USS V3/USS Bonita (SF-6/SS-165). Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 9 June 1925 as V-3 (SF-6), sponsored by Mrs. L.R. DeSteiguer, wife of Rear Admiral DeSteiguer, and commissioned on 22 May 1926, Lieutenant Commander Charles A. Lockwood, Jr. in command. Like her sisters, Bonita was designed toContinue reading “USS Bonita (SF-6/SS-165), a Barracuda-class submarine and one of the “V-boats,” was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bonito”
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USS WYOMING 1928
Malabar-21 naval exercise to end today
In Daily Brief August 29, 2021 John Milo Photo: Indian Navy This year’s annual Malabar-21 naval drills—held off the US western pacific territory of Guam—will conclude today. Quad security dialogue navies: Australia, India, Japan and the US participated in the four-day naval exercises which included anti-surface, anti-air and anti-submarine warfare drills. Originally an Indo-American exercise held sporadicallyContinue reading “Malabar-21 naval exercise to end today”
USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70), foreground, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), center, USS NIMITZ (CVN 68), background, lead by the nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN 37), background, and USS VIRGINIA (CGN 38), 7/13/1982. Natl Archives.
USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70), foreground, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), center, USS NIMITZ (CVN 68), background, lead by the nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN 37), background, and USS VIRGINIA (CGN 38), 7/13/1982. Natl Archives.
German predreadnought battleships: SMS Hessen taken from SMS Elsass.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_ElsassShip details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Hessen
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