Dive! Dive! Dive!
Good morning! How about starting your day with some footage rarely seen outside of dolphin and bubblehead circles. Below we have the 1000th dive of the USS San Francisco (SSN 711) courtesy of...
View ArticleVolunteering to clean some of the largest guns in New England
The 16″/45cal guns on the USS Massachusetts were used to plaster enemy ships and troops during World War II but are in need of some attention to last another 75 years. Decommissioned in 1947, she has...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday July 13, 2016: The tale of the pre-owned polar sub
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...
View ArticleWith the bear at the door, Iceland taps its NATO coin on the bar
A view of the U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik, 19 August 1982. In the foreground are the ramp areas and facilities of the U.S. Air Force 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, with other facilities in the...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday July 20, 2016: The Majestic, if unlucky, Aussie flattop
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...
View ArticleIt’s really happening…
When the LCS was first proposed under the Streetfighter concept back in the day, everyone looked at the idea and thought it had at least some merit, especially for sea control with a growing number of...
View ArticleNavy going hybrid electric
USS Paulding (DD-22) port side, camouflaged, Queenstown, Ireland, 1918. She was the USN’s first oil-fired steam destroyer, with earlier destroyers and torpedo boats being coal Destroyers in the Navy...
View ArticleThe LCS with the Green and Yellow banner
Here we see the Independence-class LCS USS Coronado (LCS-4). I had the honor of seeing her pieced together fro raw steel at Austal, on Mobile Bay back in 2013, the below image being sent in to be...
View ArticleNavy’s modern Jolly Roger
160704-N-NU281-142 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 4, 2016) The guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) transits the Atlantic Ocean alongside aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), not pictured. The...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday Aug 3, 2016: The Grand Ole Bear
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...
View ArticleOHPs were tough nuts to crack
During RIMPAC 2016 the Navy and her allies conducted two SINKEXs, both on retired Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates. Stripping the ships of combustibles, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), transformers...
View Article3-D printed parts and MV-22s
An MV-22B Osprey at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. completed a test flight outfitted with a titanium, 3-D printed link– termed additive manufacturing (AM) by the Navy– and fitting assembly for...
View ArticleSo long, Blueberries! Goodbye, Aquaflage!
NWU III, It’s not just for Bees and Brownwater anymore…(U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julia A. Casper/Released) I personally think Ray Mabus (who used to be my...
View ArticleLOC does the Great War
Joseph Pennell (1857–1926). Submarines in Dry Dock, 1917. Transfer lithographic drawing. Bequest of the Estate of Joseph Pennell. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (005.00.00)...
View ArticleEnsign John H. Wesson’s family hookup
This immaculate Smith & Wesson Corp. Model 1917 Revolver was once used to shoot flying fish off the fantail of a destroyer during WWII by its owner, then LCDR Joseph Hawes Wesson II (NSN:...
View ArticleBOOM!
Gotta love a 5-incher and high-speed photography. If you look closely, you will just see that loaf-of-bread sized 127mm shell pass over the bow. 160726-N-YS140-125 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 26, 2016) The...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday Aug 10, 2016: The Dynamite Buffalo of Rio
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...
View ArticleSaving the Maine’s Mark 3
Ordered 3 August 1886, the one of a kind armored cruiser USS Maine was fitted with two twin 10″/30 caliber Mark 2 guns as her main battery and another half dozen 6″/30 caliber Mark 3 singles equipped...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday Aug 17, 2016: The quiet but everlasting Alert
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...
View ArticleeSailor, swag berthing on Zumwalt class, and new Marine cammies
So it looks like Mabus is really pushing new programs before he leaves his office as SECNAV. I have to admit, some look pretty interesting. The new eSailor initiative is supposed to put tablets and...
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