Monthly Archives: September 2021

USS St. Louis (CL-49) at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, circa 1943

USS St. Louis (CL-49) at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, circa 1943 from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3unjBhz via IFTTT

HMS Manxman (N70) was an Abdiel-class minelayer. The ship is named for an inhabitant of the Isle of Man.

HMS MANXMAN – 1963 Manxman when she was still a fast minelayer Commissioned on 7 June 1941, her first mission was the delivery of mines to Murmansk. Manxman then transferred to the Mediterranean, where she was employed on relief runs to Malta. In August she took part in Operation Mincemeat, which involved mine-laying in theContinue reading “HMS Manxman (N70) was an Abdiel-class minelayer. The ship is named for an inhabitant of the Isle of Man.”

A rather opulent-looking troopship HMS Euphrates

HMS Euphrates pictured in Valetta here, circa 1870s. Troop-Ships Orontes, Jumna, Malabar, and Euphrates at Bombay, waiting to bring Home Troops from the Afghan War in 1880 A rather opulent-looking troopship HMS Euphrates that was designed to shuttle between United Kingdom and India. Pictured in Valetta here, circa 1870s. from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/39QumPO via IFTTT

USS Chicago (CA-136/CG-11) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

USS Chicago (CA-136/CG-11) USS Chicago (CA-136/CG-11) about 1970 Heavy cruiser USS Chicago, Philadelphia Navy Yard, May 7th 1945.  Launched on 20 August 1944, she was sponsored by Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 10 January 1945, Captain Richard R. Hartung, USN, inContinue reading “USS Chicago (CA-136/CG-11) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard.”

HMCS Antigonish was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944–1946 and as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1957–1966.

HMCS Antigonish  K661_301 She is named for Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Her photo is featured on the cover of the 1994 album Frigate by the band April Wine. Antigonish was ordered 1 February 1943 as part of the 1943–44 River-class building programme. She was laid down by Yarrows Ltd. at Esquimalt on 2 October 1943 and launchedContinue reading “HMCS Antigonish was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944–1946 and as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1957–1966.”