USS Hornet CV-12
USS Hornet CV-12 The West Coast’s USS Hornet, like Intrepid in New York, Yorktown in Charleston and Lexington in Corpus Christi, is one of the 22 WW II-built Essex class […]
Author: Geoffrey Cole
Born 1945, joined RANC 1961, graduated 1964. Trained as a Supply Officer and retired in 2000.
USS Lexington CV-16
USS Lexington CV-16 The USS Lexington is a WW II Essex class carrier first commissioned in February, 1943 . She is now rests as a museum at 2914 North Shoreline […]
USS Yorktown CV-10
USS Yorktown CV-10 The USS Yorktown was an Essex class carrier first commissioned on 15 April 1943. This “Fighting Lady”, of novel and movie fame, was the second of her […]
USS Intrepid CV-11
USS Intrepid CV-11 In 2006, Intrepid was taken to Bayonne, New Jersey, for an extended refit that included hull maintenance and repainting but reported back for museum duty in November […]
USS Midway CV-41
USS Midway CV-41 USS Midway museum is in downtown San Diego. Australians tend to flog off their old aircraft carriers for scrap. Americans turn them into museums. Who is right? […]
USS Wisconsin BB-64
USS Wisconsin BB-64 American battleship museums or memorials may be found in Utah BB-31, Arizona BB-39 and Missouri BB-63, all in Pearl Harbour; BB35 Texas BB-35 in San Jacinto, TX; […]
805 Squadron, RAN
805 Squadron In a moving ceremony hosted by the Maritime Commander Australia, RADM Geoff Smith AM RAN, and attended by the Chief of Navy VADM David Shackleton AO RAN, 805 […]
Angled Deck origins
Origins of the Angled Deck by Digger Bourke The sketch of the proposed US Navy flush deck super carrier in the Naval Officers Club Newsletter 59 of l December, 2004, revived […]
TARCAP in Korea
A TARCAP with Belfast During the Korean War, HMAS Sydney supplied spotter aircraft for TARCAP (Naval Gunfire Support, shore bombardment). Early one day Belfast reported unfriendly fire from the Chinnampo […]
RAN Helicopters
RAN Helicopters by Anthony HaighThis essay was a distinguished entry in the 2002 Naval Officers Club Literary Prize competition. Considering the relatively short time it has been around, the development of […]