Monthly Archives: November 2023

Farmer provides ‘enemy’ tanks to make Army exercises more realistic

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Two US carriers sail together in eastern Mediterranean for first time in decades

4th November 2023 at 2:30pm For the first time in decades, the ships and aircraft of two US Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have sailed together in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise. US carriers USS Gerald R Ford and USS Dwight D Eisenhower drilled for three days along with the amphibious command ship USS Mount… ReadContinue reading “Two US carriers sail together in eastern Mediterranean for first time in decades”

HMS Queen Elizabeth fends off submarine ‘attack’ during exercise with Norwegian navy

6th November 2023 at 12:16pm HMS Queen Elizabeth has been taking part in a joint exercise with a Norwegian submarine that had been attempting to ‘sink’ her while playing the enemy and testing her defences. Norwegian sub HNoMS Utstein was confronted by Royal Navy helicopters from 820 Naval Air Squadron, while RAF P-8A Poseidon maritime… ReadContinue reading “HMS Queen Elizabeth fends off submarine ‘attack’ during exercise with Norwegian navy”

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 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 July 1945, with Captain John A.… 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.”

USS Vesuvius, the third ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament. She is considered a dynamite gun cruiser and was essentially an operational testbed for large dynamite guns.

The dynamite guns Vesuvius was laid down in September 1887 at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons Ships and Engine Building Company, subcontracted from the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Company of New York City. She was launched on 28 April 1888 sponsored by Miss Eleanor Breckinridge and commissioned on 2 June 1890 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder in command. Dynamite guns[edit] Vesuvius carried three 15-inch (38 cm) cast-iron pneumatic guns, invented… ReadContinue reading “USS Vesuvius, the third ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament. She is considered a dynamite gun cruiser and was essentially an operational testbed for large dynamite guns.”