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On Display – HMS Mary Rose

MSW Crewmember Guido Hopp (TAILOR) shares his build for the recent Campaign-Stand by Torpedoes, the HMS Mary Rose in this "On Display" feature.




U.S. Naval Forces Open Odyssey Dawn, Prepare No-Fly Zone
Source: US Navy

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- U.S. naval forces participated in a Tomahawks missile strike March 19 on Libya as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn designed to set the conditions for a coalition no-fly zone.

Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyers USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Barry (DDG 52) and submarines USS Providence (SSN 719), USS Scranton (SSN 756) and USS Florida (SSGN 728) participated in the strike.

More than 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles were used in the strike by U.S. and British ships and submarines against Libyan air defense, surface-to-air missile sites and communication nodes.

The U.S. Joint Task Force (JTF) is commanded by Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, III, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and is operating from the USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20), currently deployed in the Mediterranean Sea.

In addition to the task force command ship, and the five ships and subs that took part in the strikes, the JTF includes USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), and USS Ponce (LPD 15).




Operation Iceberg Begins

On March 21, 1945, units from Task Force 58 and Task Force 51 'softening up' the island of Okinawa with a naval bombardment. The 'softening up' would make the landing easier for the assault troops when they came ashore. Naval bombardments would remove walls, foliage, and other barriers as well as kill troops. The Okinawan came to refer to the bombardment of Okinawa as the 'Typhoon of Steel.'





HMS Warspite

Today’s website is the HMS Warspite. Enjoy.


This Day in U.S. Naval History

1917 - Loretta Walsh becomes the first woman Navy petty officer when she is sworn in as a chief yeoman.
1919 - The Navy installs and tests a Sperry gyrocompass, in the first test of an aircraft gyrocompass.
1945 - The Bureau of Aeronautics initiates rocket-powered surface-to-air guided-missile development by awarding a contract to Fairchild.


Diorama Idea of the Day



USS Barry (DDG 52) launches a Tomahawk missile in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn.

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