Photos Navies Of All Nations

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RN & USN:
On the left is a British BOXER class LST, while on the right is an American LST 1 class, USS LST 379. BOXER was the first LST designed as such from the keel up, which set the stage for the massive production run of LST 1s. Photo taken at Salerno in 1943

RN:The first operational LST, the HMS BACHAQUERO, loads Ben Gun Carriers at Bone (now Annaba), Algeria on 3/16/43. Note the DIDO-class on the horizon at right.

British Tanker EMPIRE GEM torpedoed and sinking, 10 miles south of Cape Hatteras, 24 January 1942

The Pilotless Target Aircraft rests on its launching pad on the port side of HMS Tyne's upper deck ready for starting up, April 1961

 

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PLA(N):
Sovremenny Class DDG-137 Fuzhou in refit.

 

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Ukraine:
Former USCG Drummond is unloaded in the port Odessa, Ukraine to join the Ukrainian Navy as P191 Starobils. Also in the background is USCGC Cushing, which was also transferred to the Ukrainian Navy

 

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I believe they were envisioned to counter the IJN heavy cruiser force

The Japanese did have plans for 12" heavy cruisers to be built. But they had neither the capacity nor the time to build them.

 

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RN:
HMS Tiger, Nov 1918.

 

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Imperial Germany:
SMS Karlsruhe arriving at Scapa Flow in late November 1918

 

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RN:
HMS Queen Elizabeth deployed for Westlant19 conducting dual RAS with escorts

 

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USN:
USS Iowa resting at her berth in Los Angeles (Oct. 2019)

Heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, showing off a unique camouflage pattern designed to resemble the deck layout of a destroyer. Photo taken 4 September, 1943

BB-63 USS Missouri

USS West Virginia (BB-48) having her screws repaired by the crew of USS Artisan (ABSD-1) at Espiritu Santo, November 1944.

 

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USN:
Amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) sails towards the USS The Sullivans Homeport Pier in Staten Island, Nov. 8, 2019, to participate in Veterans Day activities in and around New York City

Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) transits the Pacific Ocean

 

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IJN:
IJN Shikishima at anchor during WWI

 

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Canada:
Coast Guard Ship Louis St Laurent (icebreaker) after a 6 week mission in the Beaufort Sea

Royal Canadian Navy AOPS HMCS Margaret Brooke launched in Halifax

 

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South Korea:
Replica Turtle Ship in Yeosu, South Korea

 

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USN:
An A-3 skywarrior comes in for a carrier landing

 

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USN:
Testing machine guns of Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters aboard USS Ranger (CV-4), while en route from the U.S. to North African waters, circa early November 1942. Note the special markings used during this operation, with a yellow ring painted around the national insignia on aircraft fuselages. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

U.S.S. Salem (CA-139), September 2019, 3"/50 Caliber Mk33 guns.

U.S.S. Massachusetts (BB-59), October, 2018

USS Alabama

 

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USN:
USS Downes (DD-375) burned out in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Drydock # 1, soon after the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941.

View shows the ship's forward 5/38 guns and her demolished pilothouse, seen from off her starboard bow. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

USS LST-325 and USS LST-388 unloading while stranded at low tide during resupply operations, 12 June 1944

An ungainly beast having a moment of graceful beauty on her shake down Cruise in 1946. The USS PALAU, CVE-122

 

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USN & JSDF:
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 115 leads two F-15J/DJ Eagles assigned to the 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force over USS Ronald Reagan during bilateral operations in international waters. (US Navy photo by LT Steve Bachman)

USN & USAF:

 

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RN:
HMS Queen Elizabeth launches an F35B whilst conducting Replenishment at Sea with RFA Tideforce

 

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Italy:
PPA (Pattugliatore Polivalente d'Altura - Multipurpose Offshore Ship) Paolo Thaon di Revel (P 430), first of her class, during sea trials, 12-11-2019

 

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USN:
US Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division naval gun line in June 1989

USS Salem. Built and preserved in Quincy, MA. Des Moines Class were the last of the heavy cruisers.

USS NORTHAMPTON, CLC-1 (Cruiser, Light, Command)

 

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Russia:
Project 941 Akula, Zapadnaya Litsa naval base, Russia