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Midway Magic Down Under
Throwback some 35 years to November 1989 when the “Fleet’s Finest Carrier,” USS Midway (CV 41) pulled alongside F Berth, Victoria Quay, Freemantle, on a historic visit as the first U.S. Navy carrier...
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Feet Wet
These recent shots of Army SF and Marines doing the small boat/frogman thing, complete with Dräger LAR rebreathers and CRRCs. (Components of images have often been blurred for Persec). U.S. Army...
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Warship Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024: Ron Three
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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Hoosier Houseboat
80 years ago this week, a fantastic series of photos of the late South Dakota-class battleship USS Indiana (BB 58) conducting a high-speed turn in Puget Sound, November 30, 1944. BuShips photos via...
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Murderers’ Row
80 years ago today, 2 December 1944, in an ode to the ’27 Yankees. Third Fleet fast carriers anchored in Ulithi Atoll, Carolines, in a brief lull before the start of the Mindoro landings in the...
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Warship Wednesday Dec. 4, 2024: Danish E-Boat Days
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday to 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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Yuletide CBI Warhawks, Complete with Cranberry
Official wartime caption: “While still on alert duty, S/Sgt. J.A. Muller, Cpl. John W. Coleman, and Cpl. L.B. Thomas of the 16th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, consume their Christmas Dinner on...
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Rustyguts!
This week, some 85 years ago, Canadian maritime artist Donald Mackay’s painting depicts the open sea bridge of the destroyer HMCS Restigouche (H00) escorting a large convoy of troop ships, including...
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Warship Wednesday Dec. 11, 2024: Cathedral Slugger
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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Ward’s Pearl Harbor Gun May Get New Home
USS WARD NH-50261 Mare Island 1918 At 0637 on 7 December 1941, the Wickes-class flush-decker, USS Ward (Destroyer No. 139), was detailed to Pearl Harbor’s Inshore Patrol Command and was on picket duty...
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Ride of the Valkyries, Cold War Baltic edition
How about this great undated shot from the cabin of a Volksmarine (East German Democratic Republic Navy) Mi-8TB “Hip-C” in flight, looking out at a squadron of fellow travelers over its UB-32-57...
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Sub and Yippy Tie Up
“In a quiet inlet of the Bering Sea, a YP Boat gets a coat of paint and a sub ties up for fuel and provisions. The short Alaskan day is ending and lights may be seen in the barracks until total...
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More on Carney’s Red Sea Getaway
The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney launches land-attack missiles while operating in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 3, 2024. The Carney was deployed as part of...
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Pacific Patrol
The crew from the USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) patrols the Northern Mariana Islands on the cutter’s 26-foot Over the Horizon (OTH-IV) cutter boat, April 23, 2024. Coast Guard photo by Tim Cusak,...
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Christmas Eve 1944 off Sandy Hook
80 years ago today, the Cannon-class destroyer escort USS Straub (DE 181), was captured from an altitude of 300 feet, on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1944. She is clad in Measure 32, Design 3D,...
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Looks like Torpille F21 Works
Designed beginning in 2008, the French F21 Artemis heavy torpedo is under production by the Naval Group (formerly DCNS) at the Bertaud Castle (Gassin) torpedo factory which dates back to 1912....
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Spahis & Stuarts
80 years ago this month. December 10-27, 1944 – Alsace. General de Lattre de Tassigny, at the head of the 1st (Free French) Army, and General Béthouart, commanding its 1st Army Corps, inspect the...
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Alsace Priest
80 years ago today. 30 December 1944 – Alsace. Gunners hide “Orléans,” an M7 HMC Priest self-propelled gun of the Free French 1re division blindée (1st Armored Division)’s 68e régiment d’artillerie,...
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SBDs of the Republic
Some 80 years ago today. Between December 13 and 31, 1944 – Cognac (Charente). Maintenance and inspection of a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber belonging to the 4e flottille de bombardement (4e FB)...
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Little Rock Med New Year Greetings
Happy New Year, gentlemen! From the January 1969 deck log of the Cleveland-class gun cruiser/converted to Galveston-class guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock (CLG-4), a traditional New Year’s Day...
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