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Gotta be quicker than that…
“Escort Carrier HMS Nairana Stalked Unsuccessfully by U-Boat 502, 1 February 1944,” by Charles David Cobb via National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth. Cobb, Charles David; Escort Carrier HMS...
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315,144 Miles Under Red & Gold
The Spanish Navy over the weekend decommissioned the Agosta-class SSK Tramontana, capping a career that began in 1985. One of four DCNI S-70 Agostas built under license in Spain at the Cartagena...
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Submarine News
A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764) underway at high speed off the Virginia Capes during builders sea trials, 7/12/1992. Chris Oxley (OPA-NARA...
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Warship Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024: A Tough Tambor
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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60 Years of Getting it Done
The 71-member crew of 210-foot U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (WMEC 615) returned to their homeport at Pensacola– where the aging class is being collected– on Saturday following a 57-day counterdrug...
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What a Dazzling Balao
How about this great series of photos of the brand new Balao-class diesel-electric fleet submarine USS Tilefish (SS-307) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 2 March 1944, USN photos # 1434-44 through...
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Warship Wednesday, March 13, 2024: SEAL Time Capsule
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday to 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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And in Submarine News…
Lots of stuff for those interested in periscopes lately. New Dutch Boats The Dutch, eschewing a domestic(ish) submarine-making initiative between Sweden’s Saab Kockums and Damen, and opting not to go...
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Happy Birthday, Dolphins
One of the toughest badges to earn, the Submarine Warfare Insignia, aka the “dolphins” or “fish,” is also one of the Navy’s oldest warfare devices, having been adopted 100 years ago this week. As...
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Contracts: You can walk on the Sonobuoys and Harriers Get Support to 2029
A few interesting things in yesterday’s DOD contract announcements. Emphasis mine: Sparton De Leon Springs LLC, De Leon Springs, Florida, is awarded a $106,391,400 firm-fixed-price,...
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Polaris Surface Surprise
Some 60 years ago this month, an important show of force for the Fleet Ballistic Missile Progam: The Lafayette class ballistic missile submarine USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625) launches a Polaris A-2...
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Warship Wednesday, April 24, 2024: A Flower So Nice They Painted Her Thrice
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, Awesome Aggie
Carrying the name of the legendary Greek king, the first HMS Agamemnon in the Royal Navy had earned a host of battle honors when in her prime. By 1805, she was an aging 64-gun third-rate that had seen...
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The Ghosts of Da Gama off Greenland
We’ve covered the hectic op-tempo of the Portuguese Navy’s submarine force a few times in recent years. Their pair of very modern fuel cell AIP variants of the German Type 209PN/Type 214PNs, including...
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Wreck of ‘Hit em Harder’ confirmed
One of the 52 WWII American submarines considered on Eternal Patrol, the resting place of the Gato-class fleet boat USS Harder (SS 257), which received six battle stars for her wartime service, has...
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Eye in the Sky
Some 80 years ago this month, a USN PB4Y-1 (B-24) Liberator on an anti-submarine operational flight, 22 May 1944, out of Naval Air Field, Port Lyautey, French Morocco. Note the Portuguese-flagged...
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Austal Gets $500 Million for New TAGOS
From Thursday’s DOD Contracts: Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, is awarded a $516,481,569 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-23-C-2203) to...
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Reading Material
A list of yearly magazine subscriptions for the Gato-class fleet boat USS Drum (SS-228), circa 1944, numbering 16 titles, two copies each, for a cost– “less clubbing discount”– of $58. While some...
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Warship Wednesday, June 26, 2024: A Tin Can with Teeth
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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Warship Wednesday, July 3, 2024: Brace for Ramming
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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