Category: Naval History

The ship, which was lost at sea 118 years ago, will be protected under new legislation to better protect military shipwrecks which is currently being considered by Parliament. The remains…

Americans will have the opportunity to experience the remarkable story of the United States Coast Guard in a way never before possible August 4, 2027. The U.S. Coast Guard announced…

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…

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…

(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…

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′;…

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 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…

(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…

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