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A beautiful Naval image that is sure to be a classic
You could imagine this in a sepia tone and easily see an old Connecticut-class predreadnought here rather than a modern DDG. VILLEFRANCHE, France (Dec. 19, 2016) The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze...
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A look aboard one of the freshest Navy-owned R/Vs
Ian Lawrence, captain, and crew members of the research vessel USNS Sally Ride (AGOR-28) discuss the ship’s impressive design and suite of technology. A member of the brand new Neil Armstrong-class...
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Welcome aboard, Spuds
Happy New Year! On this day in 1914, Lt. Theodore Gordon Ellyson, (USNA 1905), better known to his friends as Spud, was named Naval Aviator Number One. After service on a number of battleships and...
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Welcome to Bizerte
Artist unknown. From Library of Congress. LC-USW33-054104-ZC. Click to big up Night raid on the Allied-occupied French North African port of Bizerte, Tunisia. “LCIs put up a screen of anti-aircraft...
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ROK Navy strikes last former USN ship
USS Beaufort (ATS-2) underway off Hawaii, circa 1984-88. Brian O’Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret, via Navsource When the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), founded as the Korean Coast Guard 11 Nov 1945 with...
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Warship Wednesday January 4, 2017: There is no longer an Escape
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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Team Navy is really pushing Distributed Lethality– now with electrolytes!
Adm. T.S. Rowden, Commander, Naval Surface Force, on the joys of “DL” — the future of warfighting: Distributed Lethality requires increasing the offensive and defensive capability of surface forces,...
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JTF-NCR burning the midnight oil
The 58th Presidential Inauguration Joint Task Force National Capital Region (JTF-NCR) has stood up and has been practicing for the swearing-in event, scheduled for Jan. 20. The task force is under the...
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Museum ships don’t age well
Constructed of steel by the lowest bidder, warships have a finite lifespan, especially when semi-preserved as museum ships. In Florida, Palm Beach County Commissioners voted to use $1 million in funds...
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Not Sci-fi: 103 Perdix self-healing drones launched from 3 F-18s
So have you seen this yet? “In one of the most significant tests of autonomous systems under development by the Department of Defense, the Strategic Capabilities Office, partnering with Naval Air...
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Warship Wednesday January 18, 2017: Vasili and the Cuban Cony
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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The SM-6 in 360
Experience the test launch of an SM-6 missile from the deck of the Aegis destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) in super sweet 360° view. I wound up getting dizzy by continuing to rotate as it spiraled...
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Of an Iron man, a Pearl Harbor, and a copper helmet
Too often we forget that the biggest part of the battle at Pearl Harbor came after the Japanese were sailing away. By 0915 on 7 December, Navy divers and salvage teams were hard at work. Throughout...
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Warship Wednesday Feb.1, 2017: The proud (and almost forgotten) Mason
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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Well hello there, new rates
With (former) SECNAV Mabus now working on his golf game and the Navy rating system reinstated, it looks like the sea service is doubling down with a series of new rates. The Navy announced Wednesday...
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Farewell Big E, you will live on
The Enterprise – CVN 65 – was the eighth Navy ship to carry that name. She was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, her keel laid 4 Feb 1958 – exactly 59 years ago this month– at...
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Quite a beard you have there, Turner Joy
The museum ship ex-USS Turner Joy (DD-951) in dry dock at Lake Union Dry Dock Company, Seattle, WA. for the first time in 16 years as part of a $800,000 refit. More here
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Warship Wednesday Feb.15, 2017: Keyser’s sweeper
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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Houston is still there
140609-N-ZZ999-001 This photo shows the cruiser USS Houston (CA30) in the San Diego Bay in Oct. 1935 Last December, the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) and the National Research Centre of...
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Dragon’s teeth removal in a bag
M85 Carrying Case, photo via Pritzker Institute The M85 carrying case is a component of the M183 Charge Assembly, a satchel charge used by demo guys ranging from Army engineers to Navy SEALs to destroy...
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