Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Russia:
Pr.971I Akula-I Class SSN K-419 'Kuzbass' during training off the coast of Kamchatka

Su-25 trainer and Su-33 on "Admiral Kuznetsov"

Project 2235.0 Admiral Gorshkov (417, now 454) on sea trials

Bora class hoverborne guided missile corvette "Bora", essentially a vessel that has both an air cushion like a hovercraft and twin hulls like a catamaran

Udaloy 2 destroyer 'Admiral Chabanenko' fires his ak-130 main gun

 

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Imperial Japan:
IJN Nagato after taking two nuclear blasts, stayed afloat for five days before capsizing and sinking

IJN Nagato up close showing damage from the nuclear tests

Japanese "Kairyu" type midget submarines at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, September 1945. Boats bearing numbers 4016 (at right) and 4018 (3rd from right) are training versions, with a second periscope mounted behind the main periscope's fairing.

 

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USN:
TROMSO, Norway (Nov. 23, 2019) The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer is moored pierside in Tromso, Norway, during a brief stop for fuel. Gridley is underway on a scheduled deployment as the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group One to conduct maritime operations and provide a continuous maritime capability for NATO in the northern Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cameron Stoner/Released)

USS Normandy (CG-60) gets underway in the sediment-rich waters in the Gulf of Tadjoura off Djibouti on 23 November, 2019

F-14A of “Black Knights” (VF-154) comes in for landing aboard USS Kitty Hawk, CV 63, Mar 19, 2002

Petty Officer 2nd Class Solmayra Price operates a Mark VI patrol boat during training in San Diego, Nov. 5, 2019. Photo By: Navy Chief Petty Officer Nelson Doromal Jr

USS NORMANDY (CG-60)

 

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PLA(N):
J-15 on the deck of CV-16 'Liaoning' aircraft carrier

053H1 frigate 543 'Dandong', commissioned in 1985 she is PLAN's oldest active major surface combatant

Type 056 Corvette 510 'Ningde' at speed. China has built dozens of these corvettes in recent years, latest estimates are ~65 units launched with more to come

 

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USN:
USS Forrestal (CV-59) underway in 1987

USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) Refuels USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) in the Atlantic, 26 February 1978

USS Timmerman (DD-828) underway off Newport, Rhode Island. She was designed and built with many advanced and experimental features. Timmerman was officially rated at 41½ kts. 10 July 1953

USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) in the early 1980s, after being fitted with SPY-1 and VLS Mk41

 

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Russia:
Oscar class submarine p-700 missile tubes

Udaloy class destroyer with launcher protective covers open showing the Silex anti submarine missiles

 

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RN:
HMS Westminster in Plymouth Sound, 26 November 2019

 

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RN:
Postcard from the 1920s showing Royal Navy battleships in the Grand Harbour, Malta

Prince Fushimi of Japan leaving Canada to embark on the HMS Monmouth (rear) with HMS Shearwater in the foreground, 1907.

 

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Germany:
An attack on U-342 southwest of Iceland by a Canso (Canadian-built Catalina) of No 162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, 17 April 1944

Prinz Eugen being readied as a target ship for the Crossroads nuclear tests

 

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Japan:
JS KAGA (DDH-184) (left) and JS IZUMO (DDH-183), Tokyo Bay, 26NOV19

 

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Italy:
Battleship 'Littorio' photographed by a seaplane during a joint aero-naval exercise, 26 May 1943

 

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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2018) – Philippine Navy frigate BRP Andrés Bonifacio (FF 17) participates in a group sail during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise off the coast of Hawaii, July 26. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships and five submarines, and about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez/Released)



PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2018) Philippine Navy landing platform dock BRP Davao Del Sur (LD 602) participates in a group sail during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise off the coast of Hawaii, July 26. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez/Released)

 

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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2018) Chilean Navy frigate CNS Almirante Lynch (FF 07) and Indian Navy stealth multi-role frigate INS Sahyadri (F49) performs a replenishment-at-sea with Royal Canadian Navy supply ship MV Asterix off the coast of Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 28. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Isaacs/Released)



PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2018) Indian Navy stealth multi-role frigate INS Sahyadri (F49) performs a replenishment-at-sea with Royal Canadian Navy supply ship MV Asterix off the coast of Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 28. . (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez/Released)





Hungarian Military Explosive Ordnance Disposal team works on Danube River to lift a 100-kilogram World War II bomb from the riverbed in Budapest, Hungary, July 5, 2018. (Xinhua/Csaba Domotor)



A 100-kilogram World War II bomb is seen on a ship on Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, July 5, 2018. The bomb, which was discovered in the riverbed on July 2, was defused and shipped to the port of Ujpest in northern Budapest. (Xinhua/Csaba Domotor)

 

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Apr. 30, 2018)(German) FGS Hessen (F 221) prepares to pull alongside USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

180430-N-ZH683-0278 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180430-N-NQ487-0265 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180430-N-MK318-0062 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180430-N-MK318-0121 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180430-N-NQ487-0311 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

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USN:
PT-487, PT-486, PT-545 in the Welland Canal, along with four unidentified PT boats and an Ore Carrier, Oct 1945

One of three pre-war carriers to survive the end of ww2, USS Saratoga used as a target for the Crossroads nuclear test sinks as two destroyers and battleship USS New York look on

USS Independence after taking a nuclear air blast

USS Saratoga is lifted out of the water by the "Baker" blast (just to the left of the blast column)

Allen M. Sumner class destroyer USS Drexler (DD-741) at sea being refueled by the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) in the Caribbean Sea, 19 February 1945

 

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Germany:
Elbe Class Tender A 512 'Mosel' doing the Tetris challenge

 

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RN:
HMS Victorious on a visit to New York, early 1960's. In the background is the French Liner 'Liberte' with MV Brittanic in the foreground.

 

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USN:
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) leading the combined fleet on a parade to mark the end of RIMPAC 2012

USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) Dec. 24, 2011 during UNREP with USS Carl Vinson

 

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USN:
USS Idaho (BB-42) and USS Wasp (CV-7) Oct 1941

 

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USN:
USS Mitscher (DL-2/DDG-35) as a HUL-1 helicopter fitted with two torpedoes prepares to take off. The HUL-1 was a Navy adaptation of the Bell 47, a precursor to the LAMPS (light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) program. USN photo, 08 February 1957.