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<image:caption>Chief Warrant Officer Beth Slade, commanding officer National Motor Life Boat School, welds her initials onto the keel of the US Coast Guard's first special purpose craft – heavy weather II during a keel laying authentication, in Mount Vernon, Washington, July 8, 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Ceremony marking the start of construction of the US Navy John Lewis-replenishment oiler USNS Joshua L. Goldberg at General Dynamics NASSCO's San Diego shipyard, July 8, 2026</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Ukraine's MAGURA V3 USV</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A lineup of Ukrainian Sea Baby unmanned surface vehicles</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney while on patrol enforcing the Iran blockade</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz</image:caption>
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<image:caption>US warship launches new strikes on Iran</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Storbåtsegga receiving its first stock of fish</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-14T08:56:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>RG Nora</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-14T08:55:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>The Royal Australian Navy's three Hobart-class air warfare destroyers conduct officer of the watch manoeuvres in the Eastern Australian Exercise Area off the south coast of New South Wales, December 10, 2020.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Closing ceremony of the Russian-Chinese Joint Sea 2026 exercises at Qingdao Naval Base</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-14T08:48:51.332Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Russia, China commence joint patrols following naval exercises in Yellow Sea</news:title>
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<image:caption>A Saronic Technologies 24-foot unmanned surface vehicle. Saronic said three examples of the USV were used in a successful attack by US forces against an Iranian submarine and the naval base at Bandar Abbas on July 12, 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Personnel from the various naval participants in Exercise Sea Breeze 26-2</image:caption>
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