Monthly Archives: March 2021

The destroyer Dewey conducts a tomahawk missile flight test in the western Pacific. A congressional watchdog called for better cybersecurity requirements in contracts for such weapon systems.

  The destroyer Dewey conducts a tomahawk missile flight test in the western Pacific. A congressional watchdog called for better cybersecurity requirements in contracts for such weapon systems. (MC2 Devin Langer/U.S. Navy) from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3qqZ73X via IFTTT

USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, the first one being named for John Paul Jones’s famous Revolutionary War frigate by the same name. Jones had named that ship, usually rendered in more correct French as Bonhomme Richard, to honor Benjamin Franklin, the American Commissioner at Paris, whose Poor Richard’s Almanac had been published in France under the title Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard.

Bon Homme Richard off Korea, 1951 USS Bon Homme Richard receiving fuel from tanker CTF 77 The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) underway. Bon Homme Richard, with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19), was deployed to Vietnam from 21 April 1965 to 13 January 1966. USS Bon Homme Richard –Continue reading “USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, the first one being named for John Paul Jones’s famous Revolutionary War frigate by the same name. Jones had named that ship, usually rendered in more correct French as Bonhomme Richard, to honor Benjamin Franklin, the American Commissioner at Paris, whose Poor Richard’s Almanac had been published in France under the title Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard.”

USS Kawishiwi O146 -(1955) with USS Fessenden (DE-142/DER-142)

USS Kawishiwi_(1955) with USS Fessenden (DE-142/DER-142)http://navy.memorieshop.com/Kawishiwi/

HMNZS Otago comes alongside for the final time

USS Gettysburg (CG-64) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

USS Gettysburg (CG-64) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gettysburg_(CG-64)