I know that 5"/38 cal gun mounts are always referred to as Mounts but I was reading a book about the naval battles at Guadalcanal and the author...
I think that the underway replenishment ships deserve greater credit for the work they did in keeping the combat vessels on the line. Their work...
What does BLA mean?
Why was the Messerschmitt Bf 110 a failure as a fighter while the similar (sort of) P-38 Lightning a success?
Kaiser had four shipyards in Richmond. I don't know how many building ways there were. These yards produced 787 ships during the war. My Father...
After my Father's two years as an Armed Guard gunnery officer in the Atlantic he was given shore duty in San Francisco. One of his jobs was to...
A quote from my Father's WW II diary. He was an Armed Guard gunnery officer. The picture is him with the stern 4"/50 caliber stern gun on the...
Gunnery Officer on a destroyer escort North Atlantic
One often hears that the P51 was the best fighter of WWII. But how would the Corsair and Hellcat compare to the Mustang and other USAAF pursuit...
How would the Hellcat and the Corsair have fared in Europe? How do they compare against contemporary American and German fighters?
The picture by my forum name shows my father standing in front of the same model 4" gun [4"/50 caliber, I think] that the Hopkins carried. The...
Today, September 27, is the 68th anniversary of the of the fight between the SS Stephen Hopkins and the German Auxiliary Cruiser Stier off the...
Reading Geirr Haarr's The Battle for Norway. Also read his first book on this topic The German Invasion of Norway. I have never before seen a...
I see in the news that a New Bedford, Mass. fishing boat hauled up some mustard gas shells. They were in an area, the news said, used to dump...
My father was an Armed Guard gunnery officer in 1942-1944 (that's his picture by my name). Remember the old coke bottles had the city name of the...
I just received my Father's "Notice of Seperation From the U.S.Navy" dated 13 October 1945, and I need some info. His rank is given as "Lieut.,...
I was reading" Armored Thunderbolt- the US Army Sherman in World War II" by Steven Zaloga and I came across this interesting statement that he...
Thanks for the info. My uncle never talked much about his experiences. But he did tell me that the Springfield 03-A3 he was issued had no...
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Am I correct in assuming that these Special NCB's were stevedoring battalions? My uncle Stan Anderson was an SK 2/c in this unit. Does anyone know...