French ships moored at Toulon in 1971: [IMG] Note the pair of sister destroyers, Surcouf class. The nearer one is Surcouf herself, or perhaps...
New man arrives at the retirement home and one of the ladies starts chatting him up, asks where he comes from. "I just got out of prison; I...
Agreed, and agreed, although the acclime room did have one amusing effect; some of the junior petty officers who made 1MC announcements that...
Another use of the term "war booty"
I recall getting up around 0300 for the morning watch and going to the wardroom for a cup from the pot that had been keeping warm since midrats....
The immediate successor to the Tarawa class LHA was the Wasp class LHD which retained the well deck, redesigned to accommodate LCACs. Then they...
Only 30 DEs, of the Edsall class, were manned by the Coast Guard. They included four of the ships which participated in the capture of U-505....
Antiaircraft armament is an interesting question. Depending on a nation's specific situation, there may be large areas like the western Atlantic...
Friedman also mentions a proposal for an Iwo Jima class LPH under construction to be lengthened amidships by 52', enabling it to carry 12 LCVPs...
“This coffee tastes like mud!” “It was ground just this morning.”
One of the considered shortcomings of the LPH was its inability to land its embarked troops other than by helicopter. There were two scenarios of...
“We taught them a lesson in nineteen-eighteen, and they’ve hardly bothered us since then.” - Tom Lehrer, MLF Lullaby
Are you suggesting launching war against the western Allies before occupying Czechoslovakia (March 39) or even the Sudetenland (September 1938)?...
Aside from the mesh, the ship doesn't look like anything real.
It could power a generator if the pod is some sort of electronic warfare equipment. This was/is done on underwing pods on EA-6s and F/A-18Gs.
When “light” or “escort” destroyers were proposed, there was considerable opposition within the Navy, largely on the grounds that standard DDs...
LBJ supposedly said “If I’ve lost Walter Cronkite, I’ve lost middle America.”
Afraid I don’t recognize Amy.
Then there's this: [ATTACH] The little guy in the middle is - Arnold Schwartzenegger! With Wilt Chamberlain and Andre the Giant on the set of...
Thanks for some good information, but as usual it leads to requests for more ;) What was the role of the designated observers? Gunnery...