u.s. navy

Howdy everybody, got a mystery for someone to solve. I found the following images on the history.navy.mil site by chance when doing research for my earlier Shinyo post, made elsewhere. I ended up with a bunch of photos of a mystery US naval craft, that according to the website, is only called...

I remember reading about a 20 mm mount that was was either twin or quad mount and it was a experimental twin or quad mount and my memory of it from the pictures it was in like either a ball mount type turret or spree shaped turret and it may have been tested in Vietnam but I don't remember and I...

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/june/recalling-bird-dogs-heroic-carrier-landing https://navalaviationmuseum.org/honoring-heroism-and-humanity/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)

Hi All, I've created based on those projects https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/lockheed-constellation-projects.10463/page-2#post-783244 a visualisation of CL-410-10 AEW plane for the US Navy. I've utilized some P-3 parts as surly the Navy would like to have as much interchangability as...

This topic is for discussion of the expected announcement of a contract award for the US Navy F/A-XX and will be renamed once the chosen contractor is Northrop Grumman named.

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...

https://www.twz.com/sea/mysterious-naval-vessel-spotted-in-washington-state-is-a-new-darpa-drone-ship?fbclid=IwY2xjawI0KK9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaKXUjC9UjG0Lk1L9DvAH-Zwg4O2xkNy0jeLCuc_EcMK5ALA5cvdsax_vw_aem_2VW5tcTaYuYC3c3PoD5tKA

I imagine this probably never got beyond the napkin stage, but very curious if anyone has more detail on this. From a 2006 USNI article by Norman Polmar; https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2006/august/atomic-fish The thought of a Silverplate Avenger is moderately amusing.

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?

https://www.crecy.co.uk/grumman-ea-6b-prowler?osCsid=cvsjridl1tau9tn0uk4873hkm4

Hi! ALL HANDS MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1961 PAGE: 39 "OPERATION CRYSTAL BALL" In 1961 RADM Roy S. Benson asked everyone in the sub force to submit ideas for "future" submarine weapons etc. Some ideas - "depth charging" surface craft - underwater submarine tender - sailless submarines - addition of...

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...

I've been obsessing over the naval version of the F-22 for the past few weeks, ruling out variable geometry because of the cost of maintenance and the problem it poses for stealth, I think including canards could provide the lift needed to land on a carrier. Searching the internet I found these...