Monthly Archives: March 2020

Former Falkland Islands Guardship HMS Clyde, astern of the new Falkland Islands Guardship; HMS Forth

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USS Zumwalt

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Sighting the Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle in Dartmouth

BY HANS VAN DER STER 03-14-2020 04:35:00 There is a very small place called Tuckenhay on the river Dart in southern England that is home to the paddle steamer Kingswear Castle – a coal-fired river paddle steamer dating from 1924.  After running summer excursions on the River Medway and the Thames for many years she returned to the RiverContinue reading “Sighting the Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle in Dartmouth”

PHILIPPINE SEA (March 4, 2020) U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) sailors stand in formation on the flight deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52), top, and the JMSDF Takanami-class destroyer JS Suzunami (DD 114) during the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Advanced Warfighting Training exercise. This formation to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan signed in 1960. BAWT improves interoperability between the U.S. Navy and JMSDF to work together to confront any contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cody Beam/Released)

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Fort Drum, the US “concrete battleship” located in Manila Bay, Philippines. Notice the wooden barracks and fire control tower on the deck to imitate an actual warship. Photo taken before WW2, exact date unknown.

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