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What is the Optimized Fleet Response Plan and what does this mean for the future of your #USNavy? http://1.usa.gov/1fDaLms
Friday, 17 January 2014
Thursday, 16 January 2014
I found a ship named after me the USS Duncan lol
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I found a ship named after me the USS Duncan lol
The South Carolina class battleship USS Michigan launched May 1908. These battleships employed...
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The South Carolina class battleship USS Michigan launched May 1908. These battleships employed new armament designs that focused on heavier firepower from each ship’s 30+ turrets.
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“Surface warfare has a long, rich history of warfighting excellence. To continue this tradition...
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“Surface warfare has a long, rich history of warfighting excellence. To continue this tradition we must reapply ourselves to the fundamentals of sea control.”
Here are the updated Surface Warfare priorities: http://1.usa.gov/L5v7Hz
Here are the updated Surface Warfare priorities: http://1.usa.gov/L5v7Hz
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Beautiful MK V over the White cliffs.
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Beautiful MK V over the White cliffs.
With a surface of 69 millions square miles, the Pacific Ocean covers nearly a third of the...
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With a surface of 69 millions square miles, the Pacific Ocean covers nearly a third of the Earth’s surface. During World War II, military operations in the Pacific were confronted with the problem of range. This was particularly true of aerial operations. Mainland Japan was bombed on 18 April 1942 by Doolittle and his raiders, but that was a one-time effort of mostly psychological value. All of the 16 aircraft involved were lost, and 11 of the 80 raiders were either killed or captured. After that, no bombing raids were flown against the Japanese Home Islands until the second half of 1944 when B-29 long-range bombers were used from bases in China and later the Marianas islands. These raids were unescorted as no fighter had the range to escort the bombers all the way to Japan and back.
The lack of escorts for the B-29s became a growing concern. One of the solution that was considered was to have fighter launched from aircraft carriers located closer to Japan join the bombing raid. Even so, no naval fighter had enough range. The only fighter which seemed suitable for this was the North American P-51 Mustang.
The lack of escorts for the B-29s became a growing concern. One of the solution that was considered was to have fighter launched from aircraft carriers located closer to Japan join the bombing raid. Even so, no naval fighter had enough range. The only fighter which seemed suitable for this was the North American P-51 Mustang.
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