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USS NEREUS 1955 This unusual view shows eleven vessels of Submarine Squadron Five (nine submarines, a submarine rescue vessel and a submarine tender) moored side by side for a recent change of command ceremony at San Diego, California.

Captain Eugene B. Fluckey, USN, Medal of Honor recipient, relieved Captain Francis B. Scanland, USN, as Commander, Submarine Squadron Five on 1 August 1955USS Nereus (AS-17) was a Fulton-class submarine tender in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1971. She was scrapped in 2012.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nereus_(AS-17)

USS AMERICA – Cannes – ’66 USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class super carriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960’s

. Commissioned in 1965, she spent most of her career in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, but did make three Pacific deployments serving in the Vietnam War. She also served in the Persian Gulf War’s operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.America held the distinction of being the first large aircraft carrier since Operation Crossroads in 1946Continue reading “USS AMERICA – Cannes – ’66 USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class super carriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960’s”

USS NEVADA and USS OKLAHOMA 1921

USS Longbeach with HMAS Swan and HMAS Derwent 

USS Topeka (CL-67/CLG-8), a Cleveland-class light cruiser was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Topeka, Kansas.

USS Topeka (CL-67/CLG-8), a Cleveland-class light cruiser was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Topeka, Kansas.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Topeka