budget—Enough to Build a New Aircraft Carrier

Ingalls Wins $9.6B in Shipbuilding Contracts for 4 Amphibious Warships

USS Leyte Gulf Decommissioned(Editor – 10 cruisers remain, that said, the latest Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers are approaching cruiser displacement)

Bipartisan ‘Ships for America Act’ Building Support in Congress, Say Sponsors and Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Force Structure, Shipbuilding

GAO Report on Coast Guard and Maritime Drug Smuggling

CSIS & USNI: America’s Warfighting Navy with Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Franchetti (Editor – 56:53 min podcast)

Why New F-18 Super Hornet Missile TERRIFIES China (Editor – more details on the AIM-174B missile in a 15:48 min video)

How the World’s Largest Shipyard Is Challenging China’s Military | WSJ (Editor – 6:34 min video)

SECNAV Del Toro Names Attack Boat for Baltimore as Sub-Funding Impasse Continues

AUSTAL USA awarded us$450 million contract to expand submarine module production capacity

Brazilian Navy Conducts First MANSUP Missile Launch from Greenhalgh-Class Frigate

NASSCO Launches Fifth Fleet Oiler for U.S. Navy

Why New U.S. Manta Ray Submarine TERRIFIES China (Editor – quirky but attention-grabbing 20:19 min video)

Extreme makeover, US Navy edition: See the new apartment-like digs on US aircraft carriers

Atomic Clocks and Quantum Sensors Could Be the GPS of the Future (Editor – highly noteworthy potential game changer.)

East Coast Port Strike Threatens Supply Chains, Inflation and Presidential Election

Officials Race to Contain Oil Spill Following Sinking of Passenger Vessel in Greenland

They Dumped 2 Million Tires Into The Ocean. What Happened After 50 Years Is Very Shocking! (Editor – 11:15 min video)

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INDO-PACIFIC

China’s Navy Deploys Triple Carrier Fleet, Icebreakers, and 400 Joint Ships in Massive Show of Strength

China Surges Into West Philippine Sea with Massive 251-Ship Armada

New Chinese Nuclear Submarine Sinks in Setback for Navy Expansion

PLA sends South China Sea commander to US for first time in over 2 years

Two Russian strategic submarines arrive in Pacific fleet base

Japan sails warship in Taiwan Strait for first time and of course PLA tracks, monitors foreign warships’ Taiwan Straits transit

Chinese Investment in Ports, Communication Seeks to Project Global Power, Says Panel

Russian military plane violates Japan airspace, SDF fires flare

China-Russia Cooperation Deepens

‘Philippines Will Need More Vessels’ – Military Chief

France offers full support in nuclear submarines, jet engines and underwater drones to India

Republic Of Singapore Navy Commissions First Two Of Four Invincible-Class Submarines

Singapore Navy expands multinational collaboration in Exercise Kakadu 2024

US Navy Collaborates with Allies’ Shipyards to Counter China’s Maritime Expansion

US arms transfer restrictions and AUKUS explained

Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ Offloads Sanctioned LNG at Asian Storage Barge For First Time

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EUROPE

Ukraine:

Antigua-Flagged Vessel Damaged in Russian Attack on Odesa Port

Russian aircraft carrier crew sent to frontline in Ukraine

Volunteers dying as Russia’s war dead tops 70,000 (Editor – this is more dead than Canada had in either WWI or WWII)

Ukraine War: US Warns Allies of Russia’s Sabotage Threats Against Global Shipping

A Look Behind Russian Efforts to Skirt US Energy Sanctions

Première participation de l’Ukraine à un exercice antidrones organisé par l’OTAN

‘Our husbands didn’t go to war for Ukraine so we can sit around crying’ (Editor – the cost of war sadly comes in many forms. “…the medical journal The Lancet suggests that 54% of Ukrainians (including refugees) have PTSD.  Severe anxiety is prevalent among 21%, and high levels of stress among 18%.)”

General:

Russian Warship Fires ‘Warning Shot’ at Norwegian Fishing Boat During Drills, Captain Claims

Russia Ramps Up Arctic Oil Shipping to a New Record

Russian spy ships suspected of espionage in Baltic and North Seas

British warships will be armed for ballistic missile defence

Hellenic Navy’s second FDI frigate launched (Gallery)

Submarine rescue specialists practise lifesaving capabilities in cold water

The development of a lean crewing solution for the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigate

European navies chase the white whale of torpedo-busting torpedoes

No further delays for new supply ship: arrival this autumn

Second ‘Shadow Fleet’ LNG Carrier Navigates Arctic’s Harsh Ice Conditions

New Dutch Navy Support Vessels Will Be Missile-Toting Wingmen To Frigates

Fincantieri Starts Working On First Next-Generation OPV For Italian Navy

Efforts to Curtail Russian LNG Exports Grow as UK Imposes Vessel Sanctions

First Panamax Containership Sprints Across Arctic Reaching China In Just Three Weeks

Russia’s Shadow Tankers Threaten Baltic Environmental Catastrophe

Greek Court Reduces Sentences In Historic 1.2-Ton Cocaine Yacht Trafficking Case

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Supersizes Shaper-Class Car Carriers

Photos: Disney’s Newest Cruise Ship Completes Ems Conveyance

Reinforcing resilience: NATO’s role in enhanced security for critical undersea infrastructure

Renforcement de la résilience : le rôle de l’OTAN dans l’amélioration de la sécurité des infrastructures sous-marines critiques

Sur le recrutement, « la marine française reste l’une des plus performantes »

Mer du Nord – exercice SANDY COAST

Un bateau de la marine nationale baptisé du nom d’un résistant alsacien, “c’est une très grande reconnaissance pour mon grand-père”

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MIDDLE EAST

Red Sea:

Houthi Attacks Resume in Red Sea After 18-Day Lull

Sept 24 U.S. Central Command Update

Exclusive: Iran brokering talks to send advanced Russian missiles to Yemen’s Houthis, sources say

Suicide Drone Hits Port of Eilat

General:

Defying largest ally, Israel rejects calls for ceasefire and strikes Beirut again with Israel vows ‘more fierce’ attack against Hezbollah than Gaza campaign, says it’s ready to invade Lebanon and not a maritime explanation, but surprisingly balanced for Al Jazeera What is Hezbollah and how is it linked to the Israel-Gaza war? | Start Here (Editor – 12:29 min video)

Israel says 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers hit in Lebanon

Iran Holds Its Largest Naval Drills In Persian Gulf

U.S. Sanctions Four Shipping Companies for Supporting Hezbollah

US Navy Oiler Runs Aground, Forcing Carrier Strike Group to Scramble for Fuel then Oiler USNS Big Horn Now in Port in Oman as Congress Raises Questions Over Logistics Fleet

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GLOBAL INTERESTS

Historic First: Cruise Ship Reaches North Pole of Inaccessibility

INS Talwar visits Mombasa to deepen India-Kenya naval cooperation

50 Years of SOLAS: Maritime Safety Takes Center Stage on World Maritime Day 2024

Disruption Drives Shipping: How Geopolitical Tensions and Market Volatility Are Reshaping Global Maritime Trade

The new shark species emerging from the deep

‘Doomsday’ Glacier Set To Melt Faster, Swell Seas As World Heats Up

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SCUTTLEBUTT

Naval Engineering – What happens when a shell hits a battleship? (Editor – 30:25 min video)

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THIS WEEK IN RCN/MARITIME HISTORY

29 September 1940  USS Mackenzie (DD-175), commissioned as HMCS Annapolis (I-04), and USS Williams (DD-108), commissioned as HMCS St Clair (I-65), part of the destroyers-for-bases deal.

30 September 1939  Presentation of the King’s Colour to the RCN in Victoria BC.  The first occasion that the Colour was personally presented by the ruling sovereign to a naval force outside the British Isles.  The Commanding Officer on the West Coast was Captain (later RAdm) Victor G. Brodeur, the Royal Guard was commanded by LCdr (later RAdm) E.P. Tisdall, and the Colour Officer was Lt. (later RAdm) J.C. Hibbard.

30 September 1994  Halifax-class frigate HMCS Regina is commissioned in Saint John, New Brunswick.1 October 1910  Captain E.H. Martin, RN (Retd.), is appointed Officer-in-Charge, Halifax.2 October 1952  A tunnel near Songjin on the main rail line carrying war supplies from Russia to North Korea was frequently shelled and under constant repair.  It was the target for about two hours as HMCS Iroquois worked to keep repair crews from bringing the line back into operation.  During a lull, Iroquois was hit in “B” gun turret by shore artillery batteries.  LCdr John Quinn was killed, as were AB’s Elburne Baikie and Wally Burden.  Theyb are intered in Yokohama War Cemetery in Japan.  PO’s Emilien Fortin, Gerald Jamieson, and Edward Moslin, plus AB’s Adam Aimee, Waldo Berggrenn, Gilbert Dynna, Joseph Gaudet, Edwin Jodoin, Eugene Riley, and Walter Wrigley were seriously wounded or suffered splinter wounds.  These were only battle casualties suffered by the RCN during the Korean conflict; however, it should be mentioned that five other sailors were lost at sea during the War.

3 October 1914   The First Canadian Expeditionary Force, numbering 30,000+, sailed from Quebec to join the war efforts in Europe.  The convoy consisted of 32 merchant ships in three columns labelled X,Y, and Z.  The ships embarked and carried: 1,547 officers, 29,070 men, 7,679 horses, 70 guns, 110 motor vehicles, 705 horsed vehicles. and 82 bicycles.  The convoy escorts generally maintained the formation of: HMS Majestic in the lead (Majestic class pre-dreadnought); HMS Eclipse, Diana both old cruisers (both Eclipse Class), and Charybdis an old cruiser (Astraea Class) leading each column; HMS Princess Royal on the port wing (Lion class battlecruiser); HMS Glory on the starboard wing (Canopus class pre-dreadnought); and HMS Talbot bringing up the rear another old cruiser (Eclipse Class).  The force began to disembark 14 Oct at Plymouth England.

4 October 1944  HMCS Chebogue (River Class frigate) is torpedoed by U -1227 800 miles west of the British Isles.  Seven sailors are killed.  The ship was towed 1,400 kilometres to Wales.

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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