

95 years ago aboard USS Lexington CV-2
#otd A Martin T4M torpedo plane, of VT-1S on the flight deck of USS Lexington CV-2, on 8 December 1928. Can you believe this is 95 years...


Launch of the Graf Zeppelin
#otd German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, is launched at the Deutsche Werke Shipyard, Kiel 8 December 1938. Note the casemate type...


RMS Queen Mary (1942)
#otd RMS Queen Mary at sea, 8 December 1942 in her wartime colors. #rmsqueenmary #troopship #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...


USS Ticonderoga CV-14 (1944)
#otd USS Ticonderoga CV-14 at Ulithi Fleet Anchorage, 8 December 1944. #ussticonderoga #cv14 #wwii #flynavy #navalsafari #aviationsafari...


The quest for F-86A 48-0220
Well gang, the quest to locate the crash site of F-86A 48-0220 continues. We are reviewing the aerial mapping data, the Sabre crashed in...


Damage at Hickam Field
#otd Bomb damage to Hangars 15-17 and 11-13 at Hickam Field, Oahu, at 5PM on 7 December 1941. In the right foreground is a machine gun...


USS Nevada BB-36 (Dec. 7th 1941)
#otd The scene at the Ford Island Naval Air Station's seaplane base soon after the Japanese attack. Several PBY patrol planes are parked...


USS California BB-44 (Dec. 7th 1941)
#otd The crew abandoning the damaged USS California BB-44 as burning oil drifts down on the ship, at about 1000 hrs on the morning of 7...


The Aftermath
#otd a view looking toward the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard from the Aiea area, on the morning of 7 December 1941, during or soon after the end...


PBY being saved at Kaneohe Bay
#otd Sailors attempt to save a burning PBY at Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, during the Japanese air raid. This plane was set...