USS Abner Read (DD-526)

USS Abner Read (DD-526) USS Abner Read (DD-526) upon arrival at Adak, Alaska, after a Japanese mine damage that torn off the ship’s stern and killed 71 sailors off the coast of Kiska in support for Allied landing operations on the island a few days earlier during WWII (August 20, 1943)  https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/c64559/uss_abner_read_dd526_upon_arrival_at_adak_alaska/ USS Abner Read (DD-526) … View OnContinue reading “USS Abner Read (DD-526)”

von Nostitz’s “fat old lady” – SM U-151 in Cherbourg, 1920

von Nostitz’s “fat old lady” – SM U-151 in Cherbourg, 1920 Mainly used for cargo SM U-151 or SM Unterseeboot 151 was a World War I U-boat of the Imperial German Navy, constructed by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik at Hamburg and launched on 4 April 1917. From 1917 until the Armistice in November 1918 she was part of the U-Kreuzer Flotilla, and was responsible for 34 ships sunk (88,395 tons) and 7 shipsContinue reading “von Nostitz’s “fat old lady” – SM U-151 in Cherbourg, 1920″

von Nostitz’s “fat old lady” – SM U-151 in Cherbourg, 1920

von Nostitz’s “fat old lady” – SM U-151 in Cherbourg, 1920 Mainly used for cargo SM U-151 or SM Unterseeboot 151 was a World War I U-boat of the Imperial German Navy, constructed by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik at Hamburg and launched on 4 April 1917. From 1917 until the Armistice in November 1918 she was part of the U-Kreuzer Flotilla, and was responsible for 34 ships sunk (88,395 tons) and 7 shipsContinue reading “von Nostitz’s “fat old lady” – SM U-151 in Cherbourg, 1920″