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Pacific Tracker
IMO : 6507921
Build : 1965 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp – Pascagoula, Mississippi in the USA, no 487 as Mormacdraco
I can actually hear you thinking now: has SeaBart lost his mind in the few months before while he wasn’t posting, that ship does not look ugly at all, she is a classic. And my (more…)
Sea Fighter
Pennant nr : FSF-1
Build : 2003 by Nichols Bros. Boat Builders – Freeland, Washington in the U.S. of A., nr ??
Another experimental Swath design Fast littoral combat ship from the United States Navy. I have no clue how you think about them but (more…)
Picture via http://www.dockwise.com
Dunno source, via the interwebs
Extreme (Ugly) Concepts
Build : Hopefully not / Not yet
Concepts : a thing that designers design, in cooperation with marketeers to sell their designs. Usually the concept is fitted with some extraordinaire features, shapes & other (more…)
HMS Dauntless
IMO: 4907751
Build: 2007 by BAE Systems – Govan in UK, nr 1062
Just as the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships have proven by being featured here, modern naval vessels are not the prettiest things around. (more…)
Kommuna
IMO : n/a
Build : 1915 by Putilov Shipyard,St.Petersburg in Russia, nr ?? as Volkhov
Refitted : 1950 by Shipyard De Schelde, Vlissingen in the Netherlands
A real golden oldie this one, build in 1915, refitted in 1950 and still going (more…)
From Skyfotos via http://www.shipsnostalgia.com
Soviet Space Ships
Space support vessels, with their huge antenna arrays in order to communicate with spacecraft (more…)
From Ric Hedman via http://www.navsource.org
Silly Warship Names
Watching the movie “High Fidelity” once inspired me to create several lists of so-called “top 5′s.” (more…)
Via en.wikipedia.org
HMS Northway
IMO: ???
Build: 1943 by Newport News Shipbuilding – Newport News, Virginia in the USA, nr 403 as HMS Cutlass
While neither of the above pictures above are actually this vessel, they are her identical sisters, (more…)
Dunno source, via the Interweb
USS Independence
Pennant nr : LCS-2
Build : 2008 by Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama in the USA, nr ??
Above picture has been accumulating dust in my archives for quit a while now, I was (more…)
Sawqrah
IMO : 9391244
Build : under construction by Rodriquez Cantieri Navali – Messina in Italy, nr 354
Another ugly ship under construction…..This one has a, for me unspeakable, Omani name (more…)
USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296)
IMO: 7234430
Build: 1972 by Burmeister & Wain – Allerod in Denmark, nr 846 as Jutlandia
Innocence: Traditionally this characteristic has been attributed as one that can exist in something that is pure and unadulterated. (more…)
From defenseindustrydaily.com
From US Navy via wikipedia.org
Ugly Subs
Submarines: The denizen of the deep that served as the preeminent weapon-of-choice of the Cold War. (more…)
From US Navy via Wikipedia
From US Navy Historical Center via http://www.history-navy.mil
USS Cyclops
IMO: 6130514
Build: 1910 by William Cramp and Sons – Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, USA, nr 355 as Cyclops
The story of the Cyclops is one of the most well-known mysteries of the sea. (more…)
Dunno source, via Wikipedia
Visby
Pennant nr : K31
Build : 2000 by Kockums AB – Malmö in Sweden, nr ??
This vessel looks quit a bit similar to one we have seen (more…)
Pacific Fishing Conversions
The first thought upon seeing the above vessel might be “What is it?” The simple answer is, in this case, a fish processor. The better question to ask, however, might be “What was it?” (more…)
