#U.S.N.

[disneybooklist]

#Disney #1966 #60s #Poll #Movies #The ugly Dachshund #Winnie the Pooh and the honey tree #I know that's a short but I'm counting it as iconic anyways #lt robin crusoe u.s.n. #The Fighting Prince of Donegal #Follow me boys #The legend of young dick turpin #Ballerina #The 101 problems of Hercules

[postercollector1975]

LT. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

Lobby Cards

1966 Walt Disney Productions

#poster collector 1975 #lt. robin crusoe u.s.n. #movie poster #promotional posters #lobby card #theatrical poster #walt disney productions

[76historylover]

Shell guns and some of the first ironclads ever produced!

#crapsarahposts #crapsarahsays #history #historyblr #Russian history #French history #British history #Turkish history #crimean war #ironclads #ironclad ships #sailing history #from the sea eagle the civil war memoir of lt. cdr. william b. cushing u.s.n. edited by aldren r. Carter #Russia #France #turkey #Britain

[fuckyeahnancykwan]

Nancy Kwan on the set of Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)

#nancy kwan #1960s #Lt Robin Crusoe USN

[ltwilliammowett]

Naval dirk, owned by Lt. G. Budd U.S.N., 1814-1820

The specification of Budd’s rank as Lieutenant would be appropriate for the period of 1814-1820. The dirk, as is usually the case, is unmarked and may date earlier. A native of Bush Town, Harford County, Maryland, George Budd was appointed Midshipman in the U.S. Navy 22 November 1805. In June 1813 he was the senior surviving officer of the U.S.S. Chesapeake after its disastrous encounter with H.M.S. Shannon. Budd made Lieutenant 23 May 1814. In addition to his service on the Chesapeake, in 1814 he was on the Sloop of War Ontario. Detached to command Fort Look-out at Fells Point, Maryland, he helped save Baltimore by repelling a British sea-borne attack of twenty barges with troops on the morning of 14 September 1814. He later served on the U.S. Frigate Java, was promoted Master Commandant 28 March 1820, and commanded the navy post at Erie in 1825. He died in Boston 3 September 1837.

#naval weapons #dirk #lieutenant budd #us navy #napoleonic wars #war of 1812 #age of sail

[lonestarbattleship]

USS Oregon (BB-3) served as flagship of President Woodrow Wilson for his review of the Pacific Fleet in Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington.

The men standing next to the President is Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Captain Ivan O. Mettengel, CO of USS Oregon. "Oregon was used as the flagship of the fleet review and this was the first time a president had flown his flag in Seattle. Before arriving on USS Oregon the launch that the president was in, nearly capsized and then collided with a U.S. Navy whaleboat when casting off from the pier, none of the president's party were injured."

Photographed on September 12, 1919.

UWL: 40301

Photos from the collection of Electrician 1st Class James Cornelius, U.S.N.: link

#USS Oregon (BB-3) #USS Oregon #Indiana Class #Battleship #predreadnought #warship #ship #flagship #September #1919 #Seattle #Washington #west coast #interwar period #naval review #review #united states navy #us navy #navy #usn #u.s. navy #my post

[oldshowbiz]

The Dick Van Dyke movie Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966) premiered on an aircraft carrier.

#dick van dyke #san diego #navy

[pinturas-sgm-aviacion]

1942 04 18 Early launch - James Dietz

Doolittle's RaidersOne of the most daring aviation exploits of the Second World War took place on the 18th of April 1942. Led by Lt. Colonel James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, sixteen Army B-25s took off from the crowded deck of the U.S.S. Hornet and headed for their targets in Japan.This guts-and-glory mission was the culmination of four months of planning, hard work and training for the 90 volunteer crewmembers that would fly the extremely dangerous mission. It was designed not just to strike at the heart of Japan, but to bolster the sagging morale of the United States in the dark early months of World War II. It would also force Japan to reconsider its defense of the empire and lead its military into its first strategic mistake, the decision to take Midway.Assisted by Naval experts, principally Lt. Henry Miller, the "Army Crows," as they were called, started practicing carrier deck take-offs in March 1942, with their medium bombers at Elgin Field in Florida. They would need all the practice they could get. It would be the first time such large bombers would be launched from a Navy carrier on a combat mission. By the end of the month, they were ready and flew cross-country to hook up with the Navy task force waiting for them in Alameda, California.On April 1, the aircraft carried U.S.S. Hornet had been loaded with the bombers and set sail from its berth to meet the rest of its task force in the Pacific. During the next tension-filled days its proceeded to the desired launch site for the Army bombers, and for the next seventeen days, the task force sailed deep into the Japanese controlled waters.The bombers were to be launched late in the day on the 18th, close enough to Japan that they could continue east and conduct emergency landings on makeshift airfields set up for them in China. Unfortunately fate had other plans.A Japanese picket vessel sighted the task force at 7:38 a.m. Although this ship was eventually sunk by Navy gunfire, it was decided to quickly launch the Army Raiders and get the carrier task force out of harm's way, even though they were well short of their desired launch point.The B-25s had been "spotted" on the stern of the Hornet, to give them the longest possible distance for the deck launch. Frantic last minute preparations were made including additions to armament, topping off gasoline tanks and giving out extra fuel cans in hopes of making up for the additional distance they would have to fly. Navigators reviewed their maps to make the necessary adjustments in their flight plans, while pilots and co-pilots worried about their first actual carried takeoff with fully loaded B-25s.In Early Launch, Colonel Doolittle and his co-pilot, Lieutenant Richard E. Cole, who were to be the first to take off, discuss last minute instructions with Lieutenant (U.S.N.) Edgar Osborne, who was to be Launch Officer for the take-off. Other Army personnel scramble to their planes while Navy deckhands man their assigned positions for launch.All the aircraft were successfully launched off the pitching deck of the Hornet and, despite some opposition in route, reached their targets. The Japanese cities of Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe were completely surprised by the sting of U.S. air power. The entire empire of Japan was shocked by the first of what was to become many U.S. bomber raids over its cities.The B-25s continued southeast to China where, late at night, the crews bailed out of the aircraft that were nearly out of gas. Two crews were captured by the Japanese and made to endure torture, imprisonment and death at the hands of their captors. One crew was interned in Russia, but the other crews, with heroic help from the Chinese, eventually found their way to Chungking. From there they were flown out of China and back to the United States.Many details of the raid had to be kept secret from the American people. Roosevelt even quipped that the bombers had been launched from Shangri-La, the mythical kingdom in Last Horizons. But news of the first bombing raid on Japan, even with minimal damage, was a tonic to all Americans, who were just getting over the shock and humiliation of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent losses all over the Pacific. It was as it to signal the changing tide. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, "It was not the Beginning of the End, but perhaps the End of the Beginning."

#james dietz

[todaysdocument]

Happy New Year! 

The USS Coconino County left Vietnam on January 1, 1968. The new year was commemorated with a poem in their logbook, a tradition that reached its height during the Vietnam War. 

Record Group 24: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel

Series: Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations

Transcription:

NAVPERS 3100/2 (1-66)

(Formerly NAVPERS 719)

DECK LOG--REMARKS SHEET

S/N-0105-404-1560

USS COCONINO COUNTY (LST-603) ZONE DESCRIPTION -8H DATE MONDAY 1 JANUARY, 1968

AT/["PASSAGE FROM" crossed out] DANANG, RVN ["TO" crossed out]

POSITION ZONE TIME

0800

L 16-06.1 N BY 2,3

λ 107-39.6 E BY 2,3

POSITION ZONE TIME

1200

L 16-36.7N BY 2,4

λ 107-39.6E BY 2,4

POSITION ZONE TIME

2000

L 16-59.4N BY 2,4

λ 108-20.9E BY 2,4

LEGEND: 1- CELESTIAL

2- ELECTRONIC

3- VISUAL

4- D.R.

REMARKS

00-04

ANCHORED IN TIEN SHA COVE, DANANG, R.V.N.

OUR LAST DAY IN VIETNAM HAS JUST COME TO AN END.

IN A SHORT TIME WE'LL HEAVE AROUND AND GET UNDERWAY

FOR A VACATION IN HONG KONG AND THEN SUBIC BAY

WE'RE SWINGING ON THE STERN HOOK ABOVE THE MUD AND THE MIRE

IN TWENTY FEET OF WATER, ON TWO HUNDRED FEET OF WIRE.

TWO-FIVE-FIVE, THREE-ONE-FOUR, AND TWO-EIGHT-NINE BEAR,

THE JETTY LIGHT, OBSERVATORY POINT AND DEEP WATER PIER.

AS I STAND ON THE BRIDGE, THE NIGHT AIR IS PLEASANT

BUT I CAN'T THINK OF A WAY TO LIST THE SHIPS PRESENT.

THE HARBOR IS LARGE, THE DARKNESS COMPLETE

SO I THINK I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AS VARIOUS UNITS--PACFLEET.

THE CREW IS ASLEEP WITH ALL HANDS ABOARD

THERE'S NO LIBERTY CALL WHEN YOU'RE FIGHTING A WAR.

CONDITION THREE WATCHES AND YOKE HAVE BEEN SET,

AND A PICKET BOAT CIRCLES TO COUNTER A THREAT.

AS THE OLD YEAR DEPARTS, AND THE NEW ONE COMES IN,

LET US HOPE THAT THE VC DON'T GO FOR A SWIM

FOR THE MIDWATCH ON NEW YEAR'S IS A ROUGH ENOUGH TIME

WITHOUT TRYING TO PUT A G.Q. INTO RHYME.

[signature] D.E.Eckstorm

D.E.ECKSTORM, LTJG, USN

04-08 ANCHORED AS BEFORE. 0520 COMMENCED PREPARATIONS FOR GETTING UNDERWAY. STATIONED THE SPECIAL SEA DETAIL. 0529 STARTED MAIN ENGINES. 0537 RAISED LCVP NO. 2. 06-04 COMPLETED PREPARATIONS FOR GETTING UNDERWAY. DRAFT: FORWARD, 5FT. 9IN, AFT 13FT. 6 IN. OOD CONNING, CAPTAIN AND NAVIGATOR ON THE BRIDGE. 0605 UNDERWAY ["IN ACCORDANCE WITH" crossed out; initialed "DEE"] INDEPENDENTLY ENROUTE FROM DANANG, RVN. TO HONG KONG, B.C.C. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CINPACFLT QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SCHEDULE 3-68. 0607 MANEUVERING TO CLEAR THE ANCHORAGE. 0609 COMMENCED STEERING VARIOUS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS TO CONFORM TO DANANG HARBOR CHANNEL. 0635 WITH TIEN SHA LIGHT BEARING 116° RANGE 2800 YDS. TOOK DEPARTURE FOR HONG KONG, B.C.C. 0636 SECURED THE SPECIAL SEA DETAIL. SET COURSE 018°, SPEED 11.QFTS. 0713 c/c TO 306°.

[signature] CBHeller

C.B. HELLER, LTJG, USNR

EXAMINED

[signature] P.E. Bailey

P. E. BAILEY, LT USN U.S.N. NAVIGATOR

TO BE FORWARDED TO THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL AT THE END OF EACH MONTH

#archivesgov #January 1 #1968 #1960s #Vietnam #Vietnam War #U.S. Navy #USN #poetry #New Year #New Year's Day

[metmuseum]

Chicago, U.S.N., from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes. 1895. Credit line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/418868

#aesthetic #art #abstract art #art museum #art history #The Metropolitan Museum of Art #museum #museum photography #museum aesthetic #dark academia

[warehouse-staff-blog]

Lot 4091 USN SKIVVY SHIRTS 【2023 S/S & MID SUMMER】

こんにちは 名古屋店 コジャです。

春夏・盛夏のSKIVVY T-SHIRTSが入荷しました。

. . .

WAREHOUSE & CO. Lot 4091 USN SKIVVY SHIRTS USN ＼6.930-(with tax)

プリント、見えてますか？笑

ネイビー以外は今までにないくらいの薄っすらステンシルプリント。

炙ったら出てきた感。

よく見るとプリント物という。 無地でもなく無地っぽくもあり。

"USN"自体は聞き馴染みがありますが、 掠れた上に薄いのが最大のポイント。

NVYボディーのプリントもこのボディならではで良い雰囲気です。

. . .

WAREHOUSE & CO. Lot 4091 USN SKIVVY SHIRTS SAM BURKS ＼7.260-(with tax)

バックプリントのステンシルスター（←勝手に呼んでいるだけですので(^_^;)）。

バックネック付近にちょこんと入るお星様。 小さくとも星を見かけるとグッと惹かれます。

さり気ない最高の味付けがセンス爆発してますねぇ。

フロント胸元の小振りなステンシルも◎

. . .

WAREHOUSE & CO. Lot 4091 USN SKIVVY SHIRTS S.H.S. ＼6.930-(with tax)

「S.H.S.」は過去にも異なるプリントでリリースしたことがありますが、 その時も【NAVY】関連だったのでこちらもそれにあたるかと思います。

このボディーへのステンシルプリント、 更に【海軍】関連となると相乗効果で雰囲気マシマシですねぇ。

. . .

WAREHOUSE & CO. Lot 4091 USN SKIVVY SHIRTS U.S.N.88 ＼6.930-(with tax)

こちらも【U.S.NAVY】のプリント。

両面ステンシルで、 フロント左胸にワンポイントで[U.S.N.]。

バックプリントは潜水艦から放たれる魚雷のように感じますが、 皆様はどのように捉えましたか？

. . .

全てステンシルプリント。

スキブTEE（SKIVVY）、 所謂、海軍の肌着のこのボディに落とし込むステンシルプリントは相性抜群。

サイズ感は身幅にゆとりのあるパターンですが、名古屋店スタッフはいつものサイズ選びをオススメしております。

☆のプリントに目の無い私はやはり「SAM BARKS」推し。

179cm,69kg SIZE:42(NON WASH)

髙木はSKIVVYが気になるようで、 どのプリントにするか迷っています。

173cm,60kg SIZE:40(NON WASH)

髙木が何を選んだか答えを知りたい方は是非名古屋店へ～。

皆様はどれに反応しましたか？ 是非店頭でも御覧になって下さい。

では失礼致します。

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[disneybooklist]

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N (1966)

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719)

#This is the only book I. This project that I could just not bring myself to finish #The movie wouldn't be any good either without dick van dyke to carry the whole thing #Lt Robin Crusoe u.s.n. #Disney #1966 #Robinson Crusoe #Daniel Defoe #1719

[barbariankingdom]

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) near Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1981. (PH2 Vick, U.S.N.)

[fweebie]

He Didn’t Tell You?![Part 1]

Summery: America sailed to Guam, expecting a battle. Little did America know that Spain forgotten to tell the Island, or that the island was a child.

Genre: Historical

historical event: America capturing Guam

A/N: Hopefully this is accurate enough! I got the imformation on wikipedia. i’ll edit it if it’s not!

—————————————————————

-June 20,1898-

“Upon the receipt of this order, which is forwarded by the steamship 'City of Pekin' to you at Honolulu, you will proceed, with the 'Charleston' and the 'City of Pekin' in company, to Manila, Philippine Islands. On your way, you are hereby directed to stop at the Spanish Island of Guam. You will use such force as may be necessary to capture the port of Guam, making prisoners of the governor and other officials and any armed force that may be there. You will also destroy any fortifications on said island and any Spanish naval vessels that may be there, or in the immediate vicinity. These operations at the Island of Guam should be very brief, and should not occupy more than one or two days. Should you find any coal at the Island of Guam, you will make such use of it as you consider desirable. It is left to your discretion whether or not you destroy it. From the Island of Guam, proceed to Manila and report to Rear-Admiral George Dewey, U.S.N., for duty in the squadron under his command.”

Those were the orders that America and Captain Henry Glass received. The men of the were excited about this operation, many scouring through the many books in the ship’s library to learn all they can about the island, America being one of them. The American heard Philippines talk about his little sister here and there, so America can’t wait to put a face to the name.

It’s a shame he might fight such a small place, it doesn’t seem something a hero would do. Not to mention Philippines might not be an ally anymore if he heard that his sister was hurt. But the warnings from T.A Hallet made the men on the USS Charleston expecting a fight the moment they land. It seems Spain really cares about Guam if he heavily fortified the place with man of wars and guns.

America’s attention was snagged away from a chart he was looking at when he heard Captain Glass call for him. They made it! The place looked beautiful! As they made their way to shore,somethings off. Where are the Man Of Wars they were warned about? The only ship he saw was one of Japan’s ships on the shore, lame! Huh...Locals are gathering on the beach..

OH SHIT! LOCALS ARE GATHERING ON THE BEACH! 

AND SOME OF THEM LOOK IMPORTANT!

As they landed, the locals watched curiously as they aimed their guns at an old Spanish fortress. As the men of the USS Charleston fired 13 rounds, Don Francisco Gutierrez and Don Jose Romero looked at Captain Pedro Duarte Andurra as he shrugged his shoulder, just as confused at the situation. “They must be saluting the fort.” Captain Pedro said, nonchalant. He turned to his comrades and sent out a messenger to Agana to request for artillery to return salut.

the Spanish officials along with two locals and a merchant sailed up to the crew to welcome them. When the Men boarded the ship, Captain Henry Glass informed the group of men of the war between America and Spain. The Spanish officials were surprised when they heard of this and that they’re now prisoners of war. 

“What do you mean that Spain hasn’t sent anything about the war?!” America asked. Oh boy, America and crew weren’t prepared for this.

#historical hetalia #hws america #hws guam #alfred f jones #hetalia america #hetalia OC #hetalia #hetalia world stars

[midimann]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Nautica Jeans Co Mens XL Hoodie Coast Guard Blue Windbreaker Zip U.S.N. Logo.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 1.13 (after 1940)

1942 – Henry Ford patents a soybean car, which is 30% lighter than a regular car. 1942 – World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter. 1950 – British submarine HMS Truculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men. 1950 – Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. 1951 – First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins. 1953 – An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership. 1958 – The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera. 1963 – Coup d'état in Togo results in the assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio. 1964 – Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, in response to anti-Hindu riots in East Pakistan. About one hundred people are killed. 1964 – In Manchester, New Hampshire, fourteen-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment case Coolidge v. New Hampshire (1971). 1966 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison. 1972 – Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. 1977 – Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045, a Douglas DC-8 jet, crashes onto the runway during takeoff from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, killing five. 1978 – United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors. 1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. 1985 – A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa. 1986 – A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties. 1988 – Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China. 1990 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as Governor of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. 1991 – Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1,000 others. 1993 – Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center. 1993 – The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed. 1993 – Operation Southern Watch: U.S.A.F., U.S.N., R.A.F. and French Air Force jets attack AAA and SAM sites in Southern Iraq. 1998 – Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia. 2000 – A Short 360 aircraft chartered by the Sirte Oil Company crashes off the coast of Brega, Libya, killing 21. 2001 – An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800. 2012 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths. 2018 – A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state. 2020 – The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China. 2021 – Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior.

#Events