Tag Archives: navy

Battery of the Battleship USS California

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The shining 14-inch 50-caliber main guns, “sentinels of security,” form the forward main battery of the USS California (BB-44). The USS California was sunk on Battleship Row in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, but the ship was … Continue reading →

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Lubbers Don’t Live

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The U.S. Navy had their own series of training posters called “Lubbers Don’t Live”. This poster stars Whistlin’ Joe who goes overboard with a swish.   Oh heed the fate of Whistlin’ Joe! // Forgot the life lines were so … Continue reading →

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Saga of a Tanker

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Saga of a Tanker Torpedoed by an Axis submarine, this U.S. tanker became a raging inferno–but crew members fighting heroically quelled the flames and the tanker was towed to port by a U.S. Naval ship. Because her men refused to … Continue reading →

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Guardians of the Sky

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Guardians of the Sky” article from C.I.C. (Combat Information Center), U.S. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Vol. I, No. 6, August 1944. Guardians of the Sky

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PBY Catalina Anchor

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Crew instructions for use of the anchor on the Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat from Pilot’s Handbook of Flight Operating Instructions, Navy Model PBY-5A Airplanes, U.S. Army Air Forces, August 1945. ANCHOR. (1) TO CAST ANCHOR.   (a) Fit float … Continue reading →

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Sure, You Can See the Skipper

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Source: U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, (“All Hands Magazine”), October 1944.  

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War Record of the SBD

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The story of the SBD Dauntless dive bomber in the Pacific from Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, (“All Hands Magazine”), September 1944. War Record of the SBD Dauntless Divebomber, Giving Way to Harder-Hitting Successor, Was Spearhead of Our Attacks … Continue reading →

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Retro-Camouflage

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

An E/A-6B Prowler and E/A-18G Growler of Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ 129 photographed at NAS North Island near San Diego. The aircraft are painted in three-tone camouflage paint schemes honoring U.S. Navy combat aircraft that fought in the Battle of the … Continue reading →

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When to Salute

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Navy version of “When to Salute” from Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, January 1944. Left to Right, Top to Bottom: ENLISTED MEN SALUTE OFFICERS AND JUNIOR OFFICERS SALUTE SENIOR WHEN MEETING, PASSING NEAR, WHEN ADDRESSING, OR BEING ADDRESSED; … Continue reading →

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LST Off Cape Gloucester

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Source: Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, February 1944.  

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