Photos Navies Of All Nations

Admiral Kuznetsov in its new dry dock to get work done on the hull as part of a long modernization/repair program.

The Kuznetsov was brought it for the modernization in 2017, in 2018 it was heavily damaged when the floating dry dock it was sitting on sank, and then there was a fire on the ship in 2019.

The aircraft carrier is expected to return to service in 2023, which would explain the hastily finished dry dock in an attempt to keep up with the schedule.

Russia:
Project 971 Shchuka-B (NATO Akula) class nuclear attack submarine northbound under the Storebaelt Bridge in Denmark - August 6, 2022

USN:
Launch of Sargo-class submarine USS Swordfish (SS-193) at Mare Island Navy Yard, California on April 1st, 1939. Sunk with all hands in January 1945


USS Enterprise (CV-6) en route to Pearl Harbor, 8 October 1939. Photographed from USS Minneapolis (CA-36)


Sampson class destroyer USS Allen (DD-66) underway off Oahu, Dec 17, 1942

Being in service prior to the US entry into World War I, and serving through World War II, Allen was the longest-serving destroyer on the Naval Register when she was sold.

USN:
USS America (CV-66) underway as 16 aircraft from Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) fly overhead. 21 April 1983.

RN:
From top to bottom, aircraft carriers HMS Hermes, HMS Ark Royal and HMS Victorious exercising in the Mediterranean, 1960

USN:
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is underway in formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 28, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 30 unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Canadian Armed Forces photo by Cpl. Djalma Vuong-De Ramos)


USS Anchorage (LPD 23) Aug 1st, 2022


USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)


Decommissioning ceremony of the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), Aug. 4, 2022


NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (Aug. 6, 2022) The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99), assigned to the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group, departed Naval Station Mayport on a scheduled deployment

Japan:
Izumo-class aircraft carrier JS Izumo (DDH-183) leaving Pearl Harbor - August 5, 2022

USN:
Baltimore-class heavy cruiser USS Columbus (CA-74) prior to reconstruction


After completion of reconstruction as an Albany class guided missile cruiser. All original superstructure and weapons were removed and replaced under project SCB 172. The converted ships had new very high superstructures and relied heavily on aluminum to save weight.

USCG:
1st Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Argus under construction at Eastern Shipbuilding in Panama City, Florida, 4 August, 2022

RN:
Battleship HMS Prince of Wales conducting sea trials off Scapa Flow.


HMS Ark Royal with Swordfish on the flight deck


12 August 1942, damage caused by bomb hit to the flight deck of HMS Indomitable seen after the ship had been attacked by Stuka during Operation Pedestal


S-class submarine HMS Sportsman off the U.S. East Coast, photographed by ZP-12 (blimp), on 11 November 1944

On 8 July 1952 she was lent to the French Navy, who renamed her Sibylle. She was in service briefly, for just 11 weeks, under the command of Lieutenant de Vaisseau Gustave Curot. On 24 September 1952, Sibylle was lost with all hands off Toulon during anti-submarine exercises.

USN & USSR:
Spruance class destroyer USS Peterson (DD-969) observes a disabled Soviet Victor III–class submarine in the Atlantic Ocean in November 1983

A Soviet Moma–class research vessel also is pictured. Press reports at the time speculated that the submarine’s shaft had become entangled with a cable pulling the towed-array sonar from the USS McCloy (FF-1038). Rumor has it that the CO of McCloy told the OOD to 'reel that SOB in'.

USN:
USS Arizona (BB-39) off New York, 3 April, 1917

Italy:
Torpedo boat Castore in 1939

France:
La Confiance-class Antilles-Guiana patrol ship La Combattante, off Martinique.

France & RN:
FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) (foreground) and HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) underway in the Mediterranean on June 3, 2021.

Taiwan:
ROCN frigate Lan Yang (FF-935) (former Knox class frigate USS Joseph Hewes) as seen from a PLAN warship during the recent exercises - note Taiwan in the background

USN & USSR:
The Black Sea Bumping Incident of 1988. Soviet frigate Bezzavetny (right) bumping USS Yorktown

Soviet frigate SKR-6 bumping USS Caron

On 12 February 1988, the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Yorktown, and the Spruance-class destroyer USS Caron, conducted an innocent passage exercise in the Black Sea. Caron passed 7.5 mi (12.1 km) off the Soviet shore, and Yorktown drew to 10.3 mi (16.6 km) offshore. The commander of the Black Sea Fleet Mikhail Khronopulo received an order from Chernavin to curb the passage of US warships. Initially the destroyer Krasnyy Kavkaz was tasked with confronting them, but she experienced technical problems so Bezzavetnyy, a Krivak-class frigate, was dispatched instead. However, according to Bezzavetny's commander, Captain Vladimir Bogdashin, his ship had two cruise missiles instead of four, was half the size of Yorktown, and was only a third its size by displacement. The Soviet frigate SKR-6, commanded by Captain Anatoliy Petrov, was approximately one quarter the size of USS Caron.

First, Caron was approached by the frigate SKR-6, and three minutes later, Yorktown was approached by the frigate Bezzavetnyy, while Tupolev Tu-16 bombers monitored the vessels' movements. As the US warships clipped a corner of the Soviet territorial waters, they were bumped. At 10:02 a.m, local time, at 44°15.2′N 33°35.4′E, 10.5 nautical miles (19.4 km; 12.1 mi) from the coast, SKR-6 bumped the port side aft of Caron about 60 feet (18 m) from the bow. Caron received superficial scraping of paint, with no personnel injuries. Bezzavetnyy, having bumped Yorktown, was ordered to move away and not to contact her again.

Both US warships stayed on even course after the incident. Caron left Soviet territorial waters at 11:50 a.m. local time without further incident.

Both US warships reported the incident to the commander-in-chief of United States Naval Forces Europe, Admiral James B. Busey. Caron reported that, at 13:20 local time, it was informed on channel 16 VHF by Bezzavetnyy: "Soviet ships have orders to prevent violation of territorial waters, extreme measure is to strike your ship with one of ours." The reply of Caron was "I am engaged in innocent passage consistent with international law." Yorktown, in its report stated that on 9:56, local time, it was contacted by Bezzavetnyy via channel 16 and told to leave Soviet territorial waters or "our ship is going to strike on yours." Then, according to the report, Bezzavetnyy came alongside port side of Yorktown at 10:03 and bumped it by turning into the ship.

The starboard anchor of Bezzavetnyy was torn away. Two Harpoon missile canisters on Yorktown sustained damage when Bezzavetnyy's bullnose passed down port quarter. Bezzavetnyy then cleared to port and took station 300 yd (270 m) off the port beam of Yorktown. Bezzavetnyy required a minor repair

USN:
USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) coming into San Diego - August 6, 2022.


USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) showing the flight deck. Helsinki 7th Aug 2022

RN:
Rothesay-class frigate (Type 12M frigate) HMS Lowestoft (F-103) was sunk as a target on 8 June 1986 by HMS Conqueror using a Tigerfish torpedo

USN:
USS Ranger (CVA-61) catapults four F8U Crusader jet fighters in quick succession from her bow and waist catapults, during operations in the eastern Pacific, circa 1958. Ship at left is USS Thetis Bay (CVHA-1).