Monthly Archives: November 2023

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  Royal Australian Navy warships HMAS Derwent DE-49, and HMAS Swan DE-50, alongside the US Navy’s nuclear powered cruiser, USS Long Beach in Australia  Guided Missile Cruiser USS Long Beach anchored off Fremantle Western Australia in August 197 Hull of Long Beach sitting in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard awaiting recycling in March 2011. Picture taken from topContinue reading “USS Long Beach (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy and the world’s first nuclear-powered surface combatant.”

Holland under construction, 1900 USS Holland (SS-1) from Scientific American 1898. The muzzle door of the bow dynamite gun is open. Rough sketch of Holland. USS Holland (SS-1) underway Holland (SS-1) was the United States Navy‘s first modern commissioned submarine, although not the first military submarine of the United States, which was the 1775 submersible Turtle. The boat was originally laid down as Holland VI at the Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth, New Jersey for John PhilipContinue reading “USS Holland (SS-1) was the United States Navy’s first modern commissioned submarine, although not the first military submarine of the United States, which was the 1775 submersible Turtle.”