USS New Orleans (LPD 18) (left) recieves fuel lines from USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199)

Amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) (left) recieves fuel lines from USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) during a replinishment-at-sea. PHILIPPINE SEA (July 08, 2021) Amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) (left) recieves fuel lines from USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) during a replinishment-at-sea. New Orleans, part of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, alongContinue reading “USS New Orleans (LPD 18) (left) recieves fuel lines from USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199)”

Polish Defence Ministry confirms plan to buy M1 Abrams tanks

By: Jaroslaw Adamowski    1 day ago 29   A U.S. Army M1A2 SEPV3 Abrams tank sends a round downrange at Fort Hood, Texas, on August 18, 2020. (Sgt. Calab Franklin/U.S. Army) WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s defense minister announced Wednesday that the country will buy 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks from the U.S. to counter Russian military capabilities,Continue reading “Polish Defence Ministry confirms plan to buy M1 Abrams tanks”

USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

  USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) conducts flight operations in the Gulf of Aden. GULF OF ADEN (July 10, 2021) MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced) undergo pre-flight checks on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during flight operations in theContinue reading “USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)”

USS Louisana

  USS Louisana coaling in HR 1915. Louisiana returned to Hampton Roads in August 1914, but the Navy ordered her back to Mexico in early 1915.  At left, the battleship’s company hand-fills bags of coal from a barge.   The ship’s coal bunker could hold over 2,000 tons of coal.  After the 1915 deployment to Mexico,Continue reading “USS Louisana”

USS Montana (SSN 794)

  The 7,800-ton Virginia-class submarine Montana (SSN 794) from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3hTkzfu via IFTTT