Monthly Archives: August 2021

USS Colorado (BB-45) was a battleship of the United States Navy that was in service from 1923 to 1947.

She was the lead ship of the Colorado class of battleships. Her keel was laid down on 29 May 1919, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 22 March 1921, and commissioned on 30 August 1923. She was armed with eight 16-inch (406 mm) guns and fourteen 5-inch (127 mm) deck guns;Continue reading “USS Colorado (BB-45) was a battleship of the United States Navy that was in service from 1923 to 1947.”

PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 20, 2021)

PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 20, 2021) An F-35B Lightning II fighter attack aircraft from VMFA 211, embarked on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), prepares to take on ordnance and fuel on the flight deck of forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during flight operations between the Queen Elizabeth and America.Continue reading “PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 20, 2021)”

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) comes alongside the Military Sealift Command Oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) for an underway replenishment (UNREP)

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) comes alongside the Military Sealift Command Oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189)  for an underway replenishment (UNREP)  from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3z62dPL via IFTTT

HMS Plymouth (F126), HMAS Vendetta (D08), HMS Salisbury (F32), HMS Cambrian (D85), HMS Albion (R07), HMAS Quiberon (F03), HMNZS Otago (F111) and HMS Duchess (D154), Malaya, 1963 – Near Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur in background. I was on Otago (F111)

HMS Plymouth (F126), HMAS Vendetta (D08), HMS Salisbury (F32), HMS Cambrian (D85), HMS Albion (R07), HMAS Quiberon (F03), HMNZS Otago (F111) and HMS Duchess (D154), Malaya, 1963 – Near Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur in background from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3kq9yDV via IFTTT

Surcouf was the largest French cruiser submarine.

  She served in both the French Navy and the Free French Naval Forces during the Second World War. She was lost during the night of 18/19 February 1942 in the Caribbean Sea, possibly after colliding with an American freighter. Surcouf was named after the French privateer Robert Surcouf. She was the largest submarine builtContinue reading “Surcouf was the largest French cruiser submarine.”