RN:
Churchill (Repeat Valiant) class fleet submarine HMS Courageous (S-50) seen here in 1982 as a part of the British task force sent to retake the Falkland Islands.
Netherlands & RN:
Zwaardvis II class diesel-electric attack submarine HNLMS Zwaardvis (S-806) & Royal Navy's Valiant class HMS Valiant (S-102) docked at Devonport Dockyard for Plymouth Navy Day, August, 1977.
A large diesel-electric submarine of Project 636.3 Magadan left St. Petersburg for the Baltic Sea for factory sea trials. The submarine crew and the acceptance team of the Admiralty Shipyards are testing systems and equipment. It is planned that the factory sea trials of the Magadan diesel-electric submarine will last 20 days.
Russia:
Admiral Kuznetsov in 35th shipyard of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Murmansk for repairs, 2019. Recently, it was announced that the completion of the repairs would be postponed to the end of 2023 and delivery to the Russian Navy by the end of that year.
Sovremenny class destroyer Bystryy in Vladivostok with the Zolotoy bridge in the background, 2020
Italy:
Battleship Duilio, in her pre-reconstruction condition, between 1926 and 1937
Ddestroyers Baleno, Fulmine, Folgore, and Lampo of the 8th Squadron, alongside Vincenzo Gioberti, Alfredo Oriani, Giosuè Carducci, and Vittorio Alfieri of the 9th Division at Naples on 18 September 1938
RN:
Gunnery practice onboard the F-class destroyer HMS Foxhound, gunners are operating the forward 4.7-inch guns, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, 1943.
HMS Rodney firing on German positions along the Normandie coast off Caen, France, 7 Jun 1944; photo taken from frigate HMS Holmes.
USN:
USS Roanoke (CL-145) underway off the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, January 6, 1950. Note the automobiles and the Sikorsky HO3S helicopter on the fantail.
Back then, at least, ships were allowed to purchase vehicles for ship's use while in port. They were often carried on 'deck while on route to their next deployment.
USS Valley Forge (CVA-45) operating in stormy weather off the Korean coast, January 1953
USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47), Western Pacific, 1955
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