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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Royal Canadian Navy Lt. Stephen Oxley walks past a landing boat aboard HMCS Max Bernays ahead of a commissioning ceremony for the ship with Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China launches electric unmanned patrol boat to protect white dolphins

STORY: China launches electric unmanned patrol boat to protect white dolphins SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of aerial view of Xiamen 2. various of the boat 3. various of white dolphins 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) WANG HAILI, Director of Research Vessel Operation Management Center, Xiamen University STORYLINE: An electric unmanned patrol boat equipped with 5G technology has been put into use in the coastal city of Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province to protect Chinese white dolphins. Known as the "maritime panda," the Chinese white dolphin is the most endangered marine animal and under first-class state protection in China. Xiamen is the only city in China where people are able to see inshore dolphins on its beaches. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) WANG HAILI, Director of Research Vessel Operation Management Center, Xiamen University "This unmanned boat is a small vessel. It can patrol the areas according to our

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated July 7, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, front, and Adm. Ihor Voronchenko, commander of the Ukrainian navy, back right, salute as a Ukrainian patrol boat gets underway from Odesa Port during Ukrainian Navy Day, which coincides with exercise Sea Breeze 2019, in Odesa, Ukraine. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler via ABACAPRESS.COM

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First US Nuclear Sub Docks In South Korea Since 1981

Handout file photo dated February 20, 2018 shows the Gold crew of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) transits the Hood Canal as the boat returns to its homeport at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Wash., following a routine strategic deterrent patrol. A US submarine armed with nuclear weapons has docked in South Korea for the first time in four decades, amid escalating tensions with Pyongyang. The sub, identified by South Koran officials as the USS Kentucky, docked in Busan port on Tuesday July 18, 2023. In April, the US agreed to periodically deploy nuclear-armed subs to South Korea, to counter increasing aggression from North Korea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nancy C. diBenedetto via ABACAPRESS.COM

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China coast guard joins Tokyo Bay parade

TOKYO, Japan - The patrol boat Hai Xun of the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration takes part in a Japan Coast Guard review in Tokyo Bay on May 29, 2010. It was the first time in six years that a vessel from the Chinese maritime administration sailed in the event.

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Japan unveils new patrol boat to seize suspicious ships

FUKUOKA, Japan - The 770-ton Aso, Japan's first patrol boat designed to seize unidentified vessels, is anchored at a terminal at Hakata port in Fukuoka on April 11. It has been deployed at the Fukuoka Coast Guard Office of the Japan Coast Guard since mid-March.

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1st bio-terrorism drill held at sea in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Special rescue team members of the Japan Coast Guard's regional headquarters in Yokohama remove white powder in a bio-terrorism drill Nov. 27 aboard the 3,500-ton patrol boat Izu at Yokohama Port. The drill, the first such drill conducted at sea in Japan, was based on the hypothesis that anthrax had been found on a passenger ship in Tokyo Bay.

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Japan Coast Guard unveils high-speed patrol boat

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard on Feb. 22 unveiled the Tsurugi, the first of three high-speed patrol boats the government commissioned after Japanese warships and coast guard vessels failed to stop a North Korean spy ship following a chase at sea in 1999. The 220-ton, 50-meter-long vessel, displayed to the press at Tokyo Bay off Haneda, is equipped with three engines and is capable of a top speed of more than 40 knots or some 74 kilometers per hour.

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ISRAEL-ROSH HANIKRA-BORDER DEAL-LEBANON

(221027) -- ROSH HANIKRA, Oct. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Lebanese navy patrol boat is stationed next to a buoy marking the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel in the Mediterranean sea waters off Lebanon's southern Naqoura near Rosh HaNikra in northern Israel on Oct. 27, 2022. The Israeli government approved on Thursday a maritime demarcation deal with Lebanon, setting for the first time a border between the two countries, which have been in an official state of war since 1948. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-ROSH HANIKRA-BORDER DEAL-LEBANON

(221027) -- ROSH HANIKRA, Oct. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Lebanese navy patrol boat is stationed next to a buoy marking the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel in the Mediterranean sea waters off Lebanon's southern Naqoura near Rosh HaNikra in northern Israel on Oct. 27, 2022. The Israeli government approved on Thursday a maritime demarcation deal with Lebanon, setting for the first time a border between the two countries, which have been in an official state of war since 1948. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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1st bio-terrorism drill held at sea in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Special rescue team members of the Japan Coast Guard's regional headquarters in Yokohama remove white powder in a bio-terrorism drill Nov. 27 aboard the 3,500-ton patrol boat Izu at Yokohama Port. The drill, the first such drill conducted at sea in Japan, was based on the hypothesis that anthrax had been found on a passenger ship in Tokyo Bay.

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Japan unveils new patrol boat to seize suspicious ships

FUKUOKA, Japan - The 770-ton Aso, Japan's first patrol boat designed to seize unidentified vessels, is anchored at a terminal at Hakata port in Fukuoka on April 11. It has been deployed at the Fukuoka Coast Guard Office of the Japan Coast Guard since mid-March. (Kyodo)

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China coast guard joins Tokyo Bay parade

TOKYO, Japan - The patrol boat Hai Xun of the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration takes part in a Japan Coast Guard review in Tokyo Bay on May 29, 2010. It was the first time in six years that a vessel from the Chinese maritime administration sailed in the event. (Kyodo)