Old Navy

Add your posts about the US Navy in this section
Brian James
Posts: 8764
Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:58 am

Re: Old Navy

Unread post by Brian James »

Armoured Ram Ship USS Katahdin pictured at Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1901.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Brian James
Posts: 8764
Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:58 am

Re: Old Navy

Unread post by Brian James »

Submarine Tender USS Holland pictured in the late 1920's.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Brian James
Posts: 8764
Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:58 am

Re: Old Navy

Unread post by Brian James »

Armoured Cruiser USS Brooklyn's Marine Corp Guard pictured drilling pierside at Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1897.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Brian James
Posts: 8764
Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:58 am

Re: Old Navy

Unread post by Brian James »

Armoured Cruiser USS Saratoga (Ex USS New York) pictured at Shanghai in 1911..She was renamed Rochester on December 1st 1917, to free the name Saratoga for the new Battlecruiser Saratoga (CC-3) (eventually the Aircraft Carrier CV-3).
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
Pelican
Posts: 9736
Joined: Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:10 pm

Re: Old Navy

Unread post by Pelican »

Divers find wreckage of first US Navy destroyer sunk by enemy fire

The U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command says more than half the ship’s crew was lost during the attack in World War I.

See - https://www.foxweather.com/lifestyle/us ... ones-found

[Not sure where line twixt old and new is drawn?]

Link from Tim.
HMS Pelican 1938 - 1958 GGCV L86 U86 F86 What I Have I Hold ~ A wonderful bird is the Pelican its beak can hold more than its belly can.
User avatar
Pelican
Posts: 9736
Joined: Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:10 pm

Re: Old Navy

Unread post by Pelican »

Wreck of USS Jacob Jones Found Off Isles of Scilly — First US Destroyer Lost to Enemy Action

British divers have located the wreck of the USS Jacob Jones in over 100 meters of water, 40 miles off the Isles of Scilly. The ship, a Tucker Class destroyer, was sunk during World War I by a German U-boat on December 6, 1917. USS Jacob Jones was the first US destroyer ever to be lost to enemy action and went down in 8 minutes. 64 of her crew of 110 were lost in the attack.

As recounted by the Naval History and Heritage Command: Approximately one month after the United States declared war on Germany, the destroyer steamed to Queenstown [Cobh], Ireland, under Lieutenant Commander David W. Bagley with Division Seven of the Destroyer Force, the second group of destroyers to enter the war zone. Arriving at the British base on 17 May 1917, Jacob Jones operated out of Queenstown, patrolling the U-boat-infested western approaches to the British Isles. Later, as the Entente Powers instituted a worldwide convoy system, the destroyer escorted inbound and outbound convoys through the submarine danger zone.

On 6 December 1917, Jacob Jones handed over a convoy off of Brest, France, and steamed with fellow convoy escorts for Queenstown. That afternoon Jacob Jones fell behind her compatriots to hold target practice approximately 40 miles south of the Isles of Scilly, a small island chain west of England and south of Ireland. Two miles away U-53, under Kapitänleutnant Hans Rose, detected the sound of gunfire and closed to investigate.

Continues, including a video, at - http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2022/08/wrec ... more-59558
HMS Pelican 1938 - 1958 GGCV L86 U86 F86 What I Have I Hold ~ A wonderful bird is the Pelican its beak can hold more than its belly can.
Brian James
Posts: 8764
Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:58 am

Re: Old Navy

Unread post by Brian James »

Submarine Chasers pictured under construction at Brooklyn Navy Yard on June 5th 1917.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
Pelican
Posts: 9736
Joined: Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:10 pm

Re: Old Navy

Unread post by Pelican »

Battleship Texas Scheduled to Be Towed to Yard for Repairs on August 31, Weather Permitting

The 110-year-old Battleship Texas is the oldest remaining dreadnought battleship and only one of six surviving ships to have served in both World War I and World War II. Over the last decade or so, the historic ship has been at the center of a pitched battle just to stay afloat at her berth in the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in La Porte, TX. As the saying goes, rust never sleeps.

Soon, the venerable old ship will be moving to Gulf Copper Shipyard in Galveston for long overdue repairs. If all goes well, weather permitting, the ship will be towed to the shipyard on August 31.

KHOU.com reports that teams installed pumps at the end of July that will be used during towing to limit the ship’s water intake from leaks.

Back in May, crews removed about 23,000 cubic yards of mud from the stern around the ship to clear a path for towing into the Houston Ship Channel.

Battleship Texas still does not have a permanent home planned after it’s repaired, but we know it won’t be returned to La Porte, where it’s been since 1948. Its new permanent home is likely to be in the Houston area, but Beaumont and Baytown have also been discussed as options.

See - http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2022/08/batt ... more-59626
HMS Pelican 1938 - 1958 GGCV L86 U86 F86 What I Have I Hold ~ A wonderful bird is the Pelican its beak can hold more than its belly can.
User avatar
ivorthediver
Posts: 3659
Joined: Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:42 pm
Location: Cambridge Shore Battery

Re: Old Navy

Unread post by ivorthediver »

Good for them , as these vessels are quickly secreted away when the mood fits .....
"What Ever Floats your Boat"
Brian James
Posts: 8764
Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:58 am

Re: Old Navy

Unread post by Brian James »

Lead Ship, Escort Carrier USS Long Island pictured off Pennsylvania on November 10th 1941...Aircraft on her flight deck include seven Curtiss SOC-3A scout observation aircraft and one Brewster F2A3 fighter...She was laid down on July 7th 1939, as the C-3 Cargo Liner Mormacmail, under Maritime Commission contract, by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania as Yard No 185 and launched on January 11th 1940. After extensive Pacific War service Long Island decommissioned on March 26th 1946 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register on April 12th, she was sold to Zidell Ship Dismantling Company of Portland, Oregon on April 24th 1947 for scrapping. However, on March 12th 1948, she was acquired by the Canada-Europe Line for conversion to merchant service. Upon completion of conversion in 1949, she was renamed Nelly, and served as an immigrant Carrier between Europe, Australia and Canada. In 1953, she was renamed Seven Seas. In 1955, she was chartered to the German Europe-Canada Line. On July 17th 1965, she had a serious fire and was towed to St John's, Newfoundland. She was repaired and started her last voyage on September 13th 1966. She was bought the same year and employed by Rotterdam University as a students' hostel until 1971 and as a migrant hostel until 1977, when she was scrapped in Belgium.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Post Reply Previous topicNext topic

Return to “United States Navy”