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Aerial view of warships at the base piers of Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia (USA), circa August 1944. Among them are: the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), the largest ship; the battlecruiser USS Alaska (CB-1), on the other side of the pier; the escort carrier USS Croatan (CVE-25), and two destroyers, a Fletcher-class destroyer at the pier and a Clemson/Wilkes-class-destroyer moored outboard. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Aerospace & Defense

US Navy USS Alaska ‘Large Cruiser’: 111 Gun Barrels, a 10,260-Pound Broadside, and Not One Main-Battery Shot at an Enemy Warship

USS Alaska and USS Guam cost $45,616,000 each, nearly twice the price of the heavy cruiser USS Baltimore, and each carried nine 12-inch guns...

Harry J. KazianisAugust 3, 2026

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

An SR-71 Blackbird Once Set 13 Acres of Maryland on Fire by Accident, and Only the SR-71 Could Have Done It

During what was supposed to be his final flight aboard the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, former Reconnaissance Systems Officer (RSO) Richard “Butch” Sheffield experienced the...

Brandon WeichertJune 24, 2026

The Gun Safe

The Second Amendment In Under Attack in One ‘Blue’ State

Since Wes Moore replaced Larry Hogan as Governor of Maryland, the state has, perhaps not unsurprisingly, started reverting to its bad old ways when...

Christian D. OrrAugust 14, 2023

Frederick to Fairfax: Local Washington, DC and Suburbs News

The Great Ammo Shortage Is Over in Maryland

I have been an avid shooter for several decades now, and like millions of Americans, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I was unable to...

Harry J. KazianisJune 23, 2022

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