Monthly Archives: August 2021

HMS Nelson (pennant number: 28) was the name ship of her class of two battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. They were the first battleships built to meet the limitations of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Entering service in 1927, the ship spent her peacetime career with the Atlantic and HomeContinue reading “HMS Nelson (pennant number: 28)”

U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat from Fighting Squadron 71 (VF-71) and Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc of No. 603 Squadron RAF on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) on 19 April 1942. Having landed her torpedo planes and dive bombers at Hatson in Orkney (UK), Wasp had loaded 47 Spitfires ofContinue reading “USS Wasp (CV-7)”

A ceremony in the northern German port of Wilhelmshaven to mark the departure of the Bayern frigate on its maiden Indo-Pacific voyage on August 2. (Photo by Jens Kastner) JENS KASTNER, Contributing writerAugust 18, 2021 15:22 JST WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany — 15 days into the maiden Indo-Pacific voyage of the German navy’s Bayern frigate, its captain is stillContinue reading “German frigate heads to South China Sea; seeks to dock at Shanghai On maiden Indo-Pacific voyage, Bayern treads politically difficult waters”

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 14, 2021) Landing Craft, Air Cushion 02, attached to Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU 4), enters the well deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Aug. 14, 2021. Kearsarge and ACU-4 are underway to support Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021. LSE 2021 demonstrates the Navy’s ability to employContinue reading “USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conducts amphibious operations in the Atlantic Ocean.”