RIMPAC 2012
| RIMPAC 2012 Participating Vessels | |
|---|---|
| Royal Australian Navy | HMAS Darwin (FFG 04) HMAS Farncomb (SSG 74) HMAS Perth (FFH 157) |
| Royal Canadian Navy | HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283) HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) HMCS Victoria (SSK 876) HMCS Yellowknife (MM 706) |
| Chilean Navy | CS Almirante Lynch (FF-07) |
| French Navy | FS Prairial (F731) |
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | JDS Myōkō (DDG-175) JDS Shirane (DDH-143) JDS Uraga (MST-464) |
| Mexican Navy | ARM Usumacinta (A-412) |
| Royal New Zealand Navy | HMNZS Endeavour (A11) HMNZS Te Kaha (F77) |
| Republic of Korea Navy | ROKS Choe Yeong (DDH-981) ROKS Na Daeyong (SS-069) ROKS Yulgok Yi I (DDG-992) |
| Republic of Singapore Navy | RSS Formidable (68) |
| Russian Navy | RFS Admiral Panteleyev (BPK 548) RFS Fotiy Krylov RFS Irkut |
| United States Navy and Coast Guard | Warships: USS Chafee (DDG-90) USS Charlotte (SSN-766) USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) USS Chosin (CG-65) USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) USS Crommelin (FFG-37) USS Essex (LHD-2) USS Gary (FFG-51) USS Higgins (DDG-76) USS Lake Erie (CG-70) USS Nimitz (CVN-68) USS North Carolina (SSN-777) USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) USS Port Royal (CG-73) USS Princeton (CG-59) USS Reuben James (FFG-57) USS Stockdale (DDG-106) |
| Auxiliary ships: USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750) USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187) USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE-9) USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) USNS Yukon (T-AO-202) |
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RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series and started on 29 June 2012. 42 ships, including the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and other elements of Carrier Strike Group 11, six submarines, 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel from 22 different nations took part in Hawaii. The exercise involved surface combatants from the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, South Korea and Chile. The US Navy demonstrated its green fleet of biofuel-driven vessels for which it purchased 450,000 gallons of biofuel, the largest single purchase of biofuel in history at a cost of $12m. On July 17, USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187) delivered 900,000 gallons of biofuel and traditional petroleum-based fuel to the Nimitz's Carrier Strike Group 11.
The exercises included units or personnel from Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States. Russia participated actively for the first time, as did the Philippines, reportedly due to the escalating tensions with the People's Republic of China over ownership of Scarborough Shoal.
RIMPAC 2012 marked the debut of the U.S. Navy's new P-8A Poseidon land-based anti-submarine patrol aircraft, with two P-8As participating in 24 RIMPAC exercise scenarios as part of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VX-1) based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay.
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