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Hot Rod v Corsair on Lady Lex
And now for something completely different: Don Garlits Hot-Rod on the Deck of USS Lexington. From NavSource Online, John C. Driskill - “In 1972, I was stationed on the Lexington (CVT-16) as a PH3....
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Kauffman walking the final mile
Of the 51 Oliver Hazard Perry-class (FFG-7) class frigates delivered into the U.S. Navy in the 1980s, USS Kauffman (FFG-59) will be the last standing. Commissioned 28 February 1987, she is named after...
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After 200 years, part of Britain remains in the swamps
This, is the very definition of tactical advantage This week two hundred years ago, some 11,000 British soldiers, marines and sailors advanced through the swamps to the southeast of New Orleans, the...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Anton Otto Fischer
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors and the like that produce them....
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Who are U (boat) ?
In Indonesia divers came across an old wreck in relatively shallow waters in November that authorities feel is one of the two German U-boats lost in the area. The candidates are both Type IXC/40...
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Warship Wednesday January 14, 2015: The Old Crow- Hunter Killer and Rocket...
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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Goodbye LCS, hello Fast Frigate
A coupled weeks ago I ran a post on the new up-gunned LCS that the Navy is considering to fill the shoes of the retiring OHP FFG-7 class frigates and at the time wondered, “Hey, why dont they just call...
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Don’t laugh sailor, it can save your life…
U.S. Navy would-be bluejackets training to use their experimental mattresses as emergency floatation devices, 1917. I would imagine they were hopefully filled with a buoyant material and not just...
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Last ditch rally for the Ranger
An aerial portside view of the US Navy (USN) Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier USS RANGER (CV 61), with her Sailors manning the rails and aircraft of the Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) on her deck, as she...
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Joseph Hirsch
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors and the like that produce them. Combat...
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Navy sets the record straight, 72 years after the fact
One of the longest standing bits of USCG lore was that the sea service chalked up the only U-boat victory ever in the Gulf of Mexico when on 1 Aug, 1942, Coast Guard Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, No.V-212,...
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Samoan and his Springfield
The description in the archives for this photo reads: A be-skirted seaman 2nd class stands guard. He is wearing an M.P. arm band, belt with bayonet, holding a rifle and standing next to a sign...
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Warship Wednesday January 28, 2015: The Lucky Okie
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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Lost Rebel submarine wolfpack found (maybe)
Saw this today in which it appears that a quartet of Confederate submersibles, scuttled in Louisiana mud to prevent those darned Yankees from grabbing them up, have been located– right where they were...
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“We are the shield”
SEATTLE, Wash. (Jan. 13, 2015) The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Swordfish (WPB-87358), homeported in Port Angeles, Wash., escorts the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during the carrier’s...
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There’s a harrier carrier in there somewhere…
File photo of USS Iwo Jima operating in fog in the Atlantic Ocean (click to bigup) Official caption: Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 15, 2006) The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) shown operating in...
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Want to buy a Navy trials boat? Cheap?
“Experimental Sea Slice The experimental Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull ship “Sea Slice” returns to its homeport of Naval Station San Diego, Calif., Nov. 30, 2005. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd...
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Vraciu has made his final sortie.
U.S. Naval aviators in the Pacific Theater of Operations during WWII had their hands full. While the RAF earned thier fame in the Battle of Britain and the follow-on V-rocket Blitz, the U.S. Navy had...
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Got your seasick pills? Report to the O1 deck for your bath…
click to big up PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 31, 2015) The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) takes on heavy waves during a replenishment-at-sea with the...
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Navy wants to bring back the TASM, Now in a 2.0 version
Thats gonna leave a mark… In the old Regan-era 600-ship Navy, the Tomahawk cruise missile was a be-all/do-all. Besides the land attack (TLAM) versions we know and love today, there were also tactical...
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