HMNZS Te Mana is conduct a five-month deployment to test all the new equipment it received during the recent Frigate Systems Upgrade (FSU) project, including a first missile firing since 2016.
From U.S. 3rd Fleet Public Affairs Posted December 11, 2020 HMNZS Te Kaha (F77) approaches USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) while sailing together, Dec. 8. (U.S. Navy/MC3 Jaimar Carson Bondurant)
SAN DIEGO - The Royal New Zealand Navy Anzac-class frigate HMNZS Te Kaha (F77) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) conducted combined operations in the eastern Pacific, Dec. 8-9.
Te Kaha is underway for the first time since her nearly three-year frigate system upgrade.
“One of the last operational activities Te Kaha did before the starting the upgrade was working with the Nimitz Strike Group,” said Cmdr. Brock Symmons, commanding officer of Te Kaha. “It is quite fitting that one of the first activities we do post upgrade is renew those friendships and levels of interoperability with the United States Navy.”