USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley. This ship is the 34th destroyer of its class. USS Bulkeley was the 15th ship of this class to be built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, andContinue reading “USS Bulkeley (DDG 84)”
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COCKATOO IS July 1932 – Unknown ships
The Cockatoo Island Dockyard was a major dockyard in Sydney, Australia, based on Cockatoo Island. The dockyard was established in 1857 to maintain Royal Navy warships. It later built and repaired military and civilian ships, and played a key role in sustaining the Royal Australian Navy. The dockyard was closed in 1991, and its remnantsContinue reading “COCKATOO IS July 1932 – Unknown ships”
HMNZS Pukaki – now Little Eagle
HMNZS Pukaki was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki commissioned in 1975, deleted in 1991 and sold as a private launch.https://ift.tt/2pMwcgh from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/38is49I via IFTTT
HMNZS Resolution (A14) in Nelson
HMNZS Resolution in NelsonHMNZS Resolution (A14) was a hydrographic ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Originally the United States Naval Ship USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17), the Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship was used by the United States to locate and track Soviet submarines from 1989 to 1997, when she was transferred to the RNZN forContinue reading “HMNZS Resolution (A14) in Nelson”
HMS Hermes (95)
HMS Hermes The British carrier HMS Hermes (95) pictured underway off Yantai (known in the West as “Chefoo” then), China. HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy and was the world’s first ship to be designed as an aircraft carrier, although the Imperial Japanese Navy‘s Hōshō was the first to be launched and commissioned.[2] The ship’s construction began during the First World War butContinue reading “HMS Hermes (95)”
