Battleships, Cruisers

Radio Faux Pas

                                             16 DECEMBER 1907                                                RADIO FAUX PAS Communication between ships at sea had been line-of-sight visual to date, even in foul weather.  Experimentation had been in the works for years, indeed in 1888 a genius of naval invention, CAPT Bradley A. Fiske, Read More

Battleships, Naval Aviation

Billy Mitchell’s Coup

                                            21 JUNE-21 JULY 1921                                         BILLY MITCHELL’S COUP As an early advocate of air power, one of Army Air Service BGEN William “Billy” Mitchell’s loud proclamations was the invincibility of his aircraft over any Navy ship.  His assertion was one of several Read More