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Prest-O Change-O: 19 New SSGNs!
Much in the same way that the SECNAV in 1975 created 15 new “cruisers” from thin air by reclassifying DLGs to CGs to gain a two-cruiser lead over the Russkis, the Navy has just dubbed 19 planned Blocks...
View Article13 for Freedom?
So we have often touched on the whole “41 for Freedom” Polaris FBM SSBNs that were cranked out during the Duck and Cover era to help win the Cold War in an amazing nine years and four months from the...
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Strike one hard working SSGN
From Submarine Group Ten: After 42 years of silent, steadfast service, the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) returned to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay for the final time on...
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Pour one out for The Jolly J
Exercise Valiant Shield 2026 (VS26) concluded on 1 July, stretching across the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Japan, and at sea around the Mariana Islands Range Complex. It was an impressive...
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Warship Wednesday 24 June 2026: Scourge of the Med
Here at LSOZI, we take a break every Wednesday to explore the old steam/diesel navies from 1833 to 1954, profiling a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which...
View ArticleAnd now in the Indian Ocean…
The Pakistan Navy yesterday welcomed “home” the first specimen of the 249-foot/2,800-ton S26 class submarine, PNS Hangor, an export derivative of the Chinese Type 039A SSK, which is currently operated...
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USS Herring, Found
Gato-class USS Herring (SS-233) Hunters Point 12 October 1943 USN photo 268-43-S4 Naval History and Heritage Command this week confirmed the identity of the wreck site of the Gato-class fleet boat USS...
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A toast to the Marina de Guerra del Peru
As part of my curiosity when it comes to everything naval, I follow a lot of fleets around the world, and the Peruvian Navy has been very busy in the past few months. Besides the Caribbean cruise of...
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Dynamic Mongoose 26 Snaps
How about this PhotoEx from NATO High North ASW exercise Dynamic Mongoose 26 off Trondheim, Norway, last week. Centered around the 65,000-ton carrier HMS Prince of Wales escorted by the Type 45...
View ArticleThe Snuff Film of the Emperor’s Final Submarines
Some 80 years ago this week, Operation Road’s End saw the U.S. Navy deep-six no less than five large, captured Imperial Japanese Navy submarines off Hawaii. These included I-203, sunk by USS Caiman...
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Taiwan’s New SSK Shows Teeth
The Republic of China’s Indigenous Defense Submarine, ROCS Hai Kun (SS-711) fired two MK-48 Exercise Torpedoes during her 8th underwater sea trial on 6 May 2026. The footage and images released by CSBC...
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USCGC Tampa, found
The 190-foot, 1,200-ton Miami-class auxiliary gunboat/steel-hulled “cruising cutter” Tampa (WGC-11) was built to spec at Newport News and commissioned on 19 August 1912. Constructed at $250,000 for the...
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The Big Spud returns to the Fleet
The country’s newest fast-attack submarine and the fifth U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name, USS Idaho (SSN 799), was commissioned at SUBASE New London on Saturday, 25 April. Sailors assigned to the...
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Guppy foursome
Some 60 years ago this week. Subron-21’s GUPPY IIIs, complete with high “North Atlantic” sails, motor by in a tight formation on 18 April 1966. USS Clamagore (SS-343) is in front, with USS Corporal...
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Warship Wednesday 8 April 2026: Front Runner
Here at LSOZI, we take a break every Wednesday to explore the old steam/diesel navies from 1833 to 1954, profiling a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which...
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Warship Wednesday (on a Tuesday) 31 March 2026: Good Luck Sometimes Runs Thin
Here at LSOZI, we take a break every Wednesday to explore the old steam/diesel navies from 1833 to 1954, profiling a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which...
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Bonefish, found
Gato-class fleet boat USS Bonefish (SS-223) returning to the submarine base in Fremantle, Australia, at the end of her 4th war patrol on 30 May 1944 In company with her fellow fleet boats Tunny and...
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Welcome Back, Big Maime!
The Navy commissioned the 25th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Massachusetts (SSN 798) in a traditional ceremony held Saturday, 28 March, in Boston Harbor. Delivered to the Navy last November,...
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That’s one sleek Uber
Talk about historical twists. Just a couple of weeks away from the 86th anniversary of Unternehmen Weserübung, which saw the RN and Kriegsmarine face off in the Norwegian littoral dozens of times– with...
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SSNs still keeping the Pole nailed down
When not sniping wayward Iranian corvettes and launching TLAMs for CENTCOM, the 125-year-old U.S. Navy Submarine Service is busy this week atop the world. The Arctic Submarine Laboratory’s Operation...
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