USS Arizona Sailor Louis Conter Dies At 102
The last remaining sailor of the USS Arizona, which sank during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at the age of 102. Louis Conter passed away “peacefully” on Monday at his home in California “surrounded by his family,” according to Louis Conter’s Facebook post, the veteran’s daughter LouAnn Dailey said. Ta. Pacific Historical […]
Lou Conter, last living Pearl Harbor survivor aboard USS Arizona, dead at 102
Lou Conter, the last survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack who was aboard the USS Arizona when it exploded and sank, died Monday. He was 102 years old. On December 7, 1941, as a quartermaster, Conter was on the ship’s main deck when Japanese planes passed over and began attacking the Hawaiian naval base. Contour’s […]
Historic USS New Jersey en route to Philadelphia for repairs
The famous battleship was floating down the Delaware River Thursday as the USS New Jersey left a dock in Camden, New Jersey, on its way to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for extensive maintenance work. The ship, guided by tugboats, will head first to Paulsboro Marine Terminal, where it will be balanced for dry docking before […]
USS New Jersey to leave port for first time in 24 years, big guns will fire salute: ‘I love this ship’
Ken Kirsch speaks of the USS New Jersey as if it were a warm old friend rather than a cold, steel military piece of equipment. “I love this ship,” said Kirsch, who served in the U.S. Navy for four years (1966-70). “It’s the best ship I’ve ever been on. She’s been a part of my […]
US’s first large offshore wind farm officially opens in New York with more to come
America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm has officially opened, marking a long-awaited moment that paves the way for a series of large-scale wind farms. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and utility company Eversource have built a 12-turbine wind farm called South Fork Wind 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Montauk Point, New York. New York […]
New US Navy supercarrier USS John F. Kennedy catapults 80,000-pound vehicles into river to test aircraft launch system
Wild video shows wheeled vehicles weighing up to 80,000 pounds each being dropped into the Virginia River from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s new supercarrier USS John F. Kennedy to test the ship’s aircraft launch system is shown. An exciting video, Shipbuilding company Hunting Ingalls Industries launches Last week, an orange car-like vehicle […]
Reporter’s Notebook: Aboard the USS Dwight D Eisenhower in the Red Sea: ‘Constant self-defense’
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After months fighting Houthis on the USS Eisenhower, sailors face a new kind of sea threat
The crews of the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent four straight months at sea defending against ballistic missiles and flying attack drones launched by the Iranian-backed Houthis. It now regularly defends against a new threat: high-speed unmanned attacks. Ships being fired at them through the water. The Houthis have […]
USS Carney shoots down anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled area of Yemen, 3 Iranian UAVs
In a series of incidents over several hours, the United States successfully shot down a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, destroyed three Iranian drones near a U.S. warship, and destroyed a Houthi ground control station, according to U.S. Central Command. and destroyed additional Houthi drones. Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship ballistic missile at around […]
USS Carney intercepts missile attack from Yemen’s Houthis
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