Back in March 17th 2017, the USS Laboon (DDG 58) was conducting anti-piracy and anit-drug trafficking ops in the Arabian Sea. She managed to stop and search a small stateless dhow seizing 500 kg of Hashish. A dhow is a simple name for a small sailing vessel. Moreover, they are used in the Arabian Sea …
Category Archives: US Navy History
USS Dace (SS-247)
The USS Dace at the beginning of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Just after midnight on October 23, Japanese Admiral Kurita’s First Attack Force (Japanese Center Force)was discovered off Palawan, Philippines by the U.S. submarines USS Darter and USS Dace. For the nextseveral hours, the two submarines shadowed the Japanese armada and radioed vital information …
Airship USS Shenandoah
Today, we explore a lesser known employment of naval aircraft, the USS Shenandoah, an airship. AfterWorld War I, the new prospect of air travel via an airship was appealing to the US Military. Since we areapproximately 30 years before the start of the US Airforce, the US Navy took up the job of testing andproving …
USS New Ironsides vs CSS David
On October 5th 1863, during the American Civil War, two ships would clash in the night. The USS NewIronsides lay at anchor just off of Morris Island near Charleston South Carolina. Around 9pm, the crewwas below decks with only the night officer of the deck (OOD) to keep watch. Something crept close inthe water and …
USS Narwhal (SS-167)
For this post on naval history, we explore a bit of history on the USS Narwhal (SS-167). The USS Narwhal was one of five submarines docked for overhaul at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese struck on December 7th, 1941. The gunners on the boat did assist in the retaliation against torpedo planes. Luckily, the Japanese …