Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Australia:
Canberra-class landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02), fleet replenishment vessel HMAS Sirius (O 266), and Anzac-class frigate HMAS Anzac (FFH 150) docking in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam - September 20, 2021

 

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France:
Heavy cruiser Tourville, in the Gatun locks, Panama canal zone on 1 May 1929

Light cruiser Emile Bertin off Toulon, France 1938. Note recognition stripes on #2 turret, worn during neutrality patrols during the Spanish Civil War period.

Spring 1938. Location: Bay of Biscay south-west of Brest. Battleship Dunkerque performs gunnery exercises as a part of her extensive training program.

 

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USN:
Decommissioned USS Ranger (CV-61) is towed away from Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton for scrapping, 5 March 2015

 

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Denmark:
Protected cruiser HDMS Valkyrien circa 1890, note the bow with the homage to Vikings with swords and battleaxes.

 

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USN:
40mm guns aboard cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) during second bombardment of Kiska, July 22, 1943

USS San Francisco (CA-38) firing during bombardment of Kiska Island, July 6, 1943

Light cruiser USS St. Louis (CL-49) at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, circa 1943

 

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Australia & USCG:
HMAS Anzac (FFH-150) and USCGC Munro (WMSL-755) during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021, 12 Sep 2021

 

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USN:
An aerial port bow view of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) firing its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns to starboard during a live-fire exercise. Other ships of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (BB-60) battle group are conducting an underway replenishment in the background, 16 Oct 1987

Pegasus class hydrofoils USS Hercules PHM2 and USS Taurus PHM3 drawing in the ocean off Key West FLA in November 1991

 

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USN:
210913-N-HS181-1248 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 13, 2021) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the South China Sea, Sept. 13, 2021.

210913-N-HS181-1238 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 13, 2021) Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) transits the South China Sea, Sept. 13, 2021. Lake Champlain is embarked with Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group

210913-N-HS181-1104 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 13, 2021) An MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, flies over the South China Sea, Sept. 13, 2021. HSC-4 is attached to Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group,

210913-N-HS181-1259 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 13, 2021) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chaffee (DDG 90) transits the South China Sea, Sept. 13, 2021. Chaffee is embarked with Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group,

 

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RN:
battleship HMS Barham entering Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta 1937-38 during Spanish neutrality patrol. Colourised

Submarine Depot Ship HMS Medway sinking, June 1942 after being torpedoed by U-372.

Medway was the first purpose-built British submarine depot ship, intended to support a brood of submarines with supplies, weapons, technical support and accommodation when in port.
In June 1942 with the situation in North Africa getting desperate Medway was evacuated from Alexandria, sailing for Beirut via Haifa but being torpedoed in an audacious shallow attack by U-372 en route. The sinking cost the British an extremely valuable ship and about half her cargo of 90 torpedoes went down with her, with the others floating to be recovered by the escorts. More positively, calm seas, the escorts and a mass of flotsam from the wreck ensured that only 18 of her 1,123 crew were lost.

 

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USN:
USS Tulsa (LCS-16) Independence-class littoral combat ship conducts a brief stop for resupply at CFAO White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa. Sept 14, 2021

 

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USSR:
RN Westland Lynx near a Kresta-II class cruiser

"I have been seeing this in my parents/our house for some considerable time and was surprised to see it on this site (Reddit) as it was taken in around 1985.

The Lynx in question is being flown by my Father who was indeed "about 35ft from the ship" and was pondering how much radiation he had exposed himself to from the radars whilst doing so... He was based off HMS Newcastle and was north of Norway taking some pictures of Russian ships as part of a cold war operation.

As part of that operation, there were a number of photographers on board to help process the images that were being taken by people (including the one on the Lynx at the time) and this picture was taken by one of those "extra" photographers. The story is that one of them had popped out onto the bridge to take a break and noticed the lynx flying close to the ship; to the side of the photographer was the ships official photographer, who wasn't particularly interested, so the other photographer grabbed the camera off of them and proceeded to take this picture. This picture went onto receive the Photo of the Year award from the Navy (not sure of the actual name)."

 

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France:
Crew members aboard the French helicopter carrier JEANNE D'ARC (R 97) man the rails during the International Naval Review, New York Harbor. July 4 1986

Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier Foch coming back from operation Herakles, escorted by fleet tanker Durance, guided missile frigate Suffren, George Leygues-class ASW frigate Montcalm and ASW frigate Aconit, 1990.

 

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Russia:
Zubr class LCAC Evgeniy Kocheshkov (770) landing amphibious assault on the Khmelevka training ground, Ex "West-2021".

 

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PLA(N):
Type 052C (NATO Luyang II) class destroyer Lanzhou (170) passes through the Strait of Magellan, October 2013.

Type 071 Amphibious Transport Dock Kunlun Shan (998) in early September, 2021

 

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Imperial Japan:
Protected cruiser Takasago

On returning to station on the night of 13 December 1904 after a reconnaissance mission during which it provided cover for a squadron of destroyers, Takasago struck a naval mine 37 nautical miles (69 km; 43 mi) south of Port Arthur, which triggered a massive explosion in her ammunition magazine. The flooding could not be controlled, and her life boats could not be launched at night under blizzard conditions and heavy seas. Takasago sank in position 38°10′N 121°15′ECoordinates: 38°10′N 121°15′E, with the loss of 273 officers and crew. Some 162 survivors were rescued by the accompanying cruiser Otowa.

 

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USN:
Postcard of a US Torpedo Fleet in 1907

Postmark on back says Aug 7th, 1917 and appears to be a note to a Mrs Fred Coward (or Conrad) in Dewey, Wisconsin.

USS North Dakota (BB-29) on the building ways at Fore River Shipbuilding, shortly before she was launched, circa late October or early November 1908. Note figurehead, which was removed before the ship was completed.

 

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USN:
ARABIAN GULF (September 18, 2021) The dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8), left, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), right, Sept. 18. Essex and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region,

 

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France:
Rubis-class SSN on patrol in the South China Sea, accompanied by the Floréal-class surveillance frigate Vendémiaire, based in New-Caledonia, February 2021.

 

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Imperial Japan:
Cruiser Yakumo off Oahu, 25 February 1925.

 

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RN:
Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll leaving London. Sept 2021