Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) sails alongside Republic of Korea Cheon Ja Bong (LST-687) during a PhotoEx, Sept. 16. https://ift.tt/L4XoKrn from Blogger https://ift.tt/DBryXKg via IFTTT
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Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) sails alongside Republic of Korea Cheon Ja Bong (LST-687) during a PhotoEx, Sept. 16.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 16, 2023) – Now in its 18th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Megan Alexander) https://ift.tt/F8ABidM from Blogger https://ift.tt/XuNnYVx via IFTTT
The seventh HMS Newcastle was a member of the Southampton subclass of the Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy.
CRUISERS IN VALLETTA HARBOUR, MALTA. 8 JANUARY 1946, GRAND HARBOUR, VALLETTA, MALTA. ; Opens a new tab HMS NEWCASTLE, passing Fort St Angelo on arrival in Malta. The Royal Navy Town-class cruiser HMS Newcastle (C76) at anchor in Plymouth Sound (UK). The first two Town-class were ordered from Vickers Armstrong and John Brown & Company on 1 June 1934 as part of the 1933Continue reading “The seventh HMS Newcastle was a member of the Southampton subclass of the Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy.”
HMS Liverpool, named after the port city of Liverpool in north-west England, was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy in service from 1938 to 1952.
HMS Liverpool – 28 February 1942 The cruisers HMS BERWICK (foreground) and HMS LIVERPOOL in drydock at Rosyth. The Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Liverpool (C11) in dry dock at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 26 June 1941, for repair of damage received in the Mediterranean Sea the pervious October. The false bow hadContinue reading “HMS Liverpool, named after the port city of Liverpool in north-west England, was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy in service from 1938 to 1952.”
HMS Birmingham was a member of the first group of five ships of the Town class light cruisers.
Birmingham initially joined the 5th Cruiser Squadron on the China Station in January 1938. On the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, she left for Malta for a refit before joining the Home Fleet in March–April 1940. Birmingham was a unit of the 18th Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet, initially usedContinue reading “HMS Birmingham was a member of the first group of five ships of the Town class light cruisers.”
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