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Warship Wednesday July 23, Jules Verne, Meet the U.S. Navy
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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“Gunfight Over Rabaul”
click to big up “Gunfight Over Rabaul “ showing U.S. Marine Corps F4U-1 Corsairs of VMA-214 (The Blacksheep) engage Japanese Zeros in combat high over Rabaul, in the Solomon Islands, as they provide...
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Wrecks, Rats, and Roaches in the South China Sea
The loneliest warship in the world isn’t going away any time soon. Yup, you know I’m a sucker for the tales of the BRP Sierra Madre (Ex-USS Harnett County LST-821, in Philippines service as LT-57). You...
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Warship Wednesday July 30th, 150th Anniversary of the Great Tennessee
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Help save the USS Indianapolis photo collection
The United States Naval Institute (been a member for over twenty years, and so should you!), has a Kickstarter project to try to save the rare photos from the USS Indianapolis and WWII: Preserving the...
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Warship Wednesday Aug 6: Of an General, an Admiral, a Cadet, Mother’s Day and...
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Retired Naval Academy 108-foot Patrol Boat on Craigslist for $30,000
It seems Yard Patrol Boat 678 (YP-678) has been retired and is in the Chesapeake, Virginia area. Better yet, she is on Craigslist for sale for the low low price of $30K “Ultimate trawler yacht- 1985...
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Bigger night vision you say…well how about this….
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 23, 2014) Airman Zachary Frey, from Scott City, Mo., left, and Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Kyle Roest, from Battleground, Wash., adjust a night vision scope on a .50-caliber machine...
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Warship Wednesday Aug 13, 2014 A Sad Story of Fish, Genius, Sightseeing and...
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That’s an impressive bird you got there, bluejacket.
US Navy men pose with an eagle they rescued in the North Pacific, 1944
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Lady Sara heads to the breakers
Sold for a penny back in May the mighty ex-USS Saratoga (CV-60) is taking her very last sea cruise after spending two decades on red lead row. US Navy Photo Tugboats pull the ex-USS Saratoga under the...
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Warship Wednesday August 27, the plucky Perch, hardy frogman steed
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Coasties give the Iranians something to ponder
It was reported earlier this week that a small boat crew from the 110-foot Island class patrol boat USCGC Monomoy (WPB-1326) gave the Iranian Navy/Revolutionary Guard a proverbial bloody nose. It seems...
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The flying mine assassin
Above is the Prototype RAMICS gun and mount on an MH-60S helicopter. The gun is an upgrade of the the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannon stretched to fire the same 30mm round as the GAU-8 Avenger gun found...
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Ding Dong the Spy is Dead
Forgive me if this sounds harsh, but perhaps one of the most dangerous snakes that ever served in the U.S. military is no more: Retired Navy Chief Warrant Officer John A. Walker Jr. died Thursday at...
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More trouble for LCS program
The USS Independence of the General Dynamics Independence Class and USS Freedom of the Lockheed Martin Freedom Class littoral combat ships. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Jan Shultis Two new (and lengthy)...
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1934 in the Canal Zone, the 50-ship scouting force
click to bigup Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone – Aerial photograph taken 23 April 1934, with the U.S. Fleet’s scouting force on hand for spring maneuvers. The image is remarkable as it is showing four...
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LVT in Saipan
Marine LVT in Saipan’s lagoon. The island, part of the CNMI, became an official U.S. territory in 1986, so in effect this LVT, lost in WWII, came home then. Photo by Brett Seymour, National Park Service
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Congress says meh on frigates to Taiwan
Even though China is edging closer and closer to calling the whole of the China Sea sovereign territory, it seems the U.S. Congress cant get the lead out and authorize the transfer of two (with an...
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Freedom Jet manned cruise missile
The old Bede BD-5 Micro , a DIY homebuild single person jet that weighted just 450# dry, was a staple of the 1980s. Some 500 kits were sold and they were seen in Bond films and under the colors of the...
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