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Interdiction, one way or another
Commissioned 110 years ago this week: the Sampson-class tin can USS Davis (DD-65). Built in 17 months at Bath Iron Works in Maine, she was commissioned on 5 October 1916 after being christened by the...
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CMP: Yes milsurp shotguns and M14s are inbound
A demo of the then-new M14 at Fort Dix in June 1959. Similar in size to the M1 Garand, with 29 of 116 parts interchangeable with that .30-06 semi-automatic rifle, the M14 was select-fire and had a...
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The Woods are full of Finnish Dragoons
Here we see, some 85 years ago this month, a Finnish dragoon (Rakuuna) on horseback, 12th of September 1941, near Tsalkki-Suojärvi on the Russo-Finnish border during the Continuation War between the...
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Of canvas, ramps, and brass balls
Following in the heels of yesterday’s Warship Wednesday of the hardworking 9th HMS Aurora during WWII (“We were in action a Tremendous Amount of Times”), how about this great circa 1915 photo essay on...
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Clydebank Beauty
Some 110 years ago this month, a great view of the conning tower and forward turrets, complete with newly-installed 15″/42 Mark I guns, of the future Renown-class battlecruiser HMS Repulse, seen whilst...
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Well versed in MG
Some 110 years ago this month. Imperial Russian Army pilots and observers training in Kiev, Ukraine, August 1916, with American-made Colt 1895 pattern “potato digger” machine guns, likely made by...
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A Last look at the old Sultan, 60 Years Ago
On the road in Idaho at an industry event, so instead of our regular Warship Wednesday programming, please accept this glimpse of the past. Every warship fan knows of the (in)famous Great War-era...
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Final Great War Q-ship heads to the Breakers
The 1,200-ton HMS Saxifrage is the last of 112 Flower-class sloops constructed during WWI, the last of 366 Q-Ship “Special Service Vessels” from the same conflict, and only one of three remaining...
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Warship Wednesday 15 July 2026: El Abuelo
Here at LSOZI, we take a break every Wednesday to explore the old steam/diesel navies from 1833 to 1954, profiling a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which...
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Pour one out for Mr. Reilly
Unless you are under a rock, you have no doubt heard of the passing of Irish-born Kiwi actor Sir Nigel John Dermot “Sam” Neill. While everyone else is talking Jurassic Park, we, of course, remember Mr....
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Warship Wednesday 8 July 2026: Bringer of Evil to the Evil
Here at LSOZI, we take a break every Wednesday to explore the old steam/diesel navies from 1833 to 1954, profiling a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which...
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Trading salt air for salty mud
110 years ago today. July 6, 1916, a fortified sector of Pirnar, Greece, on the Salonika front along the Vardar River, showing a well-sandbagged artillery position held by French bachi-capped and...
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Iceland’s Protectors Turn 100
While the Royal Danish Navy was tasked with policing and defending the far-flung colony of Iceland, and, generally, a station ship or patrol boat of some sort was on location since 1859, the locals...
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Warship Wednesday 24 June 2026: Scourge of the Med
Here at LSOZI, we take a break every Wednesday to explore the old steam/diesel navies from 1833 to 1954, profiling a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which...
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That time (Not During the 1860s) that the War Department Bought 128,000 Sabers
“Some Cavalry weapons.” Left to right: M1913 Saber, M1903 Rifle, M1917 Browning Machine Gun, M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, and M1911 pistol. Taken at the Cavalry and Light Artillery School, Fort...
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Warship Wednesday 10 June 2026: Tough Trolle
Here at LSOZI, we take a break every Wednesday to explore the old steam/diesel navies from 1833 to 1954, profiling a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which...
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Militare Omnia Animalia Curant
Mexican Punitive Expedition. The 5th U.S. Cavalry passing near San Geronimo. Colonel Wilder of the 5th Cavalry in front on the left, Colonel Tate of the 11th Cavalry in front on the right, during the...
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Hanging it up after 50 years: Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum at Fort...
The Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum’s 50th year at Fort Worden State Park is its last; the independent, non-profit museum is closing its doors on Sept. 7, 2026. Fort Worden was an active U.S. Army...
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Kirkwall by Night
Warship Wednesday will be back next week! I am on the road with limited access to the interwebs. Until then, enjoy this shot, some 115 years ago this evening. How about this great shot of the RN’s 1st...
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Beautiful Cincy
A period photograph of USS Cincinnati (Cruiser Number 7), which served between 1894 and 1921. The image, showing the graceful 3,200-ton cruiser in gleaming white with her original ornate bow crest,...
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