King George VI. in admiral's uniform, makes an inspection tour of the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) at Portland, England, just after 1400 on May 25, 1944.

Inspection by a king

One of the two ZP-14’s airship based at Cuers-Pierrefeu airfield, near Toulon, France, ((Blimp Squadron 14, Blimpron 14) on the mooring mast, Spring 1945. The transport aircraft in foreground is likely an US Navy’s Douglas R4D rather an USAAF’s C-47. On 28 April 1945 the British flagship of Northern Italy based at Longhorn requested an airship to aid in clearance of Genoa waters cluttered by many wrecks after the German retreat and with alleged mine’s presence. The airship was one of the two Cuers-Pierrefeu’s blimp, the K-101 which arrived at Pisa airfield (Advance Base No 3) on 4 May. The sweeping operations began on 5 May. Victor Sierra

Blimpron 14’s airship

USS Billfish (SS-286) is the first sub with that name. i served on the more modern sub with that name (SSN-676).  i enjoyed serving on the sub and was later saddened that in 1999 it was finally decommed.