Monthly Archives: October 2023

HMS Queen (D19) – The USS St. Andrews (CVE-49) (originally AVG-49, later ACV-49) was assigned to MC hull 260 on 23 August 1942, a ship to be built to modified C3-S-A1 plans. She was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington; redesignated CVE-49 on 15 July; and launched on 31 July; sponsored by Mrs. Robert W. Morse; transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 7 December; and commissioned the same day as HMS Queen (D19) in the Royal Navy.

British Bogue/Ameer class escort aircraft carrier HMS QUEEN moored to a buoy at Scapa Flow. HMS Queen served British and Allied escort forces in protecting the vital convoy supply effort across the North Atlantic in 1944, and in the Pacific campaigns in 1945. On 4 May 1945 aircraft of Queen’s 853 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, took part inContinue reading “HMS Queen (D19) – The USS St. Andrews (CVE-49) (originally AVG-49, later ACV-49) was assigned to MC hull 260 on 23 August 1942, a ship to be built to modified C3-S-A1 plans. She was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington; redesignated CVE-49 on 15 July; and launched on 31 July; sponsored by Mrs. Robert W. Morse; transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 7 December; and commissioned the same day as HMS Queen (D19) in the Royal Navy.”

Austal delivers sixth evolved Cape-class patrol boat to Australia

October 13, 2023, by Fatima Bahtić Austal Australia has delivered the sixth of eight Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) to the Royal Australian Navy. The vessel, ADV Cape Pillar, was officially accepted by the Commonwealth of Australia at Austal’s Henderson, Western Australia shipyard. Austal Limited Chief Executive Officer Paddy Gregg said that Cape Pillar was the third evolvedContinue reading “Austal delivers sixth evolved Cape-class patrol boat to Australia”

General Dynamics Electric Boat deliver USS Hyman G. Rickover SSN

The latest Hyman G. Rickover is one of two Virginia fast attack submarines to be delivered in FY2023, and part of Block IV multi-year procurement. John Hill October 13 2023 General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) has delivered the Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN), USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795), to the US Navy on 11 October 2023. Hyman G. Rickover is theContinue reading “General Dynamics Electric Boat deliver USS Hyman G. Rickover SSN”

USNS Mercy heads to Indo-Pacific for annual humanitarian mission

By Diana Stancy Correll  Oct 14, 07:00 AM The hospital ship USNS Mercy gets underway in support of Pacific Partnership 2024 from Naval Base San Diego, California, Oct. 10, 2023. (MC2 David Negron/U.S. Navy) Medical and dental personnel aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy got underway Tuesday from San Diego for an annual humanitarian mission in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership 2024, theContinue reading “USNS Mercy heads to Indo-Pacific for annual humanitarian mission”

HMS Capetown – HMS Capetown (D88)

HMS Capetown was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the South African city of Cape Town. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Capetown_(D88)