August 12, 1986 A port bow view of the destroyer USS STUMP (DD 978) undergoing refitting in a floating dry dock Norfolk Naval Shipyard ,VA.
After USS White Sands was decommissioned in 1974, it was bought by a company that needed to move the ship with an 81′ beam through the 80′ wide Ballard Locks. It was done by weighting down one side of the ship and then transiting the locks while tilted 38 degrees.
Nukes in the Falklands War.1 April 1982 advice to Cabinet on the risks of the WE177 stockpile going to the Falklands, and the risks to specific ship classes of being hit by Exocet while carrying nuclear weapons, and the risk of Argentina capturing a UK warhead. Copied from SeaWaves Magazine.
USS Stockdale (DDG 106) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer in Ponce, Puerto Rico – November 7, 2025.
German naval laser nears operational readiness. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/german-naval-laser-nears-operational-readiness/
