Monthly Archives: November 2025

The Canadian corvette HMCS Charlottetown at sea in 1941.Used in the North Atlantic to escort convoys between Halifax and the Western Approaches.Sunk on September 11, 1942, by a torpedo from the German submarine U-517 off the coast of Canada. 1941

US Coast Guard heavy icebreaker departs for months-long deployment to Antarctica

The US Coast Guard heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star is seen moored ahead of deploying for Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Seattle, November 20, 2025.US Coast Guard/Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Bokum Gareth Havelock – Published on: 27 Nov 2025, 6:09 pm The US Coast Guard’s heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star departed Seattle on November 20, commencing herContinue reading “US Coast Guard heavy icebreaker departs for months-long deployment to Antarctica”

US Navy takes delivery of newest Virginia-class sub USS Massachusetts

November 24, 2025, by Fatima Bahtić The US Navy has taken delivery of the future USS Massachusetts (SSN 798), the 25th Virginia-class submarine, from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. As informed, the delivery ceremony took place on November 21, 2025. Massachusetts is the 12th Virginia-class submarine delivered by NNS, and the 25th built as part of the teaming agreementContinue reading “US Navy takes delivery of newest Virginia-class sub USS Massachusetts”

Naval History – The dusty cardboard box of Kaiser Karl

laststandonzombieisland by laststandonzombieisland The Habsburgs by the 1860s had at least five assorted life guard units in their Household Division, with probably the most elite of them– on regular watch anyway– being the Imperial-Royal Trabant Lifeguards (k.k. Trabantenleibgarde). Composed of long-serving Army officers and career NCOs, the half-company-sized Trabantenleibgarde was responsible for mounting the interior guard at theContinue reading “Naval History – The dusty cardboard box of Kaiser Karl”

73rd Burke accepted – Bath has delivered the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) to the Navy for a planned 2026 commissioning. 

laststandonzombieisland by laststandonzombieisland Bath has delivered the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) to the Navy for a planned 2026 commissioning.  She is the 73rd of her class, the next to last Flight IIA Burke, and one of nine so-called “Technology Insertion” vessels, which have some of the Flight III sensors and mods, such as the new AN/SPQ-9B search andContinue reading “73rd Burke accepted – Bath has delivered the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) to the Navy for a planned 2026 commissioning. “