Monthly Archives: August 2021

USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) bombards Japanese fortifications on Iwo Jima for the 5th time since November 12, 1944. She’ll expend 432 8-inch shells this day. 24 January 1945.

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USS Kidd (DDG 100) transits the Taiwan Strait

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French Navy Mistral LHD, escorted by Horizon-class air defense frigate Chevalier Paul and Aquitaine-class FREMM Langedoc.

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German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen flying the Stars and Stripes – January 1946 – Story on my blog

  I remember seeing her upside down on the beach Kwajalein Atoll Service with the United States Navy[edit] USS Prinz Eugen passing through the Panama Canal in 1946. The guns on A turret are missing. On 27 May 1945, Prinz Eugen and the light cruiser Nürnberg—the only major German naval vessels to survive the war in serviceable condition—were escorted by the BritishContinue reading “German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen flying the Stars and Stripes – January 1946 – Story on my blog”

Australia, India, Japan, and U.S. kick off exercise MALABAR 2021 From Task Force 71 Public Affairs Posted August 25, 2021

 PHILIPPINE SEA – Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, India, and the United States begin phase 1 of cooperative maritime exercise MALABAR 2021 in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 26. MALABAR is an annual maritime exercise that enhances planning, training, and employment of advanced warfare tactics between the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Indian Navy (IN), Japan Maritime Self-DefenseContinue reading “Australia, India, Japan, and U.S. kick off exercise MALABAR 2021 From Task Force 71 Public Affairs Posted August 25, 2021”