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Warship Wednesday, Aug 2, 2017: Uncle’s only submersible aircraft carrier
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale...
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Getting some live-fire Griffin time in
Five TF55-based Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships —USS Tempest (PC 2), USS Squall (PC 7), USS Chinook (PC 9), USS Firebolt (PC 10) and USS Thunderbolt (PC 12)— recently had the chance to sling Griffin...
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Mosquito Boat flag and log from Normandy hits the auction block
A 48-star 34″x52″ flag, log and pictures from “Coral Queen/Coral Princess,” officially known as PT-520, a PTRon 35 80′ Elco that served in Europe during WWII is up for auction next week at Cowans. The...
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At least it is better than death by PowerPoint
More on the innovative Integrated Virtual Shipboard Environment (IVSE), a 3-dimensional, interactive, LCS simulator, complete with voice controls and ultra-realistic sound effects that is used in...
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Sock’s Clippers and their 24-hour run
This majestic beast is a Consolidated P2Y-1, coded “10-P-1” denoting it as the command plane of LCDR Knefler “Sock” McGinnis, of patrol squadron VP-10F, as it peaks over the Hawaiian coastline, en...
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Warship Wednesday, August 16, 2017: Possibly the most Devil Dog carrier, ever
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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Taking the guesswork (and Morse skill) out of signal lamps
First they came for the signal flags, now they are coming for morse blinkers…but you have to admit, it the day where the average recruit has way more experience in text messages than in dots and...
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New skins for an old warrior
When my grandfather joined the National Guard at 17, but before he headed off to war on active duty, he bought a “fighing knife” from a local hardware store as any strapping youth in olive drab needed...
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56 years ago today, a revamped WWII task force, ready for Soviet U-boats
Photo # USN 1057640 Although the Second World War was over for more than 15 years when this image was taken, the ships shown were still ready to fight it– or a Soviet Red Banner replacement for the...
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Indy: Found
The long lost USS Indianapolis (CA-35) has been located at extreme depth by Microsoft wonk Paul Allen operating from the 250-foot R/V Petrel with state-of-the-art subsea equipment capable of diving to...
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USS John S. McCain collides with merchant vessel Alnic MC
From U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs: CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore (NNS) — UPDATE POSTED AUG. 21, 3:42 A.M. (EDT) The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) has arrived at Changi Naval Base...
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Navy tests out a modern Bachstelze
Over the past few years DARPA has been working on their version of the old U-Boat kite. ICYMI, during WWII, the Kriegsmarine’s U-boat fleet used about 200~ Focke-Achgelis FA 330 Bachstelze (English:...
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Frogmen C. 1957 edition
Feel like some great 1957 USN Training films on UDT teams? You know those guys– the Seals before the Seals were cool. May I suggest US Navy film MN-8328: “The story of the United States Navy’s frogmen...
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Navy lets LCS sling a Harpoon, now with Fire Scout!
When envisioned back in the day, the Littoral Combat Ship idea, in its earliest “Streetfighter” concept, was a low-cost swarm of vessels capable of operating in shallow nearshore environments with a...
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That’s one Phast Phantom
On this day in 1961, McDonnell F4H-1F (F-4A) BuNo 145307, crewed by pilot LT Huntington Hardisty and radar intercept officer LT Earl H. DeEsch averaged 902.769 mph for a new low-altitude world speed...
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Welcome, CVN-80
In 1775, the Continental Navy commissioned a sloop of war and dubbed her Enterprise. A schooner followed in 1776 with the same name. In 1799 the first USS Enterprise, an 84-foot 12-gun schooner was...
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Warship Wednesday, August 23, 2017: ‘Great Scott and huckleberries, look at...
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale...
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Dragoon at 73: The Forgotten D-Day
THEOULE-SUR-MER, France (Aug. 14, 2017) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) is anchored off the coast of Theole-Sur-Mer, France, for a port visit. During the port...
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Showing off the Proteus mini-sub packing heat
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced a couple weeks ago that Proteus, their 26-foot-long dual-mode undersea vehicle (UUV), successfully completed autonomous contested battlespace missions during the...
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As GPS becomes questionable, backups in commo and nav afoot
Quartermaster 1st Class John Lenson, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), peers through a marine sextant, a navigational instrument used to determine...
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