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From Hush Puppy to Starsky & Hutch
In the late 1960s, Smith & Wesson started a project to provide Vietnam-deployed SEAL Teams with a modified S&W Model 39 9mm pistol that included a slide lock and threaded barrel for a...
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Rifle Shooting a lost art…in 1913
Sailors and Marines from the ship’s crew at the rifle range, Auckland, New Zealand, circa 1904-1906. Copied from the USS Baltimore album, page 47. NH 101377 A full-page feature in the May 18, 1913...
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Happy Father’s Day, Gentlemen
“His seven sons hoist father Clarence F. Patten, F1c, USN, into the air, onboard USS NEVADA (BB-36), following his enlistment into the Navy, 9 September 1941. Present are (left-right): Myrne, Ray,...
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Fighting Fitz and Big John are back
Last week, the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) sailed out of Ingalls after a three-year saga of being put back together following the collision with container ship MV ACX Crystal on 17...
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Why hello there, ELCO
Lt. John F. Kennedy’s PT-59, photographed in an unspecified location near Vella Lavella and Choiseul, played a key role in the diversionary mission at Choiseul Island in early November 1943. Note the...
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The F-4 Phantoms of the Colonial Navy
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm FG.1 Phantoms of No. 892 Naval Air Squadron back on board the carrier HMS Ark Royal (R09) after a visit to a US Naval Air Station (NAVSTA) Oceana where they worked up with USS...
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161 Underway
While the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) recently made headlines with their extended 56,000 nautical mile-deployment where it was safe(er) from COVID-19, and only returned home after the...
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Coming home from the Forgotten War
As appropriate with the 70th anniversary of the Korean War this month, the DOD reports: In the largest repatriation of South Korean soldiers’ remains from the Korean War, 147 such remains were...
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Warship Wednesday, July 1, 2020: The Hunchback of Nord Virginia
Here at LSOZI, we 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 all their own,...
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Happy Independence Day: NAVAIR Bicentennial Schemes
The 1976 Bicentennial celebration these days is probably best remembered for the occasional side-drum Minuteman quarter coin they find in their change. However, for those who don’t remember or weren’t...
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Fireworks Underway
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) alongside USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) providing Iron Ike’s crew a “fireworks” barrage from her embarked guns in honor of...
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It’s official, first four LCSs headed to “Red Lead Row.” Why not Blow Row?
As we have talked about previously, the first flight littoral combat ships (Freedom, Independence, Fort Worth, and Coronado) have been deemed too beta to be upgraded enough for regular fleet use. In a...
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Warship Wednesday, July 8, 2020: Service Guarantees Citizenship
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their...
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Taking the tube
The U.S. Navy’s early Plunger-class (SS-2) submarines were small. What we would consider midget submarines today. Submarine Boat Plunger 1905 L.H. Nelson Company news photo NYPL collection When Teddy...
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Bonnie Dick in trouble
Commissioned in 1998, the Wasp-class gator carrier USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)— the third ship to carry the name of John Paul Jones’ short-lived famous frigate, with the second being the hard-serving...
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I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight
200712-N-MJ716-0498 SAN DIEGO (July 12, 2020) A fire continues to be fought into the evening onboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, July 12. On the...
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The fires are dying
The news from San Diego is that hose teams and DC crews have moved into the ship itself and are seeking out hotspots, putting “The Beast” on its heels. Unofficial images that have leaked out show...
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Below is a statement from RADM Philip E. Sobeck Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group THREE – ESG-3: After four days of firefighting, all known fires have been extinguished aboard USS Bonhomme Richard...
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Torpedo Tube Treasure Chest
The Gato-class fleet boat USS Cod (SS-224), which completed seven war patrols in WWII and was decommissioned in 1954 only to survive for another 15 years as an NRF training sub in Cleaveland, has been...
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So long, FF-1073
The Republic of China, aka KMT China, aka Taiwan, only has four somewhat operable diesel-electric submarines– two 1980s era Dutch Zwaardvis-class and two GUPPY-vintage Tench-class training boats– along...
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