Monthly Archives: December 2022

US Naval Ships, Port Melbourne, Victoria, 1925, The USS Seattle and the USS Pennsylvania at Station Pier during a visit to Melbourne by the American fleet in July/August 1925

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Photos of US Battleships

Starting off we got yet another contender for tier VI the Tennessee-class. Pictured is USS Tennessee (BB-43) underway on May 12 1943, location: water. Of note is the 5 in/38 Mk 12 dual mounts flanking the superstructure. Here we see Tennessee’s sister USS California (BB-44) at anchor in Puget Sound Navy Yard on April 28Continue reading “Photos of US Battleships”

Transporting-16”gun barrels

Transportation of Gun Tube No. 87, near Waldo Grade on August 28, 1939. Photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration   16-inch gun on transport trailer, circa 1939. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Park Archives and Records Center, National Park Service   Battery Townsley gun , mounted, circa 1940 Golden Gate National Recreation Area,Continue reading “Transporting-16”gun barrels”

HMS M2 launching her Parnall Peto seaplane.

HMS M2 was a Royal Navy submarine monitor completed in 1919, converted in 1927 into a submarine aircraft carrier. She was wrecked in Lyme Bay, Dorset, Britain, on 26 January 1932. She was one of three M-class boats completed. Four M-class submarines replaced the order for the last four K-class submarines, K17–K21. Although they were similar in size, the M class was an entirely different design from the K class,Continue reading “HMS M2 launching her Parnall Peto seaplane.”

Surcouf was the largest French cruiser submarine. She served in both the French Navy and the Free French Naval Forces during the Second World War.

  She was lost during the night of 18/19 February 1942 in the Caribbean Sea, possibly after colliding with an American freighter. Surcouf was named after the French privateer Robert Surcouf. She was the largest submarine built until surpassed by the first Japanese I-400-class submarine in 1944. Surcouf had a twin-gun turret with 203 mmContinue reading “Surcouf was the largest French cruiser submarine. She served in both the French Navy and the Free French Naval Forces during the Second World War.”