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Six Lion-class ships were planned, two each in the 1938, 1939, and 1940 Naval Programmes. [26] The first pair, Lion and Temeraire, were ordered on 28 February 1939 from Vickers Armstrongs and Cammell Laird, respectively. Lion was laid down at Vickers' Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne shipyard on 4 July; Temeraire preceded her at Birkenhead on 1 June ...
The Kingfisher was widely used as a shipboard, catapult-launched scout plane on U.S. Navy battleships, heavy cruisers, and light cruisers during World War II and played a major role in support of shore bombardments and air-sea rescue. Two examples showing the plane's rescue capabilities include the recovery of World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker ...
The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (US Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. In US Army service it was designated the OA-10 , in Canadian service as the Canso and it later received the NATO reporting name Mop . [ 4 ]
The ship was powered by four-shaft General Electric turbo-electric transmission and eight oil-fired Babcock & Wilcox boilers rated at 26,800 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW), generating a top speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). The ship had a cruising range of 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at a speed of 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph). Her ...
Another photo shows a piece of metal stamped with “Model P-38 JK.” “The plane's association with Richard Bong makes it one of the most significant World War II aircraft in the world ...
Preserved F-14 on deck, February 2009 SH-2F Seasprite on display in the museum ship Piasecki HUP-1 Retriever Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King T-28B Trojan TBM Avenger on display with wings folded, and a torpedo. The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum is a museum ship, located on the southernmost pier of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda ...
USS Arizona was a standard-type battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state, she was the second and last ship in the Pennsylvania class.
The sheets were revealed by sonar, officials say.