Aryeh Wetherhorn is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He served as a Naval Reserve officer in the Vietnam War, earning a Naval Achievement Medal for his performance of duty in USS Okinawa. His biography appears in the Marquis edition of “Who’s Who in the World” in 1998, 2002, and 2003 editions. He has written several full length articles on naval history that appeared in the Polish magazine “Okrety Wojenne” (Warships).
Israel recently had elections for the second time. The previous round let the country in a dealock between the the two leading parties. Neither could get a parliamentary majority in order to form a coalition government. This time the results seem to be the same. Neither of the two major parties can get enough help … More The Grass is Always Greener…
There is an old Israeli song that starts out “Tea and Rice are in China, But I don’t care about that”. What I do care about is butter. Locally made butter just reappeared on supermarket shelves after an absence of almost a year. Why? Because Israels government allowed Chinese interests to buy a controlling share … More Rice, Tea, and Butter – in China
A few weeks back my wife pointed out some little black specks on the kitchen counter. “Those are mouse droppings.”She asserted. So we went to the local hardware store and bought 2 mouse traps. One of the traps was a “humane” trap. It had a spring loaded door that would shut if the mouse entered … More About That Mouse…
It all started out as a normal Friday. But that all changed when I woke up at around 3 AM. I was having reasonably severe pains in my lower abdomen on both the right and left sides. The pain was in the front, not the side or lower back. That led my wife, a former … More A Day at The Emergency Room
The ship on the right in the picture can easily be identified as the Russian cruiser ASKOLD. She was unique in having 5 funnels. But the picture seems to show her with contrasting stripes of color amidships. There is no record that I now of showing ASKOLD ever received any such camouflage. So what is … More A Confusing Photograph of a Ship in Camouflage
The Russian Fleet in the Black Sea apparently used camouflage on some of their ships. Other Russian warships of that era, with one exception, did not try to use camouflage.
Many people know that the major naval powers camouflaged their warships in the Second World War. The Russian fleet, however, has received little attention. Possibly because of the nature of the then Communist regime. In any case, here are some examples of camouflage on Soviet ships of that era.
The US Navy developed a camouflage pattern based on small stripes. It seems to have been originally intended for small, fast, motor torpedo boats, usually called PT boats at the time. The French Cruiser GLOIRE was the largest ship to carry the pattern during the war. Recently I ran across a picture of an American … More Unusual Camouflage
These are 3D printed EFC type 1001 small cargo ships made by Decapod I painted them in their WWI camouflage.
In April Israelis went to the polls for national elections. The result was a virtual tie between the old right wing coalition parties, led by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, and the ne wBlue White party who campaigned on a left-center platform whose chief appeal was that it would replace Netanyahu. The Blue-White and … More Ho-Hum… Another Election.
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