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Slaughter at Surigao: The Old Ladies get their Revenge
USS West Virginia at Surigao Strait This is the third article of a series on the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Battle of Surigao Strait was the third action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf which ended in the near … Continue reading
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf: Introduction and the Battle of Palawan Passage
This is the first of a four article series on the Battle of Letye Gulf. The battle was the largest in history both in terms of the number of ships involved and the amount of area covered. The action was … Continue reading
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The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot
U.S. Navy personnel observe the Air Battle from a Carrier The Battle of the Philippine Sea of 19-20 June 1944 was the largest carrier battle in history. Twenty four aircraft carriers, 15 American and 9 Japanese embarking over 1400 aircraft … Continue reading
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The Ships of Pearl Harbor: A Comprehensive List with Short Histories of Each Ship
Last year I wrote a piece called The Battleships of Pearl Harbor. I followed that with an article this year entitled “Forgotten on the Far Side of Ford Island: The USS Utah, USS Raleigh, USS Detroit and USS Tangier. Of … Continue reading
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100 Years of Navy Aviation: Part One the Aircraft Carriers
Eugene Ely makes the first takeoff from USS Birmingham on November 14th 1910 On a blustery November 14th in the year 1910 a young civilian pilot hailing from Williamsburg Iowa became the first man to fly an aircraft off the … Continue reading
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Iconic and Heroic: The Fletcher Class Destroyers
The USS Fletcher DD-445 If ever a class of warships can define a ship type the destroyers of the Fletcher Class were that. The most numerous of all United States Navy destroyer classes the Navy commissioned 175 of these ships … Continue reading
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Forerunners of the Next Generation: The New Mexico Class, USS New Mexico, USS Idaho and USS Mississippi
New Mexico BB-40 in 1930 before moderization The Battleships of the Nevada and Pennsylvania classes had established American ship design as second to none in 1916. At the same time the US Navy was planning advances in engineering systems that … Continue reading
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They Held the Line: The USS Yorktown CV-5, USS Enterprise CV-6 and USS Hornet CV-8, Part Three the Enterprise
Enterprise CV-6 circa 1940 This is the last of a three part series about the USS Yorktown Class Aircraft Carriers. It is the story of the USS Enterprise CV-6, the legendary “Big E” and possibly the most celebrated American warship … Continue reading
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