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mRAC and cheese for mines anyone?
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock is using what they term a Mine Warfare Rapid Assessment Capability (mRAC) demonstrator which “is a man-portable threat detection and localization system that...
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The sweepers Pelican 1917-2007, and no, that is not a bar of soap
The name “Pelican” in honor of the large and rather dopey seabird, has always been carried by a mine warfare vessel in the U.S. Navy. USS PELICAN (AM-27) Caption: With PN-9 #1 on her fantail, after the...
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Remember, it’s not about great deals on home appliances today..
“The Constant Reminder,” Painting, Acrylic on Illustration Board; by Robert Adam Malin; 1998; Framed Dimensions 22H X 32W, NHC Accession #: 98-110-E The subject depicts a modern attack submarine...
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The ‘Pineapple’ is no more
A source close to the family of Manuel Noriega says the former Panamanian dictator has died at age 83. The onetime U.S. ally was ousted as Panama’s dictator by an American invasion in 1989 and spent...
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We have the DOD FY18 budget briefs
In brief (pardon the pun) no 600 ship Navy or million-man Army any under these budgets, which, of course, still have to run the gauntlet. On the bright side, the A-10 gets to stay. Army Budget Director...
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Farewell, Indy
The last of the Forrestal-class supercarriers afloat, the decommissioned ex-USS Independence (CV-62) has arrived at her final port of call over the weekend and was greeted by several of her past...
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Fair seas, Jack
WWII veteran Jack O’Neill has reportedly passed away in Santa Cruz, California, of natural causes at the age of 94. Best known as an old school surfer, ocean lover, boating enthusiast, pioneering...
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Sure you have a drone, but does your drone have a drone?
Complete with lots of dramatic royalty free muzak, the above video from Lockheed-Martin is actually pretty interesting if you take the time to digest it. It shows “Vector Hawk,” a small, unmanned...
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The RAN shows it can pull off a photoex in style
Dig those one-armed bandits! Photo by ABPH Tracey Casteleijn/RAN/ #950365-10 Here we see the Royal Australian Navy’s FFG-7 class in toto to include HMAS Adelaide (FFG-01), Canberra, Sydney, Darwin,...
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More bad finger-painting
I tried my ever-evolving hand at art by working up a painting “inspired” by a photo of the USS Lassen (DDG-82) under construction on a foggy day at Ingalls in Pascagoula. USS Lassen prior to float off...
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A Goose back over Dutch Harbor
With several important memorial dates this week (the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway, 73rd of D-Day, et.al.) one that is easy to slip through the cracks is the Battle of Dutch Harbor. As a...
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Parker Brothers was never officially involved…
U.S. Army Prototype Anti-Armor Hand Grenade from 1973 – A Shaped Charge Packed in a Hollowed-Out NERF Football: U.S. Army photo via War is Boring “Since a regulation size football weighs 14 ounces, it...
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Warship Wednesday, June 14, 2017: The newly found enforcer of Dewey’s squadron
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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Tutahaco of the Hisada may be no more
The Navy ordered 29 Hisada-class district harbor tugs, large (YTBs) in the tail-end of WWII. These chunky little 100-footers could plug away at 12 knots and were assigned across several different Naval...
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Of pikes, cutlass and bearskin caps
Some 202 years ago this week, a 10-ship squadron of the newly established U.S. Navy under the command of Commodore Stephen Decatur was taking the fight to the Barbary Coast pirates. Sailing from New...
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Warship Wednesday, June 21, 2017: The Tsar’s everlasting musketeer
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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In carrier news…
The huge new RN carrier and pending flag, HMS Queen Elizabeth, prepares to sail from Rosyth dockyard for the first time to begin sea trials after seven years of construction. The 65,000-ton carrier is...
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Go for a ride on a Boomer
The Navy just released this really great 11-minute doc about life aboard the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) as she takes part in a regularly-scheduled patrol in the...
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Warship Wednesday, June 28, 2017: The Kansas cruiser, by way of Peru
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 Bakers’ dozen ‘Near Coastal Patrol Vessels’ on tap
Meet the Near Coastal Patrol Vessel (NCPV), an 85-foot Damen 2606 design to be built in Louisiana for about $4.1 million a pop Jeanerette, Louisiana-based Metal Shark just picked up a U.S. Navy...
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