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USS Langley (CV-1) underway, circa 1926
Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Savannah (CL-42) equipped with five triple 6"/47 caliber gun turrets (three forward, two aft). This starboard bow photo was taken sometime after her commissioning in 1938. USN photo. NavSource.
USS Langley (CV-1) underway, circa 1926
Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Savannah (CL-42) equipped with five triple 6"/47 caliber gun turrets (three forward, two aft). This starboard bow photo was taken sometime after her commissioning in 1938. USN photo. NavSource.
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 25, 2020) USS Shiloh (CG 67), front, USS America (LHA 6), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Germantown (LSD 42) and USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2), steam in formation with the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in support of Valiant Shield 2020. Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erica Bechard)
USS Frank Cable (AS-40) in Apra Harbor, Guam
USS Frank Cable (AS-40) is the second Emory S. Land-class submarine tender built by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington for the United States Navy.
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 25, 2020) USS Shiloh (CG 67), front, USS America (LHA 6), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Germantown (LSD 42) and USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2), steam in formation with the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in support of Valiant Shield 2020. Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erica Bechard)
USS Frank Cable (AS-40) in Apra Harbor, Guam
USS Frank Cable (AS-40) is the second Emory S. Land-class submarine tender built by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington for the United States Navy.
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Italy:
Destroyer Leone Pancaldo when it was sunk in harbour by Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bombers on 10 July 1940, as seen when it was salvaged and repaired
The Leone Pancaldo (a Navigatori-class destroyer, formerly light scout) was part of the XIV Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere on the eve of the Battle of Punta Stilo (Calabria); originally left in reserve at Taranto (ready to replace a fellow flotilla when it was low on fuel), it sailed in the morning of 9 July to join the reunited Italian squadrons. During the battle, it was one of the flotillas to which it was ordered to execute a torpedo attack, to cover the whitdrawal of the Italian battleships, after the flagship Giulio Cesare had been damaged; however, being the last to attack, its commander thought that the distance from the British ships (who were careful not to close the distance) was too large, and thus aborted the attack.
As most of the Italian fleet reached the harbour of Augusta, after midnight decrypts of British traffic suggested that a British attack with torpedo-bombers was imminent, thus Supermarina ordered all ships to sail; however, the Pancaldo and the fellow destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi remained, as they hadn't terminated refuelling operations.
Thus, when nine Fairey Swordfish of the 813th Squadron arrived on the roadway, armed with torpedoes, found the Pancaldo moored right in the middle of the roadway, preparing to get underway. The first six, coming at 2115 h, disappointedly noticed the lack of suitable targets and doubled back; the last three, however, came in at 2120 h, and while one made for the Vivaldi, two attacked the Pancaldo.
The first Swordfish missed, but the second struck home. Its torpedo hit the Pancaldo on the starboard side, near the fore boiler rooms. In just a few minutes, the fate of the destroyer was sealed, thus its commander ordered to abandon ship; when the Pancaldo was about to go under, the remaining men left on the aft section let out a last "Long live the King!" and jumped. By 2139 h, the destroyer was resting on the bottom, under 29 m of water. Sixteen men had died, and other nine had been wounded.
As inspections showed that the hull hadn't been overly compromised, it was decided to salvage the destroyer; finally, on 26 July 1941, the Pancaldo was refloated, and on 1 August it was drydocked to be repaired, to allow it to reach Genoa to be fully repaired.
On 12 December 1942 the Leone Pancaldo (fully repaired, refitted even with a Gufo radar set) was finally recommissioned. However, it wouldn't have a long career, as it was one of the units that was sacrificed in the desperate last moments of the "route of death" (rotta della morte), the sea lane between Italy and Tunisia, until the latter's fall.
Pancaldo in1943, prior to being sunk
Destroyer Leone Pancaldo when it was sunk in harbour by Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bombers on 10 July 1940, as seen when it was salvaged and repaired
The Leone Pancaldo (a Navigatori-class destroyer, formerly light scout) was part of the XIV Squadriglia Cacciatorpediniere on the eve of the Battle of Punta Stilo (Calabria); originally left in reserve at Taranto (ready to replace a fellow flotilla when it was low on fuel), it sailed in the morning of 9 July to join the reunited Italian squadrons. During the battle, it was one of the flotillas to which it was ordered to execute a torpedo attack, to cover the whitdrawal of the Italian battleships, after the flagship Giulio Cesare had been damaged; however, being the last to attack, its commander thought that the distance from the British ships (who were careful not to close the distance) was too large, and thus aborted the attack.
As most of the Italian fleet reached the harbour of Augusta, after midnight decrypts of British traffic suggested that a British attack with torpedo-bombers was imminent, thus Supermarina ordered all ships to sail; however, the Pancaldo and the fellow destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi remained, as they hadn't terminated refuelling operations.
Thus, when nine Fairey Swordfish of the 813th Squadron arrived on the roadway, armed with torpedoes, found the Pancaldo moored right in the middle of the roadway, preparing to get underway. The first six, coming at 2115 h, disappointedly noticed the lack of suitable targets and doubled back; the last three, however, came in at 2120 h, and while one made for the Vivaldi, two attacked the Pancaldo.
The first Swordfish missed, but the second struck home. Its torpedo hit the Pancaldo on the starboard side, near the fore boiler rooms. In just a few minutes, the fate of the destroyer was sealed, thus its commander ordered to abandon ship; when the Pancaldo was about to go under, the remaining men left on the aft section let out a last "Long live the King!" and jumped. By 2139 h, the destroyer was resting on the bottom, under 29 m of water. Sixteen men had died, and other nine had been wounded.
As inspections showed that the hull hadn't been overly compromised, it was decided to salvage the destroyer; finally, on 26 July 1941, the Pancaldo was refloated, and on 1 August it was drydocked to be repaired, to allow it to reach Genoa to be fully repaired.
On 12 December 1942 the Leone Pancaldo (fully repaired, refitted even with a Gufo radar set) was finally recommissioned. However, it wouldn't have a long career, as it was one of the units that was sacrificed in the desperate last moments of the "route of death" (rotta della morte), the sea lane between Italy and Tunisia, until the latter's fall.
Pancaldo in1943, prior to being sunk
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USS Iowa conducts an UNREP with USS Midway in the Persian Gulf, 1987
USS New Jersey in the 1980s
Armoured conning tower door on USS Iowa (BB-61). The armoured column, spanning several decks, was 17.3 inches (439 mm) on all sides and 7.25 inches (184 mm) on the roof.
USS Iowa conducts an UNREP with USS Midway in the Persian Gulf, 1987
USS New Jersey in the 1980s
Armoured conning tower door on USS Iowa (BB-61). The armoured column, spanning several decks, was 17.3 inches (439 mm) on all sides and 7.25 inches (184 mm) on the roof.
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Germany:
Cruiser Königsberg's aft 15cm turrets trained to starboard, circa 1930
Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, and Admiral Hipper at Trondheim, Norway, 1940
Crew of German submarine U-537 pose with a polar bear killed while installing weather station "Kurt", Martin Bay, Newfoundland, October 1943
Cruiser Königsberg's aft 15cm turrets trained to starboard, circa 1930
Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, and Admiral Hipper at Trondheim, Norway, 1940
Crew of German submarine U-537 pose with a polar bear killed while installing weather station "Kurt", Martin Bay, Newfoundland, October 1943
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USS Leviathan in her dazzle camouflage at Brest, 30th May 1918
Formerly the Hamburg American Liner “Vaterland,” interned at New York at outbreak of war in 1914, it was commandeered and refitted by U.S. Government when war was declared on Germany. It is now used as an Army Transport for American troops, Brest, France, May 30, 1918. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/07/15).
Landscape photo of the crew of the USS Chester (CL-1) at the Charlestown Navy Yard, June 1920
A starboard view of USS "Lady Lex" Lexington (CV-2).
USS Leviathan in her dazzle camouflage at Brest, 30th May 1918
Formerly the Hamburg American Liner “Vaterland,” interned at New York at outbreak of war in 1914, it was commandeered and refitted by U.S. Government when war was declared on Germany. It is now used as an Army Transport for American troops, Brest, France, May 30, 1918. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/07/15).
Landscape photo of the crew of the USS Chester (CL-1) at the Charlestown Navy Yard, June 1920
A starboard view of USS "Lady Lex" Lexington (CV-2).
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USNS Benavidez showing what sort of content a Military Sealift Ro-Ro ship can carry around - & that's just the top deck. That's 400,000 sq. ft. of cargo space in total (appx 1000 vehicles) steaming @ 24 knots. No wonder the keyword in the name for the force is "Surge"! (March 2020 - USN)
USNS Benavidez showing what sort of content a Military Sealift Ro-Ro ship can carry around - & that's just the top deck. That's 400,000 sq. ft. of cargo space in total (appx 1000 vehicles) steaming @ 24 knots. No wonder the keyword in the name for the force is "Surge"! (March 2020 - USN)
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USCGC Spencer (WPG-36) depth charging U-175 during the Battle of the Atlantic. She would see action in both Atlantic and Pacific theatres during WWII, then again off the coast of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. She was decommissioned in 1974
Spencer launched two salvos of charges and the second one damaged the sub but U-175 didn't explode catastrophically; her hull was ruptured and damage was done to her motors and batteries. The batteries started to emit poisonous gas and she was forced to surface.
Of the 54 men aboard, 13 were killed and 41 rescued by Spencer and USCGC Duane.
USCGC Spencer (WPG-36) depth charging U-175 during the Battle of the Atlantic. She would see action in both Atlantic and Pacific theatres during WWII, then again off the coast of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. She was decommissioned in 1974
Spencer launched two salvos of charges and the second one damaged the sub but U-175 didn't explode catastrophically; her hull was ruptured and damage was done to her motors and batteries. The batteries started to emit poisonous gas and she was forced to surface.
Of the 54 men aboard, 13 were killed and 41 rescued by Spencer and USCGC Duane.
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South Korea:
Sejong The Great class DDG, Yulgok Yi I
Sejong The Great class DDG ROKS Yulgok Yi I in the foreground with Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class destroyer ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH-976)in the background
Sejong The Great class DDG, Yulgok Yi I
Sejong The Great class DDG ROKS Yulgok Yi I in the foreground with Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class destroyer ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH-976)in the background
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RN:
HMS Queen Elizabeth, RFA Tideforce and HMS Dragon on exercise. Winning image of Navy News people’s choice award. Taken by LPHOT Kyle Heller
HMS Defender and an RAF Typhoon, 3rd Oct 2020
HMS Queen Elizabeth, RFA Tideforce and HMS Dragon on exercise. Winning image of Navy News people’s choice award. Taken by LPHOT Kyle Heller
HMS Defender and an RAF Typhoon, 3rd Oct 2020
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8th July 1948, HMS Cornwall raised to be taken to the breakers after being sunk by a German bomb in 1940
Launched in 1815, HMS Cornwall (Originally Wellesley of 72 guns) holds the distinction of being the last ship of the line sunk by enemy action, and the only one sunken by air raid.
HMS Irresistible as a depot ship at Kings Wharf, Bermuda, c. 1870-90
Launched on 27th October, 1859 at Chatham Dockyard, Irresistible was a secondrate of 80 guns with screw propulsion. Commissioned 1864, she spent the next 4 years on coast guard duty before being sent to Bermuda in 1868, where she would remain a depot ship until sold in 1894.
HMS Urgent as depot ship in Jamaica, March 1880. HMS Urgent was originally under construction as Assaye, but was purchased (Along with Sobraon at the same yard) to serve as auxiliary troopships for the Crimean War.
8th July 1948, HMS Cornwall raised to be taken to the breakers after being sunk by a German bomb in 1940
Launched in 1815, HMS Cornwall (Originally Wellesley of 72 guns) holds the distinction of being the last ship of the line sunk by enemy action, and the only one sunken by air raid.
HMS Irresistible as a depot ship at Kings Wharf, Bermuda, c. 1870-90
Launched on 27th October, 1859 at Chatham Dockyard, Irresistible was a secondrate of 80 guns with screw propulsion. Commissioned 1864, she spent the next 4 years on coast guard duty before being sent to Bermuda in 1868, where she would remain a depot ship until sold in 1894.
HMS Urgent as depot ship in Jamaica, March 1880. HMS Urgent was originally under construction as Assaye, but was purchased (Along with Sobraon at the same yard) to serve as auxiliary troopships for the Crimean War.
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