Monthly Archives: June 2022

GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012)  The focus of the exercise was American and Chinese naval cooperation in detecting, boarding, and searching suspected pirated vessels. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. NavyContinue reading “Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) board the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) to meet Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 prior to conducting a bilateral counter-piracy exercise.”

  With London’s Tower Bridge in the background, we have a rare conjunction of warship styles from very different eras.   BRISBANE, the 3,370-4,500 ton American- designed and built RAN missile destroyer, looks comfortable beside the famous 11,553 ton Town Class cruiser HMS BELFAST of WWII and the Korean War era, now a preserved warshipContinue reading “London July 1977: Silver Jubilee visitor HMAS BRISBANE [II] tied up on museum ship HMS BELFAST – Christopher J. Howell Collection.”

HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that was built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England. She had an extensive battle history, first seeing action in August 1940 while still being outfitted in her drydock when she was attacked and damaged by German aircraft. In her brief but storied career, she was involved in several key actions ofContinue reading “A pair of Octuple Pom Poms on the battleship HMS Prince of Wales. Each mount could fire up to 920 40mm rounds per minute”

HMS Alisma was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy. At the outbreak of World War II the Marine nationale (French Navy) needed ships for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and, following the Royal Navy‘s example, placed orders from Smith’s Dock in South Bank, Middlesbrough, for four ASW corvettes. Following this the Marine nationale ordered a further 18 ships, to be built at a number of British and French shipyards; 6Continue reading “HMS Alisma (K185) – Alisma was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy.”

The littoral combat ship USS Wichita, the Dominican Republic coastal patrol vessel Altair, and Dominican Republic Boston Whaler interceptorpatrol boat Duhbe conduct a maritime interdiction exercise, May 5, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Aerographer’s Mate First Class Jonathan Richards) 23 Jun 2022 The Wichita Eagle | By Lindsay Smith The USS Wichita has been saved from retirement.Continue reading “USS Wichita Survives a Fight With the Navy that Could Have Sent It into Early Retirement”