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Mustin at 20
Painting, oil on canvas; by Morgan Ian Wilbur; unframed dimension 15H X 30W. Naval History and Heritage Command. Accession #: 2015-012-10. The 39th Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer was...
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More Lasin’ in the Gulf of Aden
Looks like the Navy has replaced the capability they lost when the old Ponce and her 30kW Laser Weapon System (LaWS) was retired in 2017. 211214-M-HB658-1322 GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 14, 2021) Amphibious...
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Orleck on the way to getting better
The Gearing-class destroyer USS Orleck (DD-886) has had a long and happy career, in at least four parts. Laid down 28 November 1944, the 77-year-old warship is about to embark on her fifth. Her first...
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Warship Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021: Hard Luck Flattop
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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Decking the Bulkheads
Naval Base San Diego’s recent Holiday Lights Surface Ship Competition saw the San Antonio-class gator USS John P Murtha (LPD 26) take “Best in Show,” while the “Steelworkers” of the Flight I...
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The Star of Peace gleams hopefully over the guns of war
“Christmas Eve in the Pacific,” aboard USS LST-770. Drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist, BMC John J. Floherty, Jr. NARA 26-G-12-14-44 Official caption: The Star of Peace gleams hopefully over the guns...
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Is Warship 78 Actually just over the Horizon?
The very troublesome new first-in-class supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has a lot of gee-whiz improvements over the 10 tried-and-true Nimitz class flattops which have been the backbone of...
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Warship Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021: Taking a Nap
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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America’s 1966 New Year’s Deck Log
The tradition of Navy and Coast Guard vessels logging a special New Year’s poem probably reached its peak in the Vietnam era and has been, sadly I feel, declining ever since. The Sextant noted that...
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No Snow Days for the Old Guard
Arlington National Cemetery noted this week it is witnessing its first snowfall of the year with a series of photos that show quiet stillness and dignified respect. (Photos by: Elizabeth Fraser, U.S....
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022: 15-Star Floating Haberdashery
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 Final Clock is Ticking on the Ohios
The massive 18,500-ton Ohio-class Trident ballistic missile submarines– the largest subs constructed outside of Russia’s Typhoon and Borei-class boats– are bigger than Great White Fleet-era...
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35 Years Ago: WWII Meets Cold War
A beautiful port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41, ex-CVB/CVA-41) “somewhere in the Philipine Sea” as she is underway with Carrier Air Wing 5 (CARAIRWING FIVE) embarked, early...
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HST and some Greek F-4 Joy
Carrier Strike Group 8, centered around the late-model Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and with the Royal Norwegian frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen attached, over the New Year...
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Three strikes and you’re out, destroyer edition
General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works posted images of the PCS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), the third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer, as the sleek and futuristic-looking 15,000-ton warship sailed away...
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Remembering the 1st U.S. Navy Sea Battle Since the SpanAm War at 80
24 January 1942 0305 USS John D. Ford raid Balikpapan by DALE BYHRE (NHHC collection) A great read by John J. Domagalski at this month’s Naval History Magazine detailing the little-known raid by...
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A Closer Look at the FFG-62 Class
PEO USC this week gave an unclassified presentation to the Surface Navy Association of the Constellation-class Guided Missile Frigate (FFG 62) program thus far. The PowerPoint included a few...
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Supersonic Navy!
The Vought F-8 Crusader, whose quartet of Colt Mk12 20mm cannons gave the supersonic air superiority fighter the nickname of “The Last of the Gunfighters,” certainly looked the part of Atomic-era...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022: It’s Easy As 1-2-3
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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You think you’re cold? FleetEx ’83-1 Edition
Across two weeks in late March and early April 1983, 40 ships of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard along with the Royal Canadian Navy, including 300 aircraft and 23,000 Sailors, Coasties and Marines,...
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