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Big J Underway
Just in case you missed it, the museum ship USS New Jersey (BB-62) this week left her pier at Camden, where she has sat for the past 30 years, headed down the Delaware River on her way to dry docking...
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Happy Birthday, Dolphins
One of the toughest badges to earn, the Submarine Warfare Insignia, aka the “dolphins” or “fish,” is also one of the Navy’s oldest warfare devices, having been adopted 100 years ago this week. As...
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DESRON 15 Flex
Check out this great formation image of three Burkes— two Flight IIA (USS Ralph Johnson & USS Howard) and one Flight II (USS Higgins)– taken by a fourth (USS Dewey). 240324-N-CD453-1209 PHILIPPINE...
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Mummy Garand?
This Springfield Armory M1 is over at the CMP’s In-House Auctions page, where they put rares up for grabs: As noted by CMP: This rifle has not been test-fired or otherwise worked by CMP. This rifle...
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White 35, in full Color
Check out this original Kodachrome, taken some 80 years ago today, of LT(JG) George T. Glacken and his gunner, Aviation Radioman Second Class Leo W. Boulanger, in their Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive...
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Warship Wednesday, April 3, 2024: The Bathtub of Sampson, Schley, and Sims
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Spit and Polish in Paris and London
Yesterday was the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, signed between Britain and France on 8 April 1904. The agreement buried the longstanding proverbial hatchet between the two colonial...
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Peak Doughboy
From a shot received by the Signal Corps in April 1919– some 105 years ago this month. Official caption: “Squad in Heavy Marching Order with overcoat and an extra blanket. Classification Camp,...
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The old girl finally rounding the ‘Horn
Last week, the “most beautiful ship in the world,” the Italian navy’s historic nave scuola (training ship) Amerigo Vespucci (A5312), performed one of the most traditional of nautical tasks for a tall...
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Warship Wednesday, April 10, 2024: Mongolia by way of Massachusetts
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Romeo Actual Gets a Well-Deserved Dry-Docking
The “Black Dragon,” USS New Jersey (BB-62), whose keel was laid in September 1940, was last dry docked from late 1990 into 1991 when she was being deactivated and prepared for the mothball fleet....
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Mosel Weasle Stack
How about this great Cold War (circa late summer 1985) image showing two F-4E Phantoms flanking an F-4G Advanced Wild Weasel aircraft (center) from the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base...
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Warship Wednesday (On a Thursday) April 18, 2024: Return for the Taxpayer
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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The Beards Are Back, in British Service Anyway
With the British Army recently repealing the 100-year ban on beards, the first members of the King’s Guard to have the whiskers arrived on post this week, and personally, I think they look great. Via...
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Warship Wednesday, April 24, 2024: A Flower So Nice They Painted Her Thrice
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Jaguar diplomacy
A great image from 35 years ago, circa 1989: Armée de l’air (French Air Force) SEPECAT Jaguar of Escadron de Chasse 1/7 Provence (EC 1/7) over Saint-Dizier-Robinson Air Base, including two in their...
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Welcome back, Awesome Aggie
Carrying the name of the legendary Greek king, the first HMS Agamemnon in the Royal Navy had earned a host of battle honors when in her prime. By 1805, she was an aging 64-gun third-rate that had seen...
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Warship Wednesday, May 1, 2024: A Wandering Dutchman
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Happy Mother’s Day from Kwajalein
Here we see a group of hardy USAAF men clustered in front of B-24J-1-CO Liberator Come Closer (S/N 42-72973) of the 38th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 30th Bomb Group, 7th Air Force, sending Mother’s...
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Eagle, South!
America’s tall ship, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327), broke out canvas to depart Fort Trumbull in New London, on Saturday to begin the training vessel’s annual three-month summer cruise....
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