USS IOWA used as a target

USS Iowa (BB-4) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1890s. The ship was a marked improvement over the previous Indiana-class battleships, correcting many of the defects in the design of those vessels. Among the most important improvements were significantly better seaworthiness owing to her greater freeboard and a moreContinue reading “USS IOWA used as a target”

USS New Hampshire (BB-25)

New Hampshire (BB-25) was the sixth and final Connecticut-class pre-dreadnought battleship, the last vessel of that type built for the United States Navy. Like most contemporary battleships, she was armed with an offensive armament that consisted of four large-caliber 12-inch (300 mm) guns and several medium-caliber 7 and 8-inch (178 and 203 mm) guns. TheContinue reading “USS New Hampshire (BB-25)”

HMS GLAMORGAN ’67 –

HMS Glamorgan was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy with a displacement of 5,440 tonnes. The ship was built by Vickers-Armstrongs in Newcastle Upon Tyne and named after the Welsh county of Glamorgan.[2]She was launched on 9 July 1964, and was delivered to the Royal Navy two years later.[2] in 1974, she was theContinue reading “HMS GLAMORGAN ’67 –”