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Gilligan’s summer cruise
It happened 75 years ago this month. Official period caption: “Arrival of Northwest Naval Reserves on board USS Gilligan (DE 508) at Seattle, Washington, for training cruise to Acapulco, Mexico, 17...
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End of the (float) line
It happened 80 years ago this month. A close look at the Curtiss-Wright SC Seahawk, the last hurrah of cruiser and battleship-carried floatplanes. Official period caption: “Navy scout seaplane, the...
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Welcome, Denton
The future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), the third Flight III advanced Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at Ingalls, was christened in Pascagoula on Saturday. The ship’s name honors RADM...
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Echoes of OBOE 2 at 80
This week marks the 80th Anniversary of the landing at Balikpapan, Borneo. The “Ploesti of the Pacific” was finally being liberated after weeks of systematic attack by the “Jungle Air Force” of the...
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So long, Tiger
Best known in the West as the Freedom Fighter or Tiger II in later models, the Northrop F-5 in Taiwan, the Republic of China, will always be remembered as the Tiger, a 60-year love affair that ended...
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Welcome back, Razorback!
The future Block IV Virginia-class submarine USS Arkansas (SSN 800) was recently launched into the James River at Newport News. She was ordered on 28 April 2014 and not laid down until November 2022,...
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Iron Bottom Sound, Redux
The Corps of Exploration aboard the E/V Nautilus has been continuing the late great Bob Ballard’s work by revisiting Guadalcanal, where Ballard and company discovered numerous wrecks from the 1942-43...
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Crane Shines on Black Hills
South Dakota-based Black Hills just picked up a $42 million, five-year contract (below) from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane for 5.56mm Long Range, Special Ball, MK 262 MOD 1 Ammunition, with the...
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Kamaishi Wake Up Call
It happened some 80 years ago this week “Battleship X,” the class leader USS South Dakota (BB-57) fires her forward 16-inch guns of Turrets I and II at the Kamaishi Steel Works on Honshu, Japan, 14...
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USCG Updates: Moves in Pacific as Large Cutter Programs Struggle
There has been a lot of quiet yet noteworthy news concerning the Coast Guard in the past couple of weeks. Blue Water ops abound First, it should be noted that things are definitely in motion in the...
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