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Warship Wednesday, Sept 13, 2017: The Queen of the Little White Fleet
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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Warship Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017: The Potemkin’s little red brother
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Warship Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017: One Able Sims
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Warship Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 Farewell, Admiral
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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Warship Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017: I’d like to be back on my horse
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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Warship Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017: Franco’s big stick
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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Warship Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017: Putting the ‘Marine’ back in submarine
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 (in this case, doctrine) each week....
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95 years ago today: Good trap, Darb!
An Aeromarine 39B piloted by Chevalier is seen just before it touches down on the flight deck of USS Langley (CV-1) on 26 October 1922 – the first landing aboard an American aircraft carrier. Via...
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Warship Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017: The Phrygian of the Great North
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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Warship Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017: Not just a figurehead
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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Warship Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017: You just can’t keep those Cramp cruisers down
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From Maine to Turkey
From Bath Iron Works: An aerial shot of the shipyard from 1979, with four FFGs at the pier and two more under construction on the inclined ways, a DDG in dry dock and Hull 401, the future Resolute (MA...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018: One of the luckier sugars
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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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018: Meiji’s favorite cruiser
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USS Texas in original color
Thought you would enjoy these original WWII color photos (not colorized) of the old USS Texas (BB-35) taken in early 1941, just before Pearl Harbor to include her Marine det and deck. Her life was...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018: The wandering Dutchman of the Baltic
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Shackle, is that you?
The Navy was already experienced in marine salvage prior to World War II. However, the Navy did not have ships specifically designed and built for salvage work when it entered WWII, and it was not...
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Warship Wednesday, Feb.8, 2018: Roll Tide, Vol. 4ish
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Warship Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018: Late 19th Century tech ‘Without Equal’
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Emilie…
Description: Breech of a large Naval Gun. Photographed on board a battleship, circa 1913. The ship is probably USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17), and the gun is presumably an 8/45 or 12/45. Note the...
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