USS John Finn (DDG-113) conducts routine operations during a Taiwan Strait transit, on March 5, 2024. US Navy Photo A U.S. guided-missile destroyer transited the 90-mile-wide Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, U.S. 7th Fleet announced. USS John Finn (DDG-113) moved through the strait from the South China Sea to the East China Sea, according to the statement. “U.S.Continue reading “Destroyer USS John Finn Transits Taiwan Strait – SAM LAGRONE MARCH 5, 2024 9:07 AM – UPDATED: MARCH 5, 2024 9:28 AM”
Author Archives: John Currin (JC 's Naval and Military)
Bataan ARG, 26th MEU Heads Home After 8 Months Deployed – DZIRHAN MAHADZIR MARCH 6, 2024 10:06 AM
Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) transits the Mediterranean Sea during a photo exercise, Feb. 26, 2024. US Navy Photo The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit have wrapped up their Middle East and Europe deployment and are now homeward bound. Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, elements ofContinue reading “Bataan ARG, 26th MEU Heads Home After 8 Months Deployed – DZIRHAN MAHADZIR MARCH 6, 2024 10:06 AM”
USS Miami (SSN-755) was a Los Angeles-class submarine of the United States Navy. She was the third vessel of the U.S. Navy to be named after Miami, Florida.
Port Everglades, Fla. (Apr. 26, 2004) – The Los Angeles class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755), homeported in Groton, Conn., sits moored to a pier as Sailors prepare to participate in Fleet Week. The Fleet Week celebration is an annual tradition thanking our nation’s sea-going personnel for their dedicated service to our country.Continue reading “USS Miami (SSN-755) was a Los Angeles-class submarine of the United States Navy. She was the third vessel of the U.S. Navy to be named after Miami, Florida.”
Naval History – Battle of Coronel The first major naval battle of the First World War, fought on 1st November 1914: shocking Britain with the loss of her ships to Admiral Graf Spee’s Pacific Squadron and the death of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock
HMS Good Hope, named after the British Cape Colony, one of four Drake-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy, in Table Bay, overlooked by Cape Town. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon. HMS GOOD HOPE. 1914 HMS Good Hope on fire towards the end of the Battle of Coronel, 1st November 1914 in the First World: picture by Lionel Wyllie The previous battle inContinue reading “Naval History – Battle of Coronel The first major naval battle of the First World War, fought on 1st November 1914: shocking Britain with the loss of her ships to Admiral Graf Spee’s Pacific Squadron and the death of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock”
Guided-missile destroyer Jiaozuo of the 46th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy leaves a military port in Zhanjiang, South China’s Guangdong province, Feb 21, 2024.
The 46th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy on Wednesday set sail from a military port in the coastal city of Zhanjiang in South China’s Guangdong province to take over an escort mission from the 45th naval fleet in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. [Photo/Xinhua] from Blogger https://ift.tt/X1lJW2SContinue reading “Guided-missile destroyer Jiaozuo of the 46th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy leaves a military port in Zhanjiang, South China’s Guangdong province, Feb 21, 2024.”
