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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.””

Photos – HMS/HMNZS Blackpool was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the RN and RNZN

  Ship’s History This Whitby-class Type 12 frigate was designed for the RN in the early 1950s for ASW against the Warsaw Pact submarines. Blackpool was the last Whitby to be constructed and was loaned to the RNZN while HMNZS Canterbury was being built. In 1963-64 Blackpool went a major refit at Chatham and was commissioned for service with the FarContinue reading “Photos – HMS/HMNZS Blackpool was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the RN and RNZN”

A very fine name but not such a fine ship – HMNZS Charles Upham (A02) was a Mercandian 2-in-1 class roll-on/roll-off vessel operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) between 1994 and 2001.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY || It’s not easy to find a flattering line on HMNZS Charles Upham, which served in the Royal New Zealand Navy between 1994 and 2001. The former roll-on-roll-off vessel was intended as a logistics support ship, but she was plagued with stability and seakeeping issues. She was eventually sold in 2001. The vastlyContinue reading “A very fine name but not such a fine ship – HMNZS Charles Upham (A02) was a Mercandian 2-in-1 class roll-on/roll-off vessel operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) between 1994 and 2001.”

From RSA

Passchendaele Centenary Commemoration 2017 The National Commemoration of the Battle of Passchendaele was held at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington yesterday. The event marked the 100th anniversary of the attack on Bellevue Spur at the Battle of Passchendaele – one of the costliest and bloodiest engagements in New Zealand’s military history. On 12 OctoberContinue reading “From RSA”