Did you know?!?! One turret from the Japanese battleship Yamato, weighs more than an entire Fletcher-class destroyer.
The Yamato's main armament consisted of nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) Type 94 main guns, which were the largest caliber guns ever mounted on a warship. The guns were arranged in three gun turrets, each gun weighed 147.3 tonnes and were 21.13 metres (69.3 ft) long.
RN:
Bangor class minesweeper HMS Tadoussac (J 220)
Algerine class minesweeper HMS Stormcloud (J 367)
Vosper 72 feet-type class motor torpedo boat MTB 74. Sunk by gunfire of German coastal batteries off St. Nazaire, France on 28 March 1942. 6 of the crew were sadly lost.
Turkey:
Patrol ship Bandırma (P-129) Former Bangor class HMCS Kenora, built in 1942, transferred in 1957, photos were taken during her port call to La Valetta, Malta on 11/06/1958.
USN:
USS Jackson (LCS 6) Independence-variant littoral combat ship coming into San Diego while Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO-197) heads out - March 28, 2024
Norway:
Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate KNM Fridtjof Nansen (F-310) in the Geirangerfjord after the exercises JOINT WARRIOR 24 & NORDIC RESPONSE 24, March 17, 2024
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