WWII carrier wreckage’s resting place
The wreckage site of a World War II U.S. Navy escort carrier was identified July 10 by the Naval History and Heritage Command’s Underwater...
The first dismantling of a nuclear carrier
For more than a decade, the US Navy has considered the former Enterprise (CVN-65) no longer operational. In fact, since 2018, the 1,101-foot behemoth...
History-Making US oceanographer dies
Captain Don Walsh USN, best known for his daring dive to the deepest spot on Earth, nearly 36,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, died...
Admiral Sir Victor Smith: a biography
The Australian Dictionary of Biography has just published the biography of Admiral Sir Victor Smith by ANI Councillor Desmond Woods. It is reproduced below.
Sir...
The lost ships and men of the Navy
By Tom Lewis*
An oft-repeated suggestion concerning Australia’s military history is that there is only one remaining warship not yet located of those sunk in...
The WWII tunnels under Garden Island
labyrinth of World War II tunnels under Garden Island appears as ready today as it was when first excavated in a hurry more than...
Albatross celebrates 75 years
Nowra locals and dignitaries recently gathered to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the commissioning of the Navy’s only air station and largest operational base,...
N Korean action: captured US crew reunite
The crew of the Navy intelligence ship Pueblo reunited on 14 September 2023 in San Diego to commemorate 55 years since North Korea captured...
WWII wrecks polluting 89 years on
Lukeson Chekani recalls seeing an inky-black mass spreading across the ocean. It was late last year when a magnitude-7.0 earthquake had just struck his...
Rickover and the Navy’s nuclear option
4 August 2023 was the 75th anniversary of the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a joint Department of Navy and Department of Energy organisation...