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Uncle Chester Shuffles out for One Last Go
Named in honor of the fleet admiral that oversaw the Pacific War, the USS Nimitz (CVAN/CVN-68) was ordered on 31 March 1967 and commissioned just over eight years later on 11 April 1975. USS Nimitz...
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Crusader at 70
The F8U (after 1962, F-8) Crusader first flew on 25 March 1955. To salue the “Gunfighter,” how about this great laydown image. A Vought F-8D Crusader with all of its possible armament: In the center...
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Warship Wednesday, March 26, 2025: First of 65
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Denton takes to the water
The third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at Ingalls, the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), has hit the water for the first time. Importantly, she carries the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air...
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Warship Wednesday, April 2, 2025: Jeezy Breezy, We Hit Em!
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Birth of the Burkes
Official caption of this 1982 work of art: “Artist’s concept, by Vincent Piecyk, of an experimental guided missile destroyer planned for delivery to the Navy in 1989. Piecyk equips his destroyer with...
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Tico meets Vespucci
How about this great series of images showing one of the last precious Ticonderoga-class cruisers in service, USS Gettysburg (CG 64), alongside the “most beautiful ship in the world,” Amerigo Vespucci,...
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Iowa, Arriving
The fourth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of Iowa, the future USS Iowa (SSN-797), was delivered to the Navy on 22 December 2024 and, as the Hawkeye State is slim on blue water ports, was...
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Warship Wednesday, April 9, 2025: First of a Long Line
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Harpoons Away!
Some 80 years ago today, “somewhere in the Western Aleutians,” 10 April 1945, we get a good look at the bristling nose of the new Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon maritime patrol bomber of the “Vee-Gees” of...
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