The Mars, Bretagne and Borda meeting with HMS King Edward VII, HMS Victorious and HMS Magnificent in Brest, 1905.

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

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).

from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3eNeekR via IFTTT

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)

from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3pzgOAQ via IFTTT

Seeing double: both Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers meet at sea for the first time

from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3ECVzlU via IFTTT