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Warship Wednesday, May 7, 2025: Ray of Hope
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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The only submarine museum in Africa has reopened
The French-built Daphne-class submarine SAS Johanna van der Merwe (S99) was ordered in 1967 by South Africa for use by the SAN, one of 26 of Daphnes constructed during the Cold War for service in six...
View ArticleAiming for both Structural Integrity and Historical Accuracy
The Gato-class fleet boat USS Cobia (SS-245), a WWII museum sub in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is heading to Fincantieri in September to undergo essential dry dock maintenance for the first time since 1996....
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The Terrible T at Play
It happened 80 years ago today. The Tambor-class submarine, USS Tautog (SS-199), photographed from an altitude of 300 feet off the Florida coast by Navy airship ZP-31 on 29 May 1945. Note the...
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The Tsar’s Finest
It happened 110 years ago today. Here we see the submarine Bars (Snow Leopard), the first of a class of 24 planned boats for the Imperial Russian Navy, after being launched on 2 June 1915 at the Baltic...
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SSNs and yellow drone submarines, coming to an ocean near you
Of course, they won’t be yellow when they get operational, but the Navy quietly marked a milestone in undersea warfare: the successful forward-deployed launch and recovery of the HHI Yellow Moray...
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Kentucky Apaches
(Note: It looks like the AH-64s are running rocket pods.) Posted last week via Commander, Submarine Group Nine: “The sun reflected on the ocean’s surface as two MH-60R (Romeo) Sea Hawk helicopters...
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Famous Fleet boat Easter Egg VLS tribute
Spotted on submarine reddit: Los Angeles-class Flight II hunter-killer USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720) with her VLS hatches open, showing badges of some famous WWII USN submarines. I don’t know the author,...
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Warship Wednesday, July 9, 2025: Gravity Boat
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Welcome back, Razorback!
The future Block IV Virginia-class submarine USS Arkansas (SSN 800) was recently launched into the James River at Newport News. She was ordered on 28 April 2014 and not laid down until November 2022,...
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