Date unverified as Q4-1967, part of TF 318 – the Aden Task Force – which was formed to cover the final British military withdrawal from that area code named Operation Magister along with 9 other RFA’s and was engaged in the final Fleet Review with 5 of the other RFA‘s involved (Source HRFA). Info fromContinue reading “RAS in the South Indian Ocean near the Cocos Islands. RFA Retainer (A329), HMS Galatea (F18), RFA Reliant (A84), RFA Tideflow (A97) With & HMS Hermes (R12), and HMS Minerva (F45)”
Monthly Archives: October 2021
US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conduct drills in Hawaiian Islands Operating Area
Naval News October 2021 Navy Forces Maritime Defense IndustryPOSTED ON FRIDAY, 08 OCTOBER 2021 14:13 On October 4, the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73), Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), and JMSDF training ship JS Kashima (TV 3508) conducted the CODEP, consisting of unit exercises testing cooperation, communicationContinue reading “US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conduct drills in Hawaiian Islands Operating Area”
USS Idaho being regunned assisted by pre-dreadnought USS Kearsarge converted to a crane ship in the 1920s.
S Idaho (BB-42) USS Idaho (BB-42), a New Mexico-class battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 43rd state. She was the third of three ships of her class. Built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, she was launched in June 1917 and commissionedContinue reading “USS Idaho being regunned assisted by pre-dreadnought USS Kearsarge converted to a crane ship in the 1920s.”
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transit the Philippine Sea.
PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 3, 2021) The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transit the Philippine Sea during a photo exercise with multiple carrier strike groups, Oct. 3, 2021. The integrated at-sea operations brought together more than 15,000 Sailors across six nations, and demonstrates the U.S.Continue reading “USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transit the Philippine Sea.”
The New Lightweight Bullet That Saves Fatigue … And Fuel
The smallest of weight-saving presents “plentiful” benefits for defence, so says BAE Systems.James Wharton30th September 2021 at 9:40am The weight of carrying ammunition can be a burdensome task. Just ask the guy carrying belts of 7.62 mm around his neck. Or the boffins who have to calculate the fuel costs of getting a division’s worthContinue reading “The New Lightweight Bullet That Saves Fatigue … And Fuel”
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