Navistory USS Bronstein, Mc Cloy 1963-90 DE/FF-1037, 1038 The Bronstein class were a pair of experimental destroyer escort and later frigates (This applied to all DEs in 1975) to align with NATO, both from Avondale Shipyards, built 1961-1963. They were a stlightly beefier and better equipped versions of the previous Claud Jones class, that were themselves … Read more
Ottoman Navy: Unprotected cruiser (commissioned 1896) Lütf-ü Hümayun, also orthographed “Lufti Humayun” in western publications, is probably the worst case of shipbuilding failure in the entire Turkish Naval construction. It also reflected on the sorry state of the Ottoman Navy at the eve of the 1897 war with Greece. And the cruiser here, despite being … Read more
Turret Ironclad Frigate in service 1866-1898. HMS Prince Albert was designed and built as a shallow-draught coast-defence ship, and first purpose-built for turrets, of the Coles design. She was named after Prince Albert, late husband of Queen Victoria, which died young and left her devastated. Along her wish, HMS Prince Albert remained on the active … Read more
LHA-6 to LHA-10 (2009-today): America, Tripoli, Bougainville, Fallujah, Helmand Province ✰ ✌ ✰ 4 of July Special ! The America class (2008: LHA(R)) are the latest US Navy landing helicopter assault (LHA) and amphibious assault ships of today’s United States Navy. As previous classes, like the Tarawa of the 1970-80s and Wasps of the 1990s … Read more
Marine Nationale (1933-1950): La Melpomène, La Pomone, La Flore, L’Iphigénie, La Bayonnaise, Bombarde, L’Incomprise, La Poursuivante, La Cordelière, Branlebas, Baliste, Bouclier Originally designed as escort vessels, later reclassified as torpedo boats, the “600-ton” class, and “Melpomène” for most authors, was the only class of French operational Torpedo Boats when WW2 broke out. Another class was … Read more
Germany: Coastal Submersible, ex-Norwegian A5 SM UA was an Imperial German Navy U-Boat of World War I, 5th submarine in the Norwegian A class. She was launched 9 May 1914 but requisitioned by the German government after the started of the war on 5 August 1914. She was then put to German standards and recommissioned … Read more
Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri (1932-47) In the development of Spanish Submarines up to WW2 there were mostly Holland/Vickers Types, until Germany entered the loop. The story of E1, sole submarine of the E class never commissioned by Spain, is very much the story of IvS, NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw. This covert design bureau at The Hague, … Read more
So what’s up doc ? This year had been interesting to day the least in terms of naval news, ending with the “trump class battleship” that had the naval websphere in ebullition. Wether it’s new steam of traduced later into reality we will see. This year also ended with the largest combined naval exercizes of … Read more
Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carriers (2009- ongoing) In service: USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), Enterprise (CVN-80), Doris Miller (CVN-81), William J. Clinton (CVN-82), George W. Bush (CVN-83). Xmas Special ! Without much subject left worthy of such date, after the amazing Seawolf class SSNs here is a class that is likely not to … Read more
Trump class Battleship Guided Missile “Battleships” (2025): BBG-1 USS Defiant, BBG-2, total 20-25 planned. The Trump-class is a planned new class of large surface combatants that U.S. President Donald Trump and senior administration officials described publicly as “battleships” and part of a broader naval expansion called the “Golden Fleet.” The Trump-class battleship (also referenced as … Read more
