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Keeping a weather eye peeled
A young sailor is given a large hook and binoculars, fitted with a harness and safety line and stationed on the weather decks to seek out that oh so important piece of nautical equipment– the mail...
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F-14s were huge…
Take a close look at the two dozen Grumman F-14 Tomcats arrayed on the 1,092-foot long flight deck of the Roosevelt below. Atlantic Ocean (March 10, 2006) – F-14D Tomcats are staged in launch position...
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Warship Wednesday June 24, 2015: The hard times of a peacetime tin can
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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A reader’s experience with setting the mail buoy watch
LSOZI reader Liam weighs in on the traditional blue jacket rite of passage with the great story below: During a winter transit of the North Pacific en route to the Realm of the Golden Dragon (including...
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Last ride of the Prowler
Two EA-6B Prowlers assigned to the Star Warriors of Tactical Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 209 take-off for their final flight at Naval Air Facility Washington, D.C. VAQ-209 is transitioning from...
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The Orange Beach Bomber
One of the last airworthy PBY Catalinas in the world was beached in shallow water behind an iconic roadside bar on the Florida-Alabama line last week. The giant Consolidated PBY Catalina, with its...
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Perry’s, out
The last Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate deployment ended on Sunday when USS Kauffman (FFG-59) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Va. following six months in U.S. Southern Command last week, ending...
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Warship Wednesday July 15, 2015: The Great War’s Granite State
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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Ingalls making progress on their new SDV
Swimmer Deliver Vehicles (SDVs) are the unsung heroes of littoral covert naval action. Its that “covert” part that keeps them that way. News of them rarely eeks out and when it does its normally bad as...
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That’s one dangerous peach
The Confederate ironclad CSS Georgia was a seldom-seen 250-foot locomotive powered ram built by subscription from the Ladies’ Gunboat Association of Savannah in 1862-63. She haunted the river systems...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Tom W. Freeman
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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Project Whale Tale
In the 1960s the U-2 spy plane was the most advance manned recon aircraft in the world. However, all planes have a finite range. With that in mind, the CIA wanted to test stretching the U-2’s range to...
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Far flung island outpost
On July 21st, 1944, American forces began their assault on the island of Guam against the heavily entrenched Japanese. It would take 20 days of intense fighting for the Americans to reclaim the...
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1st cannon surfaces from CSS Georgia
The Navy is working deep in the muddy river bottom in Savannah to bring the remnants of the Peach Tree State’s namesake ironclad to the surface for the first time since 1864. And the first cannon has...
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Final West Coast Frigate, USS Gary, Decommissioned
USS Gary, the 45th Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, named for Medal of Honor recipient Commander Donald A. Gary who saved hundreds during the fires on USS Franklin on March 19, 1945, has been put to...
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SECNAV names next LCS for Cooperstown
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (July 25, 2015) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus delivers remarks during the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. During his speech Mabus announced the name of...
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Warship Wednesday, July 29, 2015: The saddest story of World War II– 70 years...
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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What keeps China awake at night
Talk about a beautiful PASSEX. Also, note how much darker the JMSDF haze gray scheme is. 100110-N-7981E-376 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 10, 2011)- The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Kurama (DDH 144)...
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Navy now has a Command Senior Chief (CMDCS) rate
For those of you tired with the regular old Senior Chief...the Navy now has something new for the goat locker Initial eligibility for conversion to the CMDCS Rating will be those active duty Sailors...
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USS Pennsylvania gets an escort from King Poseidon
Video shows Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) underway in the vicinity of Hawaii. Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Swink | Commander Submarine Forces Pacific |...
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