Warship Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024: Moscow on the Hudson
When World War II started, the U.S. Navy was up to the proverbial frozen creek as far as icebreaking went. After evaluating Soviet and Swedish icebreakers, the U.S. began work on the Wind-class, the first U.S. ships designed and built specifically as icebreakers.![laststandonzombieisland.com](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Flaststandonzombieisland.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F02%2Foperation-deep-freeze-1965-50-crewmembers-uss-staten-island-haul-damaged-lh-34d-helicopter-three-miles-to-the-ship.jpg&hash=50dc977b1834bc79fd7473e6354443da&return_error=1)
Warship Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024: Moscow on the Hudson
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their o…
USS Staten Island (AGB-5)
USCGC Eastwind, circa 1944.
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Warship Wednesday, August 4, 2021: The Grand Old Lady of the North
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their o…
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