USN:
The explosion of a Republic-Ford JB-2 guided missile (a replica of the German V-1) aboard the USS Cusk SSG-348 in preparation for a test launch on July 7, 1948.
France:
The French destroyer Albatros beached off Casablanca, Morocco on 4 December 1942. Beyond her stern is the French light cruiser Primauguet. Both ships were badly damaged during the Battle of Casablanca, 8 November 1942. Albatros' third smokestack has been destroyed and Primaguet is largely burned out forward. Note the railroad line and signal in the foreground and shipping in the right distance, including at least two French commercial freighters and, partially visible at far right, what appears to be the U.S. Navy cargo ship USS Electra (AK-21) lying very low in the water. She had been torpedoed by the German submarine U-173 on 15 November.
Imperial Japan: Niitaka (Japanese Protected Cruiser, 1902-1922) Very likely photographed after the Russo-Japanese War but prior to World War I. This ship foundered in a typhoon with heavy loss of life.
September 30, 2020 at Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard JSC launching of the base minesweeper "Georgy Kurbatov" of project 12700 under construction for the Russian Navy (code "Alexandrite") with serial number 522. This is the fifth launched
ship of project 12700.
USN:
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 16, 2020) - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) prepares to come alongside for a replenishment-at-sea. Barry is forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Hong) 200916-N-VF045-1001
RN:
HMS Royal Albert in the Firth of Forth, c. 1860. HMS Royal Albert was a 121 gun three-decker ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1854 at Woolwich Dockyard. She had originally been designed as a sailing ship but was converted to screw propulsion while still under construction
Sweden:
August 2017, HSwMS Gävle (K22) Göteborg class corvette at Muskö Naval Base. Armed with eight RBS-15 anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, one 57 mm cannon and one 40 mm cannon
Russia:
Project 877 Kilo class SSK, the black encapsulated cylinder is the sonar array, the teal coloured section on the right is the pressure hull with the torpedo tubes running along the top of the hull
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