Monthly Archives: November 2021

HMS Northumberland (F238), RFA Tideforce and HMS Queen Elizabeth HMS Northumberland is a Type 23 Frigate named for the Duke of Northumberland. Originally designed for anti-submarine warfare, she has proven versatile RFA Tideforce is a Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Launched in 2017, the ship entered service with the RFA in 2019. HMS Queen Elizabeth is the lead ship of the QueenContinue reading “HMS Northumberland (F238), RFA Tideforce and HMS Queen Elizabeth”

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 30, 2021) Elements of JMSDF and U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 are conducting bilateral operations in the South China Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyler Wheaton) from JC’s Naval and Military news and photos https://ift.tt/3o0iql6 via IFTTT

RAN, US Navy conclude mine warfare training MARITIME ANDUNDERSEA WARFARE| 05 NOVEMBER 2021 By: Reporter Australia and the US have wrapped up an interoperability exercise off the coast of Western Australia. Royal Australian Navy HMA Ships Gascoyne and Yarra — joined by Australian Clearance Diving Teams One and Four, the Maritime Geospatial Unit and specialist mine warfare personnel — have teamedContinue reading

MARITIME ANDUNDERSEA WARFARE|05 NOVEMBER 2021By: Reporter The ADF partnered with the PNG Defence Force to conduct maritime surveillance to detect and deter illegal fishing in the Pacific. The Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Wollongong and the PNG Defence Force’s HMPNGS Rochus Lokinap recently conducted a two-week maritime surveillance exercise in PNG’s Exclusive Economic Zone to detect and deter illegal fishing inContinue reading “ADF collaborates with regional partners to stop illegal fishing as part of Operation Solania”

USS Hancock (CVA-19) underway, circa 1957. Aerial view of USS Hancock (CVA-19) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge on April 17, 1963. USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), with A-4E Skyhawks from VA-153 “Blue Tail Flies” and VA-155 “Silver Foxes,” moored to pier #3 South, U.S. Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, 22–26 July 1967. USS Hancock (CVA-19) is moored to pier #3 North, and USS Ranger to pierContinue reading “USS HANCOCK   (CV-19) (later CVA-19 and CV-19) (Lots of photos on my blog – https://ift.tt/3BSELGf)”