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Warship Wednesday Feb 11, 2015: Of Cyclops and Covered Wagons
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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Five nations, four flattops
Click to very much big up April 18, 2002: Naval vessels from five nations sail in parade formation for a rare photographic opportunity at sea in the Mediterranean. US Navy Photo 020418-N-1587C-030 by...
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Russki spooks off Florida Coast again
Looks like the darling of the Russian Navy, the Vishnya-class intelligence collection ship Viktor Leonov (SSV-175) is poking around the waters off Kings Bay, Georgia and the Northern Florida Coast...
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Three war cats in formation
Three Grumman-designed fighters of the Confederate Air Force in flight (front to back): A General Motors FM-2 Wildcat (although painted as an F4F-3 of the USS Ranger’s airwing, VF-4 “Fighting Four”...
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Vale, FFG-48
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) was decommissioned after more than 30 years of service in a ceremony on Naval Base San Diego, Thursday Feb. 19. Commissioned...
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Tracking Predators around Mammoth Lakes
big up Navy SEAL’s from the Naval Special Warfare Community demonstrate winter warfare capabilities for a TV commercial produced by the Navy Recruiting Command for a national advertising campaign shot...
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Iran scratches up their new supercarrier
Remember that weird 1:1.25 scale mock-up of the USS Nimitz that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards put together last year? Well, it seems they finished the target barge up, towed her out towards the...
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Hold Fast
U.S. Navy Seaman Marlena Peter paints a mural of Popeye the Sailor Man in the foc’sle chain locker aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Dec. 5, 2013, while underway in the...
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Vale, Ranger
The USS Ranger is towed through Rich Passage for the last time on March 5 in Bremerton, Wash., as the historic aircraft carrier heads to Texas to be dismantled. With all of her reprieves expired, the...
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Warship Wednesday March 11, 2015: The Teller of Tales
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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Hail to the King, baby
Royal Marine Commandoes from 42 Commando hit MAMYOKO BEACH from Sea King helicopters of 846 Naval Air Squadron, in a demonstration of amphibious power during Operation Silkman in Freetown, Sierra Leone...
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Lighting the way
Click to big up 141215-N-RB546-368 ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 15, 2014) The guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) lights up its mast during night delayed landing qualifications with the Desert Hawks...
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The Ice Skate– 56 years ago this week
On March 17, 1959, USS Skate (SSN 578) became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole, traveling 3,000 miles in and under Arctic ice for more than a month. Considered small by even WWII fleet...
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Proteus mini-sub
HI Sutton over at the Covert Shores blog has a really in-depth write up of the Columbia Group’s Proteus SDV mini-combat swimmer sub. Specifications: Length: 7.82m Beam: 1.61m Height: 1.62m...
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USS Hornet’s airwing redux
Click to big up Here we see in this U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Hall, Capt. Dan “Dozer” Dwyer, commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106, landing...
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Warship Wednesday March 25, 2015 the Granite Ship of the Line
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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The Rising Sun leading the way
Click to bigup Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Shirane-class destroyer JS Kurama (DDH 144) leads the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Gridley (DDG 101) and USS Stockdale (DDG 106)...
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Night ops
Click to big up. Its really a very stunning image. CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 24, 2015) An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to The Immortals of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (Light) (HSL) 60, lands...
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Marines over Suribachi +70
Click to big up F/A-18E Super Hornets from the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 fly over Mt. Suribachi in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima during a return transit...
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Another Mark 7 finds a home.
The U.S. Navy in World War II commissioned just under 100 16″/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 guns for their Iowa-class battleships. Possibly the finest naval big gun of its era (although yes, the Yamato‘s...
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