Welcome to MSW’s Scuttlebutt! Here’s the news for the day.
Feature - IJN Nagato
MSW crewmember Quintin Trammell shares with us his build of Hasegawa’s 1/350 Nagato in her 1941 fit out.
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MSW Artist Profile~Tom Hathaway
MSW crew-mate Tom Hathaway (thathaway3) sits down in a one-on-one conversation, sharing his thoughts, and builds, in this MSW Artist Profile!
MSW Artist Profile
NavWeaps
For those of you who have never visited this site, NavWeaps is a great site for researching the weapons carried on naval vessels.
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This Day in U.S. Naval History
1851 - U.S. Navy expedition under command of Lieutenant William
Lewis Herndon, on a mission to explore the valley of the Amazon and its tributaries, reaches Iquitos in the jungle region of the upper Amazon after their departure from Lima, Peru.
1941 - On Neutrality Patrol, USS Omaha (CL 4) and USS Somers (DD 381) intercept the German blockade runner Odenwald disguised as U.S. freighter, board her after the German crew abandoned the ship, and brought the ship to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the boarding party was awarded salvage shares.
1942 - First officer and enlisted women from training schools report for shore duty around the USA.
1951 - Soviet aircraft shoot at Neptune Patrol bomber (VP-6) on weather reconnaissance mission near Siberia. U.S. aircraft fails to return.
1967 - Helicopter from USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) rescues 37-man crew of Liberian freighter Royal Fortunes aground on reef in Tonkin Gulf
Sailors a Hit With Sick Kids
Source: Royal Australian Navy press release
Members of the Navy Community Engagement Program (NCEP) at Navy Headquarters South Queensland decided recently it was time to add a little bit of joy to into the lives of a group of sick kids at Brisbane’s Royal Children’s Hospital.
Armed with balloons, stickers, tattoos, pens and rulers the team met up with patients, their families as well as staff from the hospital. The NCEP Team managed to put a smile on the faces of a few young children who don’t always have a lot to smile about. The NCEP Team were interviewed on the Hospitals own TV Channel and have been asked to make the visit a regular occurrence due to the positive effect it had on patients and families.
NHQ SQ NCEP Regional Coordinator (LEUT Anne Allica) said that the visit was very successful from a community engagement perspective because it portrays the human side of the Navy in a very positive light.
General Dynamics Receives $10 Million for Submarine Support Work
Source: General Dynamics press release
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $10.2 million modification to an existing contract for submarine modernization and related work at the submarine base in Groton. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.
Initially awarded in October 2006, the five-year contract has a potential value of $201.8 million if all options are exercised and funded.
Under the terms of the contract modification, Electric Boat will continue to perform non-nuclear submarine modernization and repair services at the Naval Submarine Support Facility at the submarine base. Tasks include intermediate overhaul, repair and modernization activities in support of submarines, the Shippingport floating dry-dock and support and service craft. About 270 Electric Boat employees are assigned to the work.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 85,600 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies.
Photo of the Day
Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Andrew Bryson, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), teaches Sister Helena of the Carmelite Sister Convent how to use the Internet in Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago.
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