Monthly Archives: July 2021

USS Macon (CA-132) takes part in Operation Inland Seas (i.e. celebrations of the opening of St. Lawrence Seaway), thus becoming the largest warship to enter the Great Lakes ever. June 1959, Eisenhower Lock.

USS Macon (CA-132) takes part in Operation Inland Seas (i.e. celebrations of the opening of St. Lawrence Seaway), thus becoming the largest warship to enter the Great Lakes ever. June 1959, Eisenhower Lock. from Naval, Military and Marine photos and News – Blog https://ift.tt/3yfedOFvia IFTTT from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3lbBtcB via IFTTT

HMS Queen Elizabeth launching an F-35B whilst also conducting a double Replenishment at Sea with RFA Tidespring and HNLMS Evertsen

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‘Y’ Quad 14-inch turret on the battleship HMS Duke of York, with an Octuple Pom Pom on top.

HMS Duke of York was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy. Laid down in May 1937, the ship was constructed by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 4 November 1941, subsequently seeing combat service during the Second World War.In mid-December 1941, Duke of York transported Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the United States to meet President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Of the journey through seas roughContinue reading “‘Y’ Quad 14-inch turret on the battleship HMS Duke of York, with an Octuple Pom Pom on top.”

USS Rockbridge (APA-228) underway, date and location unknown

​USS Rockbridge (APA-228) underway, date and location unknown from Naval, Military and Marine photos and News – Blog https://ift.tt/3ikmCuJvia IFTTT from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3yfDwAb via IFTTT

USS Rockbridge (APA-228) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the VC2-S-AP5 model in the United States Navy during World War II and the years following. She was named for Rockbridge County in Virginia.

Rockbridge was laid down for the Maritime Commission (MCV hull 674) on 2 September 1944 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company in Vancouver, Washington, launched on 28 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. C. J. Hearn, acquired by the Navy on loan-charter on 18 November 1944; and commissioned the same day, with Captain William W. Cone inContinue reading “USS Rockbridge (APA-228) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the VC2-S-AP5 model in the United States Navy during World War II and the years following. She was named for Rockbridge County in Virginia.”