USS Eversole (DD-789) underway in 1956. USS Eversole (DD-789) underway in 1956. TCG Gayret as a museum ship (TCG Gayret Museum) in Izmit, Turkey. USS Eversole (DD-789) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant (junior grade) John T. Eversole (1915–1942), a naval aviator who was killed in the Battle of Midway. She later served in the Turkish navy from 1973 to 1995 as TCG Gayret (D-352) and is now a shipContinue reading “USS Eversole (DD-789) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy,”
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The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944
USS LOS ANGELES, LONG BEACH-1947 The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles (CA-135) returns to the Korean theater for its second tour of combat duty with UN Naval Forces, 13 October 1952. Note that the ship’s Jack and National Ensign are flying at half-mast. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22… ReadContinue reading “The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944”
The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944
USS LOS ANGELES, LONG BEACH-1947 The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles (CA-135) returns to the Korean theater for its second tour of combat duty with UN Naval Forces, 13 October 1952. Note that the ship’s Jack and National Ensign are flying at half-mast. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22Continue reading “The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944”
HMS Reclaim was a deep diving and submarine rescue vessel and was the last British warship to have sails in the Royal Navy. (Photos)
HMS Reclaim in Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire, for Portsmouth Navy Day 1980. HMS Reclaim a deep diving and submarine rescue vessel was the last British warship to have sails. Although rarely used, they could add half a knot to her speed. HMS Reclaim also served as a filming location for the Doctor Who serial “The Sea Devils”Continue reading “HMS Reclaim was a deep diving and submarine rescue vessel and was the last British warship to have sails in the Royal Navy. (Photos)”
HMS STRONGHOLD recovery of aircraft from HMS Courageous 1930
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