Author Archives: John Currin (JC 's Naval and Military)

  After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378), later WHEC-378, from 1948 to 1969, seeing service in the Vietnam War during her Coast Guard career. Construction and commissioning[edit] Half Moon was laid down as a small seaplane tender (AVP-26) on 10 March 1942 by Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, and was launched as such on 12 July 1942, sponsoredContinue reading “USS Half Moon (AVP-26) was a seaplane tender that in commission in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 that saw service in the latter half of World War II.”

  She was the lead ship of a class of three battleships, and the first ship to be named for the state of New Mexico. Her keel was laid down on 14 October 1915 at the New York Navy Yard, from which she was launched on 23 April 1917 and commissioned on 20 May 1918.Continue reading “USS NEW MEXICO – 1934 USS New Mexico (BB-40) was a battleship in service with the United States Navy from 1918 to 1946.”

She was laid down in 1895 as Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy by Armstrong, Mitchell and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, launched on 4 December 1896, purchased by the U.S. Navy while building on 16 March 1898; and commissioned 18 March 1898 at Gravesend, England. https://ift.tt/I54pJfg from Blogger https://ift.tt/FE3du86 via IFTTT

USS Gunston Hall arrived at Portsmouth base ahead of her deployment on Nato’s Exercise Steadfast Defender (Picture: HMNB Portsmouth X). Amphibious warfare ship USS Gunston Hall has arrived at Portsmouth Naval Base ahead of her deployment on Nato’s largest exercise in decades, Steadfast Defender.  The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship left Naval Station Norfolk inContinue reading “USS Gunston Hall docks at Portsmouth ahead of Nato’s largest exercise in decades Alex Candlin 9th February 2024 at 10:45am”