Preserving a piece of US Maritime History - invaluable

The USS Olympia is a cruiser that fought in the Spanish American War in 1898 and has been preserved in Philadelphia. She's a one of a kind ship, a national historic monument, and in danger. She needs approximately $10-15 million in repairs to keep her a viable museum for years to come. If you have the resources, or connections to those resources, please consider helping. (full disclosure - there is no financial benefit to me to ask the question - we need to save this ship for posterity). Please contact me at 612-599-1935 or bdskon@fedex.com if you have additional questions.

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Friday, May 4, 2012

Security in the 7th Fleet

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is underway in the Pacific Ocean.
 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 4, 2012) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is underway in the Pacific Ocean. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released) 

Secretary of the Navy Announces LHA 7 Will Be Named USS Tripoli

Secretary of the Navy Announces LHA 7 Will Be Named USS Tripoli

Great choice!

Check out Midshipmen Tour Gettysburg

 Midshipmen Tour Gettysburg 

 

At USNI Blog, this is a great story of USNA midshipmen touring a great American battlefield.

WW2 Allied Operation:Halyard,The Forgotten 500

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Sailors and government contractors turn hand cranks to raise a steam-powered catapult chamber from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
 NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash. (April 27, 2012) Sailors and government contractors turn hand cranks to raise a steam-powered catapult chamber from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The catapult is being refurbished in order to maintain operational effectiveness. Ronald Reagan is homeported in Bremerton, Wash., while undergoing a docked planned incremental availability maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexander Tidd/Released)

USS Independence to Arrive in San Diego

USS Independence to Arrive in San Diego

Sunday, April 29, 2012

US Navy Frigate based on the National Security Cutter

 


More voices have joined the conversation, pointing out the advantages of a patrol frigate over the single mission LCS.   From:  http://hgworld.blogspot.com/
MicroSystems Integration used historic U.S. Navy data from the 2010 Navy Program Guide to calculate the expected frequency for each of the 19 missions for the LCS-type ship during an average year and then assigned the preferred ship to each.

The analysis determined that out of the 19 missions traditionally performed by small surface combatants, seven indicated the Patrol Frigate was the preferred ship. When compared against a non-missionized LCS, (just the seaframe, no mission systems), the Patrol Frigate was the preferred ship in 15 missions. 
To compare operational costs (fuel and personnel), six modeled scenarios were run based on proposed scenarios in the CSBA paper, ranging from securing loose nuclear weapons to maritime interdiction. For those two scenarios, the Patrol Frigate reflected an operational savings of approximately 29 percent and 33 percent, respectively, when compared to an LCS-type ship. In all six scenarios (the two above and convoy protection, maritime stability operations, counter piracy/counter crime, and humanitarian assistance/disaster response), the Patrol Frigate reflected an operational savings of approximately 26 percent.

US deploys stealth jets to air base in Southwest Asia - Air Force - Stripes

US deploys stealth jets to air base in Southwest Asia - Air Force - Stripes