Monthly Archives: August 2023

Rum: The Spirit of the Sea For more than 300 years the shrill sound of a bosun’s pipe and a shout of ‘up spirits’ would be heard on board Royal Navy ships, and sailors lined up for their daily ration of rum or grog. By Louis Arthur Norton

Rum call on board the light cruiser HMS Dragon in 1936. Resting atop the grog tub, the “rum barrico” will soon be unlocked and its spirituous contents mixed with water in the tub to make grog. “SPLICE THE MAIN BRACE,” PROCEEDINGS, NOV. 1937 Essay Contests Current Issue Subscribe to Naval History Naval History Blog SubmisisonContinue reading “Rum: The Spirit of the Sea For more than 300 years the shrill sound of a bosun’s pipe and a shout of ‘up spirits’ would be heard on board Royal Navy ships, and sailors lined up for their daily ration of rum or grog. By Louis Arthur Norton”

Navy evacuates ships, aircraft from Florida bases prior to hurricane – By Diana Stancy Correll

The littoral combat ship Cooperstown arrives at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., Nov. 20, 2022. The Navy has begun moving some ships out of Mayport outand into the Atlantic Ocean ahead of Hurricane Idalia. (Navy)   The Navy is evacuating ships and aircraft based in Florida as Hurricane Idalia, which is expected to become a Category 3Continue reading “Navy evacuates ships, aircraft from Florida bases prior to hurricane – By Diana Stancy Correll”

DLG 21 / CG 21 – USS Gridleyu

  underway 1991   underway 1991   underway 1991   underway 1991   Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – 1991   Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – 1991   San Diego, California – 1991   USS Gridley (CG 21) fires a RUR-5 ASROC missile-torpedo near Coronado Island – September 1990   1990   1987   USS Jouett (CG 29),Continue reading “DLG 21 / CG 21 – USS Gridleyu”

French Navy’s amphibious assault ship Mistral visits Senegal despite tensions in Niger

World Defence News by Timoth￩e / August 23, 2023 at 02:03AM // keep unread // hide  According to a tweet published by the  French  Maritime prefect on August 22, 2023, the Mistral-class amphibious assault ship Mistral docked at Dakar, Senegal amid tensions in Niger and in the region. Read full news at this link Mistral-class amphibious assault shipContinue reading “French Navy’s amphibious assault ship Mistral visits Senegal despite tensions in Niger”

USS High Point hits her lowest point

NHHC L45-125.04.01 A few years ago, we covered the story of the experimental 115-foot “hydrofoil sub chaser”  USS High Point  (PCH-1) being up for sale in poor condition in Astoria, Oregon. Built by Boeing in 1962, she was the first of a series of hydrofoil craft designed to evaluate the performance of this kind of propulsion in theContinue reading “USS High Point hits her lowest point”