USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617
#otd in 1963 USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617 was commissioned, she served for 30 years till 1993. She was part of the Lafayette class...
FR-1 Fireball
#OTD in 1944 the Ryan FR Fireball made its first flight. It was a piston and jet-powered fighter designed for the US Navy during World...
USS Texas BB-35 and USS Arkansas BB-33
#OTD in 1944 German coastal artillery shell falls between USS Texas BB-35 and USS Arkansas BB-33 (foreground) while the two battleships...
Skylab Sequence
Here is the sequence of events for Skylab I & II #otd #saturnv #nasa #skylab #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari #sa513...
SA-513 Saturn V launch
Flash back to May 14th 1973 SA-513, a modified unmarned two-stage Saturn V vehicle for the Skylab-1 mission is launched from the Cape. ...
The adventures of USS Wasp CVA-18
#OTD in 1952, USS Wasp (CVA-18) collided with destroyer minesweeper USS Hobson (DMS-26) while conducting night flying operations. Wasp...
OTD in 1991
#OTD in 1991, an F-14 from VF-103 became the only U.S. Navy Tomcat to be lost to hostile fire when it was shot down by an Iraqi missile....
USS Enterprise CV-6
#otd in 1938 USS Enterprise #CV6 is commissioned. Here is her launch in 1936. #ussenterprise #navalaviation #aviationsafari...
U.S.S. Langley CV-1
#otd #usslangley #CV1 was commissioned, here is archival footage of the first landing in 1922 and how they improved by 1922. Note the...
