by Mark LoProto | Jun 9, 2018 | Other Ships, Pacific Theater
When armed conflict takes place on land, medics can rush to a wounded soldier’s aid, and transport him to a field hospital if necessary. When the fighting is primarily on the open ocean, providing medical treatment to the injured can be far more complicated....
by Mark LoProto | May 3, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Other Ships
On September 17, 1918, the USS Avocet was commissioned as a Lapwing-class minesweeper with the hull designation (AM-19). For seven years, she maintained this designation, sailing under the command of Lieutenant Christian Crone. In that seven-year span, Avocet took...
by Jerry Peterson | Mar 19, 2018 | Learning Pearl Harbor, Other Ships
The classifications of navy ships don’t require much explanation. Battleships are vessels designed specifically for battle. Aircraft carriers transport airplanes across the ocean. Destroyers, like battleships, were intended specifically for combat. So it...
by Mark LoProto | Feb 23, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Other Ships
The attack on Pearl Harbor that unfolded on December 7, 1941 left the United States reeling. More than 2,400 lives were lost, and massive damage was inflicted on the ships in the harbor and hundreds of aircraft at bases across Oahu. It was an attack intended to...
by Mark LoProto | Jan 23, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Other Ships
In the early morning hours of December 7, 1941, a quiet Sunday in Hawaii, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Tiger was patrolling the waters just outside the naval base at Pearl Harbor. Expecting nothing but peace and calm throughout the day, the Tiger’s crew went...
by Mark LoProto | Dec 18, 2017 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Other Ships, Pacific Theater
Stretching 463 miles, cutting through Oklahoma and Kansas, is the Neosho River. Dozens of towns call the banks of the Neosho home, but it’s an otherwise unremarkable waterway in the heart of the United States. What makes the Neosho memorable, however, are the ships of...
