Monthly Archives: January 2015

USS MOUNT WHITNEY – The USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) is a Blue Ridge class command ship of the US Navy; it is the flagship of the Sixth Fleet. She is also the command and control ship for the Commander Joint Command Lisbon and the Commander Striking Force NATO. She had previously served for yearsContinue reading “USS MOUNT WHITNEY – The USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) is a Blue Ridge class command ship of the…”

HMS Mermaid (F76) was an unusual ship within the Royal Navy’s history in that it was one of the very few “one-offs” to serve under the RN ensign. This was not exactly by choice however. The story of HMS Mermaid begins not in the UK but in the African country of Ghana. In the 1960sContinue reading “HMS Mermaid (F76) was an unusual ship within the Royal Navy’s history in that it was one of the…”

USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) is a Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named for the naval Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War in 1864. http://ift.tt/1DpgnLN View full size (1600×1071) from John Currin – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/1HvcoQM via IFTTT from Blogger http://ift.tt/1yhho1O via IFTTT

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HMS Loch Lomond (K437/F437) was a Loch-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. The ship was named after Loch Lomond in Scotland. The ship was ordered from Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee, Scotland on 2 February 1943, and laid down on 7 December 1943. Launched on 19 June 1944, and completed on 16 NovemberContinue reading “HMS Loch Lomond (K437/F437) was a Loch-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. The ship was…”