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Submarine tender USS Bushnell (AS-2) at anchor in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 13 December 1916
L-type submarines alongside USS Bushnell (AS-2) at Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918. These submarines are, from left to right: unidentified submarine, USS L-1, USS L-10, USS L-4, and USS L-9.
Submarine tender USS Bushnell (AS-2) at anchor in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 13 December 1916
L-type submarines alongside USS Bushnell (AS-2) at Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918. These submarines are, from left to right: unidentified submarine, USS L-1, USS L-10, USS L-4, and USS L-9.
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CSS Manassas, an icebreaking tugboat converted to ironclad ram, 1861
CSS Manassas started life as the icebreaking tug Enoch Train. Captured by the Confederacy when war broke out, she was heavily modified into an armored ram. She was only armed with one cannon, ramming being her primary weapon. Her low silhouette and rounded sides were expected to make her very difficult to hit, though her armor was only 1.25 inches thick.
On October 12, 1861, in the first ironclad combat action, she sallied from Louisiana to attack the Union blockade at the Mississippi River Head of Passes. Manassas rammed the USS Richmond, which was partially protected by a coal barge moored alongside. The impact damaged her engines and caused flooding. She retreated upriver, losing her stack to enemy fire. Following up with two gunboats and a series of fire rafts chained together, the Confederacy was able to force the Union ships to retreat.
Manassas was repaired and kept ready for the inevitable Union push towards New Orleans. On April 24, 1862, Union ships pushed past the two forts protecting the approach to the city. Confederate ships engaged, with CSS Manassas taking the lead. Taking fire from the friendly forts, she turned upriver and positioned herself out of range of the forts and attacked. She struck a glancing ram to USS Mississippi, and successfully rammed the USS Brooklyn. USS Mississipi, only minorly damaged, turned and attempted to ram Manassas. While avoiding Mississippi, Manassas ran aground and took fire from the Union ships until the Confederate sailors were forced to abandon ship. New Orleans surrender soon afterwards.
Tugboat CSS Mosher pushes a fire-raft into Union flagship USS Hartford while defending New Orleans, 1861
USS Hartford was the flagship of Admiral David Farragut, and participated in the push up the Mississippi to capture New Orleans. During the battle Hartford had to dodge both the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Manassas and the fireraft-pushing CSS Mosher. Although successful with the first, she was hit by the fireraft and ran aground. Her crew extinguished the flames and freed the ship, which later participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay, where Farragut issued his famous order, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
CSS Manassas, an icebreaking tugboat converted to ironclad ram, 1861
CSS Manassas started life as the icebreaking tug Enoch Train. Captured by the Confederacy when war broke out, she was heavily modified into an armored ram. She was only armed with one cannon, ramming being her primary weapon. Her low silhouette and rounded sides were expected to make her very difficult to hit, though her armor was only 1.25 inches thick.
On October 12, 1861, in the first ironclad combat action, she sallied from Louisiana to attack the Union blockade at the Mississippi River Head of Passes. Manassas rammed the USS Richmond, which was partially protected by a coal barge moored alongside. The impact damaged her engines and caused flooding. She retreated upriver, losing her stack to enemy fire. Following up with two gunboats and a series of fire rafts chained together, the Confederacy was able to force the Union ships to retreat.
Manassas was repaired and kept ready for the inevitable Union push towards New Orleans. On April 24, 1862, Union ships pushed past the two forts protecting the approach to the city. Confederate ships engaged, with CSS Manassas taking the lead. Taking fire from the friendly forts, she turned upriver and positioned herself out of range of the forts and attacked. She struck a glancing ram to USS Mississippi, and successfully rammed the USS Brooklyn. USS Mississipi, only minorly damaged, turned and attempted to ram Manassas. While avoiding Mississippi, Manassas ran aground and took fire from the Union ships until the Confederate sailors were forced to abandon ship. New Orleans surrender soon afterwards.
Tugboat CSS Mosher pushes a fire-raft into Union flagship USS Hartford while defending New Orleans, 1861
USS Hartford was the flagship of Admiral David Farragut, and participated in the push up the Mississippi to capture New Orleans. During the battle Hartford had to dodge both the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Manassas and the fireraft-pushing CSS Mosher. Although successful with the first, she was hit by the fireraft and ran aground. Her crew extinguished the flames and freed the ship, which later participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay, where Farragut issued his famous order, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
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INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 19, 2019) Seaman Destin Davis stands watch as aft lookout while Lt. Andrew Harlow observes the sunset from the aft missile deck of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62). Chancellorsville is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeremy Graham)
Dual Carrier Ops with USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) and USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) in the Arabian Gulf, 2015. ISO Operation INHERENT RESOLVE.
INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 19, 2019) Seaman Destin Davis stands watch as aft lookout while Lt. Andrew Harlow observes the sunset from the aft missile deck of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62). Chancellorsville is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeremy Graham)
Dual Carrier Ops with USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) and USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) in the Arabian Gulf, 2015. ISO Operation INHERENT RESOLVE.
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Warships at Pier Three Newport, RI, In Aug 1973. Among those present: Richmond K. Turner (DLG-20), Chepanoc (YTM-381), Sasaba (YTM-364), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) - Struck and being prepared for memorial at Fall River, Luce (DLG-7), and Milwaukee (AOR-2)
Warships at Pier Three Newport, RI, In Aug 1973. Among those present: Richmond K. Turner (DLG-20), Chepanoc (YTM-381), Sasaba (YTM-364), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) - Struck and being prepared for memorial at Fall River, Luce (DLG-7), and Milwaukee (AOR-2)
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USS Boxer was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, and the fifth ship to be named for HMS Boxer. She was launched on 14 December 1944 and christened by the daughter of a US Senator from Louisiana.
Commissioned too late to see any combat in World War II, Boxer spent much of her career in the Pacific Ocean seeing 10 tours in the western Pacific. Her initial duties involved mostly training and exercises, including launching the first carrier-based jet aircraft, but demobilization prevented much activity in the late 1940s. At the outbreak of the Korean War, she was used as an aircraft transport before arriving off Korean waters as the third U.S. carrier to join the force. She supported the Inchon landings and subsequent invasion of North Korea, and was among the ships that provided support during the Chinese counteroffensive against an under-prepared and spread out United Nations (UN) force. She saw three subsequent combat tours in Korea conducting close air support and strategic bombing in support of UN ground troops fighting along the 38th parallel, as the battles lines had largely solidified by this time. She was awarded eight battle stars for her service in Korea.
Sailors replenishing 14 inch ammunition on USS New Mexico prior to the invasion of Guam, July 1944 [
USS Pampanito (SS-383) Rests at Pier 45, San Francisco
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning after a kamikaze hit during The Battle of Okinawa with USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) standing by
USS Boxer was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, and the fifth ship to be named for HMS Boxer. She was launched on 14 December 1944 and christened by the daughter of a US Senator from Louisiana.
Commissioned too late to see any combat in World War II, Boxer spent much of her career in the Pacific Ocean seeing 10 tours in the western Pacific. Her initial duties involved mostly training and exercises, including launching the first carrier-based jet aircraft, but demobilization prevented much activity in the late 1940s. At the outbreak of the Korean War, she was used as an aircraft transport before arriving off Korean waters as the third U.S. carrier to join the force. She supported the Inchon landings and subsequent invasion of North Korea, and was among the ships that provided support during the Chinese counteroffensive against an under-prepared and spread out United Nations (UN) force. She saw three subsequent combat tours in Korea conducting close air support and strategic bombing in support of UN ground troops fighting along the 38th parallel, as the battles lines had largely solidified by this time. She was awarded eight battle stars for her service in Korea.
Sailors replenishing 14 inch ammunition on USS New Mexico prior to the invasion of Guam, July 1944 [
USS Pampanito (SS-383) Rests at Pier 45, San Francisco
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning after a kamikaze hit during The Battle of Okinawa with USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) standing by
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USS Boxer (CV 21) was a helluva ship during the Korean War. She was rode hard and put up wet..
Vought F4U Corsairs from Air Group 101 depart from Boxer for a mission in Korea, 1951. One of these ("416") survived the war and is airworthy as of 2016.[14]
from wiki...With the outbreak of the Korean War, the U.S. forces in the Far East had an urgent need for supplies and aircraft. The only aircraft carriers near Korea were USS Valley Forge and HMS Triumph.[15] Boxer was ordered into service to ferry aircraft from California to the fighting on the Korean Peninsula. She made a record-breaking crossing of the Pacific Ocean,[16] leaving Alameda, California on 14 July 1950 and arriving at Yokosuka, Japan on 23 July, a trip of 8 days and 7 hours. She carried one hundred forty-five North American P-51 Mustangs and six Stinson L-5 Sentinels of the United States Air Force destined for the Far East Air Force as well as 19 Navy aircraft, 1,012 Air Force support personnel, and 2,000 tonnes (2,000 long tons; 2,200 short tons) of supplies for the United Nations troops fighting the North Korean invasion of South Korea, including crucially needed spare parts and ordnance.[12] Much of this equipment had been taken from Air National Guard units in the United States because of a general shortage of materiel.[17] She began her return trip from Yokosuka on 27 July and arrived back in California on 4 August, for a trip of 7 days, 10 hours and 36 minutes, again breaking the record for a trans-Pacific cruise.[12] She carried no jet aircraft, though, because they were deemed too fuel inefficient for the initial defense mission in Korea.[18] By the time Boxer arrived in Korea, the UN forces had established superiority in the air and sea.[19]
After rapid repairs in California, Boxer embarked Carrier Air Group 2, flying the Vought F4U Corsair propeller driven fighter-bomber, and departed again for Korea on 24 August, this time in a combat role.[20] She had 110 aircraft aboard, intended to complement the hundreds of aircraft already operating in Korea.[21] En route to the peninsula, the carrier narrowly avoided Typhoon Kezia which slowed her trip.[13] She was the fourth aircraft carrier to arrive in Korea to participate in the war, after Triumph and Valley Forge had arrived in June and USS Philippine Sea followed in early August.[22] She arrived too late to participate in the Battle of Pusan Perimeter, but instead she was ordered to join a flotilla of 230 US ships which would participate in Operation Chromite,[23] the UN counterattack at Inchon. On 15 September, she supported the landings by sending her aircraft in a close air support role, blocking North Korean reinforcements and communication to prevent them from countering the attack.[20][24] However, early in the operation, her propulsion system was damaged when a reduction gear in the ship's engine broke, a casualty of her overdue maintenance. The ship's engineers worked around the problem to keep the carrier in operation, but she was limited to 26 knots.[13][25]
She continued this role as the UN troops recaptured Seoul days later. Boxer continued this support as UN troops advanced north and into North Korea, but departed for the United States on 11 November for refit and overhaul.[20] US military commanders believed the war in Korea was over, and had ordered a number of other carriers out of the area[26] and were subsequently under-prepared at the beginning of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign when the Chinese People's Liberation Army entered the war against the UN.[20] Battlefield commanders requested Boxer return to Korea as soon as possible,[27] but she did not immediately return as commanders feared it might reduce the Navy's ability to respond if another conflict or emergency broke out elsewhere.[26]
Boxer's propulsion problems required extensive repair so she returned to San Diego to conduct them.[28] Upon arrival, she offloaded Air Group 2, which then embarked for Korea again aboard Valley Forge.[29] After a repair and refit in California, Boxer was prepared for a second tour in Korea. She embarked Carrier Air Group 101. The group was composed of Navy Reserve squadrons from Dallas, Texas, Glenview, Illinois, Memphis, Tennessee and Olathe, Kansas, and most of its pilots were reservists who had been called to active duty. She rejoined Task Force 77, and began operations in Korea on 29 March 1951, and her squadrons were the first Naval Reserve pilots to launch strikes in Korea. Most of these missions were airstrikes against Chinese ground forces along the 38th parallel, and this duty lasted until 24 October 1951.[30] During this time, the carrier operated around "Point Oboe", an area 125 miles (201 km) off the coast of Wonsan. They would withdraw another 50 miles (80 km) east when they needed replenishment or refueling.[31] A large destroyer screen protected the carriers, though MiG-15 attacks against them did not occur.[32]
After another period of rest and refits, Boxer departed California 8 February 1952 for her third tour in Korea, with Carrier Air Group 2 embarked, consisting of F9F in VF-24, F4U in VF 63 and VF-64, and AD in VF-65.[33] Rejoining Task Force 77, her missions during this tour consisted primarily of strategic bombing against targets in North Korea, as the front lines in the war had largely solidified along the 38th Parallel. On 23 and 24 June, her planes conducted strikes against the Sui-ho hydro-electric complex in conjunction with Princeton, Bon Homme Richard and Philippine Sea.[34]
On 5 August 1952, a fire broke out on the hangar deck of Boxer at 05:30 when a fuel tank of an aircraft caught fire while the ship was conducting combat operations in the Sea of Japan. The fire raged on the carrier's hangar deck for 4–5 hours before being extinguished. The final total of casualties was 8 dead, 1 missing, 1 critically injured, 1 seriously burned and some 70 overcome by smoke. Of the 63 who had gone over the side, all were rescued and returned to the ship. Eighteen aircraft, mostly Grumman F9F-2 Panthers, were damaged or destroyed. She steamed for Yokosuka for emergency repairs from 11 to 23 August.[30] She returned to the Korean theatre, and from 28 August to 2 September she tested a new weapons system, with six radio guided Grumman F6F Hellcats loaded with 1,000-pound (450 kg) bombs guided to targets, resulting in two hits and one near miss. They are considered to be the first guided missiles to be launched from a carrier in combat. On 1 September her aircraft also took part in a large bombing mission of an oil refinery near Aoji, on the Manchurian border.[35] She returned to San Francisco for more extensive repairs on 25 September. In October 1952, she was re-designated CVA-21, denoting an "attack aircraft carrier."[30]
Following extensive repairs, she steamed for Korea again on 30 March 1953, and resumed operations a month later with her Corsairs embarked.[30] Her missions around this time were generally strategic bombing missions, however the effectiveness of these final missions were mixed, with some failing to achieve strategic results.[36] She also provided close air support for UN troops for the final weeks of the war before an armistice was reached at Panmunjom in July 1953, ending major combat operations in Korea. During this time, the two sides often conducted costly attacks in order to strengthen their bargaining positions at the negotiating table. Boxer remained in Korean waters until November 1953.[37] She received eight battle stars for her service in Korea.
Vought F4U Corsairs from Air Group 101 depart from Boxer for a mission in Korea, 1951. One of these ("416") survived the war and is airworthy as of 2016.[14]
from wiki...With the outbreak of the Korean War, the U.S. forces in the Far East had an urgent need for supplies and aircraft. The only aircraft carriers near Korea were USS Valley Forge and HMS Triumph.[15] Boxer was ordered into service to ferry aircraft from California to the fighting on the Korean Peninsula. She made a record-breaking crossing of the Pacific Ocean,[16] leaving Alameda, California on 14 July 1950 and arriving at Yokosuka, Japan on 23 July, a trip of 8 days and 7 hours. She carried one hundred forty-five North American P-51 Mustangs and six Stinson L-5 Sentinels of the United States Air Force destined for the Far East Air Force as well as 19 Navy aircraft, 1,012 Air Force support personnel, and 2,000 tonnes (2,000 long tons; 2,200 short tons) of supplies for the United Nations troops fighting the North Korean invasion of South Korea, including crucially needed spare parts and ordnance.[12] Much of this equipment had been taken from Air National Guard units in the United States because of a general shortage of materiel.[17] She began her return trip from Yokosuka on 27 July and arrived back in California on 4 August, for a trip of 7 days, 10 hours and 36 minutes, again breaking the record for a trans-Pacific cruise.[12] She carried no jet aircraft, though, because they were deemed too fuel inefficient for the initial defense mission in Korea.[18] By the time Boxer arrived in Korea, the UN forces had established superiority in the air and sea.[19]
After rapid repairs in California, Boxer embarked Carrier Air Group 2, flying the Vought F4U Corsair propeller driven fighter-bomber, and departed again for Korea on 24 August, this time in a combat role.[20] She had 110 aircraft aboard, intended to complement the hundreds of aircraft already operating in Korea.[21] En route to the peninsula, the carrier narrowly avoided Typhoon Kezia which slowed her trip.[13] She was the fourth aircraft carrier to arrive in Korea to participate in the war, after Triumph and Valley Forge had arrived in June and USS Philippine Sea followed in early August.[22] She arrived too late to participate in the Battle of Pusan Perimeter, but instead she was ordered to join a flotilla of 230 US ships which would participate in Operation Chromite,[23] the UN counterattack at Inchon. On 15 September, she supported the landings by sending her aircraft in a close air support role, blocking North Korean reinforcements and communication to prevent them from countering the attack.[20][24] However, early in the operation, her propulsion system was damaged when a reduction gear in the ship's engine broke, a casualty of her overdue maintenance. The ship's engineers worked around the problem to keep the carrier in operation, but she was limited to 26 knots.[13][25]
She continued this role as the UN troops recaptured Seoul days later. Boxer continued this support as UN troops advanced north and into North Korea, but departed for the United States on 11 November for refit and overhaul.[20] US military commanders believed the war in Korea was over, and had ordered a number of other carriers out of the area[26] and were subsequently under-prepared at the beginning of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign when the Chinese People's Liberation Army entered the war against the UN.[20] Battlefield commanders requested Boxer return to Korea as soon as possible,[27] but she did not immediately return as commanders feared it might reduce the Navy's ability to respond if another conflict or emergency broke out elsewhere.[26]
Boxer's propulsion problems required extensive repair so she returned to San Diego to conduct them.[28] Upon arrival, she offloaded Air Group 2, which then embarked for Korea again aboard Valley Forge.[29] After a repair and refit in California, Boxer was prepared for a second tour in Korea. She embarked Carrier Air Group 101. The group was composed of Navy Reserve squadrons from Dallas, Texas, Glenview, Illinois, Memphis, Tennessee and Olathe, Kansas, and most of its pilots were reservists who had been called to active duty. She rejoined Task Force 77, and began operations in Korea on 29 March 1951, and her squadrons were the first Naval Reserve pilots to launch strikes in Korea. Most of these missions were airstrikes against Chinese ground forces along the 38th parallel, and this duty lasted until 24 October 1951.[30] During this time, the carrier operated around "Point Oboe", an area 125 miles (201 km) off the coast of Wonsan. They would withdraw another 50 miles (80 km) east when they needed replenishment or refueling.[31] A large destroyer screen protected the carriers, though MiG-15 attacks against them did not occur.[32]
After another period of rest and refits, Boxer departed California 8 February 1952 for her third tour in Korea, with Carrier Air Group 2 embarked, consisting of F9F in VF-24, F4U in VF 63 and VF-64, and AD in VF-65.[33] Rejoining Task Force 77, her missions during this tour consisted primarily of strategic bombing against targets in North Korea, as the front lines in the war had largely solidified along the 38th Parallel. On 23 and 24 June, her planes conducted strikes against the Sui-ho hydro-electric complex in conjunction with Princeton, Bon Homme Richard and Philippine Sea.[34]
On 5 August 1952, a fire broke out on the hangar deck of Boxer at 05:30 when a fuel tank of an aircraft caught fire while the ship was conducting combat operations in the Sea of Japan. The fire raged on the carrier's hangar deck for 4–5 hours before being extinguished. The final total of casualties was 8 dead, 1 missing, 1 critically injured, 1 seriously burned and some 70 overcome by smoke. Of the 63 who had gone over the side, all were rescued and returned to the ship. Eighteen aircraft, mostly Grumman F9F-2 Panthers, were damaged or destroyed. She steamed for Yokosuka for emergency repairs from 11 to 23 August.[30] She returned to the Korean theatre, and from 28 August to 2 September she tested a new weapons system, with six radio guided Grumman F6F Hellcats loaded with 1,000-pound (450 kg) bombs guided to targets, resulting in two hits and one near miss. They are considered to be the first guided missiles to be launched from a carrier in combat. On 1 September her aircraft also took part in a large bombing mission of an oil refinery near Aoji, on the Manchurian border.[35] She returned to San Francisco for more extensive repairs on 25 September. In October 1952, she was re-designated CVA-21, denoting an "attack aircraft carrier."[30]
Following extensive repairs, she steamed for Korea again on 30 March 1953, and resumed operations a month later with her Corsairs embarked.[30] Her missions around this time were generally strategic bombing missions, however the effectiveness of these final missions were mixed, with some failing to achieve strategic results.[36] She also provided close air support for UN troops for the final weeks of the war before an armistice was reached at Panmunjom in July 1953, ending major combat operations in Korea. During this time, the two sides often conducted costly attacks in order to strengthen their bargaining positions at the negotiating table. Boxer remained in Korean waters until November 1953.[37] She received eight battle stars for her service in Korea.
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The name Boxer lives on..deservedly so!
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Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor
NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor’s Logistics Support Division provided critical logistics support services to the USS Boxer (LHD 4) during a port visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
PACIFIC OCEAN (November 23, 2019) An AV-8B Harrier II attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (REIN) takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Sailors and Marines of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are embarked on USS Boxer (LHD 4) on a regularly-scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary D. Behrend)
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Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor
NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor’s Logistics Support Division provided critical logistics support services to the USS Boxer (LHD 4) during a port visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
PACIFIC OCEAN (November 23, 2019) An AV-8B Harrier II attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (REIN) takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Sailors and Marines of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are embarked on USS Boxer (LHD 4) on a regularly-scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary D. Behrend)
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Battleship 'Kilkis' sunk by German air attack April 23rd 1941.
Originally the battleship USS Mississippi, the lead ship of her class, she was bought by Greece in 1914 and renamed Kilkis. On January 23, after Germany invaded Greece to break the Italian stalemate she was attacked and sunk by Ju87 Stuka dive bombers after attempting to get underway.
Battleship 'Kilkis' sunk by German air attack April 23rd 1941.
Originally the battleship USS Mississippi, the lead ship of her class, she was bought by Greece in 1914 and renamed Kilkis. On January 23, after Germany invaded Greece to break the Italian stalemate she was attacked and sunk by Ju87 Stuka dive bombers after attempting to get underway.
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Finland:
Finland has 4 Hamina class missile boats.This is "Hanko"
A displacement of 250 tonnes. 51 metres in length and a complement of 26 men,
Armament of a Bofors 57mm naval gun, 2 NSVs, 8 Umkhonto (spear) SAM missiles, 4 RBS-15s and 1 minelaying rail set up for either depth charges or the Sea Mine 2000.
The ship is undergoing modernisation programs, which are to replace the 57mm with a Bofors 40mm multi-purpose gun, the NSVs with a single Saab Trackfire remote weapon station, the anti-ship missiles with Israeli Gabriels, towed sonar and torpedoes (Saab Torped 47) and radars and weapon control systems with newer versions
Finland has 4 Hamina class missile boats.This is "Hanko"
A displacement of 250 tonnes. 51 metres in length and a complement of 26 men,
Armament of a Bofors 57mm naval gun, 2 NSVs, 8 Umkhonto (spear) SAM missiles, 4 RBS-15s and 1 minelaying rail set up for either depth charges or the Sea Mine 2000.
The ship is undergoing modernisation programs, which are to replace the 57mm with a Bofors 40mm multi-purpose gun, the NSVs with a single Saab Trackfire remote weapon station, the anti-ship missiles with Israeli Gabriels, towed sonar and torpedoes (Saab Torped 47) and radars and weapon control systems with newer versions
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Training cruiser Jeanne d'Arc 1963-64
FS Albatros at anchor, sometime during Sept 1948 and April 1951, probably near Toulon. Albatros was modified in 1947-1948 with two smokestacks in place of her original four, revised armament and new gunfire directors to fit her for employment as a gunnery training ship
Training cruiser Jeanne d'Arc 1963-64
FS Albatros at anchor, sometime during Sept 1948 and April 1951, probably near Toulon. Albatros was modified in 1947-1948 with two smokestacks in place of her original four, revised armament and new gunfire directors to fit her for employment as a gunnery training ship
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 17, 2011) The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer ex-Paul F. Foster (EDD 964) conducts a successful demonstration of shipboard alternative fuel use while underway in the Pacific Ocean on a 50-50 blend of an algae-derived, hydro-processed algal oil and petroleum F-76. Paul F. Foster has been reconfigured as the Self-Defense Test Ship to provide the Navy an at-sea, remotely controlled, engineering test and evaluation platform without the risk to personnel or operational assets. (U.S. Navy photo by Charlie Houser/Released)
USS Spruance DD963 manoeuvring in the Med. 2002
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 19, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) maneuvers in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 19, 2019. The John C. Stennis is underway conducting routine operations in support of Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Rebekah M. Rinckey/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 17, 2011) The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer ex-Paul F. Foster (EDD 964) conducts a successful demonstration of shipboard alternative fuel use while underway in the Pacific Ocean on a 50-50 blend of an algae-derived, hydro-processed algal oil and petroleum F-76. Paul F. Foster has been reconfigured as the Self-Defense Test Ship to provide the Navy an at-sea, remotely controlled, engineering test and evaluation platform without the risk to personnel or operational assets. (U.S. Navy photo by Charlie Houser/Released)
USS Spruance DD963 manoeuvring in the Med. 2002
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 19, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) maneuvers in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 19, 2019. The John C. Stennis is underway conducting routine operations in support of Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Rebekah M. Rinckey/Released)
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