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USS Massachusetts in her final active appearance, photo taken on 22 January 1946.

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the WashingtonContinue reading “USS Massachusetts in her final active appearance, photo taken on 22 January 1946.”

USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074)/(DE 1074) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy.

USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) underway 1 1971: An at-sea view of USS Harold E. Holt (DE 1074) being overflown by a US-2C “Tracker” aircraft from Fleet Composite Squadron ONE (VC-1) stationed at NAS Barber’s Point, Oahu, HI. I was attached to VC-1 from 1971 through 1973. Our US-2C aircraft were used to tow target sleeves forContinue reading “USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074)/(DE 1074) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy.”

USS Massachusetts in her final active appearance, photo taken on 22 January 1946.

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the WashingtonContinue reading “USS Massachusetts in her final active appearance, photo taken on 22 January 1946.”

USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074)/(DE 1074) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy.

USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) underway 1 1971: An at-sea view of USS Harold E. Holt (DE 1074) being overflown by a US-2C “Tracker” aircraft from Fleet Composite Squadron ONE (VC-1) stationed at NAS Barber’s Point, Oahu, HI. I was attached to VC-1 from 1971 through 1973. Our US-2C aircraft were used to tow target sleeves forContinue reading “USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074)/(DE 1074) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy.”