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On This Day…October 18th

by david leigh-smith on October 18, 2018 · in News · 9 ≡

The photo below captures the launch of the USS Princeton on October 18th, 1942. Originally laid down as a Cleaveland-class Light Cruiser with the name 'Tallahassee' she was reclassified as an Independence-class Light Aircraft Carrier and [...]

On This Day…October 17th

by david leigh-smith on October 17, 2018 · in News · 18 ≡

The Enterprise arriving in New York City on October 17, 1945. She had just returned from Pearl to the US mainland with almost 1,500 servicemen for discharge, and was in the Big Apple for the upcoming Navy Day celebrations. It is very hard [...]

On This Day…October 16th

by david leigh-smith on October 16, 2018 · in News · 22 ≡

Photo of the US Navy collier ‘USS Jupiter’ taken on 16 Oct 1913. After an extensive rework in 1922 the USS Jupiter become the USS Langley (CV1) - the United States’ first aircraft carrier. The first aircraft carrier designed as such [...]

On This Day…October 15th

by david leigh-smith on October 15, 2018 · in News · 6 ≡

On the 15th October, 1940, the Luftwaffe dropped over 530 tons of high explosives on London, killing more than 400 civilians. This photo was taken in the immediate aftermath on Balham High Street... ...while on the very same day this [...]

On This Day…October 14th

by david leigh-smith on October 14, 2018 · in News · 16 ≡

The photo below is of the USS Langley (CVL27) taken just off Taiwan on October 14th, 1944. The flight deck crew are seen taking cover from a Japanese aircraft (dead centre of the photo). The Langley served in the French Navy as ‘La [...]

On This Day…October 13th

by david leigh-smith on October 13, 2018 · in News · 12 ≡

October 13th 1944... Crew of a PBY Catalina rescue Sgt James Latta and Sgt Willis Morlan out of the Adriatic after being forced to bail from their B-24H Liberator after a raid on Vienna, Austria. Crew of the USS Wasp (originally named the [...]