Monthly Archives: August 2020

USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.

  The ship was named to honor Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, his son, Master Jonathan Wainwright, Jr., his cousin, Commander Richard Wainwright, and also Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright Wainwright was laid down on 7 June 1938 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard; launched on 1 June 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Henry Meiggs; and commissioned on 15 AprilContinue reading “USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.”

USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.

  The ship was named to honor Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, his son, Master Jonathan Wainwright, Jr., his cousin, Commander Richard Wainwright, and also Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright Wainwright was laid down on 7 June 1938 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard; launched on 1 June 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Henry Meiggs; and commissioned on 15 AprilContinue reading “USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.”

1 Aug – On this day in 1861 Britain’s first Ironclad, HMS WARRIOR, was commissioned. The result of an arms race with France, she was obsolete by 1871 and spent much of her career in reserve. She was restored and returned to HMNB Portsmouth in 1987.

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German predreadnought battleship SMS Schlesien in Swinemünde.

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USS Indianapolis commemorates 75th anniversary of predecessor’s sinking

2KAmerican Military Newsby Joseph S. Pete – The Times / 14h //keep unread//hide The USS Indianapolis, commissioned at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor last year in the first commissioning of a U.S. Navy ship in Indiana history, laid a wreath at sea to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its predecessor, which was sunk in the Philippine SeaContinue reading “USS Indianapolis commemorates 75th anniversary of predecessor’s sinking”