Photos Navies Of All Nations

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USN:
USS Swordfish at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on the day of her launching, April 1,1939

USS Swordfish (SS-193), a Sargo-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin. She was the first American submarine to sink a Japanese ship during World War II.

On 9 January 1945, Swordfish was directed to proceed to the vicinity of Okinawa to carry out her special mission. It was estimated that the task would not take more than seven days after arrival on station, which she should have reached on 11 January. Upon completion of her mission, Swordfish was to proceed to Saipan, or to Midway if she was unable to transmit by radio. Since neither place had seen her by 15 February, and repeated attempts to raise her by radio had failed, she was reported as presumed lost on that date.

 

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France:
Ironclad battleship Richelieu. Built with a wooden hull during the early 1870s, she carried ten 274mm (10.8") guns in a central battery casemate and five 240mm (9.4") guns in upper deck barbettes. Propulsion was by steam engine, augmented by sails, for 13 knots.

 

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Italy:
Bergamini-class (FREMM) general purpose frigate ITS Antonio Marceglia (F597) coming into Rota, Spain - June 25, 2021

 

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Imperial Japan:
OTD in 1942, the destroyer Yamakaze was torpedoed and sunk by USS Nautilus (SS-168) about 60 nautical miles from the coast of Japan. Yamakaze had sunk USS Shark (SS-174) a few months earlier. This photo was taken through the periscope of the Nautilus.

 

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Russia:
K-329 Belgorod set sail to sea for the first time for sea trials. This strategic submarine is attached to the Oscar II class (NATO designation). Intended for special missions, the K-329 Belgorod is part of the 29th Submarine Division of the Northern Fleet, thus, its operational capacities confine it to the almost exclusive service of the Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research (GUGI), which reports directly to the Russian Defence Ministry.

K-329 Belgorod is also identified to become the first submarine to utilize the Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System currently in the testing phase. The Poseidon ( NATO reporting name Kanyon ), previously known by Russian codename Status-6 is an autonomous, nuclear-powered, and nuclear-armed unmanned underwater vehicle under development by Rubin Design Bureau, capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear payloads.

 

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Egypt:
The two French built Russian LHDs moored in Saint-Nazaire during the Ukrainian crisis. Bought by Egypt as Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar El Sadat, (formerly Vladivostok and Sevastopol)

 

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Japan:
JS Hamayuki is painted as a target, to be expended in a live-fire exercise in October 2013.

 

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USN:
Battleship USS New Jersey in Sydney Harbour in 1988

 

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France:
Cruiser Montcalm off Norway, April 1940

General De Gaulle and Admiral Muselier visit the Free French destroyer Le Triomphant under the command of captain Auboyneau, her n°4 turret (at the rear) was replaced with a British QF 4-inch Mk V naval gun, December 5th 1940

From left to right : Muselier, De Gaulle and Auboyneau. The later was previously the French liaison officer on board of HMS Warspite during the Gentleman's agreement in Alexandria.

 

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USN & Japan:
SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 23, 2015) The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway in formation with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships for a photo exercise during Annual Exercise 16.

 

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USN:
USS Enterprise steaming in company with USS Lexington (Essex-class) off the Mariana Islands, June 1944.

USS Nevada and USS Texas in Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 14 May 1944

Essex-class carrier USS Ticonderoga being delivered to the US Navy on the morning of her commissioning, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Untied States, May 8, 1944

 

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USSR:
Slava-class (Project 1164 Atlant) guided missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov. Norfolk, June 21 1989.

 

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Germany:
BP 83 "Bad Düben" and BP 82 "Bamberg" (Potsdam-class) of the Federal Police/Coast Guard, Baltic Sea 2021

 

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Russia:
Frigate Admiral Gorshkov prior to commissioning and 2 Sovremenny class destroyer’s, Gremyashchiy (ex Bezuderzhnyy) 406 is currently undergoing scrapping

Nuclear submarines K-549 Knyaz Vladimir, a Borey-A and K-84 Ekaterinburg, a DeltaIV Class SSBN are moored at Russian Navy bases in Russia, the Kora Peninsula and Gazievo on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.

 

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International Maritime Defence Show IMDS-2021. Some navy ships in the new passenger seaport.

 

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Russia:
Project 636.3 Varshavyanka (NATO Improved Kilo) class diesel-electric attack submarine Novorossiysk (B-261)

 

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USN:
150510-N- ZZ070-004 SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 10, 2015) Two F/A-18 Super Hornets and two Royal Malaysian Air Force SU-30MKM/Flanker H, fly in formation above aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) during a bi-lateral exercise aimed at enhancing security ties and partnerships with the Malaysian Royal Military. Carl Vinson Strike group is deployed to 7th Fleet area of operations supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Jonathan Pfaff/Released)

USS Halsey (DDG 97) in the Indian Ocean, 2019

 

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South Korea:
2nd Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship ROKS Marado (LPH-6112) commissioned today

 

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Canada:
HMCS Harry DeWolf conducts RAS with MV Asterix off the coast of Nova Scotia, April 2021

Today, the Royal Canadian Navy commissions HMCS Harry DeWolf (AOPV 430), the first in her class of Arctic Offshore Patrol ships

 

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USN:
LC-DIG-DET-4A14645: Crewmembers on board USS Oregon (Battleship #3) watch a shot at the Spanish ship Cristobal Colon during the Battle of Santiago, July 3, 1898. Photographed by Edward H. Hart, published by Detroit Publishing Company. Courtesy of the Library of Congress