Monthly Archives: December 2022

USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO-146) replenishing USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), 25 July 1986

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HMS VICTORIOUS leaving HMNB Portsmouth for sea trials after an 8 year refit in which she was almost rebuilt and significantly upgraded since her initial launch in 1939. She would serve until 1968 when she was deleted early as part of defence cuts

Type 984 radar (Searchlight)Type 984 was a Royal Navy radar system introduced in the mid-1950s, designed by the Admiralty Signals Research Establishment. Type 984 was a 3D S band system used for both ground controlled interception (GCI) and as a secondary early warning system. It was the most sophisticated naval radar of its era. fromContinue reading “HMS VICTORIOUS leaving HMNB Portsmouth for sea trials after an 8 year refit in which she was almost rebuilt and significantly upgraded since her initial launch in 1939. She would serve until 1968 when she was deleted early as part of defence cuts”

Severe bomb damage to the stern of HMS DELHI. Note the men stood on the lower decks of the cruiser. The anti aircraft cruiser suffered bomb damage during North African operations in 1942.

From May to December, 1941 Delhi was refitted as an anti-aircraft cruiser at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This refit included 5-inch/38 calibre guns originally intended for the US destroyer USS Edison, and were hand-picked by Edison’s commanding officer, but were transferred to Delhi on the direct instructions President Roosevelt.[3] With her new dual purpose mainContinue reading “Severe bomb damage to the stern of HMS DELHI. Note the men stood on the lower decks of the cruiser. The anti aircraft cruiser suffered bomb damage during North African operations in 1942.”

ANTONOV AN-124 VISITS RAAF BASE AMBERLEY WITH UKRAINE MESSAGE written by Adam Thorn | December 22, 2022

Craig Murray shot this Antonov An-124, UR-82008 at RAAF Base Amberley Australian Aviation photographer Craig Murray has captured the moment an Antonov An-124 landed at RAAF Base Amberley on 7 December. The four-engined Ukrainian aircraft’s livery now carries the message ‘Be Brave Like Okhtyrka’, in honour of the city bombed early in the Russian invasionContinue reading “ANTONOV AN-124 VISITS RAAF BASE AMBERLEY WITH UKRAINE MESSAGE written by Adam Thorn | December 22, 2022”

SECNAV Del Toro Names Future Survey Ship After Titanic Discoverer Robert Ballard By: Heather Mongilio December 21, 2022 4:51 PM • Updated: December 21, 2022 9:47 PM

Pathfinder-class ship USNS Maury (T-AGS 66) in 2016. A future Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship was named after the deep sea explorer who discovered the final resting place of RMS Titanic, the Navy announced on Wednesday. The future USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS-67) was named by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named after the retired Navy commander who servedContinue reading “SECNAV Del Toro Names Future Survey Ship After Titanic Discoverer Robert Ballard By: Heather Mongilio December 21, 2022 4:51 PM • Updated: December 21, 2022 9:47 PM”