Monthly Archives: August 2026

USS Cowpens (CG-63) is a decommissioned Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in service with the United States Navy from 1991 to 2024.

The ship is named after the Battle of Cowpens, a major American victory near Cowpens, South Carolina, in the American Revolution. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Maine. Cowpens was last stationed at Naval Base San Diego.

USS HELENA, APRA HBR, GUAM – 1952

USS Helena (CA-75), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Helena, Montana. She was named Helena while under construction after the cancellation of the light cruiser CL-113.

British frigate HMS Portland (F79) sails from Devonport (26/08/2026)

Odd-Metal8752OP•1d ago •Edited 1d ago Source: K. Clarke via NavyLookout on Twitter (X). Portland is the second-youngest of the UK’s five remaining Type 23 frigates (behind St Albans), and one of just four remaining active ships (alongside Sutherland and Somerset – Kent is in refit). Portland is notable for her eight Naval Strike Missile (NSM) launchers. Alongside Somerset, they’re the only ships in the Royal NavyContinue reading “British frigate HMS Portland (F79) sails from Devonport (26/08/2026)”

Going Fast

Posted on August 25, 2026 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment Some 52 years ago this month, a high speed formation off the coast of southern California. August 1974. We see the front runner, the Interdiction Craft Experimental (CPIC-X), in the center, flanked closely by the experimental hydrofoil USS Flagstaff (PGH-1) at the top and the Osprey class PTF (Fast Patrol Boat) 24 atContinue reading “Going Fast”

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard wraps up dry dock phase of North Carolina Maintenance

25 August 2026 Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) successfully undocked Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777), Aug. 12, 2026, clearing a critical benchmark in the undersea asset’s scheduled lifecycle maintenance period. North Carolina has been at the shipyard undergoing restoration and modernization, and this undocking evolution marksContinue reading “Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard wraps up dry dock phase of North Carolina Maintenance”