Monthly Archives: March 2024

USS Annapolis Visits Australia

Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Kaitlyn Eads | ROCKINGHAM, Western Australia (March 10, 2024) – U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the… read more ROCKINGHAM, WA, AUSTRALIA 03.11.2024 Courtesy Story Commander, Submarine Group Seven    Subscribe 12 ROCKINGHAM, Australia–USS Annapolis (SSN 760) arrived in HMAS Stirling in Perth, Western Australia Sunday.This marks the second visit by a U.S. fast-attack submarineContinue reading “USS Annapolis Visits Australia”

US Army scraps Extended Range Cannon Artillery prototype effort By Jen Judson Mar 12, 07:00 AM

  The ERCA system uses a service-developed, 58-caliber gun tube mounted on the chassis of a BAE Systems-made Paladin Integrated Management howitzer. (Ana Henderson/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army is changing its approach to acquiring a long-range artillery capability and scrapping its 58-caliber Extended Range Cannon Artillery prototyping effort, according to the service’s acquisition chief. “We concluded theContinue reading “US Army scraps Extended Range Cannon Artillery prototype effort By Jen Judson Mar 12, 07:00 AM”

USS IDAHO 1942

HMAS Wyatt Earp (formerly known as FV Fanefjord, MV Wyatt Earp, and HMAS Wongala) was a motor vessel commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1939 to 1945 and again from 1947 to 1948.

Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Wyatt Earp going to sea from Nelson Pier, Williamstown, Victoria, preparing for voyage to Antarctica. Note deck cargo includes parts of a Royal Australian Air Force OS2U Kingfisher amphibian aircraft. Navy serviceIn February 1939, Wyatt Earp was purchased from Ellsworth by the Government of Australia and handed over to the RAN, which intended to use theContinue reading “HMAS Wyatt Earp (formerly known as FV Fanefjord, MV Wyatt Earp, and HMAS Wongala) was a motor vessel commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1939 to 1945 and again from 1947 to 1948.”

HMAS Vendetta was one of three Daring-class destroyers built for and operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The destroyer was built by Williamstown Naval Dockyard and entered service in 1958.

  Aerial starboard side view of the Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) and the destroyers HMAS Vendetta (D08) and HMAS Voyager (D04) underway, circa in 1959. On the carrier’s flight deck, two Gannet anti submarine aircraft are spotted forward with another to port abreast the island. Three Sea Venom fighters are spotted aft of the island.  Strategic Reserve on multiple occasions. InContinue reading “HMAS Vendetta was one of three Daring-class destroyers built for and operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The destroyer was built by Williamstown Naval Dockyard and entered service in 1958.”