[Photo] US submarines Bashaw, Mingo, Dragonet, Guavina, Sunfish, Sargo, Spearfish, and Saury at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 6 Dec 1945 | World War II Database
I found this site very interesting, but I was looking for the USN's naming convention for World War II. Charlie Lewis says he knows it, but I don't and would like to. For instance, I understand that LVT would stand for 'Landing Vehicle Tracked', but what does 'BB' for Battleship,...
The United States Navy ships, tactics and operations during the second world war, in the pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters
Hurriedly built as coastal defenders, the "O-class" appeared too late to see action in WWI, but later played a dramatic role in training the submariners of WWII who made such a significant contribution to help win the Pacific War.Sables, Robert P...
As part of a "force projection operation,” the Army on Sept. 12 sent the soldiers to Shemya Island, some 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, where the U.S. Air Force maintains an air station that dates to World War II. The soldiers ...
What Grandpa did during the Cold War- Some great stories, reminiscing, and Cusk history by Billy Hrbacek BUNK BAGS-Unique to submarines, these all purpose nylon bags were priceless. THE SUB THAT SANK A TRAIN-The only ground operation against the Japanese motherland during WWII was carried out ...
During World War II, the Nazi system of extermination camps was fairly efficient. Relatively small death camps likeBelzec, Sobibor, and Treblinkakilled an astonishing number of people, more than 1.6 million and nearly all Jews, quickly and efficiently. If there were a Nazi DOGE, I suppose these...
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Caldwell credited Rickover – who served for 63 years in the Navy and is credited with spurring the service to adopt nuclear propulsion after World War II – with not only technological advances but cultural ones. He lauded Rickover’s legendary work ethic, frankness, attention to detail and ...