Carrier Truman Enters Shipyard for Short Repair Period After Back-to-Back Deployments1KUSNI Newsby Megan Eckstein / 6h//keep unread//hide USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard on July 7 for an Extended Carrier Incremental Availability. US Navy Photo Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) arrived at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard yesterday to begin a short maintenance period followingContinue reading “Carrier USS Truman Enters Shipyard for Short Repair Period After Back-to-Back Deployments”
Monthly Archives: July 2020
The last-survivor tames the ‘Twerp’
Published on 09 July 2020 LEUT Will Singer (author) Topic(s): Naval Heritage and History Left: HMAS Wyatt Earp in Antarctic waters off Young Island, March 1948. Right: Able Seaman Norman Tame, member of HMAS Wyatt Earp’s voyage to Antarctica in 1947-48. To some, the relationship between a farm-boy from the outskirts of Melbourne and a gun-slinging US marshalContinue reading “The last-survivor tames the ‘Twerp’”
The KIDD Connection
The KIDD Connection100+Navy Liveby U.S. Navy / 7h//keep unread//hide By Cmdr. Matt NolandExecutive OfficerUSS KIDD (DDG 100) This month, viewers everywhere will have the opportunity to see the latest Hollywood treatment of America’s Greatest Generation: Greyhound. Tom Hanks plays a U.S. Navy destroyer’s commanding officer charged with protecting a convoy of Allied ships from a wolfpack of German U-boatsContinue reading “The KIDD Connection”
French cruiser Colbert (C 611) was an anti-air cruiser, later transformed into a missile cruiser, of the French Navy. She was the sixth ship (and second cruiser) of the French Navy to be named after Jean-Baptiste Colbert (the previous one was scuttled at Toulon in 1942). She served in the Navy from 1956 to 1991, before being converted into a museum ship at Bordeaux from 1993. Colbert was scrapped in 2016.
French cruiser Colbert (C611) C1969 Croiseur Colbert dans le port de Bordeaux Colbert is the largest ship at the graveyard in Landévennec Colbert (C 611) was an anti-air cruiser, later transformed into a missile cruiser, of the French Navy. She was the sixth ship (and second cruiser) of the French Navy to be named after Jean-BaptisteContinue reading “French cruiser Colbert (C 611) was an anti-air cruiser, later transformed into a missile cruiser, of the French Navy. She was the sixth ship (and second cruiser) of the French Navy to be named after Jean-Baptiste Colbert (the previous one was scuttled at Toulon in 1942). She served in the Navy from 1956 to 1991, before being converted into a museum ship at Bordeaux from 1993. Colbert was scrapped in 2016.”
USS Columbus (As CG12) in 1963 – The third USS Columbus (CA-74), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Columbus, Ohio. She was launched on 30 November 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts; she was sponsored by Mrs. E. G. Meyers; and commissioned on 8 June 1945, Captain Allen Hobbs in command.
USS Columbus in 1963 The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Columbus (CA-74) off the coast of Spain on 12 July 1948. Note that she still has her catapults and Curtiss SC-1 “Seahawk” seaplanes. These were landed and replaced with helicopters within a year. USS Columbus (CA-74 – As CA-7430 November 1944–8 May 1959 )(CG12 As CG-1230 SeptemberContinue reading “USS Columbus (As CG12) in 1963 – The third USS Columbus (CA-74), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Columbus, Ohio. She was launched on 30 November 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts; she was sponsored by Mrs. E. G. Meyers; and commissioned on 8 June 1945, Captain Allen Hobbs in command.”
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