Photos Navies Of All Nations

[Chazman]

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

Any idea where this is? And why are the aircraft light colored like that?

 

[BravoZulu]

Any idea where this is? And why are the aircraft light colored like that?

At anchorage at Hvalfjord, Iceland in October 1941. The USN vessels were painted in a dark measure while aircraft were painted in a lighter grey so they would blend in with the environment when in flight

 

[Chazman]

At anchorage at Hvalfjord, Iceland in October 1941. The USN vessels were painted in a dark measure while aircraft were painted in a lighter grey so they would blend in with the environment when in flight

Thanks!

 

[bdpopeye]

USS Franklin (CV-13) burning off the Japanese coast after she was hit by air attack, 19 March 1945. Photographed from USS Santa Fe (CL-60), which was alongside to help with firefighting and rescue work.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-273888).


Photo by David Buell


Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives

Afire and listing after she was hit by a Japanese air attack while operating off the coast of Japan, 19 March 1945. Photographed from USS Santa Fe (CL-60), which was alongside assisting with firefighting and rescue work.



USS Franklin (CV-13) approaches New York City, while en route to the New York Navy Yard for repairs, 26 April 1945. Note the extensive damage to her after flight deck, received when she was hit by a Japanese air attack off the coast of Japan on 19 March 1945. Photographed by Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey.
NS021311: Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives



View on the flight deck, looking forward, while the carrier was in New York Harbor, circa 28 April 1945. She had just returned from the Pacific for repair of battle damage received off Japan on 19 March 1945. Note damage to her flight deck, large U.S. ensign flying from her island, and the Manhattan skyline in the background.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-K-4760).

USS Franklin (CV 13) full history

....Before dawn on 19 March 1945, Franklin, Captain Leslie E. Gehres, commanding, launched a fighter sweep against Honshu and later a strike against shipping in Kobe Harbor. Suddenly, a single enemy plane pierced the cloud cover and made a low level run on the gallant ship to drop two semi-armor piercing bombs. One struck the flight deck centerline, penetrating to the hangar deck, effecting destruction and igniting fires through the second and third decks, and knocking out the combat information center and air plot. The second hit aft, tearing through two decks and fanning fires that triggered ammunition, bombs, and rockets. Franklin, within 50 miles of the Japanese mainland, lay dead in the water, took a 13° starboard list, lost all radio communications, and broiled under the heat from enveloping fires.

Many of the crew had been blown overboard, driven off by fire, or had been killed or wounded, but the 106 officers and 604 enlisted who voluntarily remained on board saved their ship through sheer valor and tenacity. The casualties totaled 724 killed and 265 wounded, and would have far exceeded this number except for the heroic work of many survivors. Among these were Lieutenant Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan, ChC (SJ) USNR, the ship's Roman Catholic chaplain, who emerged “as a soul-stirring sight. He seemed to be everywhere,” an eyewitness recounted later, “giving Extreme Unction to the dead and dying, urging the men on and himself handling hoses, jettisoning ammunition and doing everything he could to help save our ship. He was so conspicuous not only because of the cross daubed with paint across his helmet but because of his seemingly detached air as he went from place to place with head slightly bowed as if in meditation or prayer.” Lieutenant (junior grade) Donald A. Gary also emerged a hero, calming anxious men seemingly trapped in a smoke-filled compartment. After finding an exit after repeated attempts, he led some 300 of his shipmates to safety. He later organized and led fire-fighting parties to battle the blazing inferno on the hangar deck, and entered number three fireroom to raise steam in one boiler, braving extreme hazards in so doing. Both men subsequently received Medals of Honor for their bravery; ships were also named for them. Light cruiser Santa Fe (CL-60) similarly rendered vital assistance in rescuing crewmen from the sea and closing Franklin to take off the numerous wounded.

Franklin was taken in tow by heavy cruiser Pittsburgh (CA-72) but she managed to work up to 14 knots and ultimately reach Pearl Harbor, where a cleanup job permitted her to proceed under her own power to the United States, ultimately reaching Brooklyn, New York, on 28 April. Following the end of the war, Franklin was opened to the public for Navy Day celebrations in October 1945, and on 17 February 1947 was placed out of commission at Bayonne, New Jersey.

While Franklin lay “mothballed” at Bayonne, never returning to active service, she was redesignated to an attack aircraft carrier (CVA-13) on 1 October 1952, to an antisubmarine warfare support carrier (CVS-13) on 8 August 1953 and, ultimately, to an aircraft transport (AVT-8) on 15 May 1959. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 October 1964. Franklin was then sold for scrap in 1966.

Franklin received four battle stars for her World War II service.

 

[TheKiwi]

France:
Battleship 'Strasbourg' and the capsized cruiser 'La Galissonnière' scuttled at Toulon, Sept 1944

At one stage post war there were plans to salvage and rebuild Strasbourg - but the Italian's and then the German's had done too much damage and she was beyond any economic repair and instead was scrapped where she lay.

 

[bdpopeye]

USS Essex (CVA-9), Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1955. Essex deployed to the Western Pacific, with Carrier Air Group (CVG) 2, 3 November 1954–21 June 1955. Photo taken and submitted by LeRoy VanHee



The original caption, released by Commander Naval Forces Far East on 18 February 1954, reads: "Twins, Almost — The Essex-class carrier USS Yorktown (CVA-10) and her smaller counterpart, the escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118), rest side by side during a recent in-port maintenance period at the Yokosuka, Japan, Naval Base". Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97318).



This photo of Intrepid was taken sometime in the mid 50's in the Mediterranean.© Larry Bohn..Where? Naples? Barcelona? Cannes? Palma? Piraeus? Rhodes? Ahhh the memories.. popeye made two MED cruises..oh so long ago..aboard the JFK..



En route to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 10 January 1954, during shakedown following completion of her SCB-27A modernization. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-K-17108).



Flight deck of USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14), looking aft, Sardinia, Italy, November 1955.
Deployed with Ticonderoga was Carrier Air Group (CVG) 3, which included: F2H-4 and F2H-2P Banshees; F9F-8 Cougars; F7U-3 Cutlasses; AD-6, AD-5W and AD-5N Skyraiders; AJ-1 Savages; and HUP-2 Retriever helicopters.

 

[BravoZulu]

RN:
Astute class nuclear attack submarines under construction

The view from FLYCO. Having left Norfolk Naval Base to head back to the UK, HMS Queen Elizabeth have encountered some heavy rain. However, with 40mm thick ballistic glass windows and 8 foot long windscreen wipers, they're coping quite well.

Drill Sea Dart missiles on the launcher of Batch III Sheffield class (Type 42) destroyer HMS Edinburgh (D97) in the lead up to the last ever firing of the long serving anti-aircraft weapon. 12 April 2012

 

[BravoZulu]

Russia:
Slava class cruiser RFS Varyag 011, at Vladivostok, 30th August 2006

Project 941 Akula class (NATO: Typhoon) Dmitriy Donskoy (TK-208)

 

[BravoZulu]

RN:
Nuclear Attack Submarine HMS Conqueror flying the Jolly Roger Flag After Sinking the ARA General Belgrano, Falklands War 1982

Portsmouth Dockyard in 1981 with a County DDG and Tiger class cruiser, Fearless class LPD and Type 14 Frigate alongside in 3 Basin.

County class destroyer HMS London, combining the Sea Slug and Sea Cat SAMs with 4 x 4.5" guns

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
WW1, Experiments on models of vessels to illustrate various methods of camouflage on different types of ships. Camouflage department, U.S. Navy, Washington, DC

 

[BravoZulu]

PLA(N):
Aircraft Carrier Liaoning CV-16

Type 052D Destroyer DDG-120 Chengdu

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
Pearl Harbor. Photographer, unknown.
This is one of the photos from the 14th Naval District collection now held by the National Park Service at the Arizona Memorial. It shows the oil fires surrounding the California with the capsized hull of Oklahoma and the USS Maryland in the background as well as the fires still raging on the wreck of the USS Arizona. Just over the nose of the tug is probably the USS Vestal, aground at Aiea Landing.

USS California, refloated, heads for dry dock #2 at Pearl Harbor, April 9th, 1942

 

[BravoZulu]

RCN:
HMCS Regina dazzle. November 2019, Lion’s Gate Bridge, Vancouver.

HMCS Harry DeWolf at CFB Halifax

HMCS Montreal in Halifax with future HMCS Margaret Brooke in the background

 

[BravoZulu]

Italy:
Italian battleship of the Conte di Cavour-class showing triple gun turrets, 1915-1918.

 

[BravoZulu]

Imperial Japan:
Cruiser IJN Izumo 1932

 

[BravoZulu]

RN & France:
HMS Comet refuelling from the French aircraft carrier Bois Belleau during the exercises in the Mediterranean, May 1957

 

[BravoZulu]

Greece:
A view of the quarterdeck of the Greek cruiser Georgios Averof, early 1943

 

[BravoZulu]

USN & RN:
USS Leyte (CV-32) seen from HMS BIRMINGHAM, berthed alongside her in Wolfe's Cove, Quebec. Both ships were participating in celebrating the 350th anniversary of Quebec's founding.

 

[BravoZulu]

USN & India:
The USS Germantown sails in formation with Navy air-cushion landing crafts and Indian navy vessels in the Bay of Bengal, Nov. 17, 2019, during Tiger Triumph

 

[BravoZulu]

Italy:
Carrier 'Cavour', (CVH 550) flagship of the Italian Navy, leaves her dry dock in Taranto after the completion of flight deck modifications to enable operating F-35b