HMS Nelson
#otd HMS Nelson passing through the Gaillard cut, Panama Canal, on 23 February 1931. She was commissioned in 1927, 97 years ago. She...
USS Wasp CVA-18 (1954)
#otd USS Wasp CVA-18 underway off of Manila, Philippine Islands, 22 February 1954. #usswasp #cva18 #flynavy #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
USS Theodore Roosevelt SSBN-600
#otd USS Theodore Roosevelt SSBN-600 underway, 22 February 1961. Who recognizes this port? #usstheodoreroosevelt #ssbn600 #silentservce...
Neptune retirement
#otd marked the end of Naval Service for the Neptune. Here is a SP-2H preparing to land at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia after a...
USS Tripoli LPH-10
#otd USS Tripoli LPH-10 struck a mine while serving as a mine-clearing platform in the northern Persian Gulf, 18 February 1991. Here she...
Dauntless SBD-5’s
#otd Eniwetok Operation, four SBD-5 bombers fly over the northern part of Eniwetok Atoll, on 18 February 1944. It is impressive how long...
SB2C-3 Helldivers (1945)
#otd two SB2C-3 Helldiver bombers from USS Lexington CV-16 fly over task force 58, enroute to Tokyo for their first raid on that city, 16...
B-17 Crew (1945)
#otd the lead crew on a bombing mission to Dresden, Germany, in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress from the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb...
The Sullivan Brothers
#otd The Five Sullivan Brothers board USS Juneau CL-52, during her commissioning ceremonies at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 14 February 1942....
QH-50C DASH
#otd A Gyrodyne QH-50C drone antisubmarine helicopter (DASH) operates off the flight deck of USS Nicholas DD-449, off the coast of Oahu,...
