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Duck Boat
This picture just screams old-school cool. Sadly, I ran across this on a Hungarian military forum of all places, a venue I typically haunt to find great pictures of Central European firearms. It had...
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A Glipse Back in Time at Tucumcari
USS Tucumcari (PGH-2) Makes a high-speed run in May 1971. Note the experimental twin 20mm gun mount fitted aft and the forward 40mm Bofors. USN Photo 1150501 A product of Boeing, the experimental...
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FDR’s Ace of Spades
45 Years Ago Today: Official caption: “Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Marine Corporal J.E. Goldsburg cleans the windshield of an AV-8A Harrier Advanced Vertical Take-Off and Landing Close Support Aircraft on...
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70 Years Ago Today: Black Dragon Pays a Visit to the 38th Parallel
A break from Warship Wednesday to celebrate both the USMC’s birthday and the below event. Here we see the Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) firing a full broadside salvo of nine 16″/50cal...
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Galvanic Battlewagon
Some 78 years ago today: A Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber from the Essex-class fleet carrier USS Lexington (CV-16)— or possibly her sistership Yorktown (CV-10)— in the background, flies...
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Santa Barbara pokes out
Passing through Mobile last week, I saw this big grey beast emerging. The future USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), rolling out of her assembly bay. (Photo: Austal) The 16th Independence-class littoral...
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Plastic Reminders
While visiting the offices of my local parish, I came across this and thought it was a good idea. For a sub-$20 donation, something small like this can have a big impact on people’s hearts and minds....
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Warship Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021: From Casablanca to Taipei
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Griffin it up
ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 05, 2021) The Cyclone-class coastal patrol ship USS Firebolt (PC 10) fires a Griffin missile during a test and proficiency fire in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 5, 2021. Firebolt, assigned...
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Thunderchiefs and Skyhawk
It just doesn’t get much prettier than this. Official caption: “Three Republic F-105B Thunderchief aircraft from the 508th Tactical Fighter Group, U.S. Air Force Reserve, and two U.S. Navy McDonnell...
View ArticleHow to Borrow a Relic of the USS Arizona
Since the USS Arizona Superstructure Relic Program (ASRP) began, 150 pieces of the ill-fated battleship have been loaned out to museums, Veterans groups, and non-profits. To be sure, this is not a...
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Used F-4 Phantom, Half Off!
Via Platinum Fighter Sales, not a joke: “Price Slashed. 1959 McDonnell F4H-1F Phantom II. Restoration is 80-85% complete. The airframe has undergone a complete IRAN per U.S. Navy standards. Everything...
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Where are the Carriers, Dec 6, 1941 edition
A common refrain for the past half-century, when it comes to American diplomacy, is “Where are the carriers?” The day before they were the most capital ship in the Navy, here is the rundown, via the...
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Warship Wednesday (on a Tuesday), Dec. 7, 2021: Of RADM Helm & PO1c Hirano
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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The Rifles of Pearl Harbor
On that sleepy Sunday morning 80 years ago, which was interrupted by incoming waves of Japanese warplanes, a lot of the response came from individuals fighting with nothing more than rifles. The crew...
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Diving the Forgotten Battlewagon
While everyone is quick to point out that there were eight American battleships in and around Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor, there was actually a ninth– past Warship Wednesday alumni, USS Utah....
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Guam Shoot-ex, with feeling
The 23,000-ton submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS-39), ordered under the Nixon Administration and now just 42 years young, has been termed the worst cruise ship to ever call sail the Pacific. For...
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Saluting 150 Years on Two Hulls
Last Friday, the Philippine Navy decommissioned the patrol craft BRP Miguel Malvar (PS19) and BRP Magat Salamat (PS20) on 10 December 2021 at Captain Salvo Pier, Naval Base Heracleo Alano. While...
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Monkeying around
Every year on December 14th National Monkey Day “celebrates the unique characteristics of simians.” With that: Besides such nautical terms as the monkey yards and brass monkeys, obstacles such as the...
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Does this cover smell like coffee to you?
Official caption: “U.S. Navy Landing Party. Photographed on board ship, probably at the time of the Vera Cruz incident, circa April 1914.” Courtesy of Carter Rila, 1986. Naval History and Heritage...
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