Photos Navies Of All Nations

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PLA(N):
Type 054A frigate Liuzhou (573). Photo taken on exercise with Brazilian Navy, 2013.

 

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USSR:
Forward two 180mm, 57-caliber triple gun turrets aboard a Kirov-class (Project 26) cruiser

 

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Germany:
Light cruiser Köln underway, late 1930s with an Heinkel He 60 seaplane overhead

 

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Italy:
Submarine Console Generale Liuzzi was attacked by the British destroyers Dainty, Ilex, Decoy, Defender and the Australian destroyer Voyager south of Crete, she was scuttled on 27 June 1940. Her commanding officer at the time of the attack was Capitano di Corvetta Lorenzo Bezzi. He received the Italian Navy Gold Medal in recognition of the choice to go down with his ship after ordering his crew to abandon the sinking submarine

 

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Spain:
While on her high-speed trials, light cruiser Miguel de Cervantes achieves 35.6 knots thus exceeding contract specifications by a wide margin. December 1929, off Ferrol, Spain.

 

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Imperial Russia:
Battleship Slava is coaling in Portsmouth en route from Vigo to Kiel. February 1909.

 

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USN:
Destroyer Escort USS Cloues (DE-265) off Yerba Buena Island. Alameda.

 

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RN & USN:
3rd May, 2020. The Duke-class frigate HMS Kent (F78) takes part in a replenishment-at-sea with Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) whilst on exercise with the U.S. Navy in the Arctic Circle. The exercises have been taking place in the Arctic Circle where, with added wind chill, the temperatures plummeted to a jarring minus 10 degrees centigrade. HMS Kent has been conducting maritime patrol duties in and around the U.K. before she met with the U.S. task group and will continue the exercises with her closet allies before she will return to her home port to 'thaw out' and have essential maintenance carried out.

 

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USN:
The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka for a scheduled port visit, July 31, 2021

 

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Germany:
U-848 under attack from a very low flying aircraft. The submarine was intercepted on 5 November 1943, off the coast of Brazil, by US Navy aircraft from VB-107. She was depth charged by 3 PB4Y-1 Liberators. All 63 hands were lost. Colour by Nathan Howland (@ HowdiColourWorks)

VB-107 war history covering this attack

Lt. Baldwin on anti-submarine sweet southwest of Ascension, attacked an enemy submarine ... and crippled her so that she was unable to submerge. The plane remained in the area, homing in other planes and making strafing runs co-ordinated with the attacks of 107-B-8 and 107-B-4.

Lt. Ford, on a parallel sweep, proceeded to the scene of action and made two runs... but no damage claimed. The enemy was a 1200 ton German and the anti-aircraft fire was intense on both attacks.

Lt. Hill, took off from Ascension and proceeded to the position. The attack was made and 5 depth charges dropped, all short. The #2 engine was hit by AA fire and put out of commission...

Lt. S.K. Tayor, took off... and, upon reaching the scene, made two runs, dropping five and four depth charges respectively. Both drops were very accurate; the sub blew up and sank within five minutes. Survivors were seen in the water and life rafts dropped.

The battle lasted for five and one half hours... four Navy PB4Y's and 3 Army B-25's had attacked the enemy.

Survivors seen in water. Life raft dropped. Located British merchant ship S.S. "Fort Cumberland", and requested it to search for sub survivors.

So it seems efforts were made to direct a vessel to search for the men in the rafts. No idea if the ship actually tried to find them and failed, or ignored the request; but in the end as mentioned none of the sailors survived.

 

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India:
INS Vikrant/IAC-1 as it heads out for sea trials, Aug 2021

 

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India:
MoD has confirmed that Indian Navy will be dispatching a 4-ship task force on a two-month deployment to the South China Sea. The task force will participate in various exercises including Malabar-2021 off Guam with allies & friendly countries in the Chinese neighbourhood.

These are the earmarked ships:
INS Shivalik - P17 Shivalik-class 6,200 ton multirole frigate

INS Kadmatt - P28 Kamorta-class 3,200 ton ASW corvette

INS Ranvijay - Rajput-class (Kashin-II) 4,900 ton multirole destroyer

INS Kora - P25A Kora-class 1,320 ton ASuW corvette

 

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USN:
Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) underway off Oahu, Hawaii, en route to Vietnam, 11 Sep 1968

 

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USN:
USS Brooklyn (CL-40) in the Hudson River, off New York City, 1939.

A Benson-class destroyer transfers mail at sea, 1942.
The mailbag is high-lined between the photographer's ship and a DD-421 class destroyer, whose after deckhouse is seen. Note: Two-tone paint; 1.1" quad anti-aircraft gun; life rafts; stub mainmast, ensign and comm. pennant; searchlight; depth charge throwers.

US Navy salvage unit shows its gear upon returning from another mission inside the hull of the capsized battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37). 11 December 1942, Pearl Harbor.

USS Yorktown while transiting the Panama Canal, July 1943

Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) being moved from the New York Navy Yard to the New York Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet based at Bayonne, New Jersey, early 1948

 

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RN:
Battlecruiser HMS Hood in the interwar years

Battlecruiser HMS Hood at anchor in the Moray Firth, circa 1940.

Battleship HMS King George V arriving at Melbourne, 29 October 1945

 

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USN:
Chief Boatswain's Mate Chris Sherman, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka port operations tug master, pilots Valiant-class tugboat Menominee (YT-807) while assisting the USS Connecticut (SSN-22) into berthing, 31JUL21

USS Tripoli (LHA-7) passing USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on the right, and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on the left. Over in the bottom left corner is the Midway (CV-41) museum. Naval Base San Diego, August 2nd, 2021

USS Bataan LHD-5 coming alongside for UNREP and VERTREP in 5th fleet AO, Aug 2021

 

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France:
Helicopter cruiser FS Jeanne d'Arc, launched in 1961, sails with the brand new Horizon-class air defense frigate FS Chevalier Paul, Nov 14, 2007

The flight deck of FS Charles de Gaulle seen from the cockpit of a Rafale.

Antilles-Guiana Patroller (PAG) class FS la Confiance, lead ship of her class.

 

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Germany:
Launching of the cruiser Prinz Eugen, August 22, 1938

 

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Imperial Russia:
East China Sea off Jiju Island, 28 May 1905. Damaged cruiser Aurora as seen from cruiser Oleg on the second day of the Battle of Tsushima.

 

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Chile:
Fall 1941, Valparaiso. Crew of a BL 6-inch Mk XIII gun demonstrates skills and competence aboard the battleship Almirante Latorre.