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Story is the catapult tore off the forward landing gear during launch, jet was at max thrust so it couldn't stop. Both men did manage to eject but sadly one got dragged under the carrier. The other made it

The distinctive cage masts of the Battleships Idaho and Mississippi sunk by German dive bombers in 1941. Not alternate history :) These are old US pre dreadnoughts sold to Greece and subsequently destroyed during the German invasion of Salamis (Better known for a much more successful naval...

Yes, ships in row on the right are British, the group in the distance are American. It is interesting to contrast the two world wars, here the US was the junior partner deploying a fleet which was integrated into the RN and served under overall British command. The RN trained them up, taught...

Yeah, apparently for the Japanese damage control was just something which happened to other people :p They could have saved at least Taiho and Shinano, maybe one or two Midway carriers too. Compare to the Franklin which got shredded but still somehow floated home, or Lusty which burned so...

When it comes to unlucky ships I think everyone knows the absolute legend that is the William D Porter https://www.historynet.com/uss-william-d-porter-the-us-navy-destroyers-service-in-world-war-ii.htm but I always thought it was more those in proximity that suffered rather than the ship...

Love these late 19th century battleships that still had artwork

just over a hundred tons per gun per shot, which sounds a lot but with the recoil mechanisms and sheer mass of everything it barely vibrates the ship. its the muzzle blast that shakes things, shatters plates, even kills people if the are with a couple dozen yards of the gun firing

A Russian and Chinese navy photo op gets gatecrashed by the USN

maybe the helicopter is towing it? :p Bad bit of luck for Canada, if they had just bought them straight away it may not have had so many problems. Dithering for years while they rusted in mothballs likely didn't help much

Looks fake, theres no way that picture is real. Canada doesn't have any submarines capable of leaving dock. Eh, sorry :p

An idea for using old carriers as rocket launching platforms If I recall Kerbals the closer to the equator the easier it is to get into orbit so these ships would park on the line and in theory make for efficient platforms. Though I suppose the increasing size of rockets in the 60s made it...

I suppose this one is part navy part air corps appreciation Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. The angle that bomber is climbing at looks a little hair raising :p

Do you prefer pre-refit or post Pearl Harbour modernisation? Because as I hear it there's a big debate on which looked better on those US battleships Personally I like the WWII rebuilds, but I may be in a minority :p

Anyway, respects to the old Warspite and those who served aboard on her birthday. Two days ago :p

I think they were too busy yelling Woooooaaaaa on both boats to form any actual words:p

To retell a story I heard from my dad who was a CPO in the RN When a US warship was passing by a British one post WWII, the US vessel opened communications with 'Hello to the second biggest Navy in the world.' To which the RN ship answered 'Hello to the second best Navy in the world' Banter...

It is honestly one of the most scenic places I've visited, couldn't ask for a better resting place. You can still see some of the machinery at low tide they weren't able to take away. I reckon so, though the Japanese were still itching for that decisive battleship show down even right to the...

She was a good ship with good sisters :) Normally people compare to carriers like Lusty with her armoured decks but honestly a better comparison is Ark Royal. The Illustrious sisters were built to tank land based planes in the Med, but Ark was built to operate in the pacific in the same way Enty...

Enty is also a legend, she even had her own rival arc with Zuikaku :) Which naturally she won :p Warspite is probably best known for tanking the German navy accidentally at Jutland and managing to make it home with 150 holes shot through her including 20 or so main gun hits. Probably also for...