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Courbet class battleship France (1914-1922). 20 July 1914, The arrival in Krondstadt of the French President, Raymond Poincare, on a state visit to the tsar Nicholas II. WW1 will break out ten days later
Courbet class battleship France (1914-1922). 20 July 1914, The arrival in Krondstadt of the French President, Raymond Poincare, on a state visit to the tsar Nicholas II. WW1 will break out ten days later
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Photo #: NH 97453 USS Bremerton (CA-130) (foreground) and USS Los Angeles (CA-135) Are towed from the Nation's largest drydock, at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, while being prepared for inactivation and addition to the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Constructed during the war, the 1100-foot drydock is capable of handling the largest ships afloat. Besides handling these two cruisers at one time, the huge dock has accomodated four attack transports in one operation. World's largest crane at right. Quoted passage is from the original caption, released with this photograph under date of 13 February 1948. Note many other laid-up ships in the area. Among them, at right, are USS Rockwall (APA-230) and USS Bottineau (APA-235). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Photo #: NH 97453 USS Bremerton (CA-130) (foreground) and USS Los Angeles (CA-135) Are towed from the Nation's largest drydock, at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, while being prepared for inactivation and addition to the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Constructed during the war, the 1100-foot drydock is capable of handling the largest ships afloat. Besides handling these two cruisers at one time, the huge dock has accomodated four attack transports in one operation. World's largest crane at right. Quoted passage is from the original caption, released with this photograph under date of 13 February 1948. Note many other laid-up ships in the area. Among them, at right, are USS Rockwall (APA-230) and USS Bottineau (APA-235). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
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One of the oldest ships still in service.
Kommuna is a submarine salvage ship in service with the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. A double-hulled catamaran, she was laid down at the Putilov Factory (now the Kirov Factory) in St. Petersburg in November 1912 as Volkhov. The ship was launched the following year, and commissioned on 14 July 1915. She was renamed Kommuna on 31 December 1922. Kommuna has served in the Russian Imperial, Soviet, and Russian Federation navies through the Russian Revolution and two World Wars
Volkhov launched at Putilovskaya Verf in Saint Petersburg 17 November 1913
Kommuna at Sevastopol.
Kommuna is a submarine salvage ship in service with the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. A double-hulled catamaran, she was laid down at the Putilov Factory (now the Kirov Factory) in St. Petersburg in November 1912 as Volkhov. The ship was launched the following year, and commissioned on 14 July 1915. She was renamed Kommuna on 31 December 1922. Kommuna has served in the Russian Imperial, Soviet, and Russian Federation navies through the Russian Revolution and two World Wars
Volkhov launched at Putilovskaya Verf in Saint Petersburg 17 November 1913
Kommuna at Sevastopol.
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat. She was launched in 1797
BOSTON (July 4, 2014) USS Constitution fires a 17-gun salute near U.S. Coast Guard Base Boston during the ship's Independence Day underway demonstration in Boston Harbor. Constitution got underway with more than 300 guests to celebrate America's independence. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew R. Fairchild/Released)
The earliest known photograph of Constitution, undergoing repairs in 1858.
USS Constitution in dry dock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1874.
USS Constitution as a barracks ship ca. 1905 with the caisson gate for Dry Dock No. 1 at the Charlestown Navy yard floating in the foreground
USS Constitution passing through Gaillard Cut on her Atlantic to Pacific transit of the Panama Canal, 27 December 1932. Alongside is the Canal tug Gorgona.
USS Constitution fires her guns in salute while underway in Massachusetts Bay, escorted by the frigate USS Halyburton (FFG-40) (center) and the destroyer USS Ramage (DDG-61) (right), as the United States Navy's "Blue Angels" pass overhead. Commissioned on 21 October 1797, Constitution set sail unassisted for the first time in 116 years. 21 July 1997.
Boston, Mass. (July 30, 2005) – U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thomas C. Graves and Executive Officer Lt. Brad Coletti look on during USS Constitution change of command ceremony. Graves became the 69th commanding officer of the historic vessel, relieving Cmdr. Lewin C. Wright in the at-sea ceremony. The occasion marked the first in which Graves wore his 1813-era Naval officer’s uniform aboard the ship. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Matt Chabe.
BOSTON (July 4, 2014) USS Constitution fires a 17-gun salute near U.S. Coast Guard Base Boston during the ship's Independence Day underway demonstration in Boston Harbor. Constitution got underway with more than 300 guests to celebrate America's independence. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew R. Fairchild/Released)
The earliest known photograph of Constitution, undergoing repairs in 1858.
USS Constitution in dry dock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1874.
USS Constitution as a barracks ship ca. 1905 with the caisson gate for Dry Dock No. 1 at the Charlestown Navy yard floating in the foreground
USS Constitution passing through Gaillard Cut on her Atlantic to Pacific transit of the Panama Canal, 27 December 1932. Alongside is the Canal tug Gorgona.
USS Constitution fires her guns in salute while underway in Massachusetts Bay, escorted by the frigate USS Halyburton (FFG-40) (center) and the destroyer USS Ramage (DDG-61) (right), as the United States Navy's "Blue Angels" pass overhead. Commissioned on 21 October 1797, Constitution set sail unassisted for the first time in 116 years. 21 July 1997.
Boston, Mass. (July 30, 2005) – U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thomas C. Graves and Executive Officer Lt. Brad Coletti look on during USS Constitution change of command ceremony. Graves became the 69th commanding officer of the historic vessel, relieving Cmdr. Lewin C. Wright in the at-sea ceremony. The occasion marked the first in which Graves wore his 1813-era Naval officer’s uniform aboard the ship. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Matt Chabe.
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SAN DIEGO (Sept. 2, 2020) Sailors man the rails as the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrives in San Diego after conducting a homeport change from Bremerton, Wash. Vinson recently completed a 17-month regularly scheduled docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) and successful sea trials to test the recently upgraded ship’s systems. The DPIA included a system retrofit to accommodate Joint Strike Fighter mission capabilities to support F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadrons. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Haydn N. Smith/Released)
SAN DIEGO (Sept. 2, 2020) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrives in San Diego after conducting a homeport change from Bremerton, Washington
SAN DIEGO (Sept. 2, 2020) Sailors assigned to Nimitz class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) man the rails on the flight deck of the ship.
SAN DIEGO (Sept. 2, 2020) Sailors man the rails as the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrives in San Diego after conducting a homeport change from Bremerton, Wash. Vinson recently completed a 17-month regularly scheduled docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) and successful sea trials to test the recently upgraded ship’s systems. The DPIA included a system retrofit to accommodate Joint Strike Fighter mission capabilities to support F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadrons. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Haydn N. Smith/Released)
SAN DIEGO (Sept. 2, 2020) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrives in San Diego after conducting a homeport change from Bremerton, Washington
SAN DIEGO (Sept. 2, 2020) Sailors assigned to Nimitz class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) man the rails on the flight deck of the ship.
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Destroyer Yūdachi (夕立 "Evening Squall"), likely undergoing speed trials, 30 November 1936
Destroyer Harusame photographed through the periscope of USS Wahoo
In January 1943, Harusame returned to Truk escorting the troopship Asama Maru, and continued on to Wewak to resume transport operations to Kavieng. On 24 January, she was torpedoed by the submarine USS Wahoo, and had to be beached to avoid sinking. She was recovered by salvage teams, returning to Truk for emergency repairs by the end of February, and returning on to Yokosuka by the end of May. At Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, one gun turret was removed and replaced by two additional triple Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns. She was reactivated at the end of November, and returned to Truk on 11 January 1944.
Destroyer Yūdachi (夕立 "Evening Squall"), likely undergoing speed trials, 30 November 1936
Destroyer Harusame photographed through the periscope of USS Wahoo
In January 1943, Harusame returned to Truk escorting the troopship Asama Maru, and continued on to Wewak to resume transport operations to Kavieng. On 24 January, she was torpedoed by the submarine USS Wahoo, and had to be beached to avoid sinking. She was recovered by salvage teams, returning to Truk for emergency repairs by the end of February, and returning on to Yokosuka by the end of May. At Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, one gun turret was removed and replaced by two additional triple Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns. She was reactivated at the end of November, and returned to Truk on 11 January 1944.
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HMS Impregnable, c. 1861
As HMS Caledonia, she was to spend the next 15 years at anchor in the Firth of Forth as a training ship for boys. The ship was divided up for training by decks: The Upper Deck was used exclusively for sail drill, gunnery and recreation. The Main and Middle decks were used for seamanship classes and instruction. The Lower and Orlop decks were devoted to living and sleeping spaces. The training ship accommodated 190 Officers and men as well as 800 boys. Instruction covered boat pulling, sailing & gunnery. It was hoped that this form of training would instil in the boys the qualities of resourcefulness, courage and self-reliance. Theoretical instruction was undertaken in the ‘Schoolroom’. This room could accommodate 200 boys at once and often did. The 200 boys were broken down into classes of 15 – 20.[4] Commander the Hon. Robert Francis Boyle was in command from August 1901.
TS Wellesley, training ship (Ex HMS Boscawen). Boy sailors on the mess deck, Ships Collection
Training Ship Wellesley and TS Castor
HMS Boscawan was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 April 1844 at Woolwich Dockyard. She was originally ordered and begun as a 74-gun ship, but an Admiralty order dated 3 March 1834 required that she be reworked to Sir William Symonds' design. She was named for Admiral Edward Boscawen.
In 1873, Boscawen replaced Wellesley – the former HMS Cornwall – as the training ship at Wellesley Nautical School and was herself renamed Wellesley.
On the afternoon of 11 March 1914, Wellesley was destroyed by fire and sank at her moorings on the River Tyne at North Shields. A total loss, she was broken up later in 1914.
HMS Impregnable, c. 1861
As HMS Caledonia, she was to spend the next 15 years at anchor in the Firth of Forth as a training ship for boys. The ship was divided up for training by decks: The Upper Deck was used exclusively for sail drill, gunnery and recreation. The Main and Middle decks were used for seamanship classes and instruction. The Lower and Orlop decks were devoted to living and sleeping spaces. The training ship accommodated 190 Officers and men as well as 800 boys. Instruction covered boat pulling, sailing & gunnery. It was hoped that this form of training would instil in the boys the qualities of resourcefulness, courage and self-reliance. Theoretical instruction was undertaken in the ‘Schoolroom’. This room could accommodate 200 boys at once and often did. The 200 boys were broken down into classes of 15 – 20.[4] Commander the Hon. Robert Francis Boyle was in command from August 1901.
TS Wellesley, training ship (Ex HMS Boscawen). Boy sailors on the mess deck, Ships Collection
Training Ship Wellesley and TS Castor
HMS Boscawan was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 April 1844 at Woolwich Dockyard. She was originally ordered and begun as a 74-gun ship, but an Admiralty order dated 3 March 1834 required that she be reworked to Sir William Symonds' design. She was named for Admiral Edward Boscawen.
In 1873, Boscawen replaced Wellesley – the former HMS Cornwall – as the training ship at Wellesley Nautical School and was herself renamed Wellesley.
On the afternoon of 11 March 1914, Wellesley was destroyed by fire and sank at her moorings on the River Tyne at North Shields. A total loss, she was broken up later in 1914.
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France:
Monge (A601), named after the 18th century mathematician Gaspard Monge, is a unique missile range instrumentation ship of the French Navy dedicated to tracking and measuring rocket trajectories. She was built for the trials of the submarine-launched ballistic missiles of the French Navy, and is also used to monitor the launch of Ariane rockets. The ship was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire and was launched on 6 October 1990. The vessel entered service on 5 November 1992 and is based at Brest, France.
Monge (A601), named after the 18th century mathematician Gaspard Monge, is a unique missile range instrumentation ship of the French Navy dedicated to tracking and measuring rocket trajectories. She was built for the trials of the submarine-launched ballistic missiles of the French Navy, and is also used to monitor the launch of Ariane rockets. The ship was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire and was launched on 6 October 1990. The vessel entered service on 5 November 1992 and is based at Brest, France.
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Germany:
Deutschland class Admiral Graf Spee at Ceuta, one of the Spanish cities in North Africa, April 1939
Admiral Graf Spee view of the after part of the ship's superstructure, port side, taken while she was in Montevideo harbor, Uruguay in mid-December 1939. Note the burned-out remains of an Arado Ar 196A-1 floatplane.
Turret "Caesar" of battleship Tirpitz fires a 15 inch salvo.
Deutschland class Admiral Graf Spee at Ceuta, one of the Spanish cities in North Africa, April 1939
Admiral Graf Spee view of the after part of the ship's superstructure, port side, taken while she was in Montevideo harbor, Uruguay in mid-December 1939. Note the burned-out remains of an Arado Ar 196A-1 floatplane.
Turret "Caesar" of battleship Tirpitz fires a 15 inch salvo.
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USS Enterprise (CV-6) arrives in New York harbor from the Pacific, 17 October 1945
USS Fresno (CL-121) moored off Portand, Dorset, UK, Aug 14, 1947
September 6, 1947. Launching a V-2 rocket from USS Midway (CV-41)
USS Missouri (BB-63) anchored in the outer harbor of Wonsan, Korea, 25 October 1950. A British destroyer is in the right background.
USS Enterprise (CV-6) arrives in New York harbor from the Pacific, 17 October 1945
USS Fresno (CL-121) moored off Portand, Dorset, UK, Aug 14, 1947
September 6, 1947. Launching a V-2 rocket from USS Midway (CV-41)
USS Missouri (BB-63) anchored in the outer harbor of Wonsan, Korea, 25 October 1950. A British destroyer is in the right background.
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