1910 Russian Experimental Ship Novik
On August 1, 1910, construction began on the legendary destroyer Novik. The experimental ship Novik was laid down at the Putilov Shipyard in St. Petersburg (now Severnaya Shipyard) even before…
Battle of Lissa 1866
On this day in 1866, two fleets of ironclad warships smashed into each other in the Adriatic, and the side that was outnumbered and outgunned won by doing something everyone…
HMS Loring
(DE‑520: dp. 1,140; 1 l. 289’5″; b. 35’1″; dr. 8’3″; s. 21.5 k.; cpl. 198; a. 3 3″, 9 20mm., 2 dct., 4 dcp., 1 dcp., (h.h.) cl. Evarts) A…
USS Kearsarge
The third U.S. Navy ship named for the peak that rises in the White Mountains in Merrimack County, N.H. III (CV-33: displacement 30,800; length 888′; beam 93′; extreme width 136′;…
Efforts to Save HMS President Have Failed
HMS President, a First World War Q-ship (for antisubmarine patrols), has been found to no longer structurally sound, and will be heading for scrap in Erith, Kent this month. The…
SAS Bloemfontein
SAS Bloemfontein was an Algerine class minesweeper launched by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. Collingwood, Ontario,in 1945 for the Royal Navy’s HMS Rosamund . Employed in minesweeping duty in European waters until…
USS Salisbury Sound
(AV-13: displacement 13,635; length 540’5″; beam 69’3″; draft 22’3″; speed 19.2 knots; complement 684; armament 4 5-inch, 20 40-millimeter, 20 20-millimeter; class Currituck) A sound near Sitka, Alaska. Puget Sound…
USS SC 354
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HMNZS Royalist
Service History The Dido-class light cruisers were ordered in 1937. They were to be fitted with five twin turrets with the new dual-purpose (surface- and anti-aircraft) 5.25-inch (133-mm) guns. In…
First Sea Battle of the South Korean Navy
Baekdusan (PC-701), a submarine hunter, was Korea’s first warship. The former USS PC823 was purchased by the Navy on October 17, 1949, with money donated by naval officers and citizens…