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FAA’s Fly By Cover!
Fly By, the periodical of the Fleet Air Arm Association of Australia just republished (with my permission) a recent Warship Wednesday of mine on the MV Daghestan and her role in naval aviation...
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The Italian Navy’s historic nave scuola (training ship) Amerigo Vespucci (A5312) was constructed back when Italy had a king on the throne and is still going strong. Built at the Royal Shipyard of...
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Warship Wednesday, March 3, 2021: Crossing the Delaware to See the World
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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Warship Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Philly L boats: The Retractables
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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Farewell, Munro, last of the 378s
In January 1965, USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) the first of the country’s 378-foot High Endurance Cutters– and the largest designed for the service up to that time– was laid down. Equipped roughly as a...
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About that Chunk of the Yamato’s Armor in D.C.
If you are a fan of naval history, odds are you have seen the famous 25- or 26-inch thick section of turret face plate armor, meant for a Japanese Yamato class battleship, that was found at the Kure...
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Warship Wednesday: March 17, 2021, Shamrock Cans
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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Have a Spare Mk 1 Fire Control Computer in your Garage?
This thing: If you do, the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59) museum wants to talk to you. From the museum: The Mk 1 Fire Control Computers that served onboard Big Mamie has been missing for decades...
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Batty Corsairs
Vought O2U-1 Corsair (Bu. No. A-7528) floatplane in flight during fleet maneuvers off Cuba, circa 1928. The plane is from Observation Plane Squadron Three, Scouting Fleet (VO-3S), and is based on the...
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Warship Wednesday, March 24, 2021: Nicky’s Dangerous Dolphin
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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ZR-3, Meet CV-3: Spotting Deck Space for a Zeppelin
On 27 January 1928, the Navy airship USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) conducted a landing on the brand-new Lexington-class battlecruiser/carrier conversion, USS Saratoga (CV-3). The event saw the Zeppelin...
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Warship Wednesday, March 31, 2021: NOLA by way of Brazil
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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Higgins 78, in Detail
Here we see a great series of shots of the PT-71-class 78-foot motor torpedo boat USS PT-200, while her builders– at Higgins Industries, New Orleans, Louisiana– taken January 26, 1942. All are...
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Sunrise Service Among the Depth Charges
Official Caption: Sunday Services on board a Coast Guard destroyer escort in the Atlantic, during the Easter Season, in 1944-45. Here, the ship’s Chaplain Leads the crew in prayer. National Archives...
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Turn of the Century Sub Designs
So I’ve been spending a lot of time browsing the USPTO files on early (pre-WWI) submarines from the 1900s and came across some really groovy maritime art, all worthy of gracing a pulp fiction novel of...
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Warship Wednesday, April 7, 2021: The Curious Confederate of Barcelona
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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Surplus Tin Cans of Asia
It always seemed that America’s former SEATO and ROK allies were always particularly adept at keeping weary second-hand escort vessels in service long past their prime. For instance, the Philipines...
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Warship Wednesday, April 14, 2021: Just a Little DASH
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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A Visit to USS Trenton, circa 1886
The first warship to carry the name of the New Jersey capital city famous for a Christmas-time visit from General Washington was a 3,800-ton steam frigate commissioned on 14 February 1877, armed with...
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Warship Wednesday, April 21, 2021: Let’s Vote on It
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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