USS Charrette DD-581 (1944)
#otd USS Charrette DD-581 screening USS New Jersey BB-62 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 24 October 1944. #usscharrette #dd581...
Poseidon C-3 Launch
#otd A UGM-73A Poseidon C-3 Missile was fired by USS James Madison SSBN-627 during tests in the Atlantic, 23 October 1970. #ugm73a...
USS Truett FF-1095 (1976)
#otd USS Truett FF-1095 23 October 1976. #usstruett #ff1095 #knoxclass #navalsafari #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari
X-3 49-2892 First Flight
#otd Was the “official” first flight of the Douglas X-3 49-2892. The Stiletto was built for the Air Force and NACA to research flight in...
Leyte Landings from USS Pennsylvania BB-38 (1944)
#otd we look back at the landings at Leyte. Here are the 5-inch/38 battery’s of USS Pennsylvania BB-38 bombarding Japanese positions on...
Landings at Leyte
#otd we look back at the landings at Leyte, here fires can be seen started by pre-invasion bombardment of Leyte, 20 October 1944....
P2V on this day
#otd Lockheed P2V-2 or P2V-3 Neptune seen through the porthole of another aircraft, 18 October 1950. #p2v #neptune #lockheed #flynavy...
YUH-60A First flight (1974)
#otd The Sikorsky YUH-60A flew for the first time in 1974, 49 years later the Blackhawk is still serving across the world. #yuh60a #uh60...
USS Herbert J. Thomas DD-833 (1964)
#otd USS Herbert J. Thomas DD-833 undergoing Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (#FRAM) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 16 October...
Japanese destroyer post WWII
#otd Japanese destroyer Hanatsuki at Kure, 16 October 1945. Post WWII. #japanese #destroyer #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
