The Royal Australian Navy fleet replenishment ship HMAS Supply underway (Photo: Australian Department of Defence/LSIS Jarrod Mulvihill ) On December 14, 1944, the Royal Australian Fleet Auxiliary freighting tanker Bishopdale was in the Philippines in San Pedro Bay refuelling Australian and Allied forces when it was attacked by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft. Able Seaman Gunner Stuart SavageContinue reading “OPINION | TIME TO RE-ESTABLISH THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN FLEET AUXILIARY? By Jennifer Parker – September 14, 2023.”
Monthly Archives: September 2023
Crew of USS Pueblo reunites, 55 years after capture by North Korea – By Diana Stancy Correll Sep 16, 10:50 AM
The Navy’s Pueblo underway in January of 1968. (National Archives) The crew of the Navy intelligence ship Pueblo reunited Thursday in San Diego to commemorate 55 years since North Korea captured the vessel. North Korea attacked and seized the Pueblo and its 83-person crew on Jan. 23, 1968, in international waters off the coast of Wonson. OneContinue reading “Crew of USS Pueblo reunites, 55 years after capture by North Korea – By Diana Stancy Correll Sep 16, 10:50 AM”
RNZ Navy divers join forces at Port of Tauranga
Royal New Zealand Navy divers have searched the hulls of two ships berthed at the Port of Tauranga as they were suspected of transporting narcotics. A team of Royal New Zealand Navy divers has scoured the hulls of two ships berthed at the Port of Tauranga, following intelligence reports they may have been transporting narcoticsContinue reading “RNZ Navy divers join forces at Port of Tauranga”
UK Deputy PM praises sailors returning from UK’s longest military operation 14th September 2023 at 7:51am
The Royal Navy’s latest nuclear deterrence submarine patrol was welcomed home at Clyde Naval Base by the Deputy Prime Minister (Picture: Royal Navy). Sailors returning from a patrol that formed part of the longest sustained military operation undertaken by the UK have been greeted by the Deputy Prime Minister. The Royal Navy’s latest nuclear deterrenceContinue reading “UK Deputy PM praises sailors returning from UK’s longest military operation 14th September 2023 at 7:51am”
Some history about USS Toledo – Warship Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023: Mud Hen Regulus Pitcher
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. 80-G-433460 Above we see, through the swirling smoke, the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser USS Toledo (CA 133) as she lets rip an 8-inch gun salvo into enemy installations at Wonsan in September 1951 during the Korean War. Note her Star-Spangled Banner and hull number identifiers on herContinue reading “Some history about USS Toledo – Warship Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023: Mud Hen Regulus Pitcher”
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