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The Port of Gulfport implemented ‘continuous autonomous subsea surveillance’...
There is no secret that the Navy has often used undersea surveillance sonar such as the German-made Cerberus anti-diver set for years in sensitive areas such as strategic ports, NSYs, and homeports....
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A much deserved show
It happened 80 years ago today. The crew of USS Texas (Battleship No. 35) assembled for a USO Show onboard in Leyte Gulf on 22 May 1945, relaxing after being relieved from the Battle of Okinawa....
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You Call this Ship a Destroyer Escort…
Talk about a recruiting poster. Here we see the Edsall-class destroyer escort USS Martin H. Ray (DE-338) knifing through the Atlantic with a bone in her teeth while on a Convoy run, circa 1944-45 NHHC...
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Remember to remember today
80 years ago. Memorial Day 1945 – “After four months of fierce fighting on Luzon, these 11th Airborne Division ‘Angels’ attend a Memorial Day Service for their fallen brothers held in Batangas. Their...
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And in Coast Guard News…
Lots of interesting stories from the USCG that have likely slipped through under the radar for most in the past couple of weeks. M4 profile, just the essentials The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun...
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The Hussar General at 250
“Général Lasalle.” – François Flameng, 1906 We would be remiss if we let May escape without observing the 250th birthday of Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle. Born on 10 May 1775 in Metz, the son...
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Warship Wednesday, June 4, 2025: Tiny Hull, Heart of Oak
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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To be kept forever in the care…
The Irish Regiments of the British Army in all their scarlet finery, 1897. Chromolithograph by Emrik and Binger after Richard Simkin, 1897. Published as a supplement to ‘The Boys Own Paper’, 25...
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At least the Resistance was only ‘Moderate’
It happened 80 years ago today. Official period caption: “Soldiers of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, advancing to Hill 115 on Okinawa against moderate resistance. 16 June 1945.”...
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Warship Wednesday, June 18, 2025: Death of a Destroyer
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Mortars and Sandals
Between February 22 and 28 1951, Haiduong (French Indochina, now Vietnam). Elements of the locally recruited Bataillon de Marche Indochinois (BMI) advance through rice paddies during Operation...
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Xenophon, ala Poland
Contrary to popular belief, the destroyer HMS Shikari’s departure just before dawn on 3 June, the last day of the “Miracle of Dunkirk” during Operation Dynamo, was not the end of the evacuation from...
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They Call this Man a Frogman
Original caption: 3 Aug. 1952, Officers and men of U.S. Pacific fleet and Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, staged the largest fresh water amphibious assault training operation in Navy and Marine Corps...
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Welcome, Denton
The future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), the third Flight III advanced Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at Ingalls, was christened in Pascagoula on Saturday. The ship’s name honors RADM...
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Remembering the Cockleshell Heroes
Serving and former members of the Royal Marines, a couple of weeks ago, staged a re-enactment, Exercise Itchy Blanket, of Operation Frankton – and the men who became known as the Cockleshell Heroes....
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The True Spirit of ’76.
A touching image, some 80 years ago today, with an almost unfathomable background. Official period caption: “Lecco, Italy. PFC George Morihiro, Co I, 442nd Inf. Regt., adopted a little orphan, one of...
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Pretty Ponies
80 years ago. Official wartime caption: “After a strafing mission, North American P-51 Mustangs snuggle under the wing of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress for the trip back to Iwo Jima, Bonin islands. July...
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Everything new is old again
It happened 85 years ago, in London, on 14 July 1940. Men of the “Free French” 14e demi-brigade de marche de la Légion étrangère (DBMLE), who had participated in the Norwegian campaign and then rallied...
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Warship Wednesday, July 16, 2025: Flat Iron Warrior
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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