Monthly Archives: December 2019

A successful NEW HORIZON for Sirius and Arunta Published on 07 December 2019 SBLT Aidan Barber (author) Members of the Australian and Indonesian navies held a triumphant closing ceremony on board HMAS Arunta to mark the successful completion of Exercise NEW HORIZON 2019. HMA Ships Sirius and Arunta, along with members of Deployable Sea Training Group, spent late November working alongside the Indonesian NavyContinue reading “A successful NEW HORIZON for Sirius and Arunta”

A successful NEW HORIZON for Sirius and Arunta Published on 07 December 2019 SBLT Aidan Barber (author) Members of the Australian and Indonesian navies held a triumphant closing ceremony on board HMAS Arunta to mark the successful completion of Exercise NEW HORIZON 2019. HMA Ships Sirius and Arunta, along with members of Deployable Sea Training Group, spent late November working alongside the Indonesian NavyContinue reading “A successful NEW HORIZON for Sirius and Arunta”

Warship Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019: The Other Tora of Pearl Harbor U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office Here we see the 125-foot Active-class patrol craft USCGC Tiger (WPC-152) in 1928 during Prohibition. One of a class of 35 so-called “Buck and a Quarter” cutters rushed into completion to deal with rumrunners, these choppy little gunboats were designed to serveContinue reading “Warship Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019: The Other Tora of Pearl Harbor U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s…”

Warship Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019: The Other Tora of Pearl Harbor U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office Here we see the 125-foot Active-class patrol craft USCGC Tiger (WPC-152) in 1928 during Prohibition. One of a class of 35 so-called “Buck and a Quarter” cutters rushed into completion to deal with rumrunners, these choppy little gunboats were designed to serveContinue reading “Warship Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019: The Other Tora of Pearl Harbor U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s…”