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The FFG-III Chungnam class advanced frigate has been launched today.
Notable things of this ship are powerful 4 destroyer class radar system with Element Digital AESA GaN and enhanced ASW.
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The FFG-III Chungnam class advanced frigate has been launched today.
Notable things of this ship are powerful 4 destroyer class radar system with Element Digital AESA GaN and enhanced ASW.
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk after a scheduled deployment, April 5, 2023
Forward deployed Los Angeles-class submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761) departing Polaris Point Submarine Base, Guam
The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk after a scheduled deployment, April 5, 2023
Forward deployed Los Angeles-class submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761) departing Polaris Point Submarine Base, Guam
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Type 45 detsroyer HMS Daring pictured 11th April, 2023 undergoing the final stage of her engine upgrade / refit package in number 15 dry dock in Portsmouth. She should resume operations early next year for the first time since June 2017.
Type 45 detsroyer HMS Daring pictured 11th April, 2023 undergoing the final stage of her engine upgrade / refit package in number 15 dry dock in Portsmouth. She should resume operations early next year for the first time since June 2017.
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HMS Unicorn and Submarine tender HMS Adamant.
Ordered as a 'Fleet Air Arm Supply and Repair Ship', Unicorn was designed to serve as a supply and repair ship to a squadron of 3 Illustrious class aircraft carriers. She was intended to be stationed at the relevant Fleet Base, carrying spare aircraft, aircraft engines and providing an extensive suite of aircraft maintenance facilities to keep the aircraft carriers' squadrons operational.
She had an extensive suite of workshops surrounding her hangars, the upper hangar being primarily a covered workshop for aircraft and the lower hangar being virtually an aircraft store, with room for 20 folded aircraft. She had storage space for an additional 50 aircraft engines and carried self propelled lighters for moving aircraft between herself and the carriers.
She was given a 'proper' flight deck to enable repaired aircraft to be flown off, and her speed was 24 knots to enable it to be used for landing aircraft on as well. This also allowed her to be a 'spare deck' in case of action damage to the carriers.
She could operate as a light carrier with an air wing of approximately 30 aircraft if required, although this would require some minor alterations (the design was worked out with this contingency in mind, and in practice she actually completed as a light carrier and later went back to complete the fitting out of her maintenance capability).
HMS Unicorn and Submarine tender HMS Adamant.
Ordered as a 'Fleet Air Arm Supply and Repair Ship', Unicorn was designed to serve as a supply and repair ship to a squadron of 3 Illustrious class aircraft carriers. She was intended to be stationed at the relevant Fleet Base, carrying spare aircraft, aircraft engines and providing an extensive suite of aircraft maintenance facilities to keep the aircraft carriers' squadrons operational.
She had an extensive suite of workshops surrounding her hangars, the upper hangar being primarily a covered workshop for aircraft and the lower hangar being virtually an aircraft store, with room for 20 folded aircraft. She had storage space for an additional 50 aircraft engines and carried self propelled lighters for moving aircraft between herself and the carriers.
She was given a 'proper' flight deck to enable repaired aircraft to be flown off, and her speed was 24 knots to enable it to be used for landing aircraft on as well. This also allowed her to be a 'spare deck' in case of action damage to the carriers.
She could operate as a light carrier with an air wing of approximately 30 aircraft if required, although this would require some minor alterations (the design was worked out with this contingency in mind, and in practice she actually completed as a light carrier and later went back to complete the fitting out of her maintenance capability).
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A view from the cutter Spencer as it depth charged U-175
In the early morning of 17 April, U-628 torpedoed one of the freighters in the convoy, Fort Rampart. A short time later, one of the convoy's escorts, the United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer, under Commander Harold Berdine, responding to a signal from one of the other escorts, the corvette HMCS Arvida, moved away from the convoy to screen the cutter while it picked up survivors. Once this was completed, she steamed back towards the convoy. As she came back, she attempted to pass ahead of the convoy to take up her station, and in doing so found U-175 where she was sitting at periscope depth preparing to launch a submerged attack upon the G Harrison Smith, a tanker of 11,752 GRT. Picking up a contact on her sonar about 5,000 yards (4,600 m), she rushed ahead at full speed. The sound of the sonar pinging on the boat alerted Bruns to the danger and he gave the order for the boat to dive. However, Spencer launched a salvo of 11 depth charges which exploded above and below the boat. The result was that the boat went into a dive bow first and just as they began to restore buoyancy, Spencer launched a second salvo. This second attack ruptured U-175's pressure hull, destroyed the electric motors and damaged several batteries which, as a result, began to give off poisonous gas.
At this point Spencer attacked again and was joined by another Coast Guard cutter, the Duane, they waited for U-175 to surface. On board U-175, quick thinking by the boat's engineer to blow the ballast tanks had prevented them from sinking further and helped right the boat, but communications had been knocked out and it became clear to Bruns that the only option was to surface. Giving the order, the boat rose to the surface; as it did so, Spencer and Duane began firing at close range, while Spencer's commander, Berdine, closed with intent to ram. But Bruns was not intending to fight it out and, seeking to save his crew, led the way onto the conning tower to signal his intention to surrender. The Coast Guard crewmen, however, did not immediately understand the Germans' intentions and maintained a devastating fire on the conning tower that cut down Bruns and a number other men and forced the others to delay their exit. During the firing, stray rounds from one of the merchant ships hit Spencer, killing one and wounding seven others.
At this point, Beredine, believing U-175 to still be in the fight, put Spencer about to ram the U-boat but the escort commander, Commander Paul Heineman, ordered him to "heave to" and put a boarding party across instead. As the remaining Germans began to jump into the sea, the Spencer's boarding party attempted to get into the U-boat to search for documents and survivors. The boat quickly began to go under, though, and as a result they were forced to make a hasty departure without having found anything. Of the 54 men that had embarked in U-175, 13 were killed, 19 were rescued by Spencer and 22 were picked up by Duane, where they were formally taken prisoner, treated for their wounds and provided with dry clothing and warm food. Meanwhile, the battle for the convoy continued. A number of other boats, including U-382, U-226 and U-264 were badly damaged in the ensuing engagement and the Allies later reinforced the escort around convoy HX 233 and increased the air assets assigned to it. In response, on 18 April, BdU canceled operations against the convoy, which subsequently arrived in Liverpool on 21 April, having lost only one of its 57 ships
A view from the cutter Spencer as it depth charged U-175
In the early morning of 17 April, U-628 torpedoed one of the freighters in the convoy, Fort Rampart. A short time later, one of the convoy's escorts, the United States Coast Guard cutter Spencer, under Commander Harold Berdine, responding to a signal from one of the other escorts, the corvette HMCS Arvida, moved away from the convoy to screen the cutter while it picked up survivors. Once this was completed, she steamed back towards the convoy. As she came back, she attempted to pass ahead of the convoy to take up her station, and in doing so found U-175 where she was sitting at periscope depth preparing to launch a submerged attack upon the G Harrison Smith, a tanker of 11,752 GRT. Picking up a contact on her sonar about 5,000 yards (4,600 m), she rushed ahead at full speed. The sound of the sonar pinging on the boat alerted Bruns to the danger and he gave the order for the boat to dive. However, Spencer launched a salvo of 11 depth charges which exploded above and below the boat. The result was that the boat went into a dive bow first and just as they began to restore buoyancy, Spencer launched a second salvo. This second attack ruptured U-175's pressure hull, destroyed the electric motors and damaged several batteries which, as a result, began to give off poisonous gas.
At this point Spencer attacked again and was joined by another Coast Guard cutter, the Duane, they waited for U-175 to surface. On board U-175, quick thinking by the boat's engineer to blow the ballast tanks had prevented them from sinking further and helped right the boat, but communications had been knocked out and it became clear to Bruns that the only option was to surface. Giving the order, the boat rose to the surface; as it did so, Spencer and Duane began firing at close range, while Spencer's commander, Berdine, closed with intent to ram. But Bruns was not intending to fight it out and, seeking to save his crew, led the way onto the conning tower to signal his intention to surrender. The Coast Guard crewmen, however, did not immediately understand the Germans' intentions and maintained a devastating fire on the conning tower that cut down Bruns and a number other men and forced the others to delay their exit. During the firing, stray rounds from one of the merchant ships hit Spencer, killing one and wounding seven others.
At this point, Beredine, believing U-175 to still be in the fight, put Spencer about to ram the U-boat but the escort commander, Commander Paul Heineman, ordered him to "heave to" and put a boarding party across instead. As the remaining Germans began to jump into the sea, the Spencer's boarding party attempted to get into the U-boat to search for documents and survivors. The boat quickly began to go under, though, and as a result they were forced to make a hasty departure without having found anything. Of the 54 men that had embarked in U-175, 13 were killed, 19 were rescued by Spencer and 22 were picked up by Duane, where they were formally taken prisoner, treated for their wounds and provided with dry clothing and warm food. Meanwhile, the battle for the convoy continued. A number of other boats, including U-382, U-226 and U-264 were badly damaged in the ensuing engagement and the Allies later reinforced the escort around convoy HX 233 and increased the air assets assigned to it. In response, on 18 April, BdU canceled operations against the convoy, which subsequently arrived in Liverpool on 21 April, having lost only one of its 57 ships
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USS Edson is a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, formerly of the United States Navy, built by Bath Iron Works in Maine in 1958. Her home port was Long Beach, California and she initially served in the Western Pacific/Far East, operating particularly in the Taiwan Strait and off the coast of Vietnam. Wikipedia
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GROTON, Conn. (April 12, 2023) The fast attack submarine USS Virginia (SSN 774), the first in the newest class of fast-attack submarines, returns to Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., following a change of homeports from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, April 12, 2023. While in Maine Virginia completed scheduled maintenance and now will return to the operational fleet where it will operate under Submarine Squadron Four.
USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) Independence-variant littoral combat ship leaving San Diego - April 17, 2023
USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) Supply-class fast combat support ship leaving Norfolk, Virginia - April 17, 2023
USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship leaving Norfolk, Virginia - April 17, 2023
GROTON, Conn. (April 12, 2023) The fast attack submarine USS Virginia (SSN 774), the first in the newest class of fast-attack submarines, returns to Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., following a change of homeports from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, April 12, 2023. While in Maine Virginia completed scheduled maintenance and now will return to the operational fleet where it will operate under Submarine Squadron Four.
USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) Independence-variant littoral combat ship leaving San Diego - April 17, 2023
USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) Supply-class fast combat support ship leaving Norfolk, Virginia - April 17, 2023
USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship leaving Norfolk, Virginia - April 17, 2023
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April 1944, off the coast of Iceland, a Canso flying boat (PBY Catalina) from No.162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, attacks and sinks Type VIIC U-boat U-342. She was on her first patrol when she was sunk by a Canadian aircraft on 17 April 1944. Fifty-one men died; there were no survivors
April 1944, off the coast of Iceland, a Canso flying boat (PBY Catalina) from No.162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, attacks and sinks Type VIIC U-boat U-342. She was on her first patrol when she was sunk by a Canadian aircraft on 17 April 1944. Fifty-one men died; there were no survivors
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