Broadside view of the Tilefish (SS-307) off Mare Island on 2 March 1944. USN photos # 1434-44 through1436-44, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. Via Navsource A past Warship Wednesday alum, Tilefish gave hard service under the U.S. flag, earning five battle stars across six war patrols during WWII and another star for her Korean service. Given a FleetContinue reading “Great series of photos of the brand new Balao-class diesel-electric fleet submarine USS Tilefish (SS-307) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 2 March 1944, USN photos # 1434-44 through 1436-44. Commissioned just nine weeks prior, she is pictured here just after her post-shakedown maintenance before departing for points West to get in the war.”
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Italian Navy Destroyer Caio Duilio Shoots Down Drone In Red Sea
This afternoon, implementing the principle of self-defense, the Italian Navy destroyer Caio Duilio shot down a drone in the Red Sea. The drone, with similar characteristics to those already used in previous attacks, was about 6 kilometers from the Italian ship, heading towards it. Italian Navy destroyer Caio Duilio is one of two Andrea Doria-class air warfareContinue reading “Italian Navy Destroyer Caio Duilio Shoots Down Drone In Red Sea”
Navy destroyer returns to Japan after 4 years of stateside upgrades
The guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell returns to Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on March 2, 2024. (Jennessa Davey/Stars and Stripes)The guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell returned to the 7th Fleet on Saturday after nearly four years of maintenance and upgrades in Oregon. Taylor Pascual, wife of Chief John David Pascual, a hospital corpsman, was among the familyContinue reading “Navy destroyer returns to Japan after 4 years of stateside upgrades”
New photos of fourth Chinese Navy’s Type 075 LHD floating -According to information published by Rupprecht Deino on February 27, 2024, new photos of the fourth Type 075 landing helicopter dock have been released, showing it floating.
Chinese PLA Navy’s fourth Type 075 landing helicopter dock. (Picture source: Ricky Un) from Blogger https://ift.tt/inKYWds via IFTTT March 02, 2024 at 04:11PM See all posts in full – click here https://jcsnavyandmilitarynews.blogspot.com/
BELLISSIMO – Check out this great image of the Italian Navy’s Mar Grande Naval Station, Taranto, taken on 23 June 2018.
The above includes closest to the camera, two Bergamini-class FREMM frigates–Alpino (F 594) and Luigi Rizzo Martinengo (F 592)— a Lupo-class frigate and an Andrea Doria-class destroyer to the left, both of Italy’s flattops (Cavour and Garibaldi) in the center, a Durand de la Penne-class destroyer being towed out, and an aging Maestrale-class frigate, in addition to a few misciloanius tugs, lighters, andContinue reading “BELLISSIMO – Check out this great image of the Italian Navy’s Mar Grande Naval Station, Taranto, taken on 23 June 2018.”
