History of World War 2 and its aftermath

Follow Posted by  Onlyme   Oct 15 At 01.16 hours on 14th October 1939 U-47 fired a spread of three torpedoes at HMS Royal Oak and the British seaplane tender HMS Pegasus lying at anchor in the harbour of Scapa Flow, then turned around and fired a stern torpedo at 01.21 hours. U47 claimed a hitContinue reading “History of World War 2 and its aftermath”

Video: US Navy Expeditionary Sea Base USS John L. Canley (ESB 6)

  Video: US Navy Expeditionary Sea Base USS John L. Canley (ESB 6) Naval News takes you aboard USS John L. Canley (ESB 6), the newest commissioned Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) in the U.S. Navy fleet and the sixth ship in the expeditionary mobile base platform. Xavier Vavasseur  24 Feb 2024 We interview the Commanding OfficerContinue reading “Video: US Navy Expeditionary Sea Base USS John L. Canley (ESB 6)”

US NAVY ATTACK SUBMARINE MASSACHUSETTS FLOATED OUT – By Baird Maritime – February 25, 2024.

Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division launched the future US Navy attack submarine USS Massachusetts at its facilities in Virginia on Friday, February 23. The future Massachusetts is the 25th Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine and will be the 12th delivered by NNS, which is one of only two shipyards capable of designing and buildingContinue reading “US NAVY ATTACK SUBMARINE MASSACHUSETTS FLOATED OUT – By Baird Maritime – February 25, 2024.”

Warship Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024: One Unlucky Beauty

  USS Nahma (SP-771) Photographed by Herman Whitaker while at anchor, circa 1917-1918. NH 42548 National Archives Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Catalog #: NH 102049 Above we see the beautiful U.S. steam yacht Nahma in all her pre-Great War finery. She had entertained Kaisers and Kings and had a strange yetContinue reading “Warship Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024: One Unlucky Beauty”

US Mine countermeasure ships Earn MCU

ARABIAN GULF. A formation of Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships USS Devastator (MCM 6), USS Gladiator (MCM 11), USS Sentry (MCM 3), and USS Dextrous (MCM 13) maneuver in the Arabian Gulf, July 6, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Antonio Gemma Moré/Released)190706-N-HV841-002 The Chief of Naval Operations has advised the SECNAV has issued a MeritoriousContinue reading “US Mine countermeasure ships Earn MCU”