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Little Blue Men
No, not smurfs or the Blue Man Group, we are talking about Chinese naval auxiliaries akin to the old Soviet “Fishing Trawlers” of the Cold War days. Defense News has an interesting article on these...
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Warship Wednesday Nov. 18, 2015: The Brooklyn Stinger of the Calico King
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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Is that a banana torpedo in your shed, or are you just happy to see me?
One funny looking crab pot A Kongsberg Remus model UUV operated by Boeing conducting ‘sonar tests’ for the Big Blue popped up by a waterman’s boat in the Chesapeake so guess what he did… From the...
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That’s one muddy cat
Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 – August 1943. Track at Amchitka on the Heavy Side. A U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY “Catalina” long range flying boat, raises, a veritable cloud of mud as it comes...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Walter L. Greene
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sundays (when I feel like working), I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, and the like...
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Warship Wednesday Dec.2, 2015: The Brass Tiger Fish of the Lifeguard Service
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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Here’s some 21st Century warbird nose art for you: A High Value Target EW...
From the Aviationist The image in this post shows the nose of a VAQ-137 EA-18G Growler aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, supporting Operation Inherent Resolve against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria....
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Tipping point
SAN DIEGO (Nov. 23, 2015) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Noe Mendoza, from Harlingen, Texas, raises the American flag aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt...
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Everyone is taking this Star Wars thing way too far…
Yup, she not only floats, but moves too. We give you the $3.5 Billion (with a B), 15,000-ton battleship, err cruiser, err arsenal ship, err sea control ship, err guided missile destroyer PCS Zumwalt....
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How about a 48 degree surface?
Text from All Hands magazine, May 1952 edition, courtesy of Stan Svec & .Official USN photo # NH 97019, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Image via Navsource Here we see the...
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Aegis Ashore splashes first target
Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex, Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF). Admit it, it looks like a CG-47 on shore It seems the best way to kill incoming ballistic missiles maybe, instead of...
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Warship Wednesday Dec. 16, 2015: The Long Legged Bird of the Java Sea
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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A blend of 19th and 21 Centuries
The brand-spanking new destroyer USS Zumwald (DDG-1000) sailing by Fort Popham at the mouth of the Kennebec river in Maine, on it’s way to sea trials. All images by Ed Rice. If you are curious, Fort...
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Carter lowers boom on LCS program
140423-N-VD564-013 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 23, 2014) The littoral combat ships USS Independence (LCS 2), left, and USS Coronado (LCS 4) are underway in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass...
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That’s gonna leave a mark
Notice the skip bomb? B25 bombers US attack Japanese warships incl No.13 class submarine chaser HIJMS CH-39 (445-tons, 167 ft. aol, 16 kts, 1x76mm, 2x13mm) Off Three Island Harbor, New Hanover during...
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The special Navy Seal gun you never hear about
For the past half-decade the U.S. Naval Special Warfare community has quietly used a device unique to its service– the Battelle Plummet Gun– and its half-Batman, half-Star Wars, and all-cool. The...
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Naval Special Warfare rumored to be dropping SIGs for G19s
Increasingly, rumors are filtering through the interwebs, confirmed by those close to the shadowy Navy Seal community that the nation’s preeminent special operators are going Glock to phase out a...
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Harry goes 3D
Seagoing ships from the smallest trawler to the largest naval vessel have long dedicated precious space to repair lockers. With the 6,000 man crews of the floating nuclear-powered cities that make up...
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The sting of a modern sloop of war
151221-N-XJ788-019 ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 21, 2015) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Clairey Lovette, from Knoxville, Tenn., uploads rounds into an MK-38 Mod-2 25mm gun aboard the amphibious assault ship USS...
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