![]() ![]() The navy and the US ambassador to the Philippines, Harry K Thomas, have apologised for the grounding and promised to co-operate with its close ally. Thomas Carney, commander of the navy's Logistics Group in the Western Pacific, told reporters last week that the investigation would look into all the factors that may have led to the grounding, including a reported faulty digital chart, sea conditions, weather and the state of the ship's navigational equipment. 50 caliber machine guns, minesweepers are a far cry from the. Just over two hundred feet long, slow and armed with a pair of. One ship eventually made its way into the Royal Canadian Navy postwar. Navy built 14 Avenger -class minesweepers in the 1980s and 90s. Some were later transferred to the United Kingdom as part of the World War II Lend-Lease pact between the two nations. ![]() ![]() He said the navy would face fines for damaging the environment. The YMS-1 class of auxiliary motor minesweepers was established with the laying down of YMS-1 on 4 March 1941. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said last week that the US navy must explain how the ship got off course. The navy is investigating the incident, which caused Philippine government agencies and environmentalists to express concern about the extent of damage to the coral reef. The navy's support vessels siphoned off remaining fuel and salvage teams removed heavy equipment and hazardous material. The ship began listing and taking on water through holes in the wooden hull. The Navys plan to replace the minesweepers with a new class of vessels, known as Littoral Combat Ships, has been repeatedly delayed by cost overruns and technical deficiencies. The grounding caused no casualties to the ship's 79 crew and officers, who were taken off the vessel after it crashed into the reef in shallow waters. Stockman gave no time frame for the operation. The navy had said previously that the ship would be lifted by crane on to a barge and taken to a shipyard, but apparently the damage was too extensive and it will have to be cut up and removed in pieces. Iranian officials have repeatedly underscored that the country will not hesitate to strengthen its military capabilities, including its missile power, which are entirely meant for defense, and that Iran’s defense capabilities will be never subject to negotiations.He said the Philippine coastguard was reviewing the plan, but gave no other details. Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere. The military ship is furnished with modern technologies that enable it to detect and remove various types of naval mines. The other vessel that joined the Iranian naval fleet, Shahin, is a minesweeper with a length of 33 meters that has been designed and manufactured by the local experts at the Defense Ministry. The Iranian destroyer is equipped with various defense and offense systems, is designed to make long journeys in the oceans, and is capable of detecting, tracking, and hitting various aerial, surface, and submarine targets.ĭena is also capable of carrying helicopters on its deck. In the event, attended by top military commanders, the two homegrown vessels joined the Iranian Navy’s fleet in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.ĭena is the fourth Jamaran-class destroyer manufactured by the Defense Ministry’s naval industries. In a videoconference on Monday morning, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered the Navy to unveil ‘Dena’ destroyer and ‘Shahin’ (falcon) minesweeper. ![]()
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