Photos Navies Of All Nations

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USN:
USS Missouri in Measure 32

Light cruiser USS Cleveland (CL-55) underway at sea in late 1942.

USS Alabama as seen during her shakedown period. Photo taken off Casco Bay, Maine, December 1942

USS Iowa in Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Drydock No. 4, San Francisco, looking northeast, 1945

 

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Germany:
The lead ship of her class, frigate Baden-Württemberg (F222)

 

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Canada:
HMCS Windsor sits secure in the cradle of the syncrolift in Halifax Dockyard in 2014.

 

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Imperial Japan:
Light cruiser Yūbari on trials in July 5,1923

Destroyer Ikazuchi (雷 "Thunder") at anchor, circa 1932-33

 

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USN:
Battleships are broken-up and dismantled at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, December 1923. The ship being dismantled in the background is USS South Carolina (BB-26). One of the guns in the foreground is labelled “Kansas,” indicating it is probably from USS Kansas (BB-21)

 

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RN:
Heavy cruiser HMS Devonshire secured to a buoy.1941

Battleship HMS WARSPITE, and armoured carriers HMS ILLUSTRIOUS and HMS FORMIDABLE, with the Eastern Fleet, July 1942

HMS London under tow on the Tyne.

A Supermarine Walrus taxiing up to WARSPITE after returning from anti-submarine patrol. In the background are HMS ILLUSTRIOUS and the destroyer HMS LOOKOUT, 29 May 1942

“Leading Seaman Walker keeps a look-out from the bridge of HM Submarine TRIBUNE, September 1942.” Original color photo.

 

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RN:
SSBN HMS Resolution launches a Polaris ballistic missile with Chevaline payload during testing at Cape Canaveral, United States, post 1984

Chevaline was an upgrade to the Polaris missile to enable the small British nuclear deterrent to penetrate anti-ballistic missile defences. It replaced one of the three warheads in the missile with various defensive countermeasures.

Light carrier HMS Illustrious, with Sea Harriers and Sea Kings on deck, 1991

HMS Ark Royal in 2002

Type 22, Batch 3 frigate HMS Chatham off the coast of Oman. Decommissioned in 2011

 

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Sweden:
Light cruiser Tre Kronor, 1954

 

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PLA(N):
Yuan class SSK

Type 052C Changchun (DDG-150) & Type 052D Zibo (DDG-156)

 

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Imperial Austro-Hungary:
Cruiser SMS Novara suffers direct hit during battle of Otranto strait, 1917

 

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Italy:
Submarine Ruggiero Settimo ready for its launch, Cantiere Tosi, Taranto, 29 March 1931

Amidships AA mounts of the battleship Littorio, 19 march 1941 while in Taranto

Aft view of the wreck of heavy cruiser Gorizia at La Spezia, 12 February 1946

 

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France:
Vice Admiral Dartige du Fournet and his staff aboard a French dreadnought, probably his flagship France, 1916

Submarine Sidi-Ferruch (Q181) in the Old Port of Marseille, 1939

The conning tower of submarine Astrée (Q200) equiped with a German 88 mm SK C/35 naval gun

Picture probably taken in the 1950's.
All the Aurore-class submarines, except for the lead ship, would not be completed before the end of WW2. These coastal submarines were meant to be equipped with a 100mm naval gun, however Astrée and other sister ships would end up carrying a German gun instead.

 

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RN:
Battleship HMS Howe, date and location unknown

HMSM Tally-Ho, a T class submarine, underway off Barrow, 1st May 1943

 

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RN:
A 2F.1 Camel in a canvas hangar fitted to the roof of battlecruiser HMS Tiger's 'Q' turret in 1917. Somewhat unusually, the aircraft would be launched over the rear of the turret

Battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth at Rosyth during WW1

The wooden frame over the barrels is for supporting the tail of the aircraft. A similar arrangement was provided for in 'Y' turret of Repulse, Renown, Glorious and Courageous, and 'X' turret of Lion and Princess Royal. In all other cases aircraft were launched over the fore end of the turret.

H.M.S. Orion, flagship of the Second-in-Command, Third Battle Squadron, leads Monarch, Conqueror and Thunderer, 1918. Taken from H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth.
Photograph: Imperial War Museum. SP 1703.

 

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USN:
USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN-76)

A Rolling Airframe Missile is fired aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during their Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training. Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 18, 2020. USN photo.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct 18, 2020) – A tugboat assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka's (CFAY) port operations department patrols the Truman Bay at sunset.

 

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Germany:
Battleship Gneisenau in drydock at Kiel shipyard showing the damaged caused by a torpedo from RN submarine HMS Clyde, June 1940.

 

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USN:
USS Leyte (CV-32) underway with other elements of the 2nd Fleet during "Operation Frigid" Nov 20, 1948

 

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Germany
Bismarck firing on HMS Prince Of Wales after sinking HMS Hood, Battle of the Denmark Straight, 24 May 1941

U-199, which was located on the surface, off Rio de Janeiro, at 23°54′S 42°54′W. Two Brazilian aircraft, a PBY Catalina and a Lockheed Hudson, and an American PBM Mariner attacked the U-boat. The Catalina, named Ärará, was captained by 2º Ten.-Av. (2nd Lt.) Alberto M. Torres, and hit U-199 with depth charges, sinking her. Forty-nine of the crew were killed, although twelve Germans managed to escape, including the captain. This was possible due to the Catalina's crew, who threw a lifeboat to the survivors. This picture was taken by an American PBM Mariner

 

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USN:
APRA HARBOR, Guam (Jan. 4, 2021) Sailors assigned to the Gold crew of the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) transit Apra Harbor during a scheduled evolution in Guam. Ohio is conducting surveillance, training, and other critical missions in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Kelsey J. Hockenberger)

 

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USN:
Senior Chief Electrician's Mate Eyosias Tessema, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, lights off a boiler aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 13, 2020. USN photo

PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 12, 2020) The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), left, is underway with the USS Essex (LHD 2). Photo by: MC3 Wade Costin

TAIWAN STRAIT (Dec. 30, 2020) The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) conducts routine underway operations in support of stability and security for a free and open Indo-Pacific. Sea control is foundational for all other naval missions that support the Joint Force, including power projection. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda) 201230-N-WI365-1061

11th Jan 2021. Military Sealift Command Pacific welcomed fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) to the Pacific area of operations.
Lenthall arrived in San Diego, Calif., following a trip from its home in the Atlantic area of operation (AOR). The ship will provide logistics services in the area during the month of January, while fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser completes a maintenance period.

Lead ship of next class fleet oil tanker USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205) launched today at NASSCO, 12 Jan 2021