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Run Silent, Run Deep

By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Wednesday, July 08, 2026 - 04:09 pm: Edit

Which was, if I recall correctly, one of the inspirations for Balance of Terror.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 08, 2026 - 04:10 pm: Edit

Balance of Terror is a clone of Enemy Below, not much to do with Run Silent, Run Deep.

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Wednesday, July 08, 2026 - 10:53 pm: Edit

If you are looking for something a little different, you might try the movie “Battle Circus” Humphrey Bogart, June Allison and Keenan Wyn 1950’s B/W set during the Korean War.

MASH #8666.
(There is a colorized version, but I haven’t seen it yet.)

The love story is dated, but a lot of action scenes, both combat and set up/teardown of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital several times. Also extensive scenes of helicopter activity, personnel transfer, scouting and wounded soldiers evacuations under fire.

Even a few scenes that made it in to the tv sitcom MASH years later.

Worth a look even if it doesn’t rate a top ten list slot.

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Wednesday, July 08, 2026 - 11:02 pm: Edit

Noted:

I just checked, Iran does not have the ability to load liquified natural gas on to tankers, it apparently requires refrigeration equipment that Iran couldnt get due to sanctions.

Gasoline and natural gas are exported by pipelines through neighboring countries, Turkey being a significant portion of the exports via pipelines… though I found conflicting numbers of the amounts exported. (Could be a translation issue…)

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Saturday, July 11, 2026 - 08:55 am: Edit

For those people in Massachusetts today, Sail Boston parade of tall ships is happening.

Per google:” The Sail Boston 2026 Parade of Sail is the massive opening event for the tall ships festival. The parade runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Boston Harbor.

It features the famous USS Constitution leading a giant fleet of ships from Broad Sound into the inner harbor.Over 50 international tall ships and military vessels participate in the celebration.

Notable vessels in the lineup include:Amerigo Vespucci (Italy)
ARA Libertad (Argentina)
Sagres (Portugal)
Gorch Fock (Germany)
Dar Młodzieży (Poland)
BAP Unión (Peru)
Esmeralda (Chile)
USCGC Eagle (United States)

You can watch this amazing parade from Castle Island, the Seaport District, East Boston, and Charlestown. Check out the Meet Boston Parade of Sail or the Sail Boston Events page for more details.”

It is claimed by the media that the U.S.S. Constitution (sailing frigate) will lead the parade, but other reports indicate only one sail will be set (due to concerns of over straining the ship’s structure and masts.). The old Ironsides will be towed by a tug into the harbor for the festivities, this being the first time the ship has set a sail since 2012, the other attempt in 1997.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, August 06, 2026 - 02:12 pm: Edit

AUGUST 6: International Naval Wargaming Day

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Friday, August 14, 2026 - 07:31 am: Edit

HMSPresident, (originally named H.M.S. Saxifrage) is one of three WW1 warships still in existence.

A Flower class escort, she has served many roles in a long and at times eventful career.

She was a prototype Q ship during WW1, then during WW2 was assigned as a moored anti aircraft battery protecting St Paul cathedral in London during the blitz.

After the war was used for a variety of civilian purposes, more recently was the subject of a failed restoration project 5hat failed.

Currently, the ship is located at a scrap yard on the fivers on the River Thames.

BBC did a story that has been posted to YouTube.

There is a group trying a last chance effort to save the ship as the center piece of a “Q ship museum”… but there is no guarantee it will be successful.

The ship is in “poor condition.

Pity.

By Steve Stewart (Stevestewart) on Monday, August 17, 2026 - 07:08 am: Edit

I visited HMS President when I was stationed in UK MOD HQ. Shame to see her this way.

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Friday, September 04, 2026 - 06:59 am: Edit

The U.S.S. Wisconsin, BB-64, Iowa class, was in the news this week.

She is a museum ship in Norfolk, Virginia,and is being moved for repairs. I haven’t found a complete list of what work is being completed yet, but according to a news clip posted on YouTube, it will include work on the fenders attached to the moorings.

By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Friday, September 11, 2026 - 09:04 am: Edit

Twenty-five years ago today, at 8:46 a.m. EDT, al-Qaeda terrorists, acting on a fatwa issued by Osama bin Laden, piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.

At 9:03 a.m., they flew United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower.

At 9:37 a.m., they flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia.

A fourth aircraft, United Airlines Flight 93, believed to be targeted at either the U.S. Capitol or the White House, was brought down at 10:03 a.m. in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania by a passenger revolt against the hijackers.

Between the four hijacked aircraft and their targets, 2,977 people lost their lives.

Ten years later, just after 1:00 a.m. PKT on 2 May 2011, Osama bin Laden was shot and killed at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan by a joint CIA-Navy operation utilizing SEAL Team Six.