CLASS – INDEPENDENCEDisplacement 11,000 Tons, Dimensions, 622′ 6″ (oa) x 71′ 6″ x 26′ (Max)Armament 24 x 40mm, 22 x 20mm AA, 30 Aircraft.Armor, 5″ Belt, 2″ Decks, 1/2″ Conning Tower.Machinery, 100,000 SHP; G.E. Geared Turbines, 4 screwsSpeed, 31.5 Knots, Crew 1569. Operational and Building Data Ordered as the Cleveland-class light cruiser Fargo (CL-85). Built by NewContinue reading “USS LANGLEY (CVL-27)”
Monthly Archives: August 2021
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) navigates Tokyo Bay
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Aug. 28, 2021) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) navigates Tokyo Bay on the way to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka for a scheduled port visit. Carl Vinson, homeported in San Diego, Calif., and the accompanying Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, are deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operationsContinue reading “USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) navigates Tokyo Bay”
HMS Gannet (1878) in 1914 serving as the dormitory ship for the training ship Mercury, moored in the River Hamble. Then and now
Served in this capacity from 1913 to 1968. The only time she saw combat was in 1888, supporting the troops beseigeed in Suakin by the Mahdi’s followers under Osman Digna. She is now preserved and on display at Chatham Dockyards Kent. She has been restored to her 1888 appearance. HMS Gannet is a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop-of-war launched on 31 AugustContinue reading “HMS Gannet (1878) in 1914 serving as the dormitory ship for the training ship Mercury, moored in the River Hamble. Then and now”
USS Cleveland (C-19/PG-33/CL-21) was a United States Navy Denver-class protected cruiser.
She was launched 28 September 1901 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss R. Hanna (probably Ruth Hanna McCormick), and commissioned 2 November 1903, Commander William Henry Hudson Southerland in command
One Of Japan’s Future Aircraft Carriers Joined The Huge Allied Fleet Sailing Near China
David AxeForbes StaffAerospace & DefenseI write about ships, planes, tanks, drones, missiles and satellites.Follow When the U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Carl Vinson sailed past the assault ship USS America and the British flattop HMS Queen Elizabeth in the waters south of Okinawa on Wednesday, she put a cap on one of the greatest concentrations of naval firepower in years. But the three-flattop deploymentContinue reading “One Of Japan’s Future Aircraft Carriers Joined The Huge Allied Fleet Sailing Near China”
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