A Special post on series of pics provided by respected Sir @Terry Reynolds who served aboard HMAS Canberra from where the glimpses of Russian battlecruiser Admiral Lazarev "Frunze" in 1985 have being captured from HMAS Canberra’s helo care of Aircrewman Rick Neville.
It can be seen Soviet Union battlecruiser "Frunze" leading a battle group in 1985 .
Frunze was took out of service in 1999 and since due to unavailability of funds for scrapping her , she remained moored on Vladivostok and than Abrek bay for minimal time till 2012 , its reported that she was unloaded from her Nuclear fuel and kept reserved in facility at the Chazhma Bay naval yard for reserved fleet currently.
USN:
(1964) Nuclear powered attack submarine USS Seadragon (SSN-584) in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. In the background is Ford Island and the USS Arizona Memorial
ROCS_Yueh_Fei_(PFG2-1106)), one of the eight Cheng Kung class frigates built by China Shipbuilding Corporationlaunched between 1991 and 2002. These ships, still active, are licensed versions of the Oliver Hazard Perry class.
Another two ships in this class are the former US ships USS Taylor (FFG-50) and USS Gary (FFG-51) renamed as ROCS Ming-chuan (PFG-1112) and ROCS Feng Jia (PFG-1115)
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HMS Prince of Wales (foreground) and HMS Queen Elizabeth (background) on 19 May 2021.
The Queen Elizabeth class is a class of two aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom‘s Royal Navy which are the central components of the UK Carrier Strike Group.
USN:
Ilyushin Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft flies over guided missile cruiser USS England (CG-22), 22 May 1979.
Ilyushin Il-38 over USS Midway, May 18th 1979. The Il-38 "Dolphin" (NATO: May) maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft is probably the closest design to the P-3 Orion.
When USS Independence encountered a full-rigged ship in 1962, the carrier signaled to ask the vessel to identify itself. “Training ship Amerigo Vespucci, Italian Navy,” was the response.“ Independence replied "You are the most beautiful ship in the world.”
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