Amphibious carrier USS Boxer near the entrance to the Gulf of Oman in today's images. It's probable we'll also be afforded a view of one or both of the fleet carriers tomorrow once the embargoed sections of this imaging stripe are made available.
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JS Izumo has moved back into the drydock in Yokohama in today's images, beginning the final stages of its conversion into a light fleet carrier. The fighter landing positions with their specialized thermal coating are visible as a distinct patch on the aft corner of the flight deck.
Japanese helicopter carrier Ise at the pier in Sasebo following disaster recovery operations. US Navy amphibious carrier Tripoli is visible at the pier nearby. The Hyuga class ships frequently have very clear deck markings, especially so in the IR channels.
Japanese helicopter carrier Ise in radar images from the 29th, en route to the disaster area of the recent earthquake in Kumamoto
Looks like the Fujian is out to sea from today's radar pass. The past couple imaging passes have been cloudy so hard to say when it departed.
Spanish amphibious carrier Juan Carlos I back in Rota following its deployment to the US, Canada, and Iceland
USS George Washington with members of its carrier group at anchor in Da Nang. No new developments here just a better radar image of the ship than the previous pass.
US Navy aircraft carriers Abraham Lincoln and George H.W. Bush visible in yesterday's unembargoed images. An escort is sailing alongside one of them. Other escorts and an auxiliary are also present in the scene [contrast-stretched for quick and dirty visualization]
USS George Washington at anchor in Da Nang Bay right at the edge of today's radar imaging stripe.
USS George Washington and several escorts in Da Nang in today's images.
Japanese helicopter carrier Ise in radar images from the 29th, en route to the disaster area of the recent earthquake in Kumamoto
Nimitz class aircraft carrier (USS Lincoln or USS Bush) near the entrance to the Gulf of Oman in yesterday's unembargoed images.
USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Essex back in Pearl Harbor following the RIMPAC exercises in today's radar images.
USS George Washington and several escorts in Da Nang in today's images.
No major developments so won't give it the full annotation but nice view of the Kaga in today's radar images on its way back to Kure
Japanese light carrier Kaga approaching the Bungo Channel in today's images, presumably en route to its home port of Kure.
USS Theodore Roosevelt in today's radar images, shortly before returning to Oahu following the RIMPAC exercises.
Japanese light carrier Kaga approaching the Bungo Channel in today's images, presumably en route to its home port of Kure.
Japanese light carrier Kaga visible on the radar satellite heading south past Nagasaki, having departed Sasebo a few hours earlier. Pretty close to its extrapolated position from the speed and heading of its last AIS ping.
US amphibious carrier Tripoli returned to Sasebo in today's images after a brief stay at Okinawa. Japanese light carrier Kaga is also visible moored nearby.
US amphibious carrier Tripoli returned to Sasebo in today's images after a brief stay at Okinawa. Japanese light carrier Kaga is also visible moored nearby.
USS Theodore Roosevelt south of Oahu in yesterday's radar imaging. Wouldn't have felt too confident in the ID without AIS cross-referencing from an hour or so earlier putting it in the stripe. Think the big reflective bit is actually one of the elevators and not the island.
Both Queen Elizabeth class carriers next to one another in Portsmouth in today's images, poking through the fog in the IR channels [actually thought the L1C color processing looked better on this one].
Japanese light carrier Kaga parked near Sasebo in today's images.
Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning back at the Yuchi base near Qingdao in today's images. The type 076 drone carrier Sichuan is at the next pier over.
Chinese Type 075 amphibious helicopter carrier in the dry dock in Shanghai. I am pretty sure it's the Hainan back after sea trials but I haven't found consistent reporting on its recent activities.
The same view of the Spanish carrier group in Iceland today in higher resolution 10m radar imaging
Spanish carrier group in Reykjavik in today's 40m radar imaging, with the Juan Carlos parked in the harbor. Explicit AIS cross-referencing for each ship's position and orientation allows for a fairly complete visualization even with the low resolution.
The USS Makin Island visible again in today's radar imaging.
USS Makin Island visible in today's stripe over Socal, training alongside several other maneuvering warships. Good wakes on all of these.
USS Tripoli at the pier on Okinawa main island in today's images.
Japanese light carrier Kaga underway in today's images. It would pull into Sasebo a few hours later.
USS Makin Island visible in today's stripe over Socal, training alongside several other maneuvering warships. Good wakes on all of these.
Brazilian amphibious helicopter carrier Atlantico hours before departure from Santos in today's radar images. [Experimenting with the color mapping on the openstreetview overlay. I think it looks good oversaturated]
Spanish carrier group in Reykjavik in today's 40m radar imaging, with the Juan Carlos parked in the harbor. Explicit AIS cross-referencing for each ship's position and orientation allows for a fairly complete visualization even with the low resolution.
Amphibious carrier USS Boxer in yesterday's unembargoed images of the Northern Arabian Sea, in the same spot where the Tripoli was usually seen when it was operating in the area.
Amphibious carrier USS Tripoli south of Okinawa main island in today's images. I'd had a hunch to look around here from Japanese planespotters posting about the ship's fighter contingent making a stop at the base and then I got another ADS-B tipoff right as the pictures were coming in