LCS finally gets some teeth
From U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs: PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) — The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the...
View ArticleJFK Getting Closer to a Reality
The first crew members for aircraft carrier PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) have arrived at Newport News Shipbuilding and the unit has stood up. The 100,000-ton+ behemoth is the second in the Ford-class...
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Behind The Scenes at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes. Sorry, no 1903s, Johnny Cash or bellbottoms any more. Likewise, there is no more NTC Orlando or NTC San Diego, making Illinois the...
View ArticleCrotty Coming Home
Image via National Firearms Museum On 5 May 1942, the “Old Bird” Lapwing-class minesweeper USS Quail (AM-15) was the last surviving American vessel as the Japanese invaded the Philippines. [We covered...
View ArticleQueen City, Fifth Edition
The fifth U.S. Navy warship built for the first city constructed after the War of Independence was commissioned into the Fleet this weekend. All photos: Chris Eger, feel free to share. Note that big...
View ArticleWell, Christmas IS right around the corner
The end of the U.S. military’s almost century-long love affair with seaplanes and flying boats came to an end when the Grumman Albatross was put to pasture in 1983. While nearly 500 were made, and the...
View ArticleOne of the last WWII vets on active duty, stands down
Here we see the beautiful Miguel Malvar-class offshore patrol “corvette” BRP Cebu (PS28) of the Philippine Navy on 3 October 2019, as she gave her last day of military service in a career that began in...
View ArticleThe Gipper and the Boxer
You have to love a good photo-ex, as they are naval history in the making. These shots, credited to Mass Communication Specialists Brian P. Caracci and Erwin Jacob V. Miciano, show Carrier Strike Group...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday, Oct 9, 2019: Queen City Admiral Maker
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 ArticleLast flights, from Dublin to Virginia Beach
A few platforms with a decidedly long life are fading away this week with others being on their last legs. The Republic of Ireland in 1972 picked up nine French-built Cessna 172 variants which have...
View ArticleThe Gray Ghost arrives on Yankee Station
Official Caption: “The biggest and fastest guns operating in the Tonkin Gulf belong to the USS NEWPORT NEWS (CA-148). Her 8-inch/55 caliber rapid-fire guns rake North Vietnamese targets daily during...
View Article53 feet of rock and roll, 118 years on
Here we see Mr. John Philip Holland’s iconic submersible, adopted by the Navy as Submarine Torpedo Boat # 1, partially submerged off the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, in the summer of 1901....
View ArticleHappy Birthday USN!
As you may know, the 244th Birthday of the U.S. Navy (well, technically begun as the Continental Navy) is this week. Continental Navy sloop-of-war Fly (8 guns) along with Continental Navy sloop-of-war...
View ArticleA different type of Constellation in the Navy
Admiral Thomas B. Howard (USNA 1873), Commander, Pacific Fleet, in his cabin aboard USS SAN DIEGO (CA-6), circa 1915. At the time he was only the fifth full admiral in the history of the U.S. Navy–...
View ArticleMagic Carpet ride, 74
Looming from the fog of the Pacific into San Francisco Bay is the Iowa-class super dreadnought USS Wisconsin (BB-64), seen passing under the Golden Gate Bridge on 15 October 1945. She is carrying...
View ArticleHow you like me now?
Battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) firing her big 14″/45cal guns at Leyte on 20 October 1944, 75 years ago today, during the pre-invasion bombardment. Note her gunfire directors trained towards shore....
View ArticleLooking forward to Midway
The wreck sleuths with RV Petrel are like a WWII War in the Pacific Time Machine. Hats off to them and their work. Last week they announced they found the Japanese fleet carrier Kaga at 5,400 meters...
View ArticleBetter sign that chit
Official caption: BOSTON (Oct. 18, 2019) USS Constitution is tugged through Boston Harbor during Constitution’s birthday cruise. Constitution got underway to celebrate the ship’s 222nd. birthday and...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019: No Greater Honor
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 ArticleIndianapolis arriving, Delaware delivered, Finally Ford, McCain in play, and...
Over the weekend in the freshwater Great Lakes harbor at Burns Harbor, Indiana, USS Indianapolis (LCS-17), the latest Freedom-class littoral combat ship, commissioned. She is the fourth such vessel,...
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