Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Brandtaucher (German for Fire-diver) was a submersible designed by the Bavarian inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer and built by Schweffel & Howaldt in Kiel for Schleswig-Holstein's Flotilla (part of the Reichsflotte) in 1850. The Brandtaucher is the oldest known surviving submarine in the world.

Brandtaucher on display at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden

Internal mechanism of the Brandtaucher submarine in Dresden

Sketch of the Brandtaucher (from an 1896 book)

 

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Intelligent Whale was built on the design of Scovel Sturgis Merriam in 1863 by Augustus Price and Cornelius Scranton Bushnell.

Intelligent Whale submerged by filling water compartments, and expelled the water by pumps and compressed air. It was estimated that it could stay submerged for about ten hours. Thirteen crewmen could be accommodated, but only six were needed to make her operational. The only known trial, reported by submarine pioneer John Philip Holland, was made by a certain General Sweeney and two others. They submerged the boat in 16 feet of water and Sweeney, clad in a diver's suit, emerged through a hole in the bottom, placed a charge under a scow, and reentered the submarine. The charge was exploded by a lanyard and a friction primer attached to the charge, sinking the scow.

Following the failed trial in 1872, Intelligent Whale was put on display at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and remained there until 1968 when she was moved to the Washington Navy Yard where she remained until being relocated to the National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey in Sea Girt, New Jersey, where she is currently on display.

The U.S. Navy did not accept a submarine for service until the USS Holland was commissioned in 1900.

The 'Intelligent whale' hand cranked submarine, built 1864, on display at Brooklyn Navy Yard on 25 March 1931

1930s MAN STANDING NEXT TO OLD SUBMARINE FROM 1864 THE INTELLIGENT WHALE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD NEW YORK CITY USA

Intelligent Whale on exhibit at the Navy Museum, Washington Navy Yard

New Jersey National Guard Militia Museum in 1999.

 

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RN:
King George V class battleship HMS Howe during trials, August 1942

HMS Nelson, March 1937

 

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Japan:
JS Maya (DDG-179), Commemoration Day for the Self-Defense Force 1st November

 

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USN & New Zealand:
HMNZS Te Kaha being resupplied at sea with aviation fuel by USS Nimitz during combined operations in the western Pacific Ocean. June 2017

 

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USN:
The gradual righting and raising of USS Oklahoma, BB-37. It took 8 months to prepare the wreck to be righted, five weeks to actually roll her back upright, and more than four months to get her afloat again.

The final picture is probably the most famous photo of her -- her partially-stripped hulk moored alongside the USS Wisconsin, BB-64, showing how much battleships had evolved in 30 years.

Of the nearly 1400 men aboard her the morning of December, 429 died. It's nothing less than miraculous that over 2/3 of her crew survived.

 

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Russia:
Project 1164 cruiser Varyag

 

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USN:
USS Intrepid (CVA-11) during her SCB-27C modernization at Newport News Shipbuilding, circa 1953

USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39) at sea in July 1960 with various aircraft of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 54 (CVSG-54) on deck. Visible are four Douglas AD-5W Skyraider AEW-aircraft of VAW-12 Det. 34 "Bats", several Sikorsky HSS Seabat helicopters of HS-5 "Nightdippers" and numerous Grumman S2F Tracker anti-submarine aircraft of VS-22 "Checkmates" and VS-32 "Norsemen".

USS Ranger in 1972, USS Ranger's (CVA-61) air group for her 1972-3 WESTPAC and Vietnam cruise (November 16, 1972 to June 23, 1973). The air group on board at the time was Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2).

• VF-21 flying the McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II
• VF-154 flying the McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II
• VA-25 flying the Ling-Temco-Vought A-7E Corsair II
• VA-113 flying the Ling-Temco-Vought A-7E Corsair II
• VA-145 flying the Grumman A-6A, A-6B & KA-6D Intruder
• RVAH-5 flying the North American RA-5C Vigilante
• VAW-lll Det 1 flying the Grumman E-lB Tracer
• VAQ-130 Det 4 flying the Douglas EKA-3B Skywarrior
• HC-1 Det 1 flying the Sikorsky SH-3G Sea King
• HC-7 Det 110 flying the Sikorsky HH-3A Sea Mother (not aboard for entire deployment)
• VQ-1 Det flying the Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior (not aboard for entire deployment

 

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USN:
Upper deck of USS LSM(R)-188 (Landing Ship Medium (Rocket)) off Charleston, S.C., 4 December 1944

In September 1944 USN designers applied rocket mounts to the Landing Ship, Medium (LSM) and in October the Pacific Fleet asked for twelve of the rocket ships. This created the largest of the rocket equipped fire support ships to appear in the war, the Landing Ship, Medium, Rocket LSM(R).

Twelve of the ships, numbered 188 to 199 were ordered. A standard LSM was converted into the new fire support ship. The standard LSM came with a large, open well. The well was decked over to provide three ammunition-handling rooms, each with two magazines. Rocket engines and warheads were stored separately and were assembled in the handling rooms. The assembled 5-Inch rockets were then passed by hand to the deck for loading. On deck an extensive series of rocket launch rails covered most open area. There were 75 four rail Mk 36 rocket launchers and 30 six rail Mk 30 launchers. This total of 480 5-inch rockets could be launched within 30 seconds to provide area saturation bombardment. The ships were also equipped with one 5-inch/38 gun in an enclosed mount, two single 40mm guns and three 20mm Oerlikons.

The range of the fin-stabilized rocket was 4,000 yards. Since the rocket was completely unguided, the USN relied on overwhelming quantity rather than accuracy for support. The target area and ballistic trajectory of the rocket was used to determine from where the rockets would be launched. The LSM(R) would anchor in the required spot necessary to achieve support coverage, by aiming the ship. Although the ship could provide a huge volume of fire almost instantaneously, there was a weakness. Since all 480 launchers were hand loaded, it took 2 ½ hours to reload the launchers. The last four ships, numbers 196-199, were modified to provide 85 Mk 51 automatic rocket launchers that fired spin stabilized rockets with a range of 5,250 yards. Each launcher held 12 rockets for a total of 1,020, which could be fired in a span of one minute. The rails were no longer in a fixed position and could be trained at different angles and elevations. Reload time with this system dropped to 45 minutes for the first reload and then subsequent reloads every 1 ½ to 2 hours.

 

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RN:
HMS Lancaster in a choppy Irish Sea, 1st November 2020

 

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RN:
HMS Tabard passes Fort St. Angelo as she enters Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta with HMS Vanguard in the background, late 1940's-early 1950's

Light fleet carrier HMS Ocean at speed about to catapult her aircraft for a raid on Pyongyang, 11 July 1952

 

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RN:
HMS Good Hope pre 1914, lost with all hands in the Battle of Coronel.

 

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France:
1500-ton type submarine (No28) Agosta (Q-178) in the Caribbean in the 1930s

 

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Imperial Japan:
Nagato, illuminated by "friendly" searchlights during a night combat exercise

Heavy cruiser Myoko circa 1931

 

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USN:
Belmont-class technical research ship USS Liberty (AGTR-5) in 1966

 

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Germany:
A Heinkel He-60 Seaplane is hoisted on board of Leipzig class light cruiser Nürnberg, 1934

Scharnhorst fitting out at Kriegsmarine Werft, Wilhelmshaven, 1937

 

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USN:
USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) passes through the Straits of Magellan en route to Punte Arenas, Chile, on 1 July 1990, during exercise "Unitas XXXI", a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations.

August 5, 1991: USS Independence CV-62 passing Point Loma departing San Diego for her new homeport Yokosuka, Japan

 

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Imperial Japan:
predreadnought Hatsuse. Built by Armstrong Whitworth of Elswick she was completed in 1901. She sank on the 15th of May 1904 after striking two Russian mines off Port Arthur.

 

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Italy:
Submarine Uebi Scebeli was an Adua-class submarine built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s.

At 6:30 on June 29, 1940, while cruising surfaced on her way to the assigned area of operation, Uebi Scebeli had spotted three British destroyers HMS Dainty, HMS Defender and HMS Ilex, part of a screening "Force C" during Operation "MA3" (protection for British convoy traffic from Malta and Greece to Egypt).

Uebi Scebeli had to make a quick dive to periscope depth, and tried to launch an attack, but it was detected by the British destroyers, and was heavily bombarded with depth charges that caused serious damage. Two other destroyers HMS Decoy (H75), and HMAS Voyager (D31) from "Force C" joined in. Due to sustained heavy damage, the crew had to scuttle the submarine at approximately 7:00 in the position 35°29′N 20°06′E.

The crew managed to throw overboard most of the secret documents, but some of them were retrieved by the British, including a copy of the Sommergibili Italiani SM 19/S code book. All crew members were rescued and captured by the British.

 

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Russia:
Pyotr Velikiy (Peter The Great) leaving Kronstadt.

July 2017, Pyotr Velikiy (Peter The Great) in the roadstead of Kronstadt