Val bombers prepare to launch
#otd Japanese Navy Type 99 Carrier Bombers (Val) prepare to take off from an aircraft carrier during the morning of 7 December 1941. Ship...
Gemini VII Launch
#otd Lift off of Gemini VII was successfully launched from KSC, Pad 19, Dec. 4 1965. Cape Kennedy, FL. Titan II’s were used as the...
USS Piper SS-409 (1959)
#otd USS Piper SS-409 anchored in Cannes, France on 3 December 1959. Seen here after her Fleet Snorkel Program upgrade (SCB-47B), on the...
USS Independence CV-62 (1975)
#otd USS Independence CV-62 underway in the Mediterranean, 3 December 1975. #ussindependence #cv62 #flynavy #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
USS Gyatt DDG-712 (1956)
#otd USS Gyatt DDG-712 underway 3 December 1956 after modification and recommissioning. She became the worlds first guided missile...
USS Hornet CV-12 is 80!
#otd in 1943 USS Hornet CV-12 was commissioned, here she is in 1945 operating near Okinawa, painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 3a....
USS Reid DD-369
#otd USS Reid DD-369 at sea, November 29, 1937. She was commissioned in 1936 and served until 1944 when she was sunk by a Japanese...
SS Strathnaver (1943)
#otd S.S. Strathnaver underway in the Atlantic, 28 November 1943, as seen from a ZP-12 blimp. Converted passenger liners were the...
USS Hornet returns to Pearl +3
#otd Crewmen man the rail of the USS Hornet CVS-12 as she arrives in port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with the Apollo 12 Command Module and...
HS-2 Seaplane (1918)
#otd an air to air view of HS-2 seaplane at 1000 feet, from NAS Miami Florida, 28 November 1918. #hs2 #nasmiami #flynavy #navalaviation...
