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USS LST-39 on fire, 22 May 1944, as crew men work on her bow ramp, probably removing cargo into waiting small craft and tugs attempt to put her fires out. Note smoke rising from the wreck of USS LST-480, at right, as tugs and other craft try to put out her fires. Photos dated 22nd May 1944, the day after the West Loch explosion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8beHHdfpcfU
Squalus' (SS-192) bow comes to the surface as personnel based on Falcon (ASR-2) struggle to refloat the sunken submarine, off the New Hampshire coast during the Summer of 1939. This appears to be the 13 July 1939 lift, in which Squalus' bow rose uncontrollably to the surface and then sank. If that is the case, the salvage pontoons nearby would include both bow line pontoons, plus the two upper pontoons on the stern lifting line. The ship's hull number 192 is painted on her bow.
The abortive surfacing wrecked 13,600 feet of air hoses running from the salvage ship to the pontoons to the ballast tanks of the submarine.
Early photo of the Essex class carrier USS Tarawa CV-40, view of the Bow from starboard. Photo dates 1945 to 1948
Men watch as fire fighters battle flames in USS LST-480 in the West Loch at Pearl Harbor, 22 May 1944, the day after the disaster. Note the men working from the LVT(2) in the center. The LVT wears the nickname "Captain Blood"
Quiros, a schooner rigged composite gunboat, was laid down for the Spanish Navy by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co., Hong Kong, China in June 1894; launched in early 1895; captured by the U.S. Army at Manila in 1898; acquired by the Navy 21 February 1900; and commissioned at Cavite Navy Yard 14 March 1900; Lt. P. J. Werlich in command. Assigned to duty supporting the army in putting down the Philippine insurrection, Quirosoperated along the east coast of Luzon, carrying troops, providing fire support, blockading rebel villages, and making hydrographic surveys. The gunboat then switched to patrolling the Ulgan station, operating off the coast of Samar in cooperation with the Army until 6 October 1901. She retired to Cavite for repairs, 2.5 February to 7 May 1902, and then proceeded to Zamboanga patrol station where she cruised for a number of months, carrying troops and Marines on various missions. Quiros returned to Cavite and decommissioned 29 January 1904.
The gunboat was placed in service once again 2 September 1904, and following service with the Philippine Squadron sailed for China, arriving Shanghai 3 August 1905. Operating along the China coast as far as Chefoo, the warship then took up patrolling the Yangtze Kiang, making a number of upriver trips to Hankow and one voyage as far as Ichang, 900 miles inland, in May 1907. On 27 February 1908, Quiros sailed for Cavite, arriving 8 March and decommissioned there on the 11th.
The warship recommissioned 11 October 1910 and operated on patrol in Philippine waters for the next year. She sailed for Amoy 11 November 1911 and proceeded to Shanghai where she took up duties on the Yangtze Patrol. Quiros remained on Chinese river service for the rest of her career, carrying stores, supplying naval armed guards to river merchantmen, inspecting provinces, and protecting U.S. lives and property throughout China's vast interior. The warship was interned at Shanghai 5 May 1917 after the U.S. entry into World War I, but an international agreement on the protection of nationals in China allowed her to resume patrolling IS August.
Quiros decommissioned at Shanghai 10 August 1923 and was used as a target until sunk by destroyer gunfire off the China coast 16 October.
The USS Midway Museum is a maritime museum located in downtown San Diego, California at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the aircraft carrier Midway. The ship houses an extensive collection of aircraft, many of which were built in Southern California
For the video; youtu.be/xQdAifKkz_k
San Diego, California, United States
SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 15, 2022) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92), the RAN Anzac-class frigate HMAS Arunta (FFH 151), and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) guided-missile destroyer JS Yuudachi (DD 103) transit the South China Sea while a P-8A Poseidon flies above during a trilateral training event. Momsen is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest forward-deployed DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet's principal fighting force, and is underway supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Regnor Vondedenroth)
USS Bowfin, is a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy named for the bowfin fish. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.
Length: 95 m
Construction started: July 23, 1942
Launched: December 7, 1942
Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Architect: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Year built: 1942
USS Missouri (BB-63) ("Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo") is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship and was the third ship of the U.S. Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri. Missouri was the last battleship commissioned by the United States and was best remembered as the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World War II.
Missouri was ordered in 1940 and commissioned in June 1944. In the Pacific Theater of World War II she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands, and she fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. She was decommissioned in 1955 into the United States Navy reserve fleets (the "Mothball Fleet"), but reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan, and provided fire support during Operation Desert Storm in January/February 1991.
Missouri received a total of 11 battle stars for service in World War II, Korea, and the Persian Gulf, and was finally decommissioned on 31 March 1992, but remained on the Naval Vessel Register until her name was struck in January 1995. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor.
Some fearsome firepower on display by the USS Wisconsin (BB-64), nicknamed ‘Big Whisky’. She served in the Pacific War in 1944/45, gaining further battle stars in the Korean conflict. She last used her weaponry in anger in the First Gulf War of 1991, firing Cruise missiles on Iraqi targets. As the last active battleship, the USS Wisconsin is now berthed as a museum ship in Norfolk VA, alongside the Nautilus Museum.
USS LST-325 is a decommissioned tank landing ship of the United States Navy, now docked in Evansville, Indiana. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation. The ship visited Pittsburgh for Labor Day weekend, 2015.
The USS Maine Memorial is in Mallory Square in Key West, Florida.
The Battleship USS Maine was destroyed by an explosion on February 15, 1898, in the harbor of Havana, Cuba. Killed were 266 of the 350 men aboard.
The sinking led to the Spanish American War.
This gun sight from a forward gun turret was salvaged from the ship.
Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz arrives at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) earlier tonight. View from Port Orchard.
Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, send hand signals as they head back to the USS Germantown (LSD 42) in Combat Rubber Raiding Craft, Feb. 17 , 2016, after conducting a successful boat raid the night before. The Marines conducted the boat raid as part of the 31st MEU's amphibious integration training with the Navy ships of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group. The Marines and sailors of the 31st MEU are currently deployed to the Asia-Pacific region.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Samantha Villarreal/Released)
USS Tutuila, was 380 tons and a crew complements of 60. Commissioned USS Tutuila (PG-44), 2 March 1928
Reclassified as a River Gunboat, PR-4, 15 June 1928
Damaged 8 May 1940 when run aground on a reef and stranded as she shifted her anchorage at Chungking, China
Refloated 13 May 1940
Decommissioned 18 January 1942
Transferred to Nationalist China 16 February 1942 and renamed Mei Yuan (translated "American Origin")
Struck from the Naval Register 25 March 1942
Permanently transferred to Nationalist China 17 February 1948
Abandoned and scuttled at Shanghai to prevent capture by Chinese Communist forces.
Kearsarge (LHD-3) is the third Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the US Navy. She is the fifth ship to be named (the fourth actually commissioned) in honour of the USS Kearsarge, a sloop-of-war that gained fame during the American Civil War, which was in turn named for Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire.
Kearsarge was laid down on 6 February 1990 at Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi and was built using modular construction techniques. Hundreds of smaller sub-assemblies, containing piping, ventilation ducting and other hardware, as well as major machinery equipment, generators, and electrical panels were constructed. The sub-assemblies were then joined with others to form assemblies, which were in turn welded together to form five completed hull and superstructure modules. These giant modules, each weighing thousands of tons, were joined together on land to form the completed ship's hull. The result of this early outfitting was a ship that was over 70% complete at launch on 26 March 1992. She was christened on 16 May 1992, and commissioned on 16 October 1993.
The assault support system on the ship coordinates vertical and horizontal movement of troops, cargo and vehicles. Monorail trains, moving at speeds up to 3 m/s transport cargo and supplies from storage and staging areas throughout the ship to a 1,260 sq m well-deck, which opens to the sea through gates in the ship's stern. There, the cargo, troops and vehicles are loaded onto landing craft for transit to the beach. The LCACs can "fly" out of the dry well-deck, or the well-deck can be flooded so that conventional landing craft can float out on their way to the beach.
Simultaneously, helicopters can be lifted from the hangar deck to the flight deck by two deck-edge elevators and loaded with supplies from three cargo elevators.
Kearsarge's armament suite includes the NATO RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM point defense system, RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles, 25mm chain guns and the Phalanx CIWS to counter threats from low-flying aircraft and close-in small craft. Missile decoy launchers augment the anti-ship missile defenses.
Kearsarge is capable of amphibious assault, advance force and special purpose operations, as well as non-combatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions. Since her commissioning, she has performed these missions all over the world, including evacuating non-combatants from Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 31 May 1997 and rescuing US Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady from Serb-controlled territory in Bosnia on 8 June 1995.
Additionally, Kearsarge is fully equipped with state-of-the-art command and control systems for flagship command duty, and her medical facilities are second in capability only to the Navy's hospital ships, USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) and USNS Mercy (T-AH-19). These facilities allowed Kearsarge to serve a dual role during the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as a platform for bombing missions against Serb forces in Operation Allied Force, and as a treatment facility for Albanian refugees in Operation Shining Hope.
On 19 August 2005, Kearsarge and USS Ashland (LSD-48) were targeted by rockets while in port in Jordan. The rockets flew over Ashland's bow and struck the pier adjacent to the ships. The vessels were not hit but one Jordanian soldier was killed and another was wounded.
On 2 March 2011, Kearsarge, along with USS Ponce (LPD-15), transitted the Suez Canal in response to the 2011 Libyan civil war. Along with an extra 400 Marines, they were moved in case they were needed to evacuate civilians or provide humanitarian relief. By 20 March, AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft from the Kearsarge were attacking Libyan targets as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn. On 22 March, V-22 Ospreys from the Kearsarge conducted a successful CSAR operation to recover the crew of a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle after it crashed in Libya due to a mechanical failure during a combat mission. The ship returned to home port at Norfolk on 16 May 2011.
She is seen here at Naval Station Norfolk in 2012.
On this date (22nd May) in 1968, the United States Navy lost a submarine:
The USS Scorpion (SS-589) was the third of six Skipjack-class nuclear powered fast attack submarines that were built for the United States Navy between 1956 and 1961.
The Skipjack-class design was based on the USS Albacore (AGSS-569), a unique experimental diesel-electric powered that pioneered the use of the 'teardrop' hull-shape in modern US submarines. The teardrop hull is a design for better submarine performance while submerged over surface performance. It was often used early on in submarine development, but was dropped early in the 20th century in favour of hull designs that would optimize surface performance over submerged. The Skipjacks were also the first submarines installed with the new S5W reactor. They were the fastest U.S. nuclear submarines and remained so until the USS Los Angeles entered service in 1974.
Career:
The keel for USS Scorpion SSN-589 was laid down by the 'General Dynamics Electric Boat Co' at Groton, Connecticut on August 20th 1958. She was launched on December 19th the following year, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth S. Morrison, the daughter of Lt. Cdr. Maximilian Gmelich Schmidt. Schmidt was commander of the previous USS Scorpion (SS-278) when that submarine was lost with all hands in 1944.
USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was commissioned July 29th 1960, with Commander Norman B. Bessac in command, and was to spend her relatively short career as part of Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 6, based at Norfolk Virginia.
On February 1st 1967, Scorpion entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard for refuelling and then for a much needed complete overhaul. Cold War pressures were pushing US submarines to their limits, and constant service had taken it's toll on the submarine. Systems had began to break down, there were frequent serious oil leaks in the machinery, and sea water seeped in from the propeller shaft seal. The submarine was experiencing serious vibration, and her operational depth was limited to 300 ft. The constant mechanical problems led the crew to nickname their boat the 'Scrapiron'.
Cold War pressures also required Scorpion to be back in service as soon as possible, and to achieve this her overhaul was much reduced, and long-overdue 'SUBSAFE' work, such as a new central valve control system, was deffered. Critically, the Emergency 'Main Ballast Tank Blow' system which had been 'unusable' was deemed to be working as-is by Charleston shipyard. Basically Scorpion underwent emergency repairs Because of the incomleted work it was decided to limit her operational depth to 500 ft. In late October 1967, Scorpion started refresher training and weapons system acceptance tests, and was given a new commanding officer 'Commander Francis Slattery'.
Loss:
On February 15th 1968, USS Scorpion (SSN-589) departed Norfolk, Virgina for a three month deployment to take part in NATO exercises with the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. During the deployment, the submarine suffered several mechanical malfunctions, including a chronic problem with Freon leakage from refrigeration systems. There was also an electrical fire in an escape trunk caused by a water leak shorting out a shore power connection. While the crew occasionally enjoyed liberty in Italy, Sicily, and Spain, they also worked tirelessly to keep their boat operational until their return to Norfolk at the end of May.
On May 16th, Scorpion dropped two men off at Naval Station Rota in Spain (RM2 Eric Reid for a family emergency , and ICS Joseph Underwood for health reasons) before beginning the journey home. On route Scorpion was detailed to observe Soviet naval activities in the vicinity of the Azores, where an Echo II-class submarine, and a guided missile destroyer were operating with a Soviet 'research group'.
Shortly before midnight on May 20th, Scorpion attempted to send radio communications to Naval Station Rota, but the messages were only picked up by a Navy communications station in Nea Makri, Greece, who forwarded the messages to Commander Submarine Force Atlantic (COMSUBLANT). Commander Slattery's last message reported that he was closing on the Soviet submarine and research group, running at a steady 15 kn at a depth of 110 m to begin surveillance. Nothing more was ever heard from Scorpion.
On May 27th, families eagerly waited at Pier 2, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia where Scorpion was due in at 13.00, but the submarine failed to arrive. The submarine's failure to break radio silence by late morning was already causing concern among SUBRON-6 officials. Repeated transmissions of Scorpion’s call sign "Brandywine" went unanswered. Eventually the worried families of Scorpion's crew had to go home not knowing what had happened to their loved ones. The subsequent search for the missing submarine was fruitless, and on June 5th, the U.S.Navy declared that Scorpion and her crew was "presumed lost".
Weck:
The wreck of USS Scorpion was found in late October 1968 by the Navy's oceanographic research ship 'Mizar', approximately 400 nmi SW of the Azores, at a depth of more than 9,800 ft. This was after the area of search was narrowed down, following the release of recordings of the submarine's destruction picked up by underwater hydrophones.
Other vessels were dispatched to the scene to collect photographs and other data, including the bathyscaphe Trieste II. Analysis of the sound recordings, and the photographs of the wreckage leave no doubt that Scorpion's destruction was caused by the submarine imploding under massive pressure as she passed her crush depth, but the cause of her sinking still remains a mystery.
Roll of honour:
Keith Alexander Martin Allen - Fire Control Technician 2nd Class
Thomas Edward Amtower - Interior Communication Technician 2nd Class
George Gile Annable - Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
Joseph Anthony Baar, Jr. - Fireman
Michael Jon Bailey - Radioman 2nd Class
Walter William Bishop - Chief Torpedoman - Chief of the Boat
Michael Reid Blake - Interior Communication Electrician 3rd Class
Robert Harold Blocker - Machinist's Mate 1st class
Kenneth Ray Brocker - Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
James Kenneth Brueggeman - Machinist's Mate 1st Class
Robert Eugene Bryan - Chief Machinist's Mate
John Patrick Burke - Lieutenant
Daniel Paul Burns Jr. - Radioman
Ronald Lee Byers - Interior Communications Electrician 2nd Class
Duglas Leroy Campbell - Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
Samuel J. Cardullo - Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
Francis King Carey II - Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
Gary James Carpenter - Seaman
Robert Lee Chandler - Machinist's Mate 1st Class
Mark Helton Christiansen - Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
Romeo S. Constantino - Steward 1st Class
Robert James Cowan - Machinist's Mate 1st Class
Joseph Cross - Steward - 1st class - (Bronze Star with combat V)
Garlin Ray Denney - Chief Radioman
Michael Edward Dunn - Fireman
Richard Philip Engelhart - Electronics Technician Radar 2nd Class
George Patrick Farrin - Lieutenant
William Ralph Fennick - Seaman
Robert Walter Flesch - Lieutenant
Vernon Mark Foli - Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class
James Walter Forrester Jr. - Lieutenant Junior Grade
Ronald Anthony Frank - Seaman
Michael David Gibson - Commissaryman Seaman
Steven Dean Gleason - Interior Communications Electrician 2nd Class
William Clarke Harwi - Lieutenant
Michael Edward Henry - Sonar Technician 2nd Class
Larry Leroy Hess - Storekeeper 2nd Class
Richard Curtis Hogeland - Electronics Technician 1st Class
John Richard Houge - Machinist's Mate 1st Class
Ralph Robert Huber - Electrician's Mate 2nd Class
Harry David Huckelberry - Torpedoman 2nd Class (SS)
John Frank Johnson - Electrician's Mate 3rd Class
Robert Johnson - Senior Chief Radioman
Steven Leroy Johnson - Interior Communications Electrician
Julius Johnston III - Quartermaster 2nd Class
Patrick Charles Kahanek - Fireman
Donald Terry Karmasek Sr. - Torpedoman 2nd Class
Richard Allen Kerntke Sr. - Chief Machinist's Mate
Rodney Joseph Kipp - Electronics Technician 3rd Class
Dennis Charles Knapp - Machinist's Mate 3rd Class
Charles Lee Lamberth - Lieutenant
Max Franklin Lanier - Machinist's Mate 1st Class
John Weichert Livingston - Electronics Technician 1st Class
David Bennett Lloyd - Lieutenant Commander (XO)
Kenneth Robert Martin - Electronics Technician 2nd Class
Frank Patsy Mazzuchi - Senior Chief Quartermaster
Michael Lee McGuire - Electronics Technician 1st Class
Steven Charles Miksad - Torpedoman's Mate 3rd Class
Joseph Francis Miller Jr. - Torpedoman's Mate 3rd Class
Cecil Frederick Mobley - Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
Raymond Dale Morrison - Quartermaster 1st Class
Michael Anthony Odening - Lieutenant Junior Grade
Daniel Christopher Petersen - Chief Electrician's Mate
Dennis Paul Pferrer - Quartermaster 3rd Class
Gerald Stanley Pospisil - Electrician's Mate 3rd Class
Donald Richard Powell - Interior Communications 3rd Class
Earl Lester Ray Jr. - Machinist's Mate 1st Class
Jorge Luis Santana - Commissaryman 1st Class
Lynn Thompson Saville - Chief Hospital Corpsman
Richard George Schaffer - Electronics Technician 2nd Class
William Newman Schoonover - Seaman
Phillip Allan Seifert - Fireman
Francis Atwood Slattery - Commander (C0)
George Elmer Smith Jr. - Chief Electronics Technician
Laughton Douglas Smith - Lieutenant
Robert Bernard Smith - Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
Harold Robert Snapp, Jr. - Sonar Technician 1st Class
Daniel Peter Stephens - Lieutenant Commander
Joel Candler Stephens - Electronics Technician 2nd Class
David Burton Stone - Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
John Phillip Sturgill - Electrician's Mate 2nd Class
Richard Norman Summers - Yeoman 3rd Class
John Driscoll Sweeney, Jr. - Torpedoman's Mate Seaman
John Charles Sweet - Lieutenant
James Frank Tindol III - Communications Electronics Technician 2nd Class
Johnny Gerald Veerhusen - Commissaryman Seaman
Robert Paul Violetti - Torpedoman's Mate Third Class
Ronald James Voss - Sonar Technician 3rd Class
John Michael Wallace - Fire Control Technician 1st Class
Joel Kurt Watkins - Machinist's Mate 1st Class (SS)
Robert Westley Watson - Machinist's Mate Fireman
James Edwin Webb - Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
Leo William Weinbeck - Senior Chief Yeoman
James Mitchell Wells - Chief Machinist's Mate
Ronald Richard Williams - Seaman
Robert Alan Willis - Machinist's Mate 3rd Class
Virgil Alexander Wright III - Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class
Donald Howard Yarbrough - Torpedoman's Mate 1st Class
Clarence Otto Young Jr. - Electronics Technician 2nd Class
Rest in eternal peace.
The USS SULACO is the colonial marine's troop ship in Aliens. The original design in the movie called for a far less cool spherical ship, then James Cameron basically asked for a gun in space... and the SULACO was born.
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This is my second commission for Creations for Charity. The buyer was very nice to let me take my time with this and allowed me a model from one of my favorite movies.
I have often thought to make the APC, Dropship, and even the interior of the Sulaco, but it never occurred to me to build the actual SHIP...
Copied from Wikipedia:
USS New Jersey (BB-62) ("Big J" or "Black Dragon") is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of New Jersey. New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other four completed Iowa-class battleships, and was the only US battleship providing gunfire support during the Vietnam War.
During World War II, New Jersey shelled targets on Guam and Okinawa, and screened aircraft carriers conducting raids in the Marshall Islands. During the Korean War, she was involved in raids up and down the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned into the United States Navy reserve fleets, better known as the "mothball fleet". She was briefly reactivated in 1968 and sent to Vietnam to support US troops before returning to the mothball fleet in 1969. Reactivated once more in the 1980s as part of the 600-ship Navy program, New Jersey was modernized to carry missiles and recommissioned for service. In 1983, she participated in US operations during the Lebanese Civil War.
New Jersey was decommissioned for the last time in 1991 (after serving a total of 21 years in the active fleet), having earned a Navy Unit Commendation for service in Vietnam and 19 battle and campaign stars for combat operations during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Lebanese Civil War, and service in the Persian Gulf. After a brief retention in the mothball fleet, she was donated to the Home Port Alliance in Camden, New Jersey, and began her career as a museum ship 15 October 2001.
Afire and listing after she was hit by a Japanese air attack while operating off the coast of Japan, 19 March 1945. Photographed from USS Santa Fe (CL-60), which was alongside assisting with firefighting and rescue work. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. The crew were awarded 2 Medals of Honor, 19 Navy Crosses, 22 Silver Stars, 116 Bronze Stars, 235 Letters of Commendation, and 1,155 Purple Hearts with losses of 807 dead and 487 wounded. The Franklin returned to New York Naval Shipyard for repairs under her own power in April of 1945
Catalog #: 80-G-273880
Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington DC
www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections...
Phalanx CIWS. A six-barreled 20 mm close in weapon system designed for defense against anti-ship missles and other threats. Four of these weapons were installed on the New Jersey during the reactivation/modernization of the ship in 1981.
USS Iowa (BB-61) Fires a full broadside of nine 16/50 and six 5/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. Photographed by PHAN J. Alan Elliott. Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the the Department of Defense Still Media Collection.
Once again don't believe everything you see printed on a photo.
Any 2-gunned 14" turret will be of the "turtle-backed" design (rounded top and sides) This flat-roofed turreted BB belongs to the Wyoming class (BB-32 / 33). Note the shape of gun ports in the turret and the 2 "wet" 5"/51 guns beside the turret. The lack of a second tier to the conning tower makes this the Wyoming (BB-32) rather that the Arkansas (BB-33). The open bridge and the searchlights on the crane king post platforms makes the photo pre-1917.
You can see in the picture that both forward turrets are twin turrets with flat tops and vertical sides. While the New York also had twin turrets, her turrets had curved tops and slanted sides. Every main turret on every ship built from the New York class (BB-34/35) on has slanted sides, but only the classes from South Carolina to Wyoming have both flat tops and vertical sides, and all of these have 12" guns. You can also see that the New York's turrets have smooth faces, while the faces of the turrets in the new picture have vertical objects on them. Further, the flying bridge that protrudes on both sides of the superstructure is clearly at a level above the second turret in the new picture, while in the picture of the New York it is at approximately the same level as the second turret.
Red Spacecat was kind enough to offer his considerable editing skills to the humble USS Minotaur. Here is the fantastic result. This is the most finely presented creation you will ever see from the Ship Yards, and all thanks goes to Red Spacecat (cheers dude)
According to Wiki- USS Potomac (AG-25), formerly the USCGC Electra,[3] was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential yacht from 1936 until his death in 1945. It is one of only three still existing presidential yachts.[2][clarification needed] On August 3, 1941, she played a decoy role while Roosevelt held a secret conference to develop the Atlantic Charter. She is now preserved in Oakland, California, as a National Historic Landmark. The Potomac was originally built in 1934 by the Manitowoc Ship Building Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin as the United States Coast Guard Cutter Electra. She was converted to serve as a presidential yacht and commissioned into the United States Navy in 1936. In the following years, the Potomac was heavily used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, for fishing trips and informal political meetings. The second funnel is fake, and concealed the elevator used for raising Roosevelt in his wheelchair in the unlikely event of having to enter lifeboats on the roof. In 1939 the United Kingdom's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth travelled with the Roosevelts aboard Potomac to George Washington's home at Mt. Vernon.
On August 3, 1941, President Roosevelt left Washington to board Potomac at the submarine base at New London. Potomac then sailed for Appogansett Bay where the President did some fishing and entertained guests including Crown Princess Märtha of Norway. Eventually Potomac anchored in Menemsha Bight in Vineyard Sound, where the heavy cruiser USS Augusta already lay at anchor. In the early hours of August 5, Potomac came alongside Augusta and the President and his party transferred to the warship. Augusta then proceeded at high speed to Newfoundland for a clandestine meeting with Winston Churchill. During this meeting, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to the Atlantic Charter, agreeing to the principles of the Allied partnership during World War II and setting the scene for the United Nations to plan the post-war peace.
In the meantime and for security purposes, the President's flag continued to be flown from Potomac while she transited the Cape Cod Canal to New England waters. A Secret Serviceman, approximating the President in size and affecting his mannerisms when visible from a distance, played a starring role in the deception. Press releases issued daily from Potomac led all who read them to believe that the President was really embarked in his yacht on a pleasure cruise. After the meetings, Augusta returned the President to Potomac on August 14.
After President Roosevelt's death, Potomac was decommissioned by the Navy, and returned to US Coast Guard custody in November 1945.
USS Enterprise NCC-1701. No bloody A, B, C, or D.
This model is made to the scale of a larger ship that I have been working on. That ship will be a full UCS-styled model with this Enterprise as an accompaniment.
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An evening shot of the USS Midway shot with the widest aperture (F/3.5) on my early 1950's Zeiss-Ikon Ikonta.
The USS Midway was a functioning aircraft carrier from 1945 to 1992. It is now a museum complete with 29 aircraft on its flight deck and in its hangar deck. It is located in San Diego, California.
Camera: Zeiss-Ikon Ikonta 521 (4.5x6) - circa 1952
Lens: Carl Zeiss Tessar 75mm f/3.5
Film: Ilford FP4+ asa 125 B&W
Aperture: f/3.5 (wide open)
Shutter Speed: 1/25
Developed by: The Darkroom
My own design. Weird reference and an interesting cp to achieve the colour change. Will upload cp and reference soon
The USS MIssouri - The last commisioned US Navy Battelship. Launched in 1944 and serving through operation Desert Storm.
World War II officially ended on the USS Missouri's quarterdeck, where Japanese representatives signed the official surrender of the Empire of Japan.
Currently the USS Missouri stands as a museum ship in Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii.
My 32" model of the original starship Enterprise. Edited image taken from the original hi-res color photo in my files.
Buoy hanging on the fence around the deck of the USS Iowa battleship on display in the Port of Los Angeles.
Wonderful Star Trek Original Series Set Tour
Yes: You can sit in the chair.
No: You can't push the buttons.
Sometimes referred to as the forgotten memorial, this monument is dedicated to the servicemen killed in action aboard USS Utah on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Commissioned August 31, 1911, USS Utah (BB-31) was the second and final Florida class battleship built for the United States Navy. She was demilitarized and converted into a training ship in in 1931 in accordance with the London Naval Treaty. On December 7, 1941 Utah was moored on the west side of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. She was struck by two torpedoes, quickly capsized, and sank.
Although most of her crew were able to escape, 64 were killed and 60 of those remain aboard Utah to this day. Among them are Medal of Honor recipient Chief Watertender Peter Tomich. The Utah and USS Arizona (BB-39) are the only two American ships sunk in the attack that remain in Pearl Harbor today.
The memorial seen here was built in 1972.