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USN:
Iowa class battleship USS Missouri (BB-41) fires one of her 16-inch (406 mm) Guns toward Iraqi targets along the northern Kuwaiti coast during Operation Desert Storm, Feb. 6, 1991.
Desert Storm was Missouri's last hurrah before her final decommissioning on March 31, 1992. During the conflict Missouri fired 759 rounds from her 16-inch guns and launched 28 Tomahawk cruise missiles.
USN:
Virginia-class Block III nuclear-powered attack submarine USS South Dakota (SSN-790) in the Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay dry dock. In February 2024 she became the first Virginia-class fast attack submarine to enter Trident Refit Facility
USN:
Interior view of the seaplane hangar on board Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Honolulu (CL-48). Note the tracks on which the aircraft were transported to the catapults on board and the fold down racks along the bulkheads. 1942
Essex class USS Shangri-La (CV-38) leaving Norfolk on 17 January 1945, wearing camouflage 33/10A.
Italy:
Carlo Bergamini class frigate Virginio Fasan (F 594) flight trials in Dec 1961 prior to commissioning in 1962 of the Agusta AB-47 (licenced Bell 47)
Turkey:
Ay-class (Type 209/1200) diesel-electric attack submarine TCG Doğanay (S-351) during the exercise KURTARAN 2024 in the Marmaris area, April 30, 2024. 4th photo shows also the Alemdar-class submarine rescue ship TCG Alemdar (A-582).
USN & Japan:
Los Angeles-class (Flight I) nuclear-powered attack submarine USS La Jolla (SSN-701) off Japan with Mystic (DSRV-1) and command & control ship JS Bungo (MST-464) in the background, during the exercise Pacific Reach 2002.
Netherlands:
Karel Doorman-class frigate Zr.Ms Van Amstel (F-831) & a surfacing Walrus-class diesel-electric submarine off the coast of Norway, April 2024.
HMS King George V (41) and USS Washington BB-56 photographed from HMS Victorious (R38) during joint USNRN Operations in the North AtlanticArctic - Late April 1942.
Spain
The F-71 "Baleares" frigate was the head of the class, based on the USNavy "Knox" class. It entered service in 1973. In the image we see it on the port bow where the quarterdeck and poop can be seen; In the mirror stern you can see two fixed tubes for launching torpedoes, it also had a variable depth sonar. Eight units had been planned, but only five were built. They formed the 31st Escort Squadron of the AE.
USN:
Iowa class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) test firing her 16-inch/50-caliber guns after reactivation, Oct 20, 1982.
Iowa class battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) fires her 16”/50 guns at Iraqi positions off the coast of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, 5 February 1991.
On 3 February, the battleship fired her main battery in anger for the first time since the Korean War. She targeted concrete command-and-control bunkers as well as Iraqi artillery positions, firing 112 16” rounds between 5 to 7 February.
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