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 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 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 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 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; […]

Sea Fury: Australian War Memorial The RAN Hawker Sea Fury Mk11, airframe number VW232, side number 109, on display in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, has an interesting history. Although […]

National Museum, Canberra The National Museum’s architecture is outstanding. It was with some trepidation that this reviewer recently joined the half million or so annual visitors to the National Museum of […]