USS Arizona BB-39 ablaze
#otd The forward superstructure and Number Two 14/45 triple gun turret of the sunken USS Arizona BB-39, afire after the Japanese raid, 7...
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...
Still standing strong!
One more of USS Hornet CVS-12 on her 80th anniversary for this evening. Here is a look at her island with San Francisco in the...
Ships Bell
And if you go aboard USS Hornet CVS-12 you can see the ships bell. #usshornet #cv12 #flynavy #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
Launch to Commission for USS Hornet CV-12 (1943)
Did you know that USS Hornet CV-12 was launched and commissioned within 3 months in 1943? And you can visit her today at former NAS...
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...
P-40 Carrier Launch (1942)
Here is an interesting photo of a P-40 being catapulted from USS Chenango CVE-28, to fly shore for combat operations in Morocco, November...
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...
Tarawa landings (1943)
A look back to the northwestern end of Betio Island, Tarawa, November 1943, with Beach Red 1 at left and Green Beach in center and right....
