SAN DIEGO (July 1, 2014) The Royal Canadian Navy coastal defense vessels HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705) and HMCS Nanaimo (MM 702) sit along the pier at Naval Base San Diego for exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participatingContinue reading “Royal Canadian Navy coastal defense vessels HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705) and HMCS Nanaimo (MM 702)”
Monthly Archives: June 2022
FGS Sachsen (F 219), front, and Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3
ICELAND – The German Sachsen-class air-defense frigate FGS Sachsen (F 219), front, and Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) transit in formation in the North Atlantic Ocean in support of exercise Northern Viking 22. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command andContinue reading “FGS Sachsen (F 219), front, and Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3”
YAG-37, the former WWII Liberty Ship S.S. John L. Sullivan, during the turboprop experiments.
Two Liberty Ships which survived WWII were later used as heavily-modified test hulls by the US Navy, the stranger of the two being YAG-37 which was powered by aircraft propellers. (A WWII Liberty Ship.) (YAG-37, the former WWII Liberty Ship S.S. John L. Sullivan, during the turboprop experiments.) (US National Archives photo) THE YAG-37 PROJECT In its new guise YAG-37 hadContinue reading “YAG-37, the former WWII Liberty Ship S.S. John L. Sullivan, during the turboprop experiments.”
The remains of HMS Rodney, HMS Revenge, and HMS Nelson.
(This May 1949 photo at Inverkeithing, Scotland shows battleships HMS Rodney, HMS Revenge, and HMS Nelson. HMS Rodney is alongside a special scrapping quay. Of these three HMS Revenge was obsolete and HMS Rodney was in poor mechanical condition by the end of WWII. But sister ship HMS Nelson had just received an expensive majorContinue reading “The remains of HMS Rodney, HMS Revenge, and HMS Nelson.”
The guided-missile destroyer Paul Ignatius arrivesd in its new home port, Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 17 as the U.S. Navy’s newest Forward Deployed Naval Forces–Europe destroyer, June 17. (Navy)
USS Paul Ignatius completes homeport shift following inaugural patrol to 6th Fleet By Diana Stancy Correll Jun 21, 09:16 AM The guided-missile destroyer Paul Ignatius is now based in Rota, Spain, after completing a homeport shift from Mayport, Florida. The ship departed Mayport on April 27 for an inaugural patrol to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to team up withContinue reading “The guided-missile destroyer Paul Ignatius arrivesd in its new home port, Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 17 as the U.S. Navy’s newest Forward Deployed Naval Forces–Europe destroyer, June 17. (Navy)”
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