3rd Fleet: Aircraft Intact as Navy Prepares to Investigate P-8 Poseidon Mishap in Hawaii – By: Gidget Fuentes November 22, 2023 6:09 AM

A P-8A Poseidon floating in Kaneohe Bay on Nov. 21, 2023. The Navy will convene an investigation into Monday’s incident in Hawaii where a Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft overshot a runway and ended up in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay, officials said. Three pilots along with a crew of two officers and four enlistedContinue reading “3rd Fleet: Aircraft Intact as Navy Prepares to Investigate P-8 Poseidon Mishap in Hawaii – By: Gidget Fuentes November 22, 2023 6:09 AM”

Fast-Carrier Attack Against Tarawa Before the legendary Marine Corps battle unfolded on the atoll in the Gilberts, Task Force 15 raided the target to set the stage for the coming onslaught. By Peter McQuarrie December 2023 Naval History Magazine

Pilots and gunners of Bombing Squadron 16 (VB-16) climb out of their Douglas SBD-5 bombers onto the flight deck of the USS Lexington after returning from the Tarawa-Makin raid, 18 September 1943. NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND Little has been written about the two-day attack against Tarawa that took place two months before U.S. MarinesContinue reading “Fast-Carrier Attack Against Tarawa Before the legendary Marine Corps battle unfolded on the atoll in the Gilberts, Task Force 15 raided the target to set the stage for the coming onslaught. By Peter McQuarrie December 2023 Naval History Magazine”

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Nov. 20, 2023 November 20, 2023 12:53 PM • Updated: November 20, 2023 3:24 PM

USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Nov. 20, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. ThisContinue reading “USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Nov. 20, 2023 November 20, 2023 12:53 PM • Updated: November 20, 2023 3:24 PM”

USS Arizona (BB-39) following USS Tennessee (BB-43) and USS Texas (BB-35)

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USS Slater (DE-766) is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic (Greek) Navy.

USS SLATER Commissioning 1944 Following service during World War II, the ship was transferred to Greece and renamed Aetos. Decommissioned in 1991, the destroyer escort was returned to the United States. USS Slater is now a museum ship on the Hudson River in Albany, New York, the only one of its kind afloat in theContinue reading “USS Slater (DE-766) is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic (Greek) Navy.”