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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...

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Warshot! 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...

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Humint, 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....

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Missouri, 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...

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Hard 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...

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Shackle, 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...

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Combat 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...

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Wisconsin 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...

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Warship 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...

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It 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...

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Some 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...

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Frigates, 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...

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The 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...

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Emilie…

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...

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Warship 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...

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The ‘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...

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New 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...

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76 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,...

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Go 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....

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The 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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