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Russia:
Project 1174 Nosorog, Ivan Rogov class landing ship Mitrofan Moskalenko (020), decommissioned in 2006
Nuclear powered cruiser Admiral Lazarev in the PD-41 floating dry dock awaiting scrapping. 2021
Project 1174 Nosorog, Ivan Rogov class landing ship Mitrofan Moskalenko (020), decommissioned in 2006
Nuclear powered cruiser Admiral Lazarev in the PD-41 floating dry dock awaiting scrapping. 2021
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Australia:
Heavy cruiser HMAS Australia is burning after she was hit by a Mitsubishi A6M, the first of 5 Japanese kamikaze aircraft to damage her over the course of 5 days. 5 January 1945.
At the start of 1945, Australia and the ships under her command were absorbed into Task Group 77.2, the escort and fire support force for the invasion of Lingayen Gulf. Australia brought up the rear of the Task Group when it sailed from Leyte on the morning of 3 January, and was to be tasked with providing fire support for the landings at San Fabian. Numerous kamikaze attacks were attempted on the invasion force as it sailed to Lingayen Gulf; Australia was struck portside amidships at 17:35 on 5 January. 25 were killed and 30 were wounded (officer casualties numbered 3 and 1 respectively), mostly from the gun crews of the port-side secondary and anti-aircraft guns, but the physical damage was not considered severe enough to withdraw her from the operation. The ships reached the gulf early on 6 January, and by 11:00, Australia had commenced pre-landing bombardment. A second kamikaze rammed the cruiser at 17:34 between the starboard 4-inch guns, killing 14 and wounding 26. The casualties again consisted primarily of gun crews, and after this point, there were only enough trained personnel to man one 4-inch gun on each side of the cruiser. Another aircraft attempted to ram Australia at 18:28, but this was shot down by USS Columbia, itself damaged by kamikaze strikes during the day, before it could strike. Australia, assigned to a counter-battery role, saw little activity during 7 January. The next day, she was attacked twice by kamikazes in quick succession: at 07:20, a twin-engine bomber hit the water 20 yards (18 m) from the cruiser and skidded to connect with the ship's port flank, then a second aircraft attacked at 07:39, again shot down just before it hit the port side at the waterline. A bomb carried by the second attacker opened a 14-by-8-foot (4.3 by 2.4 m) hole in the hull, causing a 5-degree list, but despite the explosion and a large quantity of debris and shrapnel, casualties were limited to a few cases of shock, and Australia was able to carry out the day's assigned bombardments. The landing force arrived on 9 January, and at 08:30, the cruiser began shelling targets in preparation for the amphibious assault. At 13:11, the fifth suicide aircraft to hit Australia during the operation struck; although it intended to take out the cruiser's bridge, the aircraft hit a mast strut and the forward exhaust funnel, and fell overboard. Although there were no casualties, the crash damaged the funnel, radar, and wireless systems, and the decision was made to withdraw the cruiser for repairs.
View of the port side of HMAS Australia showing the damage caused by Japanese Kamikaze attacks.
Heavy cruiser HMAS Australia is burning after she was hit by a Mitsubishi A6M, the first of 5 Japanese kamikaze aircraft to damage her over the course of 5 days. 5 January 1945.
At the start of 1945, Australia and the ships under her command were absorbed into Task Group 77.2, the escort and fire support force for the invasion of Lingayen Gulf. Australia brought up the rear of the Task Group when it sailed from Leyte on the morning of 3 January, and was to be tasked with providing fire support for the landings at San Fabian. Numerous kamikaze attacks were attempted on the invasion force as it sailed to Lingayen Gulf; Australia was struck portside amidships at 17:35 on 5 January. 25 were killed and 30 were wounded (officer casualties numbered 3 and 1 respectively), mostly from the gun crews of the port-side secondary and anti-aircraft guns, but the physical damage was not considered severe enough to withdraw her from the operation. The ships reached the gulf early on 6 January, and by 11:00, Australia had commenced pre-landing bombardment. A second kamikaze rammed the cruiser at 17:34 between the starboard 4-inch guns, killing 14 and wounding 26. The casualties again consisted primarily of gun crews, and after this point, there were only enough trained personnel to man one 4-inch gun on each side of the cruiser. Another aircraft attempted to ram Australia at 18:28, but this was shot down by USS Columbia, itself damaged by kamikaze strikes during the day, before it could strike. Australia, assigned to a counter-battery role, saw little activity during 7 January. The next day, she was attacked twice by kamikazes in quick succession: at 07:20, a twin-engine bomber hit the water 20 yards (18 m) from the cruiser and skidded to connect with the ship's port flank, then a second aircraft attacked at 07:39, again shot down just before it hit the port side at the waterline. A bomb carried by the second attacker opened a 14-by-8-foot (4.3 by 2.4 m) hole in the hull, causing a 5-degree list, but despite the explosion and a large quantity of debris and shrapnel, casualties were limited to a few cases of shock, and Australia was able to carry out the day's assigned bombardments. The landing force arrived on 9 January, and at 08:30, the cruiser began shelling targets in preparation for the amphibious assault. At 13:11, the fifth suicide aircraft to hit Australia during the operation struck; although it intended to take out the cruiser's bridge, the aircraft hit a mast strut and the forward exhaust funnel, and fell overboard. Although there were no casualties, the crash damaged the funnel, radar, and wireless systems, and the decision was made to withdraw the cruiser for repairs.
View of the port side of HMAS Australia showing the damage caused by Japanese Kamikaze attacks.
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USN & Japan:
PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 23, 2021) - The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) sails alongside the Osumi-class tank landing ship Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force cargo transportation ship JS Shimokita (LST 4002) during Exercise Noble Union, in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 23, 2021.
PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 23, 2021) - The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) sails alongside the Osumi-class tank landing ship Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force cargo transportation ship JS Shimokita (LST 4002) during Exercise Noble Union, in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 23, 2021.
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The frigate ROU-1 URUGUAY, sole frigate of the Uruguayan Navy
Built in France for the Portuguese Navy as the "Comandante João Belo" , commisioned in 1967, she was transferred to Uruguay in April 2008, together with her sistership ROU-2 CTE. PEDRO CAMPBELL (Former "Comandante Sacadura Cabral"), that was decommisioned in 2015.
She is the last survivor of a large number of Frigates of the french "Commandant Riviere" type
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RN:
HMS Courageous sinking, 17th Sept 1939
Courageous served with the Home Fleet at the start of World War II with 811 and 822 Squadrons aboard, each squadron equipped with a dozen Fairey Swordfish. In the early days of the war, hunter-killer groups were formed around the fleet's aircraft carriers to find and destroy U-boats. On 31 August 1939 she went to her war station at Portland and embarked the two squadrons of Swordfish. Courageous departed Plymouth on the evening of 3 September 1939 for an anti-submarine patrol in the Western Approaches, escorted by four destroyers. On the evening of 17 September 1939, she was on one such patrol off the coast of Ireland. Two of her four escorting destroyers had been sent to help a merchant ship under attack and all her aircraft had returned from patrols. During this time, Courageous was stalked for over two hours by U-29, commanded by Captain-Lieutenant Otto Schuhart. The carrier then turned into the wind to launch her aircraft. This put the ship right across the bow of the submarine, which fired three torpedoes. Two of the torpedoes struck the ship on her port side before any aircraft took off, knocking out all electrical power, and she capsized and sank in 20 minutes with the loss of 519 of her crew, including her captain. The survivors were rescued by the Dutch ocean liner Veendam and the British freighter Collingworth. The two escorting destroyers counterattacked U-29 for four hours, but the submarine escaped.
HM King George VI, with Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, leaving HMS Duke Of York, part of the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow.
HMS Duke of York, 1945
HMS Courageous sinking, 17th Sept 1939
Courageous served with the Home Fleet at the start of World War II with 811 and 822 Squadrons aboard, each squadron equipped with a dozen Fairey Swordfish. In the early days of the war, hunter-killer groups were formed around the fleet's aircraft carriers to find and destroy U-boats. On 31 August 1939 she went to her war station at Portland and embarked the two squadrons of Swordfish. Courageous departed Plymouth on the evening of 3 September 1939 for an anti-submarine patrol in the Western Approaches, escorted by four destroyers. On the evening of 17 September 1939, she was on one such patrol off the coast of Ireland. Two of her four escorting destroyers had been sent to help a merchant ship under attack and all her aircraft had returned from patrols. During this time, Courageous was stalked for over two hours by U-29, commanded by Captain-Lieutenant Otto Schuhart. The carrier then turned into the wind to launch her aircraft. This put the ship right across the bow of the submarine, which fired three torpedoes. Two of the torpedoes struck the ship on her port side before any aircraft took off, knocking out all electrical power, and she capsized and sank in 20 minutes with the loss of 519 of her crew, including her captain. The survivors were rescued by the Dutch ocean liner Veendam and the British freighter Collingworth. The two escorting destroyers counterattacked U-29 for four hours, but the submarine escaped.
HM King George VI, with Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, leaving HMS Duke Of York, part of the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow.
HMS Duke of York, 1945
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USN:
McDonnell F2H-2 Banshees (BuNo 124954, 124969) of Fighter Squadron 172 (VF-172) "Blue Bolts" returning to the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9). VF-172 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) aboard the Essex for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Korea from from 26 June 1951 to 25 March 1952.
Note: All other aircraft of CVG-5 had the tail code "S" during that deployment, but VF-172's tail code was "R".
McDonnell F2H-2 Banshees (BuNo 124954, 124969) of Fighter Squadron 172 (VF-172) "Blue Bolts" returning to the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9). VF-172 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) aboard the Essex for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Korea from from 26 June 1951 to 25 March 1952.
Note: All other aircraft of CVG-5 had the tail code "S" during that deployment, but VF-172's tail code was "R".
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RN:
Wildcat with symmetrical Martlet load (2 x 5 panniers) approaches Type 23 frigate HMS Kent during CSG21 operations in the Pacific Ocean. August 2021
https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1430555013093416963/photo/1
Wildcat with symmetrical Martlet load (2 x 5 panniers) approaches Type 23 frigate HMS Kent during CSG21 operations in the Pacific Ocean. August 2021
https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1430555013093416963/photo/1
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Taiwan:
The four Kee Lung-class destroyers of the Taiwanese navy (ex-Kidd class) follow ROCS Lan Yang (FFG-935), formerly the Knox class frigate USS Joseph Hewes, during live-fire drills earlier this month
The four Kee Lung-class destroyers of the Taiwanese navy (ex-Kidd class) follow ROCS Lan Yang (FFG-935), formerly the Knox class frigate USS Joseph Hewes, during live-fire drills earlier this month
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