u.s. navy

Let's assume that USSR started to experiment with carriers in late 1920s, with planned rebuild of the training ship "Okean" into the light/training carrier "Komsomolets". While slow and of limited usefulness (roughly the equivalent of USN's "Langley"), this ship still allowed Soviet Navy to gain...

We discussed at nauseum alternatives to the F-8 Crusader from 1956, 1968, 1975. One we missed was this very one. I had forgotten one of the early N-156 was to be a naval fighter. The USN wanted it for the smallest carriers of WWII vintage that had not been downrated to secondary or tertiary...

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...

This thing looks like a modern re-interpretation of the WWII Mulberry Harbor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbour In this case, the harbor can go wherever you go and doesn't tie you to a politically undesirable piece of land or force you to defend your supplies (from hungry mobs)...

Reading the excellent Friedman books on US Destroyers and US Cruisers as well as the History of the Spruance class-Electronic Greyhounds-forgot the author I am always fascinated by the range of options which the US Navy might have had in the 60s and 70s if there had been no Vietnam War to force...

On pg. 86 of Pentagon Paradox there is a quote," 1983 IOC fighter that would fly Mach 4.5 with a dash speed of Mach 6." If the Reformers hate it, I like it. Anyone know more about this?

Request for Information - Hypersonic Weapons Technologies Description: 1. This is a special notice open to U.S. industry and academia requesting information on technologies pertaining to hypersonic flight vehicles. The High Speed Weapons Office of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons...

General Dynamics Undersea Station concept photo circa 1968 found on eBay. URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Undersea-Station-Concept-US-Naval-Civil-Engineering-Lab-Press-Photo-/160851732264?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item257382a728

After the rescue of most of the American hostages in 1980 Jimmy Carter went on to secure a second term against a divided Republican party. The United States Navy had been hoping that a Republican victory would secure its additional Nimitz class carriers. Carter moved quickly to scotch these...

I found this online - a view of the D-558-2 I've never seen before (note original cockpit canopy). Credit Life magazine - Steve Pace

After the War my father worked at the David Taylor model basin in Wash. D. c. Here sre some photo Graphs of a project he worked on. Also I was wondering if anyone can identify the biplane or the small plane pictured here. Batman

Rotorcycles In the early 1950s the US Marine Corps was considering a single seat portable ultra light helicopter which could be airdropped. The programme was conducted by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research and included the following designs: Hiller 1033 Rotorcycle: Two prototypes...

Over the course of the life of the Talos system in the USN, the SPG-56 and SPG-61 Missile Fire Control radars were developed to replace the SPG-49 used to guide the Talos missile. Prototypes of each were built but these radars were never introduced into service. Either one would have, no doubt...

There is a reference in Norman Friedman's "U.S. Amphibious Ships" to a canceled 225 ft. ocean minesweeper that was related to the singleton unit USS Carronade in terms of hull form. Aluminum hull construction would have made a great deal of sense as it was very obviously amagnetic and less...

Artist impressions of land-attack destroyer using the "Sea Blade" design by Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin would later use the "Sea Blade" design for the Freedom-class littoral combat ship. Source: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/dd-21.htm

Link: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/project-america.htm Interesting idea. Started off as cruise ships, and morphed into naval command ships.

Once upon a time I gave an information to aerofiles.com that project of Seversky's naval fighter NF-1 had to be developed under designation XFN-1 by NAF. There are still doubts about the question ... Never mind. Doubts spread : We all know of PN famous reco series, then P2N, then P4N ; what...

Does anybody have any drawings of McDonnell's Mach-4 deck-launched interceptor? KJ