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The ‘Cruiser Slaughter,’ or why the Clinton administration hated steam warships
In the late 1950s, the U.S. Navy commissioned two classes of what were termed at the time, Destroyer Leaders, a type of “super destroyer” larger than the late-WWII designed Gearing-class tin cans...
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To the colors, 1799 edition
A plate from Thomas Rowlandson’s Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms. Representing the whole of the Manual, Platoon, & Funeral Exercise...
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The Marines’ First Amphibious Landing
Looks like a scene from Black Sails… 3 March 1776–On this day, Captain Samuel Nicholas and a battalion of Marines and sailors land at New Providence, Bahamas, seize the fort, and capture stores for...
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You never know what’s in the attic
In 1939, the Shinto Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara was undergoing renovations and, in a ceiling, was found a rare, 12th Century katana, which had been dedicated to the shrine. Now, the vintage sword has...
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Louisville on ice
“Fighter and Freighter – Kodiak, Alaska.” Painting, Oil on Board; by William F. Draper; 1942; Framed Dimensions 24H X 28W. NHHC 88-189-B The warship looks to be a Northampton or Pensacola-class heavy...
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Dental call!
“Dental Scene” Painting, Gouache on Paper; by Julian Levi; 1943; Framed Dimensions 22H X 24. Accession #: 88-159-GQ as a Gift of Abbott Laboratories “Waiting seamen look forward to the dental chair...
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Happy first day of Spring
The cherry blossoms always make me swell with joy this time of year– especially after a dark winter. “In the cherry blossom’s shade there’s no such thing as a stranger.” —Kobayashi Issa Here we have a...
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Provisioning a warship
“This drawing gives a splendid idea of the hugeness of the task of keeping a warship fighting trim. It represents the food for the officers and the men only. The food for the guns is, of course,...
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Operation Seven Up
In April 1964, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, (or AAFCE also AIRCENT), was turning 13 and the NATO/OTAN members behind the group held Operation 7-Up, a tactical weapons meet at RAF Wildenrath, West...
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April Fools, South-pacific edition, 75 years ago
Signed by the artist: Jack Fellows. Via NNAM.2004.100.001 On 1 April 1943, during a big fight over the Russells Group in the Central Solomons, a Japanese Navy pilot plays the fool as he loops his...
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Warship Wednesday, April 11, 2018: Ms. Lane, of Paraguay, Nashville and...
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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There’s Spaniards in the swamp
Here we see the new painting by the brilliant military artist Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, “La Marcha de Gálvez,” or The March of Gálvez, showing a polyglot force of Spanish colonial troops looking to lick...
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the most important, and least remembered...
The Battle of Moreuil Wood on March 30, 1918, is captured in the painting “Charge of Flowerdew’s Squadron” by Sir Alfred Munnings via the Canadian War Museum: UNDATED — Undated handout photo of Alfred...
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Migs swimming with Hornets and Tomcats
Off Pula, Croatia, 2002 — An F-14 Tomcat fighter assigned to the Jolly Rogers of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103) leads a formation comprised of F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters from the Blue...
View ArticleThe last duel in France, just 51 years ago today
On 21 April 1967 French politicians Gaston Defferre and Rene Ribiere met at the private residence of Neuilly-sur-Seine to conduct the duel over a petty matter of public honor. Fought with epees, the...
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Warship Wednesday, April 25, 2018: Big Vincent and the seagoing pyro party
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Yup, that’s possum
Here we see a busby for officers in the 2nd Life Hussar Regiment “Königin Viktoria von Preußen” No. 2. The regiment was garrisoned in Danzig-Langfuhr and was part of the XVII. Army Corps in Danzig...
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The oddity that was the Flying Deck Cruiser
Between the end of WWI and the beginning of WWII, the U.S. Navy experimented with a number of, ultimately spurned, designs to create a hybrid aviation carrier or cruiser carrier– basically a cruiser...
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A survivor
Official U.S. Navy Photograph 80-G-K-4510, now in the collections of the National Archives. Great original color photo of battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) Gunner’s Mate Second Class Charles J. Hansen...
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Warship Wednesday, May 16, 2018: Schermerhorn’s contribution to naval history
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale...
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