Category Archives: German Navy/Military

German light cruiser SMS Bremen in 1907.

USS Tulsa (LCS 16), left, and USS Jackson (LCS 6), right, transit the Philippine Sea with the German navy frigate FGS Bayern (F 217).

PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 18, 2021) The Independence-variant littoral combat ships USS Tulsa (LCS 16), left, and USS Jackson (LCS 6), right, transit the Philippine Sea with the German navy frigate FGS Bayern (F 217). Jackson & Tulsa, part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, are on a rotational deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area ofContinue reading “USS Tulsa (LCS 16), left, and USS Jackson (LCS 6), right, transit the Philippine Sea with the German navy frigate FGS Bayern (F 217).”

German battleship Hessen in Reichsmarine service, circa 1927

German predreadnought battleships: SMS Hessen taken from SMS Elsass.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_ElsassShip details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Hessen