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...
USS Texas BB-35 (1929
#otd USS Texas BB-35 at anchor at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on October 16, 1929. #usstexas #bb35 #battleship #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
Repatriation after WWII
#otd after #WWII Japanese Destroyer Odake in drydock at Maizuru Naval Base, Japan, October 13, 1945. She was under conversion (disarmed)...
USS Newport News CA-148 (1967)
#otd USS Newport News CA-148 in the Gulf of Tonkin. Her 8-inch/55 caliber rapid-fire guns fired upon North Vietnamese targets daily...
USS McCandless FF-1084 (1975)
#otd USS McCandless FF-1084 in the Ionian Sea, 10 October 1975. #ff1084 #ussmccandless #flynavy #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
USS Monterey CVL-26 (1944)
#otd USS Monterey CVL-26 launches an F6F at the start of the Okinawa Raid. Note other planes being launched from carrier at left, 10...
