New York City Aircraft Carrier USS Intrepid
One of the Essex Class aircraft carriers constructed during the Second World War, USS Intrepid is now a museum ship in New York City. During her …
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First Jet Aircraft to Take Off from a US Navy Aircraft Carrier
With the successful operation of the FH Phantom jet aircraft from a US aircraft carrier in 1946, jets entered center stage as the core of carrier …
Continue ReadingThe New Chinese Aircraft Carrier Shi Lang is Not a Threat
As of 2011, China is a carrier power. A long time coming, the rebuild of the old Soviet era sister to the Kuznetsov- the Varyag- into the Shi Lang …
Continue ReadingThe British-French Joint Aircraft Carrier Project
European nations have collaborated on a number of military design projects in the past fifty years, among them the Eurofighter, the MEKO series of …
Continue ReadingNew British Aircraft Carriers: The Queen Elizabeth Class
The retirement of the HMS Ark Royal in 1979 marked the end of Britain’s ability to field a full deck aircraft carrier operating conventional, …
Continue ReadingThe Alsace: Battleship to Head France's Navy in the 1940's
The Alsace Class was a planned battleship design that would mark France’s departure from the guidelines of the Washington Naval Treaty. They …
Continue ReadingThe Story Behind Finding HMS Investigator
Canadian researchers have located a sailing ship that became stuck in ice over 150 years ago. The ship had been on a rescue mission itself, searching …
Continue ReadingThe Warble Narrowboat
Warble Narrowboats was a highly regarded canal boat building company that carried out construction to their own designs at their boatyard in Hyde, …
Continue ReadingAircraft Carrier Armor: Comparison of Armoured to Unarmoured Flight Deck Designs
In the early years of naval aviation the question of aircraft carrier armor occupied the intellectual effort of numerous naval engineers. Two main …
Continue ReadingEngineering Disasters: The Failure, Explosion, and Sinking of the Piper Alpha Platform
The Occidental Piper Alpha was built at McDermott’s Offshore Construction Yard, starting production as an oil production platform in the North Sea in …
Continue ReadingKursk, Member of the Oscar Class - Project 949
The series of cruise missile submarines known to the west as the “Oscar Class” were designed and built in the Soviet era for the explicit …
Continue ReadingIJN Shinano: A Behemoth Born as a Battleship
The IJN Shinano, named in honor of the Shinano province, was originally laid down as a Yamato class battleship. However, battle losses during the …
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