Monthly Archives: April 2020

Album name: mitko / New Zealand Current status (active, not active, museum etc): Active Height of the tower, m: 22 Focal plane elevation above sea level, m: 47 Light Description (light sectors, colour of the light, number of flashes etc): Flashing, 15s, white Range, nm: 19 nm Any other comments: Obscd. when bearing > 010°. Reserve LtContinue reading “Cape Campbell lighthouse K4274”

Album name: mitko / Northeast coast of US Current status (active, not active, museum etc): Active Construction details (year of built, shape etc): 1820 Focal plane elevation above sea level, m: 34 Light Description (light sectors, colour of the light, number of flashes etc): Alternating, period 20s, white and red Range, nm: white 16 nm, red 14Continue reading “Massachusetts / Baker’s Island lighthouse J0288”

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By: Ben Werner April 3, 2020 2:29 PM An MH-60S Knight Hawk, assigned to the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, places cargo on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD5), during a vertical replenishment between Bataan and the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE-12)Continue reading “USS Bataan Enters Persian Gulf; Carrier Truman Now in the Mediterranean”

laststandonzombieisland 13h   //  keep unread  //  hide To comply with the limits imposed under the Five-Power Washington Naval Treaty, the low-mileage 22,000-ton early 12-inch-gunned dreadnought USS Delaware (Battleship No. 28), was decommissioned 10 November 1923 and promptly sold for scrap, just 13 years after she joined the fleet. Her crew was hot-transferred to the brand-new 33,000-ton/16-inch-gunned super-dreadnought, USS Colorado (BB-45). Ex-USSContinue reading “Mighty D Rejoins the Fleet, after a 97-year hiatus”