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UPDATED: Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer in Taiwan Strait Transit – By: Sam LaGrone June 3, 2023 7:00 AM • Updated: June 3, 2023 8:40 PM

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) steams alongside the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on Feb. 15, 2023. US Navy Photo This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. A People’s Liberation Army Navy warship cut across the bow of a U.S. guided-missile destroyer on Saturday while it was transitingContinue reading “UPDATED: Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer in Taiwan Strait Transit – By: Sam LaGrone June 3, 2023 7:00 AM • Updated: June 3, 2023 8:40 PM”

HMS Furious’ double stacker flight decks.

After her 1920’s conversion to a traditional aircraft carrier you could launch aircraft from the main deck as well as the hangar deck! This configuration wasn’t particularly successful and was not repeated in later Royal Navy carrier designs. More on HMS Furious here – http://jcsnavy.weebly.com/marine-naval-and-military-posts/hms-furious from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/EK9sw2a via IFTTT

The experimental cruiser submarine HMS X1, armed with 4 x 5.2″ guns.

  HM Submarine X1 was a British submarine of the interwar period. Conceived and designed as a submersible commerce raider for the Royal Navy; at the time of her launching she was the largest submarine in the world. For Britain, the idea of a submarine cruiser had been proposed as early as 1915, but the type was not put into practice until after theContinue reading “The experimental cruiser submarine HMS X1, armed with 4 x 5.2″ guns.”

HMS Hood meeting with HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson (the furthest one), late 1920s

  HMS Hood meeting with HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson (the furthest one), late 1920sThe battleship HMS Nelson in Norweigan waters, 1933 – a profile that is very reflective of the ship’s purpose of carrying heavy artillery into battle from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/KZugfFx via IFTTT

USS Oriskany was laid down in 1944 and sunk in 2006 to create an artificial reef.

USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34) – nicknamed Mighty O,[1] and occasionally referred to as the O-boat – was one of the few Essex-class aircraft carriers completed after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War. The history of Oriskany differs considerably from that ofContinue reading “USS Oriskany was laid down in 1944 and sunk in 2006 to create an artificial reef.”