Tag Archives: Currin’s Naval

USS MISSISSIPPI 1945

The U.S. Navy battleship USS Mississippi (BB-41) operating at sea during the later 1930s. She has three Curtiss SOC Seagull aircraft on her catapults. USS MISSISSIPPI 1945USS Mississippi (BB-41/AG-128), the second of three members of the New Mexico class, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state. The ship was builtContinue reading “USS MISSISSIPPI 1945”

USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET

USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET Iowa (BB4). Port bow, entering drydock, 09-01-1898 USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET Coast Battleship No. 4 (ex-USS Iowa, Battleship # 4) — As a Target Ship, 1921-1923In mid-1919 the laid-up USS Coast Battleship No. 4 (which had been named Iowa until April ofContinue reading “USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET”

USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET

USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET Iowa (BB4). Port bow, entering drydock, 09-01-1898 USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET Coast Battleship No. 4 (ex-USS Iowa, Battleship # 4) — As a Target Ship, 1921-1923In mid-1919 the laid-up USS Coast Battleship No. 4 (which had been named Iowa until April ofContinue reading “USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET”

USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET

USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET Iowa (BB4). Port bow, entering drydock, 09-01-1898 USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET Coast Battleship No. 4 (ex-USS Iowa, Battleship # 4) — As a Target Ship, 1921-1923In mid-1919 the laid-up USS Coast Battleship No. 4 (which had been named Iowa until April ofContinue reading “USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET”

HMS Somerset (F82)

Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset is pictured during counter piracy operations in the Indian Ocean. HMS Somerset is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the eleventh ship of the class to join the fleet since 1989. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd on the River Clyde, in ScotlandContinue reading “HMS Somerset (F82)”