Naval News February 2022 Navy Forces Maritime Defense Industry POSTED ON FRIDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2022 16:27 According to information published by the U.S. DoD on February 11, 2022, the crews of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310)Continue reading “Nimitz-class USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier visits Croatia”
Monthly Archives: February 2022
USS Bon Homme Richard – Korea 1951(CV/CVA-31) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy.
She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, the first one being named for John Paul Jones’s famous Revolutionary War frigate by the same name. Jones had named that ship, usually rendered in more correct French as Bonhomme Richard, to honor Benjamin Franklin, the American Commissioner at Paris, whose Poor Richard’s AlmanacContinue reading “USS Bon Homme Richard – Korea 1951(CV/CVA-31) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy.”
USS Bon Homme Richard – Korea 1951(CV/CVA-31) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy.
She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, the first one being named for John Paul Jones’s famous Revolutionary War frigate by the same name. Jones had named that ship, usually rendered in more correct French as Bonhomme Richard, to honor Benjamin Franklin, the American Commissioner at Paris, whose Poor Richard’s AlmanacContinue reading “USS Bon Homme Richard – Korea 1951(CV/CVA-31) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy.”
The largest capitulation in British history: The Fall of Singapore Eighty years on from the great defeat. James Wharton 11th February 2022 at 3:47pm Play Video This month marks 80 years since Singapore, a British colony with significant strategic importance, was invaded and subsequently captured by the Empire of Japan. Its loss represented the lowestContinue reading
The largest capitulation in British history: The Fall of Singapore Eighty years on from the great defeat. James Wharton 11th February 2022 at 3:47pm Play Video This month marks 80 years since Singapore, a British colony with significant strategic importance, was invaded and subsequently captured by the Empire of Japan. Its loss represented the lowestContinue reading
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