Monthly Archives: October 2023

The British destroyer HMS Duncan replenishing from the German oiler Frankfurt am Main as part of SNMG2.

USS Chung-Hoon at her homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in September 2004.

USS Chung HoonUSS Chung-Hoon at her homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in September 2004.HistoryUnited StatesName: USS Chung-HoonNamesake: Gordon Pai’ea Chung-HoonAwarded: 6 March 1998Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Northrop Grumman, Pascagoula, Mississippi[1]Laid down: 14 January 2002Launched: 15 December 2002Sponsored by: Michelle Punana Chung-HoonAcquired: 22 March 2004Commissioned: 18 September 2004Homeport: Pearl HarborMotto: Imua e na Koa KaiContinue reading “USS Chung-Hoon at her homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in September 2004.”

USS Bainbridge (DD-246) In New York Harbor, 19 August 1943, with the Manhattan skyline in the right distance.

Note that the ship carries a Hedgehog launcher just aft of her forward 3″/50 gunThe third USS Bainbridge (DD-246) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commodore William Bainbridge, who served in the War of 1812 and the First and Second Barbary Wars.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bainbridge_(DD-246)

The cruiser USS Arkansas (CGN-41) was a Virginia-class nuclear-propelled guided-missile cruiser of the U.S. Navy. She was in commission (in active service) from October 1980 through July 1998.

USS ARKANSAS Her primary missions were in defending aircraft carrier task forces in air defense (AAW) and antisubmarine warfare (ASW) by using her guided missiles, radar systems, and sonar systems. Since the Arkansas had the high speed and unlimited range provided by her nuclear reactors, she usually escorted the nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy.WithContinue reading “The cruiser USS Arkansas (CGN-41) was a Virginia-class nuclear-propelled guided-missile cruiser of the U.S. Navy. She was in commission (in active service) from October 1980 through July 1998.”

HMS Eskimo (F119) was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy in service from 1963 to 1980. She was scrapped in 1992.

Eskimo was built by J. Samuel White, of Cowes,[1] at a cost of £4,670,000.[2] The frigate was launched on 20 March 1960 and commissioned on 21 February 1963.[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Eskimo_(F119)