Harold Bray is the last living survivor of USS Indianapolis (CA-35).Click hereto read more about his story and the current effort to erect a statue in his hometown that will honor Harold and his shipmates from the final sailing crew. ...
USS Liberty was identified as a US naval ship by Israeli reconnaissance aircraft nine hours before the attack and continuously tracked by Israeli radar and aircraft thereafter. Sailing in international waters at less than five knots, with no offensive armament, our ship was not a military threat ...
USS Volador (SS-490), a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the volador, one of several varieties of flying or sailing fishes named for a Spanish language term meaning "flying". The contract to build her was awarded to the Portsmouth ...
That kind of gossip sharing probably also occurred on the sailing ships of yore. Back in the early 1800s, the cask containing a ship’s daily supply of freshwater was called a scuttlebutt; that name was later applied to a drinking fountain on a ship or at a naval installation. By the ...
TROUT was a test vehicle for the Bureau of Ships "Shock Tests" in February 1960. She was the first ship to complete these tests. TROUT was awarded the Battle Efficiency Award in 1961. She wore the coveted white "E" on her sail for one year as the symbol of standing first among the ...
March 30: Captain of carrier pleaded for Navy's help in letter amid accelerating spread of COVID-19. Ship was docked in Guam; March 27: Number of coronavirus cases on the aircraft carrier spiked to at least 30. Ship was sailing in the Pacific Ocean; ...
great. You do even get to sit in some of the airplanes as well, but you get to see almost every inch of the ship which is great. Great for families couples and kids as well. A lot of walking and also a lot of steps if you want to go up to the top or down to...
Shot from boat of USS Constitution, aka "Old Ironsides," sailing along with boat in front and tugboats behind / shot from boat of boat sailing along / shot from boat of Constitution sailing along, tugboat alongside / shot from boat of Constitution sailing along, tugboats in front...
Sailing a week later,Waspjoined Task Force 39 en route to Britain. Arriving at Glasgow, the ship was tasked with ferryingSupermarine Spitfirefighters to the beleaguered island of Malta as part of Operation Calendar. Successfully delivering the aircraft in late April,Waspcarried another load of Spit...
It was the biggest ship in the U.S. Navy and it disappeared without a trace. More than 100 years later, its fate remains unknown.