The Mars, Bretagne and Borda meeting with HMS King Edward VII, HMS Victorious and HMS Magnificent in Brest, 1905. from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3EAJHRB via IFTTT
Monthly Archives: December 2021
40 years ago, on 29/12/1981, the Soviet Navy commissioned the lead boat of the Project 941 Akula/Typhoon class SSBNs TK-208, later modernized to Project 941UM and renamed as Dmitri Donskoi (TK-208).
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The ill-fated aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown (CV-5).
On 4 June, during the Battle of Midway, Japanese aircraft crippled Yorktown. She lost all power and developed a 23-degree list to port. Salvage efforts on Yorktown were encouraging, and she was taken in tow by USS Vireo. In the late afternoon of 6 June, the Japanese submarine I-168 fired a salvo of torpedoes, two of which struck Yorktown, and a third sinking the destroyer USS Hammann,Continue reading “The ill-fated aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown (CV-5).”
The Burke Squad at Naval Station Rota Spain – USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
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Seeing double: both Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers meet at sea for the first time
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