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Santa’s keeping that list
With “the Season” now underway, this seemed relevant. 191224-N-NF912-1022 Official caption: SOUTH CHINA SEA (Dec. 24, 2019) A Sailor dressed as Santa Claus directs the launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet...
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Albany Sunsets
70 years ago today: Oregon City-class heavy cruiser USS Albany (CA-123) moored between two British cruisers (appear to be Fiji class) in Valletta Harbor, Malta. Sunset, 28 November 1950 Catalog #:...
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Warship Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020: Pickin up a Submarine 6-Pack
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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Now that’s a bass boat
In a former life, I spent a good bit of time in and out of Stennis Space Center in that great green buffer zone along Mississippi’s Pearl River back when I was doing a lot more federal contract...
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Well Convoyed
Dec. 1918, Offical caption on this Underwood & Underwood news photo shows what is likely a Northern Mine Barrage veteran: “Well Convoyed” This bluejacket just back after six months service in the...
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Warship Wednesday (on a Monday), Dec. 7, 2020: Battle Tug Edition
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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Harrier Carrier, 1976
As we did Warship Wednesday on a Monday this week, try these historical maritime shots on for size, taken 44 years ago today. Official Caption: “USS GUAM (LPH-9) Operating with Marine AV-8A Harrier...
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Goodbye RIVRONs, hello MESF
The Navy announced recently they have “officially changed the name and mission of the Coastal Riverine squadrons to reflect their role amid a new era of great power competition; they are now known as...
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Somebody lose a sub? Or twice sunk, twice found!
Word from Maryland is that a dive team from Atlantic Wreck Salvage spotted something interesting on their side-scan sonar off the coast of Ocean City. On further research, it appears they have located...
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ADM S. Claus
From MCPON: The Department of the Navy issued orders today to ADM S. Claus, recalling him to active duty, with a report date of Dec. 24, 2020. A reservist, with 1,743 years of service, this Naval...
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Warship Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020: All I Want for Christmas is a New SSK
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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Christmas at Sea
The ship-rigged screw sloop-of-war USS Monongahela under sail, with starboard studding sails spread in very light wind, while serving as U.S. Naval Academy Practice Ship in 1894-99. Courtesy of Edward...
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Magnolia Christmas in the Big Apple
New Yorkers gazing at the brand new New Mexico-class dreadnought USS Mississippi (Battleship No. 41) as she lies at anchor in the Hudson River for the Great War victory fleet review, Christmas Eve,...
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Santa’s Reindeer, TBM edition
December 25, 1943: “On Christmas Day, Santa Claus arrives aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) in a dive bomber with six torpedo planes bearing names of his steeds, to distribute gifts. Lt. Louis L. Bangs...
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Cold Iron Watch Still Needs Lots of Cash
The Battleship New Jersey Museum in Camden, New Jersey has been the caretaker of the retired Iowa-class battlewagon USS New Jersey (BB-62) for the past 20 years, picking up the legendary ship after...
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Happy New Year, guys!
New Year’s Day off Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, 1 January 1912: A boat from USS South Dakota (Armored Cruiser No. 9) alongside the embarkation ladder of USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser No. 8), paying...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan.6, 2021: Of Camels, Williwaws, and 6-inch Salvos
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their...
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MK VIs of the Black Sea
SANTA RITA, Guam (May 8, 2019) Three Mark VI patrol boats attached to Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 2, maneuver in formation during a training evolution near Apra Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass...
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The Operations Room has a great seven-minute play-by-play breakdown of the 24-hour battle by the Royal, U.S., and Royal Canadian Navy that left no less than 21 Iraqi vessels, mostly fast attack craft...
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Little Groups of Marines
Ten U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command teamed up with the U.S. Navy for a three-month deployment aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport...
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