Author Archives: David Arkwright
Ex German destroyer ‘Moulders’, as a museum ship, Wilhelmshaven.
F-35 from HMSPWLS that made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport on 14th June – still there 5 days later.
New frigate HMS Venturer sailed under the 3 Forth bridges after a week-long operation to float the navy’s first Type 31 frigate. The ship was towed by tugs from Leith back to Rosyth, where Babcock plc will complete work on her.
HMS Venturer, the first of five Type 31 frigates being built for the Royal Navy by Babcock in Rosyth, Scotland.
USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) in Guam after losing her bow in Typhoon Viper, June 1945.
HMS Sutherland passing Tower Bridge and berthing alongside HMS Belfast.
USS Gettysburg (CG 64) returned toNAV.STA NORFOLK on June 6, following an eight-month deployment with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG). The HSTCSG operated acrossUS5thFleet and US Navy Europe area of operations,
On this day in 1971, USS Seawolf (SSN-575) was in dry dock No.4, at Mare Island, preparing to be lengthened by about 50 feet with the addition of her Special Projects section.
Scrapping of CVN 65 Enterprise Announcement.
The USS Enterprise, which was decommissioned back in 2017, is set to head to Mobile, Alabama, to be dismantled, according to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).