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Greek Navy to Acquire Four New Frigates from United States
According to a report from Seapower Magazine on May 18, the Greek Navy is under discussions with the US on the acquisition of four frigates.
Greek News
Greek PM Stresses Greece-US Bonds in Aircraft Carrier Eisenhower Visit
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier which is docked at Souda naval base in Crete.
Greece
Greece, USA Participate in Joint Naval Exercises in Arabian Gulf
Greek and U.S. Coast Guard and naval forces conducted joint exercises in the Arabian Gulf in one of the most strategically-important areas of the world.
Greece
Huge Vessel USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Crete
USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, the second of a new class of sea-based ships called Expeditionary Sea Bases, docked at Crete's Souda Bay base on Tuesday.
The huge vessel set sail from Virginia on July 27, for its inaugural deployment following...
Greece
US Aircraft Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in Joint Drills with Hellenic Navy
The Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) participated in surface exercises with the Hellenic Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, from July 24-28, 2020.
The exercises included formation steaming, tactical maneuvers, and communications drills, and allowed the participating forces...
Greece
Northern Greek Port of Alexandroupolis Hosts Its First-Ever US Navy Vessel (video)
The newly expanded port of Alexandroupolis, in northeastern Greece, hosted its first American warship on Tuesday.
The USNS Carson City, with a 90-member crew, docked at the port as a result of the signing of the Greece-US Defense Cooperation Agreement...
Greece
U.S. Sixth Fleet Flagship Sails to Thessaloniki (Photos)
USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet, has sailed to Thessaloniki for the ongoing International Trade Fair, where the United States is the honored country.
Reported to be the most sophisticated Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence...
Cyprus
US Navy Conducts Exercise in Eastern Med
The U.S. Navy is conducting a major exercise in the Mediterranean at a time when tensions are worsening between Turkey and Cyprus over drilling rights.
The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima arrived off the coast of Israel on March...
Greece
US Sailors Clean-Up Greek Cemetery Devastated by Floods (video)
Following the disastrous floods in Mandra, west Attica, a group of 8 U.S. sailors from the USNS Trenton, participated in a clean-up project for the town's cemetery, which took a devastating blow.
The USNS Trenton, crewed by nearly 80 U.S....
Greece
Greek Shipping Company Confirms Tanker Collision with US Warship
Greek shipping company Stealth Maritime Corporation confirmed on Monday that one of its managed tanker vessels collided with a U.S. missile destroyer off Singapore.
Ten sailors were missing and five others were injured in the incident which occurred in waters...