Warship Losses, Sinkings & Commissionings

1. OCT 162026 INS Samarthak (Samarthak) Commissioned 🇮🇳 India · Commissioned at Naval Base Karwar, first of two L&T-built Multi-Purpose Vessels for the Indian Navy.
2. OCT 122026 INS Mangrol (Mahe) Commissioned 🇮🇳 India · Commissioned at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, third of eight Mahe-class anti-submarine shallow water craft.
3. OCT 82026 F128 Ordered 🇩🇪 Germany · Bundestag Budget Committee exercised the option for four more MEKO A-200 frigates, bringing the class to eight.
4. OCT 62026 LCAC 100 Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Contract modification worth about $230 million for two more Ship-to-Shore Connector hovercraft from Textron, New Orleans.
5. OCT 32026 USS Ted Stevens (Arleigh Burke) Commissioned 🇺🇸 United States · Commissioned at Whittier, Alaska, Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be homeported at Norfolk.
6. SEP 302026 USS Shiloh (Ticonderoga) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, her homeport, after 34 years of service.
7. SEP 292026 MUSV Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Production agreements for 30 medium unmanned surface vessels, ten each from Galliano Marine, HII and Saronic.
8. SEP 252026 USS Lake Erie (Ticonderoga) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Naval Base San Diego after more than 33 years of service.
9. SEP 252026 ex-USS Klakring (Oliver Hazard Perry) Sunk 🇺🇸 United States · Sunk as a target off northwest Scotland during the Atlantic Thunder 2026 SINKEX, final blow by a submarine torpedo.
10. SEP 242026 KRI Sriwijaya (Giuseppe Garibaldi) Commissioned 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Commissioned at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, ex-Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi, Indonesia's first aircraft carrier.
11. SEP 242026 Domenico Millelire (Thaon di Revel) Delivered 🇮🇹 Italy · Delivered at Muggiano, La Spezia, seventh Thaon di Revel-class multipurpose patrol ship.
12. SEP 242026 DDX Ordered 🇮🇹 Italy · OCCAR contract signed with Orizzonte Sistemi Navali for two DDX destroyers, deliveries 2033 and 2035.
13. SEP 242026 USS Germantown (Whidbey Island) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Naval Base San Diego, her original homeport, after more than 40 years of service.
14. SEP 182026 ROCS Lan Yang (Chi Yang) Sunk 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Sunk as the main target ship off Taiwan by multiple missiles on the last day of the joint precision munitions live-fire drill.
15. SEP 172026 Moulay Hassan I (Avante 1800) Delivered 🇲🇦 Morocco · Delivered at Navantia's San Fernando shipyard, Avante 1800 offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Moroccan Navy.
16. SEP 162026 ROCS Lan Chiang (Tuo Chiang) Delivered 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Delivered at Su'ao by Lungteh Shipbuilding, eleventh Tuo Chiang-class corvette.
17. SEP 152026 PNS Hunain (Yarmook) Damaged 🇵🇰 Pakistan · Collided with an Indian Navy warship during the SEASPARK-26 exercise in the North Arabian Sea; the two navies blamed each other.
18. SEP 152026 LCU 1700 Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Prototype agreements worth $280.5 million awarded to three Gulf Coast yards for two or three LCU 1700 craft each.
19. SEP 142026 Jean Tranape (Félix Éboué) Commissioned 🇫🇷 France · Admitted to active service in New Caledonia two months after her delivery.
20. SEP 122026 Orcan Sunk 🇷🇺 Russia · Uncrewed surface vessel sunk by a Ukrainian Sargan-3000 drone boat in the Black Sea.
21. SEP 92026 Admiral Essen (Admiral Grigorovich) Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Struck by a Long Neptune missile at Novorossiysk NB in the combined strike of 8-9 September; imagery shows damage to the forward section near both VLS banks.
22. SEP 92026 Admiral Makarov (Admiral Grigorovich) Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Hit by a Long Neptune cruise missile at Novorossiysk NB; imagery shows moderate to severe damage around the forward VLS banks.
23. SEP 92026 Buyan-M Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Project 21631 missile corvette severely damaged at Novorossiysk NB; fire and structural collapse aft of the superstructure.
24. SEP 82026 Bergamini Ordered 🇬🇷 Greece · Implementing arrangement signed in Rome for two Italian Navy FREMM frigates, to transfer in 2028 and 2029.
25. SEP 82026 Dive-LD Captured 🇺🇸 United States · Anduril Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle seized by the IRGC at the entrance to the strait; the US says it had malfunctioned.
26. SEP 62026 Kang Kon (Choe Hyon) Commissioned 🇰🇵 North Korea · Commissioned at Wonsan, second Choe Hyon-class destroyer and North Korea's most advanced warship.
27. SEP 12026 INS Drakon (Dolphin) Delivered 🇮🇱 Israel · Sailed from Kiel for Israel after the TKMS handover, third and final Dolphin II boat.
28. AUG 312026 INS Nipun (Nistar) Commissioned 🇮🇳 India · Commissioned at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, second and final Nistar-class diving support vessel.
29. AUG 312026 FDI Ordered 🇸🇪 Sweden · Contract signed in Stockholm for four FDI frigates worth 4.3 billion euros, to enter service as the Luleå class between 2030 and 2034.
30. AUG 282026 Harbin (Luhu) Retired 🇨🇳 China · Decommissioned at a naval port in Qingdao after 32 years, lead ship of the Luhu class.
31. AUG 272026 HMAS Cape Spencer (Cape) Commissioned 🇦🇺 Australia · Commissioned at HMAS Cairns alongside sister ship Cape Hawke, Evolved Cape-class patrol boat.
32. AUG 272026 HMAS Cape Hawke (Cape) Commissioned 🇦🇺 Australia · Commissioned at HMAS Cairns alongside sister ship Cape Spencer, Evolved Cape-class patrol boat.
33. AUG 272026 INS Samarthak (Samarthak) Delivered 🇮🇳 India · Delivered to Indian Navy by L&T at Kattupalli, first indigenous Multi-Purpose Vessel for trials and evaluation.
34. AUG 262026 Tripartite Ordered 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Parliament ratified acquisition of seven Tripartite-class minehunters from Belgium and the Netherlands for Black Sea demining.
35. AUG 252026 USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (Lewis B. Puller) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered by General Dynamics NASSCO at San Diego, sixth and final expeditionary sea base.
36. AUG 212026 INS Mangrol (Mahe) Delivered 🇮🇳 India · Delivered by Cochin Shipyard at Kochi, third of eight Mahe-class anti-submarine shallow water craft.
37. AUG 142026 ROKS Chamsuri-231 (Chamsuri (PKX-B Batch-II)) Delivered 🇰🇷 South Korea · First PKX-B Batch-II fast patrol craft handed over at Busan; three sisters follow by the end of the year.
38. AUG 142026 LCU 1710 (LCU 1700) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered at Mobile after INSURV acceptance trials, first of the LCU 1700 class and Austal USA's first steel ship for the Navy.
39. AUG 122026 Admiral Makarov (Admiral Grigorovich) Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Struck for the third time in 2026 during a combined strike on Novorossiysk NB; hits near the vertical launch system and aft superstructure.
40. AUG 122026 Admiral Essen (Admiral Grigorovich) Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Struck for the third time in 2026 at Novorossiysk NB; structural damage reported around the Kalibr launcher bay.
41. AUG 122026 Vasily Bykov (Project 22160) Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Patrol ship damaged at Novorossiysk NB in the combined Ukrainian missile and drone strike of 12 August.
42. AUG 122026 Buyan-M Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Unnamed Project 21631 missile corvette reported damaged at Novorossiysk NB; hull not identified by sources.
43. AUG 72026 Comodoro Rivadavia (Comodoro Rivadavia) Retired 🇦🇷 Argentina · Put up for public sale for demolition at Mar del Plata Naval Base.
44. AUG 62026 USS San Juan (Los Angeles) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington, exactly 38 years to the day after commissioning.
45. JUL 312026 Valentin Rykov (Project 03182) Commissioned 🇷🇺 Russia · Commissioned at Baltiysk into the Baltic Fleet, Project 03182 small seagoing tanker.
46. JUL 312026 KDDX Ordered 🇰🇷 South Korea · DAPA signed an 838 billion won contract with Hanwha Ocean for detailed design and construction of the KDDX lead ship.
47. JUL 312026 USNS John Ericsson (Henry J. Kaiser) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated after 35 years of service, retained as a logistics support asset to be cannibalised for spare parts.
48. JUL 312026 USNS Pecos (Henry J. Kaiser) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated after 35 years of service and transferred to the Maritime Administration.
49. JUL 312026 USS Georgia (Ohio) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Began inactivation at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay after 42 years, first Ohio-class SSGN withdrawn from service.
50. JUL 302026 INS Nipun (Nistar) Delivered 🇮🇳 India · Delivered by Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam, second and final Nistar-class diving support vessel.
51. JUL 292026 USS Fort Worth (Freedom) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Naval Base San Diego after nearly 14 years, the oldest active Freedom-variant hull.
52. JUL 292026 Virginia Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Navy awarded 42.1 billion dollars for nine Block VI boats plus long-lead material for a tenth.
53. JUL 292026 Columbia Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Navy awarded 29.5 billion dollars for five Build II boats recapitalising the sea-based nuclear deterrent.
54. JUL 252026 Stupinets (Molniya) Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Struck by an SBU long-range drone in the Caspian Sea during a strike wave on Russia-Iran military cargo shipping.
55. JUL 242026 ROCS Tan Chiang (Tuo Chiang) Commissioned 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Commissioned at Zuoying Naval Base, Kaohsiung, first of the five-ship Tuo Chiang Batch 2.
56. JUL 242026 USS Benfold (Arleigh Burke) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Generator failure caused a four-day loss of power and propulsion in the South China Sea; towed to Subic Bay.
57. JUL 222026 INS Malvan (Mahe) Commissioned 🇮🇳 India · Commissioned at Karwar, second of eight Mahe-class ASW shallow water craft built by CSL Kochi.
58. JUL 222026 INS Drakon (Dolphin) Delivered 🇮🇱 Israel · Handed over to the Israeli Navy at the TKMS shipyard in Kiel, sixth and final Dolphin-class submarine.
59. JUL 202026 FREMM EVO Ordered 🇵🇹 Portugal · Agreement signed in Rome for three Fincantieri-built FREMM EVO frigates worth about 3.9 billion euros under the EU SAFE programme.
60. JUL 172026 USS Peleliu (Tarawa) Sunk 🇺🇸 United States · Sunk as a target more than 50 nm north of Kauai during RIMPAC 2026 SINKEX; a Navy kamikaze sea drone delivered a strike in a service first.

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