Swedish Cruiser GOTLAND 1937 The design of the ship started out in December 1926 as a seaplane carrier with room for twelve aircraft.[1] When presented with the design, Sweden’s Naval Construction Board decided that it wanted the ship to have cruiser and minelaying functions as well as operating as a seaplane carrier.[1] The resultingContinue reading “HSwMS Gotland was a seaplane cruiser of the Swedish Navy built by Götaverken.”
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Photos – USS Kearsarge (BB-5), the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships, was a United States Navy ship, named after the sloop-of-war Kearsarge. She was converted into a crane ship in 1920, renamed Crane Ship No. 1 in 1941, and sold for scrap in 1955.
USS Kearsarge1922 Kearsarge during the cruise of the Great White Fleet USS Kearsarge (BB-5), the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships, was a United States Navy ship, named after the sloop-of-war Kearsarge. Her keel was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Virginia, on 30 June 1896. She was launched on 24 March 1898, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow (née Maynard), the wife of Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, and commissioned onContinue reading “Photos – USS Kearsarge (BB-5), the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships, was a United States Navy ship, named after the sloop-of-war Kearsarge. She was converted into a crane ship in 1920, renamed Crane Ship No. 1 in 1941, and sold for scrap in 1955.”
US Army works on prototypes to improve network transport for armor brigades
Andrew Eversden 10 hours ago U.S. soldiers provide M2A2 Bradley vehicles in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve in eastern Syria. (Spc. DeAndre Pierce/U.S. Army Reserve) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s tactical network modernization team has started a prototyping effort to improve its armor brigades’ connection to the network while on the move. The capability,Continue reading “US Army works on prototypes to improve network transport for armor brigades”
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 12, 2020
200+USNI Newsby U.S. Naval Institute Staff / 10h //keep unread//hide USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Oct. 12, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chartContinue reading “USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 12, 2020”
See the new weapons unveiled at North Korea’s military parade
25Defense Newsby Kim Tong-Hyung, The Associated Press / 9h //keep unread//hide The weapons included what was possibly the North’s biggest-yet ICBM, which was mounted on an 11-axel launch vehicle that was also seen for the first time. VISIT WEBSITE from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3lDZCW1 via IFTTT
