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Warship Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020: Pickin up a Submarine 6-Pack
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their...
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A Captured Santa
Watercolor by the well-known turn of the century illustrator William Leroy Jacobs showing an old soldier bending over sleeping children by firelight with parents in the background, a cavalry saber at...
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Happy B-day, National Guard
Not counting French and Spanish colonial militias, the first muster of what later evolved into the U.S. Army National Guard occurred 13 December 1636, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s General Court...
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Hail, Achilles!
In honor of the 81st anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate, which saw three British cruisers chase down the German pocket battleship KMS Admiral Graf Spee on 13 December 1939, below is the...
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Auf Wiedersehen, SB 105
The Austrian Air Force, long fond of flying unusual Swedish types to stay as neutral as possible during the Cold War, is saying a hard goodbye to the Saab 105ÖE after 50 years of long and hard use....
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Christmas at Sea
The ship-rigged screw sloop-of-war USS Monongahela under sail, with starboard studding sails spread in very light wind, while serving as U.S. Naval Academy Practice Ship in 1894-99. Courtesy of Edward...
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Distant Escort
Distant Escort: The cruisers HMS Sheffield (C24) and HMS Jamaica (44) along with the King George V-class dreadnought battleship HMS Duke of York (17) on patrol along the Convoy Route to Russia....
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Redlegs Stretch theirs out to 70 Clicks
Who says Tube Arty is irrelevant? The Army contends they have made the longest distance precision-guided shot in history using one. The Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA), designated the XM1299...
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Repel Boarders!
Happy New Year and man your scissors, gentlemen. Detail of “A possible future of Naval Warfare,” by noted artist Will Crawford, published in Puck, Oct. 27, 1909: My favorite part is the Tar in the...
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38 Special Standing By: Mine No More
Below we see the watercolor entitled “Mine No More” by Chip Beck, showing, “An Iraqi mine is blown in place by U.S. Navy EOD divers from USS Missouri as USS Curtis [sic] hovers in the background in the...
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Main Battery, Away
Check out this series of great images from LIFE photographer Bill Ray in 1964, chronicling Douglas A-1J Skyraiders from Attack Squadron 196 (VA-196) “Main Battery” aboard the Essex-class aircraft...
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America’s Hornet
How about this beautiful Full-Scale Development (FSD) YF-18A Hornet prototype #3 (BuNo 160777) grabbing some deck? I know the scheme isn’t practical, but it is striking. Official caption: An F/A-18...
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Transylvanian Cheetahs
Offical caption via NATO last week, “Romanian Gepards of Battle Group Poland training in command and control procedures and target selection and distribution.” Photos by Romanian Army Cpt. Liviu...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan.27, 2021: Of Kamikazes, Space Monkeys, and Exocets
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their...
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The Borinqueneers! 70 Years ago today
The Borinqueneers, South Korea — February 2, 1951 — by Dominic D’Andrea Via the National Guard Bureau: In August 1950 the Korean War was less than two months old, and Puerto Rico’s 65th Infantry...
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Warship Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021: The Teutonic Flag Collector
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their...
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Fast Torpedo Boats on a Cold February Night
Some 117 years ago today, similarly over a Monday night/Tuesday morning, a Japanese force under ADM Togo conducted a pre-emptive strike on the Russian fleet at anchor in Port Arthur– without a...
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Trailblazing Eagle 0291
Only narrowly missing out on Vietnam, Frame 71-0291 was the second two-seat pre-production F-15B (TF-15A) Eagle off the McDonnell Douglas production line in 1975 and soon picked up a striking...
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The Unlucky President
In honor of President’s Day, here is a beautiful pen and ink circa 1802 drawing by artist Antoine Roux of the 44-gun “Original Six” frigate, USS President. NHHC 76-327-a One of only two American...
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Warship Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021: The Jeep of The Deep
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their...
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