USS Iowa visits Portsmouth, UK, in 1989

USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to have served in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.Continue reading “USS Iowa visits Portsmouth, UK, in 1989”

HMS Superb

HMS Superb HMS Superb was a Minotaur-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship entered service in 1945 and had a brief, quiet career before being decommissioned in 1957 after her modernisation was cancelled. She was broken up in 1960. https://ift.tt/2bNcRom from Blogger https://ift.tt/37kUMGI via IFTTT from Currin’s Naval, Maritime & Marine News https://ift.tt/2tOIYOaContinue reading “HMS Superb”

HMNZS Scarba T175 (Lt.Cdr. Peter Phipps, DSC, RNZNVR – some may remember him) and HMNZS Sanda

HMNZS Scarba (T 175) MS Trawler of the Isles class Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy Type MS Trawler Class Isles  Pennant T 175  Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes  Ordered 13 Sep 1940  Laid down 6 Mar 1941  Launched 26 Jun 1941  Commissioned 25 Nov 1941  End service History Sold forContinue reading “HMNZS Scarba T175 (Lt.Cdr. Peter Phipps, DSC, RNZNVR – some may remember him) and HMNZS Sanda”