The shipyard where USS New Jersey (BB 62) is dry docked announced today that 58 employees will be let go.

Battleship New Jersey #BB62 #USSNewJersey

Philadelphia men sweeping the main deck of USS Washington (BB 56) while she’s at Philly NY prepping for Op Magic Carpet to England. October 18, 1945

(Left to right) Joseph Galante, Nick Lademarco, Andrew Oberton, John Hagerty

George D. McDowell Collection
#BB56 #USSWashington

USS Missouri (BB 63) training and elevating her 16”/50 Mark 7 main guns in 1950

428-NPC-13530 #BB63 #USSMissouri

Captain Howard Benson (center), commanding officer of USS Washington (BB 56), introduces his guests, King George VI and Admiral Harold Stark, to the ship's galley, 7 June, 1942 Scapa Flow, UK

#BB56 #USSWashington

We are excited to announce that we now offer dry dock tours with YouTuber and historian Drachinifel (pictured right with Curator Ryan Szimanski left) as a tour guide on May 25 and May 26! Tickets available here: 63691.blackbaudhosting.com/63691/Dry-Dock…

RichShips This Naval Architect, seeing it as too short to have a hydrodynamic function, suggest that it is to extend the keel block support for drydocking.

USS North Carolina (BB 55) August 1941 blueprints show what I believe is the centerline keel 'skeg'. This is in relation to Ryan Szimanski's recent YT video showing the same centerline skeg on #BB62 and an often missed feature of #scalemodeling for Iowa Class models

This is

Anyone have restaurant recommendations in Carmel/Monterey/Santa Cruz/Big Sur ?

Flying in to San Jose Intl before driving to Carmel By The Sea for the week

Does anyone know if the Norhh th Carolina class battleships had the same centerline keel “skeg”, Specifically USS Washington (BB 56)?

Shown in this recent video on the Iowa Class battleships by Ryan of Battleship New Jersey

I’m inclined to say yes

youtu.be/-HiCxIiPcBk?si…

Any naval history places to visit around Carmel and Monterey California?

Visiting this week and looking for recommendations

This photo series of TG 38.3 arriving to Ulithi is commonly dated as December 12, 1944 however TG 38.3 (listed below) departed Ulithi on December 11, 1944

Based on war diaries these are likely of an earlier Ulithi arrival on December 2, 1944

Taken from USS Essex (CV 9) it shows

Two new books with seas stories of USS North Carolina (BB 55)

Finally reading non-technical books on #BB55 . Always good snippets in personal stories

Left: Capt. Ben Blee, USN, Ret. (WWII crewmember)
Right: Cindy H. Ramsey

a.co/d/eTbMZ8b #USSNorthCarolina

Is there a plan to digitize many of the blueprints and manuals on the Battleship North Carolina Research page of the website? Is there a way to see what has been added lately?

So many great pieces but yet to be digitized. Battleship NC

Some day I’ll get to visit and take a

On June 28th, 1943, during the height of WWII, Commandant of 5th Naval District, RADM Herbert Leary, wanted answers

WHERE IS THE BEER?

5th Naval District - almost all commands in Virginia, WV, Maryland incl. NOB Norfolk, Norfolk Navy Yard, Newport News Shipbuilding

6/28 was a

USS Missouri (BB 63) looking towards the bow from the top of the conning tower and fire control tower.

Caption says New York Navy Yard, which is true, but it's the dry dock in Bayonne, NJ - technically an Annex of NYNY at the time - July 23 1944

#BB63 #USSMissouri

Mark 37 gun director being hoisted aboard USS Missouri (BB 63) at New York Navy Yard - circa Jan 1944

#BB63 #USSMissouri

Anyone know what BK, BN, BL, FD, FC, and other radar acronyms translate to in Mark / Mod numbers?

USS North Carolina (BB55) in Pearl Harbor in April 1943. PH War Diary