HMS HECLA (British Torpedo Depot Ship, 1878) Caption: Note torpedo boats on deck. In mid-May 1878, it was proposed to refit Hecla at Portsmouth as an armed troopship carrying five 64-pdr 71 cwt guns and one 40-pdr B.L. gun.[5] Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1882.[6] Hecla soon proved herself “a very wet ship.” During one trial cruise inContinue reading “HMS Hecla (1878) was a torpedo boat carrier/depot ship purchased in 1878, modernised in 1912 and sold in 1926”
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Reserve Basin, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. 1938
Description: Aerial photograph, taken in 1938. Identifiable ships present include USS Cheyenne (IX-4), amid many submarines and destroyers in the upper left center, and USS Olympia (IX-40), by herself in the upper center. Other ships present include 62 destroyers, 32 submarines, 8 Eagle boats, 3 submarine chasers and 14 large auxiliaries. U.S. Naval History and HeritageContinue reading “Reserve Basin, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. 1938”
Fort Drum, AKA USS No-Go. This “concrete battleship” was completed in 1918 and guarded the entrance to Manila Bay. It was later used during the defence of the Philippines
Fort Drum in 1983, with the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) in the background 14-inch guns and turret undergoing testing at Sandy Hook Proving Ground before installation at Fort Drum Fort Drum (also called El Fraile Island and nicknamed “The Concrete Battleship“), is a heavily fortified island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines, due south of Corregidor Island. The reinforced concrete sea fort, shaped like a battleship,Continue reading “Fort Drum, AKA USS No-Go. This “concrete battleship” was completed in 1918 and guarded the entrance to Manila Bay. It was later used during the defence of the Philippines”
The sixth USS Relief (AH-1), the first ship of the United States Navy designed and built from the keel up as a hospital ship
USS Relief (AH-1) in a western Pacific harbour, circa in April 1945 USS RELIEF (AH-1) The sixth USS Relief (AH-1), the first ship of the United States Navy designed and built from the keel up as a hospital ship, was laid down 14 June 1917 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 23 December 1919; and commissioned 28 December 1920 atContinue reading “The sixth USS Relief (AH-1), the first ship of the United States Navy designed and built from the keel up as a hospital ship”
USS Moffett (DD-362) was a Porter-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral William Moffett.
USS Moffett The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Moffett (DD-362) underway at sea on 26 March 1944. Note that she still carries four twin 5″/38 low-angle gun mounts. The No. 3 mount was removed on most ships of the class to counter top heavyness. Moffett was laid down 2 January 1934 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation‘s Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts; launched 11Continue reading “USS Moffett (DD-362) was a Porter-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral William Moffett.”
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