Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Republic of China (Taiwan):
ROCS Tan Yang (Ex-Yukikaze)

On 6 July 1947, Yukikaze was transferred to the Republic of China as a war reparation, where she was renamed Tan Yang (丹陽). All destroyers were named after Yang regardless of country of origin.

Tan Yang served as flagship of the Republic of China Navy, and between 1947 and 1953 was fitted with Type 89 12.7 cm/40 dual mounted guns, in addition to the Type 98 10cm/65 dual mounted guns already in use. In 1953, Tan Yang was refitted; all Japanese armaments were removed and replaced with three open air mounted 5"/38 caliber guns, 3"/50 caliber guns replaced the torpedo tubes, Bofors 40 mm guns, and newer depth charge launchers. The Republic of China Navy had no use for the original torpedo tubes as they did not have access to the appropriate armaments.

She is notable for visiting Manila where 50,000 overseas Chinese visited her. Tan Yang's service included patrolling the South China Sea and intercepting incoming ships carrying wartime materials into Shanghai. She also intercepted a Polish oil tanker (SS Praca), Prezydent Gottwald, and Soviet Tuapse carrying jet fuel into China between 1953 and 1954, and saw action along the Taiwan Strait in a supporting role as it was one of the few ships with long range guns. However, the arrival of surplus US destroyers entering service put the famous destroyer that once served as flagship into retirement, and she was scrapped in 1970 after being damaged beyond repair in a typhoon in 1969.

In Japan, there was a campaign to have her returned to Japan from Taiwan for preservation as a museum ship since she was the symbol for longevity. Her rudder and one of her anchors were repatriated to the Japan Navy Academy museum as a good will gesture.

This image appears to be after her 1953 refit with open 5"/38 mounts in place of her original mounts, 3"/50 mount in place of torpedo tubes and 40mm mounts

 

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France:
The Fleet at Cherbourg, c. 1858 by Gustave Le Gray

 

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Brunei & Philippines:
September 2020. KDB Darulehsan (OPV 07) and Philippine Navy Frigate BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) conducting at-sea exercises while en-route to pacific island of Guam

 

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RN:
17th September 1982, HMS Invincible returns to massive celebrations following the Falklands Conflict in 1982. Lined up on deck are Sea King helicopters from 820 Naval Air Squadron and Sea Harrier FRS1 aircraft from 800 Naval Air Squadron.

 

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USN:
"The Fighting Lady" and "The Ship That Would Not Die"; Museum ships USS Yorktown and USS Laffey at Patriots Point.

 

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USN:
USS Nevada (BB-36) painted red/orange for the Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test, July 1946

USS Nevada was assigned to be a target ship in the first Bikini atomic experiments (Operation Crossroads) of July 1946. The experiment consisted of detonating two atomic bombs to test their effectiveness against ships. Nevada was the bombardier's target for the first test, codenamed 'Able', which used an air-dropped weapon. To help distinguish the target from surrounding vessels, Nevada was painted a reddish-orange. However, even with the high-visibility colour scheme, the bomb fell about 1,700 yd (1,600 m) off-target, exploding above the attack transport Gilliam instead. Due in part to the miss, Nevada survived. The ship also remained afloat after the second test—'Baker', a detonation some 90 ft (27 m) below the surface of the water—but was damaged and extremely radioactive from the spray. Nevada was later towed to Pearl Harbor and decommissioned on 29 August 1946.

 

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Japan & Australia:
JS Kaga (DDH-184) and HMAS Hobart (DDG-39) in the South China Sea September 2020

 

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India:
HMS Hermes/INS Viraat. She will leave her homeport to be scrapped at Alang today.

 

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RN:
HMS Conway, fomerly HMS Nile (1839) of 90 guns ran aground while being towed to Birkenhead for a refit in 1953. She was destroyed by a fire in 1956.

In 1953, it was decided to return Conway to Birkenhead for a refit. On 14 April, the ship left her moorings in the Menai Straight under tow, but was driven ashore shortly afterwards by unexpectedly strong tides and wrecked, watched by a large crowd on the Menai Suspension Bridge. A fire in 1956 then destroyed her.

 

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USN:
An image on a sonar screen shows a silhouette shape of a submarine lying on the ocean floor somewhere in the Strait of Malacca on Oct. 21, 2019. Divers have found what they believe is the wreck of USS Grenadier (SS-210)

USS Grenadier (SS-210), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier fish,

The submarine departed Australia on 20 March on her last war patrol and headed for the Strait of Malacca, gateway between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Patrolling along the Malay and Thai coasts, Grenadier claimed a small freighter off the island of Phuket on 6 April. She remained in the area and late in the night of 20 April sighted two merchantmen and closed in for the attack. Running on the surface at dawn 21 April, Grenadier spotted, and was simultaneously spotted by, a Japanese plane. The submarine dived, and as it passed 130 feet (40 m) her executive officer commented, "We ought to be safe now." Just then, explosions rocked Grenadier and heeled her over 15 to 20 degrees. Power and lights failed completely and the fatally wounded ship settled to the bottom at 270 feet (82 m). She tried to make repairs, while a fierce fire blazed in the maneuvering room.

After 13 hours of sweating it out on the bottom Grenadier, managed to surface after dark to clear the boat of smoke and inspect damage. The damage to her propulsion system was irreparable. Attempting to bring his ship closer to shore so that the crew could scuttle her and escape into the jungle, Commander Fitzgerald even tried to jury-rig a sail. But the long night's work proved futile. As dawn broke on 22 April, Grenadier's weary crew sighted two Japanese ships heading for them. The skipper "didn't think it advisable to make a stationary dive in 280 feet of water without power," and the crew began burning confidential documents prior to abandoning ship. A Japanese plane attacked the stricken submarine, but Grenadier, though dead in the water and to all appearances helpless, blazed away with her machine guns. She hit the plane on its second pass. As the damaged plane veered off, its torpedo landed about 200 yards (200 m) from the boat and exploded.

Opening all vents, the crew of Grenadier abandoned ship and watched her sink to her final resting place. A Japanese merchantman picked up eight officers and 68 enlisted men and took them to Penang, Malay States, where they were questioned, beaten, and starved before being sent to other prison camps. They were then separated and transferred from camp to camp along the Malay Peninsula and finally to Japan. Throughout the war they suffered brutal, inhuman treatment, and their refusal to reveal military information frustrated and angered their captors. First word that any had survived Grenadier reached Australia on 27 November 1943. Despite the brutal and sadistic treatment, all but four of Grenadier's crew survived their two years in Japanese hands.

Grenadier received four battle stars for World War II service.

The sunken wreck of the USS Grenadier was found by a team of Australian , French and Belgian divers in 2020

Tambor class

 

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Algeria:
Romeo class submarine, out of service in the 1990's

 

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Germany:
FGS U-33 and FGS Nordrhein Westfalen off Plymouth 17th Sept 2020

 

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USN:
USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110), USS Detroit (LCS 7) & USS Tornado (PC 14) moored pierside in Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the Pacific end of the Panama Canal, prior to their recent Panama Canal transit.

USNS Henry J Kaiser T-AO-187

 

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RN:
Troopship HMS Euphrates in Malta, 1890

 

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Japan:
JS Ise (DDH-182) and JS Ashigara (DDG_178) returning home from Guam, 17th Sept 2020

 

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USN:
Noa was laid down by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 26 March 1945; launched on 30 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs. James Cary Jones, Jr., wife of Rear Admiral James Cary Jones, Jr., USN; and commissioned on 2 November 1945

Gearing-class destroyer USS Noa (DD-841) prior to her 1960 FRAM modernisation

USS Noa, post-FRAM overhaul taken in November 1968, underway in November 1968, while Noa was preparing for a Vietnam deployment. At the time, the mast supporting the antennas of her EW systems (atop the hangar) had been rebuilt to add an ULQ-6 active system, intended to counter the threat of the anti-ship missiles believed to be in the North Vietnamese inventory.

USS Rochester (CA-124) in Sydney, May 1958

USS Lexington (CV-16) with an FJ Fury launching

 

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Philippines:
BRP Jose Rizal and crew during RIMPAC 2020 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam.

 

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Italy:
Battleship Roma testing its main armament near Trieste in early 1942.

A "Spica" class torpedo boat testing its 450mm torpedo tubes at sea.

 

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RN:
M-class submarine M1 armed with 12in gun. M1 was rammed and was sunk on 12th November 1925 by SS Vidar off Start Point with no survivors. Wreckage was not found until 1990 by Royal Navy and more recently by divers in 1999.

 

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France:
Light cruiser Georges Leygues, one of the well regarded La Galissonnière class. View taken in New York harbor circa 1938. Note Statue of Liberty in background beyond the ship, amidships.