Squadrons included VF-51 Screaming Eagles F-14A Tomcats, VF-111 Sundowners F-14A Tomcats, VA-22 Redcocks A-7E Corsair IIs, VA-94 Mighty Shrikes A-7E Corsair IIs, VA-52 Knight Riders A-6E and KA-6D Intruders, VAW-114 Hormel Hawgs E-2C Hawkeyes, VFP-63 Eyes of the Fleet Det.1 RF-8G Crusaders, VAQ-135 Black Ravens EA-6B Prowlers, VS-21 Lightning Bolts S-3A Vikings, HS-8 Eightballers SH-3HContinue reading “USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) with CVW-15 (NL) on board, February 1980.”
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USS Estes (AGC-12) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship. It is officially named after “A mountain peak and national park in Colorado.”
She was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and landing force commander during large-scale operations. Construction and career Estes was launched on 1 November 1943 at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington,Continue reading “USS Estes (AGC-12) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship. It is officially named after “A mountain peak and national park in Colorado.””
USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. The ship was named to honor Lieutenant Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Jr., USN; his son, Master Jonathan Wainwright, III, USN; his cousin, Commander Richard Wainwright, USN; and also Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, USN.
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Wainwright (DD-419) underway off the U.S. East Coast on 5 May 1944, while assigned to escort and training duties. The ship is wearing Camouflage Measure 22. Note the two men on the starboard bridge wing and the man on the main deck below the after conn. Wainwright was laid down on 7 JuneContinue reading “USS Wainwright (DD-419) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. The ship was named to honor Lieutenant Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Jr., USN; his son, Master Jonathan Wainwright, III, USN; his cousin, Commander Richard Wainwright, USN; and also Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, USN.”
USS Lafayette (SSBN-616), the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named to honor Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero who fought alongside and significantly aided the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
USS LAFAYETTE Construction and commissioning Jacqueline Kennedy christening LafayetteLafayette’s keel was laid down on 17 January 1961 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched 8 May 1962, sponsored by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, and commissioned 23Continue reading “USS Lafayette (SSBN-616), the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named to honor Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero who fought alongside and significantly aided the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.”
Danish air-defense frigate heads to Red Sea as trade is under threat
By Rudy Ruitenberg The Danish frigate Iver Huitfeldt takes off for the Gulf of Aden from the Naval Station in Korsor, Denmark, on Jan. 29, 2024. The Danish frigate will contribute to strengthening maritime security in and around the Red Sea. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS — The Danish air-defense frigate IverContinue reading “Danish air-defense frigate heads to Red Sea as trade is under threat”
