Kevin

Canoe21

 

Will you be starting a build log, we are always looking for more Victory builds

 

all the best 

Appologies - right events though

SS R-14 (SS-91) was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, in Quincy, Massachusetts on 6 November 1918. She was launched on 10 October 1919 sponsored by Ms. Florence L. Gardner and commissioned on 24 December 1919, with Lieutenant Vincent A. Clarke, Jr., in command.

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After shakedown off the New England coast, R-14 moved to New London, Connecticut, where she prepared for transfer to the Pacific Fleet. In May, she headed south. Given hull classification symbol "SS-91" in July, she transited the Panama Canal in the same month and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 6 September. There, for the next nine years, she assisted in the development of submarine and anti-submarine warfare tactics, and participated in search and rescue operations.

1930–1946R-14 — under acting command of Lieutenant Alexander Dean Douglas – ran out of usable fuel and lost radio communications in May 1921 while on a surface search mission for the sea-going tugConestoga about 100 nmi (120 mi; 190 km) southeast of the island ofHawaii. Since the submarine's electric motors did not have enough battery power to propel her to Hawaii, the ship's engineering officerRoy Trent Gallemore came up with a novel solution to their problem. Lieutenant Gallemore decided they could try to sail the boat to the port of Hilo, Hawaii. He therefore ordered a foresail made of eighthammocks hung from a top boom made of pipe bunk frames lashed firmly together, all tied to the vertical kingpost of the torpedo loadingcrane forward of the submarine's superstructure. Seeing that this gaveR-14 a speed of about 1 kn (1.2 mph; 1.9 km/h), as well as rudder control, he ordered a mainsail made of six blankets, hung from the sturdy radio mast (top sail in photo). This added .5 kn (0.58 mph; 0.93 km/h) to the speed. He then ordered a mizzen made of eight blankets hung from another top boom made of bunk frames, all tied to the vertically placed boom of the torpedo loading crane. This sail added another .5 kn (0.58 mph; 0.93 km/h). Around 12:30 pm on 12 May, Gallemore was able to begin charging the boat's batteries.^[2]After 64 hours under sail at slightly varying speeds, R-14 entered Hilo Harbor under battery propulsion on the morning of 15 May 1921. Douglas received a letter of commendation for the crew's innovative actions from his Submarine Division Commander, CDR Chester W. Nimitz, USN.^[3]

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On 12 December 1930, R-14 cleared Pearl Harbor for the last time and headed back to the Atlantic. Proceeding via San Diego, and the Panama Canal, she returned to New London on 9 February 1931, and through the end of the decade conducted training exercises for the Submarine School. In the spring of 1941, she moved down the coast to Key West, Florida, her homeport as of 1 June. In the fall, she returned to New London for overhaul and on 22 November resumed operations out of Key West. Into April 1945, she conducted training exercises for the Sound School and patrolled the Yucatan Channel and the Florida Straits. On 25 April, she headed north and in early May arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

R-14 was decommissioned on 7 May, struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 May, and sold on 28 September to Rossoff Brothers of New York City. She was later resold to the Northern Metals Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and scrapped in 1946.

May 05

 

 

1794 HMS Orpheus (32), Cptn Henry Newcome, captured Duguay-Trouin (34) off the Isle of France  

1798 HMS Badger (4) and HMS Sandfly gunbrig repulsed 52 gun brigs at Marcon.    

1799 HMS Fortune (10), Lt. Lewis Davies, and gunboats captured by Salamine.

Good Morning Derek

all the best to yr wife, my freind

and the build is looking good

LOL Andy - it is not the iphone - try again

HMS Sheffield (D80)Takes a Hit (Exocet Missile, Faukland Islands)

 

Sheffield's commanding officer, Sam Salt, at the time of the attack, was a former submarine commander, HMS Dreadnaught.

 

On 4 May 1982 at approximately 10:00 AM, HMS Sheffield and two other destroyers were ordered away from the main task force as picket ships to provide long-range radar and missile protection for the British carriers. 

 

An Argentine Navy P-2 Neptune patrol aircraft detected the picket ships and soon two Argentine Dassault Super Etendards jet fighters, each carrying a single Exocet cruise missile, were sent towards the British destroyers. The jets flew in at low altitude and released their Exocets approximately 20 to 30 miles from the British destroyers.

 

HMS Glasgow, Sheffield’s sister ship, was in the northernmost position on the picket line and the first ship to detect the Argentine jets. Glasgow’s electronic warfare support measures (ESM) equipment detected the Exocet’s “seeker” radar, which meant that an incoming missile or missiles were headed for the ships. Glasgow radioed the news to the anti-air warfare coordinator on board the carrier Invincible but, unfortunately, the coordinator dismissed the report as one of the many false missile attack alarms received that same morning. 

 

Meanwhile, Sheffield’s radar did not pick up either the incoming planes or missiles because, at that precise moment, her satellite communications terminal was in use and that prevented the on-board ESM equipment from operating. The satellite communications link, therefore, proved incompatible with the ship’s anti-missile radar, although neither the Type 965 radar or the Sea Dart missiles carried by Sheffield were really designed to intercept low-flying cruise missiles. 

 

By the time Sheffield received Glasgow’s radioed warnings, the missiles could literally be seen heading towards the ship. A few seconds later, one of the Exocets hit Sheffield directly amidships while the second missile crashed into the sea a half mile off her port beam.

 

There is still some debate as to whether or not the missile actually exploded. But the impact of the missile hit caused massive damage to Sheffield. Major holes were punctured in the hull and a massive fire erupted, engulfing much of the ship. Twenty men were killed by the missile hit and another 24 were seriously wounded. The missile impact and subsequent fire crippled the ship’s on-board electrical systems and ruptured major water mains, preventing the crew from being able to successfully fight the fire. 

 

HMS Arrow and HMS Yarmouth were sent to assist Sheffield, but it was a losing battle. The fire was out of control and consumed most of the ship. The crew was evacuated from Sheffield and it took almost six days for the fires to burn themselves out. The burnt-out hulk of Sheffield was taken under tow by HMS Yarmouth but, due to rough seas and the continuous flooding that was taking place through the large hole in the side of the ship, Sheffield eventually sank on 10 May 1982.

 

Although the attack on the Royal Navy’s picket line did prevent the Argentinian jets and cruise missiles from hitting the British carriers, it came at a large cost. At that time, HMS Sheffield was the first Royal Navy warship to be sunk in action in almost 40 years and it was one of the first major warships to be lost to an air-launched cruise missile. 

 

Major design and electronic modifications were made to the remaining Type 42 destroyers after the loss of Sheffield, including the addition of two Phalanx 20-mm Close In Weapons Systems (CIWS) which were specifically designed to shoot down incoming cruise missiles. The fire on board the ship also convinced the Royal Navy to stop using synthetic fabrics in the clothing worn by its sailors because synthetics had a tendency to melt when exposed to fire, causing severe burns to anyone wearing such clothing during a fire. Navies around the world also were put on notice regarding the devastating capabilities of air-launched cruise missiles and how vulnerable warships were to these modern weapons.

 

May 04

 

 

 

1796 HMS Spencer (16), Cptn. Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, captured French gun-brigVolcan (12)   

1805 HMS Seahorse (38), Cptn. Courtenay Boyle, and boats cut out the largest vessel and sank several more of a Spanish convoy at San Pedro.    

1806 Boats of HMS Renommee (44), Cptn. Sir Thomas Livingstone, and HMS Nautilus(18), Edward Palmer, cut out Spanish schooner Giganta from under the protection of the guns of Torre de Vieja.    

1809 HMS Parthian (10), Richard Harward, captured privateer Nouvelle Gironde (14), M. Lecompte    

1811 A French brig of war (18), destroyed in the harbour of Parenzo on the coast of Istria , by HMS Belle Poule (38) Capt. James Brisbane, and HMSAlceste (38), Cptn. Murray Maxwell.    

1812 Re-capture of Brig-sloop HMS Apelles (14) near Etaples by HMS Bermuda (10), Alexander Cunningham, HMS Rinaldo (10), Sir W. G. Parker, HMS Castilian(18), David Braimer, and HMS  Phipps (14), Thomas Wells.

 

USS Lagarto (SS-371) On Eternal Patrol, May 4, 1944

On 4 May 1945, USS LAGARTO (SS-371) was attacked and sunk by the Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka in the South China Sea. Since the date and cause of her demise were unknown until records were examined after the war’s end, LAGARTO and her crew of 86 were not declared overdue and presumed lost until 10 August. Still, within a short period of time after her loss the boat’s continued radio silence made it clear that she was gone. Knowing that Hatsutaka, a well-known terrorizer of American subs, may have caused the sub’s death, the commander of USS HAWKBILL (SS-366), a close friend of the commander of LAGARTO, requested permission to divert from his patrol area long enough to take his revenge. Twelve days after LAGARTO’s loss, HAWKBILL sent Hatsutaka to the bottom.

Andy 

Nice to see you back at the work bench, joking aside the build looks great, i promise, not to joke, be sarcastic, mention the W word, or generally say any thing that is not build related

 

LOL

so my next messages will be-at sometime in the future 

Nice

Very nice Andy

now this build is finished, what's next

i assure you, an emergency blow like that is impressive from the outside, nothing special inside, as you are busy hanging on to anything that is not sliding forward to aft.,

But not clever, only time that is done, other than for exercise, at the end of a major shake down/trials/work up, is for an emergency,

Blow and go is a fairly uncontrolled release of air from all the bottle groups into the ballast tanks,but should be used just to get the right monentum of speed and pitch to get to the surface, if not it  leaves a submarine unable to dive again safely, untill all the air groups are fully recharged.

 

NO way is a Royal Navy 14000 ton Trident  submarine going to fly though

Well, now that I'm all caught up Augie, your Syren is looking awesome! I'd like to see an overall picture when you next post some progress pic's. 

might find it in the build profile thread Patrick, the link under my signature

Something i found on Facebook, certainly something different, also something that didn't quite work out

 

 

 

The Soviet Union tried to develop a flying submarine during World War II. The design could have operated at 150 knots in the air and 3 knots in the water. Metal plates sealed the engines shut. At the Naval Engineering Institute, a flying submarine project was headed by engineer Boris Ushakov. In 1939 the project was temporarily suspended and classified. In 1943, on the orders of NKVD chief Lavrenti Beria, the project was resumed. In 1947 the first test of the flying submarine was performed.

 

 

http://www.snotr.com/video/5017/Flying_Submarine_Aircraft_-_Russian_technologies

 

Very nice

 

especially the stern area 

 

i will continue to watch your progress

there are two versions

 

Happy birthday!

Outstanding

May 03

 

 

1710 HMS Suffolk captured Gaillard.

 

1810 HMS Spartan (38), Cptn. Jahleel Brenton, engaged French Ceres (42), Fame(28), and Achilles (10) and captured Sparviere (8) in Bay of Naples.

 

1812 HMS Skylark (16), James Boxer, grounded to the west of Boulogne and was burnt to avoid capture

 

1861 USS Surprise captures Confederate privateer Savannah

1898 - Marines land at Cavite, Philippines, and raise U.S. flag.
1949 - First Navy firing of a high altitude Viking rocket at White Sands, NM.

Someone might find this useful

 

http://www.animatedknots.com/knotlist.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

 

i cannot imagine doing my whole build like this, it would however look fantastic

 

All the best

enjoy your week off

Lol - i have just edited my error - and retitled the thread 

May 02

 

1804 William Bligh appointed Captain of HMS Warrior (74)

 

1808 HMS Unite (40), Cptn. Patrick Campbell, captured Ronco (16) off Cape Promontoro in the Gulf of Venice.

 

1809 HMS Spartan (38), Cptn. Jahleel Brenton, and HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. Henry Duncan, cut out 12 vessels from the port of Ceseratico and blew up the castle and magazine.

 

1811 HMS Dover (38), Lt. Charles Generis (Act)., and HMS Chichester (22), Cptn. William Kirby, wrecked in Madras Roads by a hurricane which arose as they were departing for an expedition against Batavia

 

1813 Boats of HMS Repulse (74), Cptn. Richard Hussey Moubray, HMS  Volontaire(44) , Cptn. Waldegrave, and HMS Undaunted (38), Cptn. Thomas Ussher, cut out 9 vessels from the port of Morgion and destroyed some batteries in the vicinity.

 

1975 - US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.

Naval History from this Day, Any Nation

 

I don't know if i will be able to post to this daily,but if any one else has any info or contributions please post them

 

Click on relevant month

 

January     http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-34

February    http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-38

March        http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-43

April          http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-45

May           http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-49

June          http://modelshipworl...y-nation/page-7

July            http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-12

August       http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-16

September  http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-20

October      http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-24

November   http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-28

December   http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-31

May 01

1689

Battle of Bantry Bay. Inclonclusive engagement between an English fleet of 19 ships, under Arthur Herbert, and a French fleet of 24 ships, under François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Château-Renault.

1776

William Bligh passed as Lieutenant.

1795

HMS Boyne (98), bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Peyton, Cptn. George Grey, caught fire at Spithead burned and exploded.

1811

HMS Pomone (38), Cptn. Robert Barrie, HMS  Unite (40), Cptn. Chamberlayne, and HMS Scout (18), Cptn. Alex. Renton Sharpe, destroyed Giraffe (26) and Nourrise (14) and an armed merchantman in the Bay of Sagone, Corsica. The two French warships blew up and their burning timbers destroyed a Martello tower and caused a shore battery to blow up.

HMS Guerriere (38), Cptn. Samuel John Pechell, stopped the brig USS Spitfire off Sandy Hook in New Jersey and impressed Maine citizen John Diggio.

1815

HMS Penelope (36), Cdr. James Galloway, wrecked on rocks in the St. Lawrence.

lol - every thread i post to - Andy follows me - talking about wabbits, i going to keep elephants next