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On Display - Kamikaze hit!

MSW Crew member Garth Bender shares with us his build entitled Kamikaze hit!.




Spain’s First BAM Ship Completes Sea Trials
Source: Navantia

“Meteoro,” the Spanish navy’s first Buque de Acción Marítima (BAM) amphibious action ship has successfully completed its sea trials. The goal of these trials, which took place on July 17-18, was to test the ship’s navigation and combat systems, and to evaluate its noise level.



Meteoro,” which was launched on Oct. 16, 2009, is a medium-sized vessel offering high performance, substantial multirole capability, a high degree of commonality with other Spanish navy ships, and reduced acquisition costs.

Its principal missions are escort and protection of other ships, monitoring of maritime traffic, anti-terrorism, counter-piracy, anti-drug and anti-human smuggles operations, as well as search and rescue, humanitarian assistance, and enforcement of fisheries, environmental and anti-pollution regulations.

The main characteristics of the BAM ships are as follow:
-- Length overall: 93.9 meters
-- Maximum beam: 14.2 meters
-- Height to main deck: 7.2 meters
-- Displacement at full load: 2,575 tonnes
-- Maximum speed: 20.5 knots
-- Maximum range (at 15 kts): 8,000 nautical miles
-- Crew: 35
-- Accommodation for 35 additional people.




Battle of Cape Spada

Today is the anniversary of the Naval battle off Louisbourg.




HMS Ajax & River Plate Veterans' Association

Today’s website is HMS Ajax & River Plate Veterans' Association. Enjoy.


This Day in U.S. Naval History

1823 - After pirate attack, Lt. David G. Farragut leads landing party to destroy pirate stronghold in Cuba.
1944 - Invasion and recapture of Guam begins.
1946 - In first U.S. test of adaptability of jet aircraft to shipboard operations, XFD-1 Phantom makes landings and takeoffs without catapults from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV 42).
1987 - Navy begins Operation Earnest Will, escorting first Kuwaiti tanker convoy in the Persian Gulf.


Diorama Idea of the Day



The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transits the Strait of Bab el Mandeb in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. To see the original high resolution photo, click here.

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