JFK milestone
The future aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy’s (CVN 79) recently had the final deck piece, the upper bow, installed at Newport News. It was the 447th and final super-lift section to be installed....
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Maverick OPSEC
Top Gun: Maverick recently had its production assistance agreement with the Navy regarding OPSEC security-related requirements for sensitive and classified information drop and circulate on the...
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USS Oklahoma Recovery Project
This photograph was taken from a Japanese plane during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford Island shortly after the beginning of the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 Dec. 1941. The view...
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Warship Wednesday, Aug.7, 2019: The Muddy Seabird of Manila Bay
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1946 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale...
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‘The ships that the Navy forgot’
Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer (MCM 9) observes a controlled mine detonation while conducting joint mine countermeasures exercise with the Royal Thai Navy during Cooperation Afloat...
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Bluejackets and scatterguns
A thin but undeniable thread throughout U.S. Naval history is getting in a little bit of MW&R while underway via some shooting sports, primarily with shotguns. Now to be clear, I am not talking...
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Dawn patrol
“Heavy fog covers the flight line as a Navy Fighter Weapons School F-5F Tiger II adversary aircraft is prepared for an early morning mission. Referred to as Top Gun, the school provides air combat...
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Warship Wednesday, Aug.21, 2019: Of Long Lances and Lobsters
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1946 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale...
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The smoking lamp is LIT!
Nothing like a flintlock in the face with no eyepro. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jerine Lee/Released, 190820-N-QN361 Official caption: “BOSTON (Aug. 20, 2019) Chief petty...
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Polishing Togo’s ride
Those appreciative of 20th Century naval history will find a slight bit of irony in this photo: 190824-N-HH215-1025YOKOSUKA, Japan (Aug. 24, 2019) Yokosuka area chief petty officer (CPO) selectees join...
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Battleship No. 39 Reopens
The USS Arizona Memorial has been closed since May 2018 for a $2.1 million stabilization and limited reconstruction, but it will be reopened on September 1, 2019 (Sunday). The National Park Service, in...
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The eerie quiet before the end, 74 years ago
“Pre-Surrender Nocturne Tokyo Bay.” Painting, Watercolor on Paper; by Standish Backus; 1945. Depicting the old forts at Futtsu Saki, a narrow point of land jutting into the eastern side of Uraga Strait...
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Wishing you a happy Labor Day
Hopefully, you have the day off. If not, proceed accordingly, setting your own level of commitment. Maybe work on your mustache. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Kerlee, USNR. Description:...
View ArticleThe Blueberries are in their last gasps
The hated Navy Working Uniform Type I (NWU I) “blueberry” uniform was in 2017 consigned to the trash bin (but will live forever on the decks and p-ways of the USS Nathan James) and the last in issue...
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Warship Wednesday, Sep 11, 2019: The Leader of the Pack
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1946 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale...
View ArticleEnterprise’s anchor heads to sea once more
While a number of relics from the country’s first nuclear-fueled supercarrier, USS Enterprise (CVN-65), are being incorporated into her replacement, CVN-80, which is set to join the fleet sometime in...
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Baby Torp
While I knew that the SEALs had a program to use surplus old 1,400-pound Mark 37 (NT37) homing ASW torpedoes in an anti-ship role to zap enemy warships in coastal/harbor raids via a hand-launch, I...
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A bell lost, a bell found, a bell talked about, a bell returned
On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, we highlighted the lost Operation Neptune minesweeper USS Osprey, which went down in the early morning of 6 June 1944, clearing a way for the invasion fleet. In that...
View ArticleGet mellow with the Commodores
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Navy Band’s Commodores jazz ensemble. They have a gala concert at Rachel M. Schlesinger Hall in Alexandria, Va., this afternoon at 3 p.m.
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Warship Wednesday, Sep 25, 2019: The Unsung Hero of Dutch Harbor at 100
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1946 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale...
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