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May 21, 1982. The Type 21 Frigate HMS Ardent was attacked by at least three waves of Argentine aircraft. She suffered significant damage and sank the next day, with 22 sailors killed
May 21, 1982. The Type 21 Frigate HMS Ardent was attacked by at least three waves of Argentine aircraft. She suffered significant damage and sank the next day, with 22 sailors killed
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An aerial view of various aircraft lining the flight decks of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS USS Independence (CV-62), top, and USS Midway (CV-41) moored beside each other at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), on 23 August 1991. Midway was en route from Naval Station, Yokosuka, Japan, to Naval Air Station North Island, California (USA), where it was decommissioned on 11 April 1992. Independence travelled to Yokosuka to take over as the U.S. Navy's forward-based aircraft carrier.
An aerial view of various aircraft lining the flight decks of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS USS Independence (CV-62), top, and USS Midway (CV-41) moored beside each other at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), on 23 August 1991. Midway was en route from Naval Station, Yokosuka, Japan, to Naval Air Station North Island, California (USA), where it was decommissioned on 11 April 1992. Independence travelled to Yokosuka to take over as the U.S. Navy's forward-based aircraft carrier.
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Heavy cruiser Gorizia at Gibraltar on 25 August 1936, after an explosion of the aircraft fuel stores inside the bow storage spaces the day before
While moored at Tangiers, then an international zone, to "show the flag" and protect Italian interests in the ongoing Spanish conflict, the heavy cruiser Gorizia suffered on 24 August 1936 an explosion in the fuel stores (due to volatile fumes) for the ship's aircrafts, located in the bow, which caused no victims, but did cause structural damage to the bow. While the ship was in no danger of sinking, the damage could not be repaired in Tangiers, as it required use of a drydock; Admiral Silvio Salza, highest ranking Italian officer on site, therefore put in a request with British authorities, which granted use of the Gibraltar facilities to undertake basic repairs, to allow the cruiser to sail to Italy. On 25 August, helped by a British tug, the Gorizia was towed (in reverse, to prevent further damage to the bow bulkheads) to the Rock, and drydocked the day after; on 9 September, the cruiser was able to sail towards La Spezia, reached on 11 September.
This accident offered a unique opportunity for the British, as they were able, by discreetly measuring the hull while in drydock, to deduce that the Gorizia (and therefore its sisters of the Zara-class) could not possibly be within the 10'000 tons standard displacement dictated by the Washington Naval Treaty (although they couldn't obviously pinpoint the exact displacement, they estimated that the ship was at least 10% over the limit). Although this technically gave the British government the chance to lodge a formal protest against this violation of an international treaty, it was declined to do so, as at the time policy towards Italy mandated a rapprochement, after the cooling of relationship had during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.
Heavy cruiser Gorizia at Gibraltar on 25 August 1936, after an explosion of the aircraft fuel stores inside the bow storage spaces the day before
While moored at Tangiers, then an international zone, to "show the flag" and protect Italian interests in the ongoing Spanish conflict, the heavy cruiser Gorizia suffered on 24 August 1936 an explosion in the fuel stores (due to volatile fumes) for the ship's aircrafts, located in the bow, which caused no victims, but did cause structural damage to the bow. While the ship was in no danger of sinking, the damage could not be repaired in Tangiers, as it required use of a drydock; Admiral Silvio Salza, highest ranking Italian officer on site, therefore put in a request with British authorities, which granted use of the Gibraltar facilities to undertake basic repairs, to allow the cruiser to sail to Italy. On 25 August, helped by a British tug, the Gorizia was towed (in reverse, to prevent further damage to the bow bulkheads) to the Rock, and drydocked the day after; on 9 September, the cruiser was able to sail towards La Spezia, reached on 11 September.
This accident offered a unique opportunity for the British, as they were able, by discreetly measuring the hull while in drydock, to deduce that the Gorizia (and therefore its sisters of the Zara-class) could not possibly be within the 10'000 tons standard displacement dictated by the Washington Naval Treaty (although they couldn't obviously pinpoint the exact displacement, they estimated that the ship was at least 10% over the limit). Although this technically gave the British government the chance to lodge a formal protest against this violation of an international treaty, it was declined to do so, as at the time policy towards Italy mandated a rapprochement, after the cooling of relationship had during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.
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Crewmen at port side midships 5/25, 20 mm and 40 mm guns aboard USS Phoenix (CL-46) strain to identify a plane flying overhead, Mindoro invasion, 18 December 1944
USS Guam (CB-2) a halftone photo of the ship's commissioning ceremony, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 17 Sept. 1944. Copied from the ship's wartime cruise book, U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945
Crewmen at port side midships 5/25, 20 mm and 40 mm guns aboard USS Phoenix (CL-46) strain to identify a plane flying overhead, Mindoro invasion, 18 December 1944
USS Guam (CB-2) a halftone photo of the ship's commissioning ceremony, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 17 Sept. 1944. Copied from the ship's wartime cruise book, U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945
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Coastal defence ship Väinämöinen's guns overlooking the guard motor boat V.M.V Helsinki.
Picture location is Helsinki according to source. VMV (Vartiomoottorivene) ~ "guard motorboat" . These did not have names , just number. Used by coast guard to hunt smugglers in 1930s.
Coastal defence ship Väinämöinen's guns overlooking the guard motor boat V.M.V Helsinki.
Picture location is Helsinki according to source. VMV (Vartiomoottorivene) ~ "guard motorboat" . These did not have names , just number. Used by coast guard to hunt smugglers in 1930s.
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USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) transits in formation during operations with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and America Expeditionary Strike Group in March 2020.
EAST CHINA SEA (April 17, 2020) Sailors hoist the national ensign aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59). Russell is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Lynch/Released)
NAVAL BASE GUAM (May 21, 2020) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) departs Apra Harbor following an extended visit to Guam in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) transits in formation during operations with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and America Expeditionary Strike Group in March 2020.
EAST CHINA SEA (April 17, 2020) Sailors hoist the national ensign aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59). Russell is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Lynch/Released)
NAVAL BASE GUAM (May 21, 2020) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) departs Apra Harbor following an extended visit to Guam in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
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HMS Spanker was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1889, converted to a minesweeper in 1909 and sold for breaking in 1920.
HMS Repulse in Sydney, February 1924.
HMS Spanker was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1889, converted to a minesweeper in 1909 and sold for breaking in 1920.
HMS Repulse in Sydney, February 1924.
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