RFS Marshal Ustinov Returns to Severomorsk

SeaWaves – the BEST naval news since 199…by seawaves / 36min   //  keep unread  //  hide February 8, 2020 (Google Translation) – Today, the Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser, the Vyazma medium-sized sea tanker, and the SB-406 rescue tug successfully completed long-range missions and arrived at permanent bases on the Kola Peninsula. The cruiser was moored in the main base ofContinue reading “RFS Marshal Ustinov Returns to Severomorsk”

USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074)

USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) underway USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy. She was named for Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, who had disappeared while swimming in December 1967. The ex-Harold E. Holt hulk was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2002.https://ift.tt/2SbamiY from JC’s Naval,Continue reading “USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074)”

HMS Illustrious (87)

HMS Illustrious (ca. 1954) HMS Illustrious was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy before World War II. Her first assignment after completion and working up was with the Mediterranean Fleet, in which her aircraft’s most notable achievement was sinking one Italian battleship and badly damaging two othersContinue reading “HMS Illustrious (87)”