Photos Navies Of All Nations

[Mokordo]

Very welcome @Mokordo , anything naval is a passion for me!

I had also a seafaring vocation when I was young, but never served in the navy, but in the army. But to compensate my failed vocation, I got some maritime sportive license, thinking in buying a little sailing ship in the future.

 

[Chazman]

I agree, great pics!

 

[bdpopeye]

Excellent selection of photos in this thread!

I served aboard USS Nimitz(CVN 68) in 1991 as a part of CVW-9 assigned to SEAOPDET 9 NAS Miramar, San Diego CA. I was assigned to AIMD(Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department) Paraloft.


Nimitz performing a high speed turn ..circa 1990.


The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) underway. The Nimitz, with assigned Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9), was deployed to the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean from 25 February to 24 August 1991.

My first ship..


USS John F Kennedy (CVA 67) Photo taken in 1972. I was aboard. I served aboard JFK from March 24 1972 until August 1st 1973. Funny how a person remembers those dates.

My second ship..

USS Midway(CVA 41) Photo taken circa 1972. I served aboard Midway from August 17th 1973 until August 1st 1974.

My third ship..


USS Hancock(CVA 19) photo taken in 1975. I served aboard Fightin' Hanna from August 15 1974 to August the 8th 1975.

I also served aboard USS America(CV 66) in 1981 as part of CVW-11 . I was assigned to VS-33 an S-3A squadron out of NAS North Island in San Diego...mostly we just dropped sonobuoys.



I'm not 100% sure but I think the top photo is from the first transit and the bottom is from the second transit.
USS America (CV 66) transiting the Suez canal in 1981. We were the first carrier to transit the Suez sine 1966 when Intrepid made the journey.

 

[bdpopeye]

Dreadnoughts!!!


USS Arizona (BB 39) on the East River in New York City 1916.

USS Arizona(BB 39) history | Wiki


Arizona in 1931 after her modernization at Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth VA.


USS New York (BB 34) underway.

New York arriving in New York City after WWII.

USS New York(BB 34) history | Wiki

 

[bdpopeye]

The Mighty FID enters Naples Italy ..circa 1959
FID = First In Defense



Three Crusaders assigned to Carrier Air Group 8 (CVG-8) fly over USS Forrestal (CVA-59), circa August 1962. From fore to back: an F8U-1P (soon-to-be RF-8A) of VFP-62 "Fighting Photos," BuNo 146895, and two F8U-2's (F-8C) of VF-103 "Sluggers," BuNos 146932 and 145592. Official US Navy photo, from the ship's photo lab, File No. CVA-59-22236-L-8-62.


Aerial photo of the launching of the attack aircraft carrier Saratoga (CVA-60) at the New York Naval Shipyard, Saturday, 8 October 1955. Photo by Flying Camera, Inc. of Bronx, NY #A-1297.


Independence (CVA-62) going under the Manhattan Bridge, New York, 1959. Note the tilted mast.


USS Constellation (CVA-64) about to pass under the Brooklyn Bridge, 12 July 1962, as she leaves Brooklyn, New York, bound for her new homeport, San Diego, California. Note Connie's tilted mast, and the city of New York in the background.

 

[BravoZulu]

RAN:
In the same vein that @bdpopeye has started, the below vessels are those I served in from 1974-1986.
I joined the RAN in June 1974, completing Recruit training and category training as a QuarterMasterGunner (the USN equivalent of a Gunners Mate (Guns)) and also that of a Bosun. HMAS Brisbane was my first sea draft from January 1975-December 1976, completing a 6mth deployment to StheastAsia and 2 deployments to the Pacific

HMAS Brisbane (II) was the third of three improved Charles F Adams class guided missile destroyers (DDG) built in the United States for the RAN; her sister ships were HMA Ships Perth (II) and Hobart (II). The destroyers were referred to in the RAN as Perth class DDGs and their primary role was air defence. Seen by many as one of the most successful acquisitions in the post-World War II era, the ships had vastly increased capabilities in all warfare areas, but particularly air defence, and command and control.

I was transferred to HMAS Buccaneer for a 4 month stretch whilst HMAS Brisbane was in an alongside period, after which I returned to the Brisbane, the "Steel Cat"
HMAS Buccaneer (P 100) was an Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy

I then drafted to HMAS Diamantina December 1976-August 1978 with almost constant deployments, including a 6mth deployment to the Persian Gulf/Africa/Indian Sub-Continent and long deployments to the Pacific
HMAS Diamantina was ordered as part of Australia's shipbuilding program during the Second World War. Twelve of these Australian built frigates were to enter service with the Royal Australian Navy. A further ten were ordered but cancelled as the war drew to a close. Diamantina recommissioned on 22 June 1959 as an Oceanographic Research Ship,

I had a shore based draft from August 1978, commissioning HMAS Stirling until June 1980 when I drafted to a Junior Recruit establishment HMAS Leeuwin, training Junior Recruits (15-17 year olds)

In January 1982, I drafted back to sea in HMAS Swan until march 1983, completing a 6 month SthEastAsia and a 4 month pacific deployment and RIMPAC82.

Swan and her sister ship, Torrens, were the final two River Class DEs constructed for the RAN. The first four ships, Parramatta (III), Yarra, Stuart and Derwent, were modified versions of the Royal Navy's Type '12' Whitby and Rothesay Class frigates both of which displayed very good sea keeping qualities. Swan and Torrens (II) were a derivation of the Royal Navy's Leander-Class general purpose frigate, which was itself a development of the Type '12'.
Swan, especially in her initial role as a front line fleet ASW unit, had a very busy and varied RAN career, which emphasised her versatility. Swan soon earned the nickname of the 'Fluffy Duck', or the 'Duck', a name she retained throughout her career.

I then commissioned HMAS Cessnock in March 1983, doing almost constant border patrol deployments until March 1984
HMAS Cessnock commissioned at Cairns on 5 March 1983, the eighth of 15 Fremantle class patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy between 1980 and 1984. She was also the seventh Australian built Fremantle class patrol boat.

I drafted to Seattle USA in March 1984 for pre-commissioning of HMAS Darwin which I commissioned in July 1984, staying on the US west coast until return to Australia in October 1985. Once returned to Australia, I stayed in her until my discharge, completing a 4mth Pacific deployment, RIMPAC86 and 3 month deployment to NZ and the Pacific

HMAS Darwin was the fourth of six Adelaide class guided missile frigates (FFG) to serve in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built at the Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, Washington, USA, and was launched on 26 March 1982. The Adelaide class was based upon the US-designed Oliver Hazard Perry class FFG.

I discharged from the RAN in November 1986, having served under the colours for 12 years 5 months, completing almost 9 years sea time.

And I would do it all again in a heart beat!!

 

[BravoZulu]

Greece:
Hunt class destroyer "Adrias" entering the port of Alexandria without a bow. December 6 , 1943

 

[BravoZulu]

Russia:
P-700 launched from "Peter the Great"

Project 22800 "Okhotsk" missile ship at the "More shipyard in the open air. Crimeа.2019

Pr. 20380 Soobrazitelny in Ireland

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
Sun rises over USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, 9 October 2015

USS Howard (DDG-83) near San Diego, CA 2019

USS Detroit (LCS 7) in Detroit on Oct. 22, 2016

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
U.S. Navy escort carriers fitting out at Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington, April-May 1944

USS Johnston - DD-557

Deepest ever warship wreck found on ocean floor almost four miles down. It is thought to be the USS Johnston DD-557, sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on 25 October 1944. Wreckage of a Fletcher-class destroyer believed to be USS Johnston (DD-557). Photo released by R/V Petrel. At 20,400 feet below the surface, it is the deepest known shipwreck ever discovered.

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducting high-speed turn test. October 29, 2019.

Another angle of USS Gerald R. Ford's high speed turn

USS Wasp (LHD-1) being docked in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) is adorned with a lei

USS Scranton (SSN 756) departs Naval Station Norfolk's Pier 3, 24 July 2008

 

[BravoZulu]

RN:
"Nov. 11, 1957 - Ship Towed By Helicopter: A test to show the value of big helicopters in salvage work has been carried out by Britain;s Royal Navy from the Naval Air Station at Lee-on-Solent, England. Flying 30 feet above the water with a tow line of about 160 yards a Whirlwind helicopter has successfully towed the minesweeper HMS Gavington (360 long tons). Photo shows Whirlwind tows the minesweeper."

HMS Birmingham leads HMS Warrior during Fleet Exercises off Hong Kong, Oct 3, 1954

HMS Sheffield and the battleship HMS Vanguard operating in very heavy weather in Northern waters during Operation Mariner, Sept 1953.

 

[BravoZulu]

RN:
Monitor M-30, at Mudros, Oct, 1915

Pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Majestic at Devonport

 

[BravoZulu]

Imperial Austro-Hungary:
Ironclad warship of A-H SMS Custoza anchored off Trieste, 1878

 

[BravoZulu]

India:
The INS Vikrant being scrapped off Mumbai. She was born to be HMS Hercules, but the end of the Second World War halted that. She served India against Pakistan in 1971.

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
USS Macon (CA-132) underway, Oct 6, 1951

USS Independence (CVl-22), having survived an atomic bomb at a distance of half a mile (.8 kilometers)

USS VENTURE (MSO-496), Aggressive-class minesweeper, sometime in the 1960s

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
USS California (BB-44) during refloating operations, March 30, 1942. Note cofferdam installed along her port bow and forward turrets with guns removed.

"California hit and listing. Battered by aerial bombs and torpedoes, the U.S.S. California settles slowly into the mud and muck of Pearl Harbor."Dec 7th 1941. The Turret tearing through the canvas shows the drama

USS Tennessee (BB43) Bombarding Okinawa with her 14" main battery guns, as LVTs in the foreground carry troops to the invasion beaches on 1 April 1945.

 

[BravoZulu]

RN:
An "enemy" submarine as viewed from HMS Northumberland's Merlin HM2 helicopter

 

[BravoZulu]

RN:
HMS Hesperus in Hvalfjord, Iceland, 1942.

Destruction of U-boat by British Destroyers Hesperus and Vanessa. While Forming Part of a Homeward-bound Convoy Escort the Destroyers Rammed and Sank a German U-boat. the Enemy Was First Sighted and Rammed by HMS Vanessa. Though Badly Damaged It Tried To Escape in Failing Light But Was Overhauled and Finished Off by HMS Hesperus Which Rammed It For the Second Time, Broke It in Two and Sank It. Survivors Were Picked Up. 28 December 1942, Liverpool. HMS HESPERUS entering harbour, showing damage to her bows caused by ramming the U-boat.

 

[BravoZulu]

Brazil:
Submarine 'Riachuelo' (S-40) in maintenance in the floating dock Almirante Schieck.

Destroyer Escort "Bauru" (Be-4) is 75 years old
Former USS McAnn, Cannon or DET (diesel-electric tandem drive) class DE, long hull, high bridge, 6,000 hp, 3x3"/50, three torpedo tubes, 20.9 knots. The slowest of the long-hull classes, it saw very little service after WWII (seven as Naval Reserve Training ships, all late-war production). They were extensively sold to other nations in the 1950s, and the only 14 DEs sold to a nation besides Britain were Cannons, including McAnn/Bauru.

Destroyer Escort "Bauru" (Be-4) and submarine "Riachuelo" (S-22)