October 16 Australian Naval History
Australian Naval History on 16 October 1818 HMC brig LADY NELSON returned to Port Jackson, Sydney, after an unsuccessful search for survivors from the schooner WILLIAM COSSAR, in the Port…
British Special Service Squadron Visits British Columbia 1924
At sea, heading for Canada: 13 – 20 June 1924 Esquimalt and Victoria British Columbia, Canada: 21 – 25 June 1924 After nearly a week at sea, which included night…
HMS Vidal Annexes Rockall for UK
By Ricky D Phillips Military Historian HMS Vidal a Royal Navy survey ship formally annexed the remote Atlantic islet of Rockall for the United Kingdom September 18,1955. The British government…
HMAS AE1
HMAS AE1 was launched in the yard of Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness, England on 22 May 1913. She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 February 1914. She was the first…
Intruder on the Edge of the Breach
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, at 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, claiming the lives of 184 people. In the immediate, chaotic aftermath –…
90 Year Old Ex-Soviet Minesweeper in North Korean Navy
Project 53 minesweeper T-8 Cheka which was launched in 1936 was found alive in North Korea during commissioning of the destroyer Kang Kon, she’s 90 years old as of 2026…
Tacoma Class Frigates of the United States Navy
When the United States entered the Second World War the US Navy was still completing its rebuilding program. In the major fighting types great strides had been made, but there…
The Coast Guard and 9/11… 25 Years Later
The Foundation for Coast Guard History and the U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office will host a special program, “The Coast Guard and 9/11… 25 Years Later,” from 9 to 11…
USS Missouri September 2, 1945
Aboard the USS Missouri, this instrument of surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, by the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamora Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu. On September 2, 1945,…
