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Final Block for Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Leaves Portsmouth

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

Remember when ships were built from the keel up and launched by sliding down the building ways into the water with a satisfying splash?  OK, maybe I am showing my age. These days ships are built like LEGOs, massive LEGOs, … Continue reading →

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Nine Flattops Home in Norfolk for Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2012 by

The Defense News blog Intercepts recently posted a photo of nine “flattops” home for Christmas at Norfolk naval base. Of the nine, five are aircraft carriers – the DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, GEORGE H. W. BUSH, ENTERPRISE, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and HARRY S TRUMAN.  The other four are the … Continue reading →

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J-15 Fighter Jet Lands and Takes Off from China’s First Aircraft Carrier Liaoning

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

At the end of last September, the New York Times quoted un-named “Chinese and other military experts”  regarding the Liaoning, the first Chinese aircraft carrier to go into service, that ”China does not have planes capable of landing on the carrier and so far … Continue reading →

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Chinese Aircraft Carrier, Liaoning, Strategic or Simply Status?

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Now that China has finally commissioned  Liaoning, its first aircraft carrier, the discussion has focused on whether the ship is a meaningful addition to the Chinese Navy or merely a symbol of status and prestige. Some have pointed out that the … Continue reading →

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Update: China’s First Aircraft Carrier, Liaoning, Enters into Service

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

After ten sea trials and over 25 years of construction and refitting, China has put its first aircraft carrier into service.  Long rumored to be named Shi Lang, the carrier has instead been named Liaoning, after the province where it was rebuilt and refitted. … Continue reading →

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No Aircraft Carrier for Post-Apocalypse Wyoming

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

This is not really a nautical story, which is why it is amusing. The Billings Gazette reports that “the Wyoming House of Representatives on Monday advanced legislation to launch a study into what Wyoming should do in the event of … Continue reading →

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Sink the Ark Royal ?

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

There have been a book, two movies and one pop song entitled, “Sink the Bismark.”    That is what came to mind when I heard that the Torbay Council’s Harbour Committee is recommending that they sink the Ark Royal.   The … Continue reading →

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The Other Russian Aircraft Carrier – the Costly Conversion of the Admiral Gorshkov to INS Vikramaditya

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

We recently posted about the Chinese conversion of the Russian aircraft carrier Varyag. China is not the only  country looking to surplus Russian aircraft carriers to expand their naval power.  India purchased the surplus carrier, Admiral Gorshkov, from the Russians … Continue reading →

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Divers of the Lost Ark?

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Invincible was sold to Turkish scrappers last February. Now bids are open for the sale of  HMS Ark Royal. While scrapping seems a likely outcome the tender allows that “alternatively the vessel may be purchased for re-use/refurbishment for non-warlike purposes.” … Continue reading →

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Twilight of the $UPERfluous Carrier – Are Today’s Carrier’s Yesteryear’s Battleships?

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

For seventy years, battleships were the unchallenged masters of the oceans, until technology swept them aside.  Now the aircraft carrier reigns supreme.  The US currently has five times more aircraft carrier capacity based on flight deck acreage than the the … Continue reading →

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Update: XO Movie Night on the Enterprise – the Admiral’s Report

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

On Thursday Adm. John C. Harvey Jr., the head of Fleet Forces Command, announced the results of the investigation of the aircraft carrier Enterprise videos and recommended punishment for 40 officers and senior enlisted sailors. Lewd Navy Video Report Lewd Navy Videos … Continue reading →

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Commander Nigel Matthews

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

Commander Nigel Matthews Commander Nigel Matthews, who has died aged 89, survived being run over by an aircraft carrier and flew again the same day. Nigel Matthews died on December 19. His first wife died in 1977; he married, secondly, … Continue reading →

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Update: HMS Invincible Sold to Turkish Scrappers

Posted on February 12, 2011 by

Last November, we posted about the sale by tender, through an internet site, of the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible. The highest bidder was a Turkish scrapper. HMS Invincible sold to Turkish ship recyclers Leyal Ship Recycling, which is based near Izmir, … Continue reading →

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HMS Invincible For Sale – the Perfect Holiday Gift?

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

The holiday shopping season is in full swing. But what can you get for the person who has everything? Why not a used aircraft carrier? Just because the Royal Navy won’t be able to launch ship-borne fixed wing aircraft for the next decade doesn’t mean … Continue reading →

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Carnival Splendor Update – Tugs, Flush Toilets and Spam

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

Perhaps the best news for the stranded passengers on the disabled cruise ship, Carnival Splendor, is that the flush toilets aboard are back in service and that the ship is proceeding slowly under tow to the mainland.   Still lacking refrigeration on … Continue reading →

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HMS Ark Royal to be Scrapped Early?

Posted on October 19, 2010 by

If  the recommendations of a UK defense review are implemented, Britain will have the same capacity to launch aircraft from ships as Nelson did, which is to say, none at all, prior to 2019 when new aircraft carriers come into service. Defence … Continue reading →

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British and French to Share Carriers?

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

What would Lord Nelson have thought of this?  There were various news reports out recently that the British and the French may share aircraft carriers. UK, France closer to carrier sharing deal Britain and France are moving closer to a deal to share … Continue reading →

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USS Forrestal arrives in Phila. to await fate

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

USS Forrestal arrives in Phila. to await fate The aircraft carrier Forrestal arrived in Philadelphia Friday morning to await its fate. The ship, decommissioned in 1993 in Philadelphia after 38 years in service, had been moored next to the Saratoga … Continue reading →

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Aircraft Carrier George H.W. Bush Delivered

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

After being under construction for almost a decade, the aircraft carrier George H. W. Bush was accepted by the US Navy following final seatrials last Friday. Northrop Grumman delivers Bush aircraft carrier to Navy

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