The ship Monowai, in Milford Sound, New Zealand, February 1933. HMNZS[3] Monowai (F59) was a former Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) merchant vessel. At the outbreak of World War II she became an armed merchant cruiser of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). She subsequently became HMS Monowai, a Landing Ship, Infantry and mostly operated as a troopship. In 1946 she returned to her old trade as a passenger ship.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Monowai_(F59) fromContinue reading “HMNZS Monowai”
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Monowai in Lowestoft, UK
HMNZS Monowai (A06) was a hydrographic survey vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Built in 1960, the ship was originally used as a civilian supply and passenger vessel by the New Zealand Government, under the name GMV Moana Roa, before being acquired by the RNZN in 1977. She remained in RNZN service untilContinue reading “Monowai in Lowestoft, UK”
USAMP Colonel George Ricker 1943
USAMP Colonel George Ricker 1943 The second USS Planter (ACM-2) was a Chimo-class minelayer in the United States Navy during World War II. Planter was built as the U.S. Army mine planter USAMP Col. George Ricker by Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia and delivered to the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine PlanterContinue reading “USAMP Colonel George Ricker 1943”
Harrier GR.3 aircraft of 1 Squadron parked alongside Royal Navy Sea Harriers and a Sea King helicopter on the flight deck of HMS Hermes on 19 May 1982
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USS Baron DeKalb (1861) originally named USS St Louis
USS Baron DeKalb (1861) was a City-class ironclad gunboat constructed for the Union Navy by James B. Eads during the American Civil War. USS Baron DeKalb, named after General Baron DeKalb of Hüttendorf near Erlangen, in present-day Bavaria, was originally named Saint Louis, and was one of seven City-class ironclads built at Carondelet, Missouri and Mound City, Illinois, for the Western Gunboat Flotilla.[1] These ironclads were shallow draft with a center driven paddle wheel. They were partiallyContinue reading “USS Baron DeKalb (1861) originally named USS St Louis”
