USS Gerald R Ford transiting the Strait of Gibraltar (Picture: US Department of Defense) A US carrier strike group, including the world’s biggest aircraft carrier, has travelled through the Strait of Gibraltar and left the Mediterranean Sea. USS Gerald R Ford, the world’s most advanced carrier, has been in the Eastern Mediterranean on an eight-monthContinue reading “USS Gerald R Ford: World’s biggest warship travels through Strait of Gibraltar 8th January 2024 at 12:25pm”
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USS Nebraska (BB-14) was a Virginia-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, the second of five members of the class, and the first ship to carry her name. She was built by the Moran Brothers shipyard in Seattle, Washington, with her keel laying in July 1902 and her launching in October 1904.
Nebraska painted with experimental camouflage c. 1918 (Battleship # 14) Underway off New York City, 22 July 1910, shortly after she had received her cage mainmast. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Nebraska in 1908, probably around the time she joined the Great White Fleet USS NEBRASKA 1909 The completed ship wasContinue reading “USS Nebraska (BB-14) was a Virginia-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, the second of five members of the class, and the first ship to carry her name. She was built by the Moran Brothers shipyard in Seattle, Washington, with her keel laying in July 1902 and her launching in October 1904.”
USS Nassau (LHA-4) is a decommissioned Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship.
When active, she was capable of transporting more than 3,000 United States Navy and United States Marine Corps personnel. Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, laid the ship’s keel on 13 August 1973; she was commissioned on 28 July 1979.[1] She was decommissioned on 31 March 2011. https://ift.tt/e5paZBz https://ift.tt/obKBx1Y from Blogger https://ift.tt/PjR1XUJ via IFTTT, /a>
Top Stories 2023: U.S. Operations in the Western Pacific – MALLORY SHELBOURNE JANUARY 4, 2024 5:41 PM
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) conducts a vertical replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Carl Brasher (T-AKE-7) while transiting the South China Sea. Commander, Task Force 73 (CTF) in coordination with Military Sealift Command Far East (MSC FE) refuels and resupplies deployed naval forces, along with regional AlliesContinue reading “Top Stories 2023: U.S. Operations in the Western Pacific – MALLORY SHELBOURNE JANUARY 4, 2024 5:41 PM”
The second USS Monterey (BM‑6) was the sole Monterey-class monitor. Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, 20 December 1889, she was launched 28 April 1891, sponsored by Miss Kate C. Gunn. She was commissioned 13 February 1893, with Captain Lewis Kempff in command.
Assigned to the Pacific Squadron for harbor defense, the Monterey operated out of Mare Island Navy Yard, making numerous voyages to ports on the West Coast on maneuvers and target practice during her first 5 years of naval service. Each spring the monitor would make a voyage down the California coast or a trip toContinue reading “The second USS Monterey (BM‑6) was the sole Monterey-class monitor. Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, 20 December 1889, she was launched 28 April 1891, sponsored by Miss Kate C. Gunn. She was commissioned 13 February 1893, with Captain Lewis Kempff in command.”
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