PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 7, 2022) Arleigh burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) fires a Mark 45 5-inch caliber gun while sailing alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a sea demonstration for embarked guests. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photoContinue reading “Arleigh burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111)”
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HMS Tiger was a conventional cruiser of the British Royal Navy, one of a three-ship class known as the Tiger class. Ordered during World War II, she was completed after its end.
HMS Tiger after upgrade Before upgrade Tiger was in service by 1960 and served in the Far East and then with the Home Fleet before going into reserve at the end of 1966. From 1968 Tiger was converted to a “helicopter and command cruiser” and equipped with guided missile anti-aircraft defence before returning to serviceContinue reading “HMS Tiger was a conventional cruiser of the British Royal Navy, one of a three-ship class known as the Tiger class. Ordered during World War II, she was completed after its end.”
HMAS Brisbane was a Town class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in Sydney between 1913 and 1916 to the Chatham subtype design, Brisbane operated in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Australian coastal waters during World War I.
Following the end of the war, the cruiser was decommissioned and recommissioned on several occasions, and was reclassified as a training ship in late 1925. In 1935, Brisbane was reactivated to transport personnel for the new cruiser HMAS Sydney to Britain, after which she was decommissioned and sold for breaking up as scrap. https://ift.tt/fFTd8pW fromContinue reading “HMAS Brisbane was a Town class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in Sydney between 1913 and 1916 to the Chatham subtype design, Brisbane operated in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Australian coastal waters during World War I.”
HMS Abercrombie was a Royal Navy Roberts-class monitor of the Second World War. She was the second monitor to be named after General Sir Ralph Abercrombie.
HMS Abercrombie 1947. HMS ABERCROMBIE moored in the Medway as an accommodation ship. Abercrombie was built by Vickers Armstrong, Tyne. She was laid down on 26 April 1941, launched on 31 March 1942 and completed on 5 May 1943. She used a 15-inch gun turret originally built as a spare for Furious. (Although Furious was designed to be fitted with two single 18-inchContinue reading “HMS Abercrombie was a Royal Navy Roberts-class monitor of the Second World War. She was the second monitor to be named after General Sir Ralph Abercrombie.”
The British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (87) at sea in the Indian Ocean between 27 March and 18 May 1944, while operating with the U.S. Navy carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3).
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