Battle Cat headed to the scrapper, and likely a park in South Texas
Blast from the past, first, from a decade ago: Sailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the ship leaves San Diego, Aug. 28 2007. Kitty Hawk is making its final voyage...
View ArticleWarshot! 27 years ago today
As seen through the submarine’s periscope, a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) targeted on an Iraqi position leaves the water after being fired from a vertical launch tube aboard the Los...
View ArticleHumint, 1978
(U.S. Navy Museum Number: 428-GX-USN 1172664) Soviet strike bomber Tupolev Tu-22M (Russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) Photograph received by U.S. Naval Intellegence, July 1978....
View ArticleMissouri, redux
Missouri, meet Missouri: 180126-N-LY160-0243 PEARL HARBOR (Jan. 26, 2018) The crew of the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) renders honors to the Battleship Missouri Memorial...
View ArticleHard to believe one of these is not an aircraft carrier
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 20, 2018) Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), front, transits the Pacific Ocean conducting a passing exercise next to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN...
View ArticleShackle, is that you?
The Navy was already experienced in marine salvage prior to World War II. However, the Navy did not have ships specifically designed and built for salvage work when it entered WWII, and it was not...
View ArticleCombat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Dwight Shepler
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, photographers...
View ArticleWisconsin let’s em rip, 27 years ago today
6 February 1991: PH2 Robert Clare, USN. (OPA-NARA II-2016/01/10) The Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) fires a round from one of the Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns in its No. 3 turret during...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday, Feb.8, 2018: Roll Tide, Vol. 4ish
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 looks like ONR is picking up Sea Hunter
I give you, DARPA’s robot subchaser, Sea Hunter, testbed of the ACTUV program, which is now part of ONR. From DARPA: DARPA has successfully completed its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail...
View ArticleSome Mk VI love, or, how the Navy is relearning mosquito operations yet again
Above is an interesting look at the inner workings of a MK VI patrol boat assigned to Coastal Riverine Group (CRG) 1 Detachment Guam, part of Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 2. The U.S. Navy Mark VI...
View ArticleFrigates, forward
So the Navy has handed out some cash ($15 million each) for five different frigate designs to actually replace the FFG7s, the FFG(X) Guided Missile Frigate concept. They went to General Dynamics Bath...
View ArticleThe more things change….
Below we have an image taken earlier this month of Sailors assigned to the “Knighthawks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 conduct maintenance on an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Fighting...
View ArticleEmilie…
Description: Breech of a large Naval Gun. Photographed on board a battleship, circa 1913. The ship is probably USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17), and the gun is presumably an 8/45 or 12/45. Note the...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018: The Saint and the Terror
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 ArticleThe ‘Cruiser Slaughter,’ or why the Clinton administration hated steam warships
In the late 1950s, the U.S. Navy commissioned two classes of what were termed at the time, Destroyer Leaders, a type of “super destroyer” larger than the late-WWII designed Gearing-class tin cans...
View ArticleNew Jersey gets her barrels back
New Jersey just received three of her historic 16-inch gun barrels that have been stored at Norfolk for more than a half-century. The 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 guns, each weighing 237,000-pounds, were...
View Article76 years ago today: The end of the wagon
Now that’s a flattop! An image taken from a departing biplane, Aug 03, 1923 of the U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier, the converted collier USS Langley. NARA Photo 520639 On this day in February 1942,...
View ArticleGo for a ride on the 15th Virginia-class attack submarine (VIDEOS)
The Navy posted a bunch of B-roll footage of Pre-Commissioning Unit Colorado (SSN 788) at sea. Colorado is the 15th Virginia-class attack submarine and is scheduled to be commissioned March 17, 2018....
View ArticleThe Marines’ First Amphibious Landing
Looks like a scene from Black Sails… 3 March 1776–On this day, Captain Samuel Nicholas and a battalion of Marines and sailors land at New Providence, Bahamas, seize the fort, and capture stores for...
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