Cuban Missile Crisis
#cubanmissilecrisis #otd low level aerial photograph of Mariel Naval port, Cuba, taken 2 November 1962, showing missile support equipment...
Japanese Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (1945)
#otd a look at Ibuki Japanese Aircraft Carrier, incomplete at Sasebo, Japan, on 2 November 1945. Nested alongside are the transport...
USS Finback SSN-670 (1969)
#otd USS Finback SSN-670 underway off Newport News, Virginia, 30 October 1969. #ussfinback #ssn670 #silentservice #navalsafari...
USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 (1974)
#otd USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 off of Norfolk, Virginia, 30 October 1974. #ussiwojima #lph2 #norfolk #gatornavy #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
AD-2 122213 (1948)
#otd. Douglas AD-2 122213 at NATC Pax River, Maryland, 29 October 1948, with Mk-8 belly tanks under wings. #skyraider #ad2 #flynavy...
USS LCU-1643 (1969)
#otd USS LCU-1643 utility landing craft underway during tests by Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin, 29 October 1969....
Navy Railway Guns
#otd Did you know during WWI that the US Navy operated railway guns against the Germans? Here camouflage being placed over a 14-inch...
USS Wasp CV-7 (1940)
#otd USS Wasp CV-7 anchored at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, "dressed ship" for Navy Day on 27 October 1940. #usswasp #cv7 #flynavy #navalsafari...
Avenger launch from USS Enterprise CV-6 (1942)
#otd TBF Avenger is readied for take-off from USS Enterprise CV-6, to strike a Japanese aircraft carrier during the Battle of Santa Cruz...
Wildcat Wednesday at the Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944)
#otd & #wildcatwednesday the Battle off Samar, USS Kitkun Bay CVE-71 prepares to launch FM-2 #Wildcat fighters. In the center distance,...