USS Tang (SS 306) was launched at Mare Island in 1943. Under the command of Medal of Honor recipient Richard O'Kane, the Balao-class boat became the most combat successful submarine in history, by tonnage & number of enemy vessels sunk.

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1/ - The US Navy battleship North Carolina (BB-55) was first of two North Carolina-class 9x16" battleships, the other being USS Washington (now scrapped).

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- The F-86 Sabre was America's best Korean War fighter. The US Navy had the FJ2 Fury (and FJ3 and FJ4). Canada built the Canadair CL-13 Sabre.

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in 1812
‘Chase of the CONSTITUTION, July 1812 Painting by Anton Otto Fischer, depicting the boats of U.S. Frigate CONSTITUTION towing her in a calm, while she was being pursued by a squadron of British warships, 18 July 1812’

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1/ - Let's visit , the world's oldest steel warship, Commodore George Dewey's flagship, and flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay in the 1898 Spanish–American War. THREAD + VIRTUAL TOUR FOLLOWS...

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Mes deux BD aéro à chroniquer ce mois de mai. "Angel Wings" est déjà dispo. Lue hier, j'ai adoré. Pour retrouver mes deux jets favoris des années 50 : Le Sabre et le Panther.

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A great original pic for you gents if you are about to make a Pearl Harbor special, from
布哇海戦対水上艦船戦果圖・昭和十六年十二月八日Japanese Battle Damage Assessment report on the air attack of , December 8th, 1941

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in 1797 the frigate Constituion launched at Edmund Hartt's Shipyard in Boston!

USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned in the U.S. Navy with service in four conflicts.

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Us USNavy has carved out a victory on the Mediterranean horizon!

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🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 La ha logrado, por primera vez, repostar un avión de alerta temprana E-2D Advanced Hawkeye desde un avión de reabastecimiento no tripulado MQ-25. Un nuevo hito tras lograr hacer la propio en junio con un Súper Hornet.

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Another nice restoration effort just released by The Regulator - here, USS Franklin's legendary ordeal off Japan in color. Click below to watch!
https://t.co/AwPBIkHxE6

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To the moms of our Sailors. To our Sailor moms actively serving in the To every mom. Happy Thank you for all you do!

Tag your favorite mom in the comments below!💐 💕

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destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) was doing some "fishing" while shadowing the aircraft carrier Liaoning near 😀

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Some love for the Pre-Treaty for Fine, Omahas were what they were, but can we imagine WW2 & PTO without flush deck DDs (& their conversions), S-Boats or even Vireo around?😬
Well, we can't speak for others, but we sure can't!😘

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Air Test & Evaluation Squadron (VX-23) "Salty Dogs" - Operating over the Atlantic Test Range, out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River since 1995

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Great art isn't always on display in fancy-pants museums. RG Smith's paintings of The Battle of Midway. Greatest naval victory in the history of the world. Sweeeeeet paintings.

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submarine cutaway SDV Mk.9 of SEALs. The 9-boat was unlike anything else in SEALs /UDT history

Info at https://t.co/9GpLMbk4Ql

PS. I have no idea which day of the week it is.

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