Monthly Archives: August 2022

USS Concord (CL-10) off Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, 6 January 1943

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USS Tolovana (AO-64) refueling USS Bennington (CVS-20) in the Western Pacific, December 1966

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HMS Conway was a naval training school or “school ship”, founded in 1859 and housed for most of her life aboard a 19th-century wooden ship of the line. The ship was originally stationed on the Mersey near Liverpool, then moved to the Menai Strait during World War II. While being towed back to Birkenhead for a refit in 1953, she ran aground and was wrecked, and later burned. The school moved to purpose-built premises on Anglesey where it continued for another twenty years.

  The wreck of Conway HMS Conway School Ship at Rock Ferry (Mersey) Conway as a “stone frigate“ In the mid-19th century, the demand for a reliable standard of merchant navy officers had grown to the point where ship owners decided to set up an organisation to train, and indeed educate, them properly—the Mercantile Marine Service Association. OneContinue reading “HMS Conway was a naval training school or “school ship”, founded in 1859 and housed for most of her life aboard a 19th-century wooden ship of the line. The ship was originally stationed on the Mersey near Liverpool, then moved to the Menai Strait during World War II. While being towed back to Birkenhead for a refit in 1953, she ran aground and was wrecked, and later burned. The school moved to purpose-built premises on Anglesey where it continued for another twenty years.”

Two Tu-95MS strategic bombers perform patrolling over Sea of Japan POSTED ON WEDNESDAY, 24 AUGUST 2022 09:39

  MOSCOW, August 24. /TASS-DEFENSE/. Two Tupolev Tu-95MS (NATO reporting name: Bear) strategic bombers of Russia’s Aerospace Force performed patrolling over the Sea of Japan on August 23, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office said. Follow Air Recognition on Google News at this link “Two Tu-95MS strategic bombers of the long-range aviation have performed aContinue reading “Two Tu-95MS strategic bombers perform patrolling over Sea of Japan POSTED ON WEDNESDAY, 24 AUGUST 2022 09:39”

Warship Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022: Last Dance of the Prancing Dragon — laststandonzombieisland / August 25, 2022 at 12:01AM//keep unread//hide Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which sometimes takes them to the strangest places. – Christopher Eger

Colorized photo by Atsushi Yamashita/Monochrome Specter http://blog.livedoor.jp/irootoko_jr/ Above we see the Japanese light carrier Ryujo (also sometimes seen in the West incorrectly as Ryukyu) on sea trials at Satamisaki-oki, 6 September 1934 after her reconstruction, note her open bow and tall flight deck, showing off her bridge under the lip of the flattop. Built to a problematic design, sheContinue reading “Warship Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022: Last Dance of the Prancing Dragon — laststandonzombieisland / August 25, 2022 at 12:01AM//keep unread//hide Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which sometimes takes them to the strangest places. – Christopher Eger”