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The secret submarine blockade-runners of the PI
When World War II came to the Philippines on Dec. 8, 1941, the U.S./Philippine forces under Gen. MacArthur (land and air) and the Navy’s Asiatic Fleet under Adm. Thomas C. Hart seemed mighty enough for...
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Welcome to the new normal
The LCS has gotten its feet wet in patrols near the Spratly Islands, with an as-expected Chinese remora in what the Navy terms is “The New Normal” as four of the ships will be based at Singapore manned...
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Warship Wednesday May 20, 2015: The destroyer with the heart of a battleship
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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Ten Old Salts
You have to love the bosun’s pipes, spyglass and flatcaps “Ten Old Salts” Photograph taken on board former Warship Wednesday alumni USS Hartford at Hampton Roads, Virginia, winter 1876-77, by order...
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Tom Lea
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 produced them. As...
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A day for remembrance
Today, I’m refraining from posting my typical drivel and instead will leave you with this image of veterans from the War Between the States. The practice we know today as Memorial Day (the remembrance...
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Inside the boneyard
The Daily Mail has a pretty good piece up with about 30 non-traditional images from the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, better known as...
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Swapping out the tins
In the past month I’ve talked about both the ill-advised twin bad calls by the Navy to both discard the Forrest Sherman-class destroyer USS Barry (DD-933), which has been a fixture at the Washington...
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What did the fish say when it ran into a wall? (Dam)
Click to big up. National Archives image 80-G-428678. On 1 May 1951, a torpedo attack was made on the Hwachon Reservoir dam by Douglas AD Skyraiders (redesignated A-1 in 1962) of Attack Squadron 195...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Eugene Voishvillo
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 produced them. Combat...
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What a 20-pack of diesel boats look like in hard storage
Here we see at least 20 inactivated boats of the WWII-era Salmon/Sargo, Gato, and Balao classes at rest at Mare Island, California on 3 January 1946. Click to bigup USN photo # 17-46, courtesy of...
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Warship Wednesday June 3, 2015 Roll Tide, Roll
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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Of surfmen and lifesaving guns: The Lyle line throwing cannon
While today many are quick to paint guns are instruments of destruction for their own political agenda, for more than 70 years the largest cannon stationed at Coast Guard stations around the country...
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The hardest cut
In the 225-year history of the United States Coast Guard and its forerunners the U.S.Lighthouse Service, U.S. Lifesaving Service and Revenue Cutter Service, the military branch has lost a total of 129...
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The Evolution of the (American) Aircraft Carrier
The Naval History and Heritage Command, has this really interesting chart up over at DOD Live 2550×3300 click to big up Here is the infographic but click over and check out the article that goes with...
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13.5 acres of Rock and Roll
4283 × 2422 click to bigup Three Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), and USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) are pierside at Naval Air Station North Island....
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Warship Wednesday June 17, 2015: Big Paul
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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Lady Sara
US Marine Corps Vought O2U-2 Corsair aircraft preparing to land on Saratoga, circa 1930Source United States Navy Naval History and Heritage CommandIdentification Code NH 94899 The USS Saratoga (CV-3)...
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The humble Seagull
SOC Seagull aircraft just launched from USS Augusta’s catapult, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Jun 1942. Note the two bombs carried underwing. In 1933, with aircraft carriers few and far between,...
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Loose Tweets, Sink Fleets
In a nod to the advancement of technology in regards to operational security these days, and harkening to the old 1940s campaign… The Navy has recast the slogan:
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