re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.

Those are Russian naval ensigns but I've never seen that vessel before.

Pretty neat looking, but I can't imagine it handled very well.

It looks like an Ericsson monitor with no hull and an open turret.

The asymmetric Blohm and Voss
they made a few of them. Was supposed to give a better field of view for the tail gunner and observer.

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on the right trail.

It was promised to change naval warfare and was to be the next big thing.... until it hit open water.

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You've got me. I've studied naval warfare for decades and I've never seen that thing.

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Those are Russian naval ensigns but I've never seen that vessel before.

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Novgorod and her near-sister Rear Admiral Popov proved poorly designed in use. They pitched and rolled excessively, even in moderate seas.[2] They were slow, maneuvered poorly, and were vulnerable to plunging fire. Worst was that the off-axis recoil of the guns would impart a centrifugal rotation to the ship.[2] In operational use, these ships would have to throw their single rudder hard over during firing, to act as "water brakes". This severely restricted the aiming and rate-of-fire of the main guns. Both ships (dubbed 'popoffkas' after their designer) served in the Danube Flotilla during the Russo-Turkish War. Both were redesignated as "Coastal Defense Armor-Clad Ships" in 1892, and relegated as storeships in 1903. They were not scrapped until 1912.

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It supposedly flew quite well despite the way it looked.

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I love "different" aircraft.

The "Twin-Mustang" is my favorite plane of ALL time.

I wish they would do a decent model of the F-82! I do like that plane, but prefer the P-51B & D models, though.

PBY precursor?

I don't know the make or model but since it is a USCG flying boat, it almost has to be a Naval Aircraft Factory or Hall. The enclosed cockpit makes it too modern for a Curtiss.

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it almost has to be a Naval Aircraft Factory or Hall

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It is, in fact, a Hall PH.

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It is, in fact, a Hall PH.

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Ah, beat me to the punch.