Category Archives: AA – All US Navy and Military

The USS Kearsarge, a Pre-Dreadnought battleship that had stacked turrets, 8 inch guns on top of 13 inch guns. The design was not successful, as problems such as slow re-loading and severe vibration emerged.

USS Enterprise and HMCS Terra Nova moored together in Norfolk, Virginia

US Navy transfers first Virginia Payload Module of USS Arizona submarine for final assembly

General Dynamics Electric Boat transferred the first completed 184-foot Virginia Payload Module section for the future USS Arizona from Quonset Point, Rhode Island, to Groton, Connecticut. The 10,200-ton Block V submarine hull incorporates an 83-foot-long midships extension that houses four large-diameter payload tubes. This structural integration increases the vessel’s vertical launch capacity to 40 Tomahawk-classContinue reading “US Navy transfers first Virginia Payload Module of USS Arizona submarine for final assembly”

Last ‘Hog Flys Last Air Weapons School Training Flight

Posted on September 18, 2026 by laststandonzombieisland One comment The end of an era, boys. The A-10 Thunderbolt II SN 82-0665 completed its final training sortie with the 66th Weapons Squadron this week, flown by Lt. Col. Ridge Flick, the unit’s commander. “The flight closed a chapter of providing graduate-level training in advanced close airContinue reading “Last ‘Hog Flys Last Air Weapons School Training Flight”

USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) at anchor USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts. Commissioned in 1916, the ship served in World War I as a part of Battleship Division Six, protecting Allied convoys onContinue reading “USS Oklahoma (BB-37)”