Monthly Archives: August 2021

HMS Hartland Point (A262/F 25) Beach Head class repair ship.Fleet Role: Landing Craft Maintenance Type: Victory (8580 dt) Completion Date: July 1945 Builder: BDD/VDD, Vancouver, BC History: 1956: Commenced conversion to Escort Maintenance ship; 1960: Operational base ship at Hong Kong; 1965: Reserve status at Portsmouth. Fate : Sold February 1974, broken up 1979 from JC’sContinue reading “HMS Hartland Point (A262/F 25)”

Mk VI patrol boats pier side in Guam. SAN DIEGO (June 20, 2019) Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 3, are underway aboard a MKVI patrol boat during unit level training provided by Coastal Riverine Group (CRG) 1 Training and Evaluation Unit. U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Group (CRG) 1 and CoastalContinue reading “US Navy Mk VI patrol boats”

  USS Cincinnati (CL-6), was the third Omaha-class light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, built for the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, the first being Cincinnati, an ironclad commissioned in 1862, during the Civil War, and the second being Cincinnati, a protected cruiser, that was decommissioned in 1919. Cincinnati split her pre-war career between the Atlantic and the Pacific fleets.Continue reading “USS Cincinnati (CL-6),”

USS Fletcher (DD-992), the thirtieth Spruance-class destroyer, was part of the first major class of United States Navy surface ships to be powered by gas turbines. She was commissioned in July 1980 and was deployed mainly in the western and southern Pacific, but also voyaged to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. She was the second ship in the U.S. Navy to bear this name butContinue reading “USS Fletcher (DD-992),”

By: Sam LaGrone August 17, 2021 6:09 PM USS Arlington (LPD-24) transits the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 14, 2021. US Navy Photo The Navy is sending the amphibious warship USS Arlington (LPD-24) to assist with the humanitarian aid mission in Haiti in the aftermath of an Aug. 14 earthquake, Pentagon officials said on Tuesday. The aftermath of theContinue reading “Warship USS Arlington, More Coast Cutters to Join Haiti Relief Operation”