Monthly Archives: February 2021

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 28, 2021) An F-35C Lightning II from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 lands on the flight deck of Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting routine operations in the U.S Third Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron T. Smith)

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Red Arrows At RAF Waddington For Assessments It will test how the aerobatics team can integrate into the RAF base ahead of their relocation.

23rd February 2021 at 10:23am The Red Arrows are operating temporarily from RAF Waddington ahead of their permanent move there next year. The Royal Air Force aerobatics team arrived at the Waddington base on Monday, and will operate from the site across this week and next. The short-term move is being used to assess how the Red ArrowsContinue reading “Red Arrows At RAF Waddington For Assessments It will test how the aerobatics team can integrate into the RAF base ahead of their relocation.”

USS Wyoming (BB-32) / (AG-17) was the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleships and was the third ship of the United States Navy named Wyoming, although she was only the second named in honor of the 44th state. Wyoming was laid down at the William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia in February 1910, was launched in May 1911, and was completed in September 1912. She was armed with a main battery of twelve 12-inch (305 mm) guns and capable of a top speed of 20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph).

  USS Wyoming BB-32 circa 1912-13 USS Wyoming (BB-32) USS Wyoming (BB-32) 1929 USS Wyoming (BB-32) was the lead ship of her class USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Wyoming (AG-17) photographed from USS Iowa USS WYOMING – 1942 USS  WYOMING – 1935 USS WYOMING 1914 USS WYOMING 1913 USS Wyoming (BB-32)  USS Wyoming (BB-32) was theContinue reading “USS Wyoming (BB-32) / (AG-17) was the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleships and was the third ship of the United States Navy named Wyoming, although she was only the second named in honor of the 44th state. Wyoming was laid down at the William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia in February 1910, was launched in May 1911, and was completed in September 1912. She was armed with a main battery of twelve 12-inch (305 mm) guns and capable of a top speed of 20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph).”

USS Zeilin (APA-3) – During World War II, the U.S. Navy acquired the ship in July 1940 and classified the ship as a transport, hull number AP-9. On 3 January 1942 the ship was commissioned USS Zeilin. On 26 November 1942 Zeilin was reclassified to Harris-class attack transport, hull number APA-3. Zeilin served throughout the war and was decommissioned on 19 April 1946 at Portsmouth, Virginia. The ship was delivered for scrapping on 4 May 1948.

  USS Zeilin (APA-3) underway in San Francisco Bay, California, circa late 1945. USS Zeilin (APA-3) was an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ship launched for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) on 19 March 1921 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia as Silver State. After operation by commercial linesContinue reading “USS Zeilin (APA-3) – During World War II, the U.S. Navy acquired the ship in July 1940 and classified the ship as a transport, hull number AP-9. On 3 January 1942 the ship was commissioned USS Zeilin. On 26 November 1942 Zeilin was reclassified to Harris-class attack transport, hull number APA-3. Zeilin served throughout the war and was decommissioned on 19 April 1946 at Portsmouth, Virginia. The ship was delivered for scrapping on 4 May 1948.”

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts.

Torpedoed and bombed by the Japanese, the battleship USS West Virginia begins to sink after suffering heavy damage, center, while the USS Maryland, left, is still afloat in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941 during World War II.  The capsized USS Oklahoma is at right.    (AP Photo/U.S. Navy) USS Oklahoma – Salvage 1943Continue reading “USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts.”