Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Italy (Regia Marina):
Ironclad Formidabile in 1870

Battle of Lissa 1866 between mixed ironclad/wooden fleets of of Italy and Austria, 92 gun wooden ship of the line Kaiser ramming run on Italian ironclad, by Alexander Kircher

The Battle of Lissa (sometimes called Battle of Vis) took place on 20 July 1866 in the Adriatic Sea near the Dalmatian island of Lissa ("Vis" in Croatian) and was a decisive victory for an outnumbered Austrian Empire force over a numerically superior Italian force. It was the first major sea battle between ironclads and one of the last to involve deliberate ramming.
The Italian navy fired roughly 1450 shots during the engagement, but failed to sink any Austrian ship while losing two ironclads. One of the main reasons for this poor performance was internal rivalry between the Italian fleet commanders: for example, Italian Vice Admiral Albini, with his ships, did not engage the enemy during the battle.

 

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Ukraine:
Gyurza-M class artillery boat, 2 June 2016. On 25th November, 2018, U175 "Berdyansk" was in the Kerch Strait and seized by Russian forces

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USN:
USS Norris (DD-859) drops depth charges in a demonstration of Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) for the Secretary of the Navy, who was embarked in USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) on 27 April 1950.

US Navy blimp watches over a convoy, June 1943.

USS Enterprise (CV6), Takeoff View, Unpublished Photo from LIFE Magazine Archives, 1941

USS Windham Bay (CVE-92) at Guam about 11th of June, 1945, after going through typhoon off Okinawa, June 5th 1945

 

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Vietnam (PAVN):
Pohang class corvette HQ20 has been armed with two Uran-E shipborne missile systems, each with four Kh-35UE mounted in two quadruple launchers.

 

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RN:
HMS VICTORY in her dry dock watches over a descendant, HMS DUNCAN behind.

Type 23 frigate HMS Portland (F79) passes the Nordenskjold Glacier in Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia

 

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USN:
Sikorsky Aircraft's Assault Patrol Boat, ASPB Mk2
Sikorsky won a U. S. Navy contract to build a prototype ASPB (Assault Support Patrol Boat) boat. Sikorsky designed the ASPB for its environment, the ASPB warship was in reality a floating tank, and much more. It was approximately 50 feet long and 20 feet wide and powered by three Pratt & Whitney PT-6 turbine engines connected to three water-jet pumps. On smooth river water the ASPB could reach speeds of 50 miles per hour and maneuver in only water 4 feet deep. Also this type of drive system allowed the ASPB to turn rapidly, maneuverability was critical because of limited space within the delta rivers.
It had a central turret with a 105 millimeter howitzer and two 20 millimeter automatic cannons. The howitzer was the most command artillery piece in the Army's inventory and parts and ammunition was readily available. The howitzer is capable of firing directly at an enemy or indirectly at high angles over obstacles in support of our ground troops. The 20 millimeter cannons were rapid fire machine guns for short range attacks and also they were used to defend the ASPB. Both weapons allowed the ASPB to lay down fire outside the range of the Viet Cong's 300 meter range of their rocket propelled grenades. Also a small machine gun was installed in the bow of the ASPB for quick reaction defense in case of an ambush.
A unique armor system was designed for the ASPB called "bar armor". It is a light steel bar grill mounted 3 to 4 feet away from the hull and superstructure. This armor defeated the Viet Cong's rocket grenade by exploding the grenades armor piercing warhead against the "bars" before it reached the ASPB. The use of this armor allowed the ASPB to be designed with a lighter armored hull reducing the ASPB's overall weight.
The ASPB was delivered to the U. S. Navy at the end of 1969, but never saw operational use because the war ended. However the ASPB was used by the Special Forces to train for riverine warfare until 1980 when it was taken out of service.

 

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USN:
PE-19, USS Nantucket (IX-18) and USS Constitution (IX-21) at Boston Navy Yard, 1935

USS Saratoga and USS Constitution off San Diego California, January 1933.

USS North Carolina silhouetted by a sunset off Hawaii, 15 October 1942

USS Arizona with President Hoover on board, March 1931

 

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USN:
USS King (DLG-10) operating off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. September 10, 1961

Italy & USN:
1962, the American aircraft carrier USS Independence and Training ship "Amerigo Vespucci", Italian Navy.

 

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Imperial Japan:
IJN Maya, a view of the ship's forward eight-inch guns and forecastle, March 1939

 

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USN:
USS Iowa (BB-61), barely scrapping though the Panama Canal.

Snow-covered USS Virginia, SSN 774, and Shippingport, ARDM-4, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., Feb. 2, 2007

 

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JMSDF:
Stern ramp of JS Ōsumi, LST-4001, with LCAC aboard, 9 May 2010

The Ōsumi class LST (おおすみ型輸送艦), is a Japanese amphibious transport dock. The class is also known as the Oosumi class. While the JMSDF describes the Ōsumi class as tank landing ships, they lack the bow doors and beaching capability traditionally associated with LSTs. Functionally, their well deck makes the Ōsumi class more like a dock landing ship (LSD).
JS Ōsumi, LST-4001

 

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RN & USN:
HMS Kent in Manila Bay, 1935, note USN submarines in foreground.

 

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RAN & JMSDF:
HMAS Hobart DDG-39 and JS Atago off the coast of Japan

 

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USN & Marine Nationale:
Starboard view of the New Jersey (BB-62) at anchor in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 7 September, 1943. The French battleship Richelieu is off the New Jersey's port quarter.

Newly completed, the USS Iowa (BB-61) is inclined at the dry dock on 28 March 1943 at what was then known as the Bayonne Navy Yard in New Jersey opposite New York

USS Fletcher (DD-445) undergoing inclining tests at Federal Shibpuilding, New Jersey, 26 June 1942

 

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USN & JMSDF:
U.S. and Japanese ships and subs at Yokosuka, 1994
The ships tied up at the piers are (b. to t) the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers SAWAGIRI (DD-157), ASAGIRI (DD-151), the helicopter carrying destroyer KURAMA (DDH-144), the destroyer USS O'BRIEN (DD-975), the Japanese guided missile destroyer KONGO (DDG-173) and a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser. At the top, off to the right, is the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). To the far right at Berth 5 is four Japanese Yushio class submarines.

USS New Jersey (BB-62) USS New Jersey (BB-62) fires her main 16" 50 caliber and 5" 38 caliber secondary guns, in the northern Pacific Ocean. Catalog # L45-200.07.01 Naval History and Heritage Command.

 

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Germany (Kreigsmarine):
A German sailor manning a 20 mm gun in a S-Boot bow, WW2

 

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This photo was taken on 6 November 1970, as USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 embarked, departed North Island, San Diego, California, on her 5th Vietnam War Cruise (6 November 1970–17 July 1971). USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14) is astern of Kitty Hawk.



Indian Ocean, January 15, 1980 — Aircraft of Carrier Air Wing One Five (CVW-15) are parked in formation aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Aircraft seen include A-6 Intruders, foreground; F-14 Tomcats and A-7 Corsair IIs, background; SH-3 Sea King helicopters, left; E-2C Hawkeyes and EA-6B Prowlers, right. US Navy photo by PHC Ken George (DVIC id # DNSN8506347).



Aerial view of USS Constellation (CV-64), USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), and USS Nimitz (CVN-68), docked at the Naval Air Station North Island , San Diego, California, 29 May 1995.

Official US Navy photo by PH1 Bean, USN. Defense Imagery Management Operations Center (DIMOC), photo # DN-SC-05-10893.

 

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These are some "I was there photos". Yes I was . I was aboard USS Hancock(CVA-19) tied up across the pier from the Big"E". We watched these "turkeys" i.e. Tomcats of VF-1 Wolfpack get lifted aboard Enterprise. Along with VF-2 Tomcats. I think the whole evolution took about 2 1/2 hours...back in the day. Before most of those reading this were born.

428-GX-K-105897 by National Museum of the U.S. Navy, on Flickr

428-GX-K-105902 by National Museum of the U.S. Navy, on Flickr

USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 1974. View from behind a Fighter-Squadron One, VF-1, F-14A “Tomcat” fighter aircraft on a pier for loading onboard the carrier at Naval Air Station, Alameda, California. Photographed by PH2 Paul Burns, September 14, 1974 Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

428-GX-K-105909 by National Museum of the U.S. Navy, on Flickr

USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 1974. View from behind a Fighter-Squadron One, VF-1, F-14A “Tomcat” fighter aircraft being tied down onboard the carrier at Naval Air Station, Alameda, California. Photographed on September 14, 1974 Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

 

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USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CVS-39) Anchored at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, November 1962, with Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group (CVSG) 54.



Aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CV-36) moored at Piedmont Pier in Yokosuka, Japan, during her only Korean War deployment (8 Sept 1951–2 May 1952). Seen on deck are two Douglas AD Skyraider aircraft at the ends of their rows. They are from Carrier Air Group 15 (CVG-15): an AD-4NL from Composite Squadron VC-35 Det.D "Night Hecklers" (starboard, tail code "NR"), and an AD-4W from Composite Squadron VC-11 Det.D (port, tail code "ND"). US Navy photo.



USS Kearsarge underway during her WestPac/Korean War deployment, 11 August 1952–17 March 1953. Parked aft on deck are F2H-2 Banshees from Fighting Squadron (VF) 11 "Red Rippers," tail code "T," and at least one F2H-2P Banshee from Composite Squadron (VC) 61 Det. F "Eyes of the Fleet," tail code "PP."
Photo by LT(JG) Philip Nelson, USS McNair (DD-679).

USS Intrepid (CVS-11) in Hong Kong 1967.

Bow photo of USs Ticonderoga (CVA 14) 1966. (NS021477b) The tail of an A-3B Skywarrior, aka Whale, from VAH-4 "Fourrunners," tail code "ZB," can be seen just abaft the island.

 

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26 May 2012: location unknown - The guided missile frigate ROCS Chih Yang (FF-932) (ex-USS Robert E. Peary, FF 1073) tied-up pierside.
(Photographer: unknown)



USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) in Nanaimo Harbor, B.C., Canada in 1949 for Victoria Day.



Yokosuka, October 7 1961, with the Maddox and 10 other destroyers being serviced by the USS Piedmont (AD-17)



Circa 1963-1967, USS Ernest G. Small (DD-838) with the USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836) coming alongside.



USS Leary (DD 879) Circa 1972, location unknown.