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USS Idaho (BB-42), a New Mexico-class battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 43rd state. She was the third of three ships of her class. Built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, she was launched in June 1917 and commissioned in March 1919. She was armed with a battery of twelve 14-inch (356 mm) guns in four three-gun turrets, and was protected by heavy armor plate, with her main belt armor being 13.5 inches (343 mm) thick

Idaho spent most of the 1920s and 1930s in the Pacific Fleet, where she conducted routine training exercises. Like her sister ships, she was modernized in the early 1930s. In mid-1941, before the United States entered World War II, Idaho and her sisters were sent to join the Neutrality Patrols that protected American shipping duringContinue reading “USS Idaho (BB-42), a New Mexico-class battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 43rd state. She was the third of three ships of her class. Built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, she was launched in June 1917 and commissioned in March 1919. She was armed with a battery of twelve 14-inch (356 mm) guns in four three-gun turrets, and was protected by heavy armor plate, with her main belt armor being 13.5 inches (343 mm) thick”

Long-neglected hydrofoil USS High Point has a new owner

The USS High Point, in the early 1960s. U.S. NAVY HIGH POINT, N.C. (Tribune News Service) — Nearly 3,000 miles across the country, at an old naval shipyard in Astoria, Oregon, rests an aging, neglected vessel that could just as easily be found in a scrapyard as a shipyard. She was really something to seeContinue reading “Long-neglected hydrofoil USS High Point has a new owner”

We aren’t sailing! Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is stranded for six months after £3bn warship flooded for second time

  HMS Prince of Wales will now be stranded in Portsmouth until May next year after sea water entered vessel Vessel’s electrical systems have been damaged after water poured into engine room for more than 24 hours The £3.1billion state-of-the-art ship was due to depart for the U.S. to carry out tests with the F-35Continue reading “We aren’t sailing! Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is stranded for six months after £3bn warship flooded for second time”

HMS Lancaster Returns To Portsmouth

The Type 23 Frigate returned to her home port of Portsmouth on Sunday after weeks in the Arctic. Tim Cooper 7th December 2020 at 1:53pmPlay Video HMS Lancaster has returned to Portsmouth after weeks working in the challenging waters of the Arctic. Because of the coronavirus pandemic and with COVID-19 restrictions in place, no official homecoming was laidContinue reading “HMS Lancaster Returns To Portsmouth”