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From Norman Friedman's US Small Combatants, pages 319-323 (most of those pages are pictures of PBRs, a Coast Guard 82-footer and a 57-ft Minesweeper Boat) Table 12-5. Schemes for Ocean Reconnaissance Ships, 31 March 1966 A B C D E May 1967 LBP (ft) 317.5 311 311 315 — 374 LOA...

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Hello, , I have an old 80 gal fuel tank from North American Aviation Inc. It is from the Engeneering and Experimental Division. Its about 4 ft long X 2 ft tall. X 1 ft wide. It says Model SOC-1, or I. Part number 17-48002. Contract No. 41257. Material SS AL.ALLOY. marked with a NA 6 in a...

Late 80s (88-90) US Navy Program to replace the E-3C, S-3B and EA-6B carrier-based AEW, ASW and EW aircraft. I believe it evolved into the E-X program to replace the E-2, this is why i’m attaching the image of the Boeing E-X proposal, which is seen here in ASW markings. (VS-24 scouts was an S-3...

Some good news, along with a bit of background: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y36pTr09f3Y https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-navy-flipping-ship-upcycled-134616867.html https://gcaptain.com/saving-rv-flip-from-the-wreckers-clawsand-its-story-is-mind-blowing/...

From Naval Aviation News 1965.

I’d never heard of this before, but it’s one of the worst friendly fire incidents I’ve heard of from WW2, made worse that no action was taken against the person who seemingly was most responsible for it.

One of my hobbies is collecting waterline ship models in 1/1250 or 1/1200 scales covering the Cold War era. I have been trying to find the composition of USN units on the Yankee and Dixie Stations off Vietnam and Gonzo station in the Arabian Sea. Does anyone know a source?

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Yes, yes, I fully understood that it's impractical and unrealistic, but I just like "Albany"-class cruisers, and just before New Year I hit the idea "what if Albany-class cruiser would be refitted in 80s to carry Aegis?" Oh, and a Happy New Year) So yes, it's CG-18 "Fall River" missile...

I read in Friedman's US cruisers book that it was proposed to modernize the Omahas by replacing their guns with 152mm/47s, among other things. Also, I found from another source a proposal to convert the class to AA cruisers: "In 1940, a project was developed to convert Omaha-class cruisers into...

A year before Pearl Harbour the USN commissioned a study into a 'tweaked' version of USS Wasp (CV-7) under the designation CVX, the principle changes were using only two aircraft elevators and the fitting of more powerful engines to give 32knots planned speed. Given what happened to USS Wasp the...

http://aviationarchives.blogspot.com/2022/04/mcdonnell-aircraft-model-28.html Note - the McDonnell Model List says TG-100 engine which is wrong - that was a turboprop.

Digging through some old files, I came across a NAVSEA briefing from 1994 comparing a variety of frigate designs (both US and foreign). The purpose appears to have been a review the "state of the possible" for frigates in this timeframe, possibly with the intention to inform USN decisionmakers...

The Retromechanix website contains PDFs of Willys-Overland company documents regarding the P/A-1 ship-launched anti-ship missile at these links: https://www.patreon.com/posts/republic-xf-12-1-49557594 https://www.patreon.com/posts/vought-f8u-3-up-48466867...

The Royal Navy in the 1960s has been the place for many alternative history threads helped by the excellent books on the subject and the enthusiasm of Brits like me for CVA01 and co. The US Navy offers even more scope for programmes that could have been. Some thoughts to kick things off...

I believe this drawing is from one of HT Lenton's books on US Destroyers published in the early 1970's. I made a 1/1200 model of this but heve never been able to find any corroborating data on the proposed design. Can anyone shed any light on this one? Dave G The PT Dockyard

The Steel Navy

Hi folks, Wonder if anyone can expand some knowledge on a proposed two seat attack variant of the OV-1 Mohawk. Here's some illustrations.

It was planned to fit the Iowa class with the 3"/50 but this was abandoned post-war. I once saw online a line drawing that showed the planned layout, it wasn't a straight swap for the quad 40mm mounts due to weight concerns but I have seen one book that states that 15 mounts were planned. Does...