Photos Navies Of All Nations

[bdpopeye]

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

Repairs? Nope..more like modifications so she can operate F-35Bs...I know BZ did not write the caption.

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
"Sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms" Sailors swab the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Philippine Sea, July 25, 2012

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 28, 2019) The Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO-202), right, prepares to conduct a consolidated loading with the commercial tanker MT Empire State. The evolution provided the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Pacific Commander the opportunity to exercise a training opportunity at sea with the two ships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Patrick W. Menah Jr./Released)

SAN DIEGO (Nov. 18, 2019) Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 3 operate underway aboard a Mark VI patrol boat as it escorts the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) during a high value asset transit escort mission as part of unit level training provided by Coastal Riverine Group (CRG) 1 Training and Evaluation Unit. The Coastal Riverine Force is a core Navy capability that provides port and harbour security, high value asset security, and maritime security in the coastal and inland waterways. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Boatswain's Mate Nelson Doromal Jr./Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2019) An MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced) lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) while the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) follows. Sailors and Marines of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are embarked on USS Boxer on a regularly-scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom/Released)

 

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Russia:
Marshal Ustinov, a Russian Slava-class cruiser as she arrived in Cape Town over the weekend. Russian ships join China and South Africa for naval exercises from 25-30 November 2019

 

[BravoZulu]

Repairs? Nope..more like modifications so she can operate F-35Bs...I know BZ did not write the caption.

Great pickup @bdpopeye , caption amended

 

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USN:
USS Baltimore in Boston, circa 1890.

USS Constitution dockside at the Boston Navy Yard, 28 August 1907

 

[Chazman]

The F-35B will be a game changer for the many non-CATOBAR flattops in various navies. But their decks do have to be treated to withstand the heat.

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
USS New Mexico (BB-40), anchored in the shadow of Mount Fuji, September 1945

USS Bower (DE-637) after a kamikaze hit on 16 April 1945. Note the Ki-43 wreckage embedded in the bridge and the severe fire damage.
At dawn on 16 April, the destroyer escort shot down one attacking Japanese plane. Then at 0930, two more planes came in, flying low and fast. Bowers manoeuvred radically to avoid the planes as they split to attack the escort. The first came in dead ahead, but Bowers' guns spIashed it. The second passed over the ship as her port guns came to bear. Despite the heavy gunfire, the kamikaze regained altitude, turned, and came in from a 45-degree angle forward. It crashed into the warship's flying bridge, spraying high octane gasoline over the bridge and pilot house. The plane's bomb penetrated the pilot house and continued down through the ship for 20 feet before it exploded and sprayed the deck with fragments. Fire fighting parties brought the flames under control in about 45 minutes; but 37 men from the ship were killed, 11 were reported missing, and many of her 56 wounded died later.

 

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RN:
HMS Duncan on escort duties in the Arabian Gulf. This picture was released on 05/09/19 (5th September) and depicts HMS Duncan escorting the BRIGHTON, a UK-flagged container ship through the gulf.

 

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France:
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 3, 2011) The anti-air frigate Cassard (D 614) approaches the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) during joint exercises.

 

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USN:
Aerial view of the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers of "Battle Force Zulu" following the 1991 Gulf War: USS Midway (CV-41), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), USS Ranger (CV-61) and USS America (CV-66).

USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) Underway in the Suez Canal on 27 February 1992, while en route to the Mediterranean Sea with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) battle group. Photographed by CWO2 A.A. Alleyne, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph

The US Navy's nuclear powered Los Angeles class fast attack submarine, USS Jefferson City (SSN-759) (bottom) leads the pack during joint navigational maneuvers with the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) (top left), the Spruance class destroyer USS Hewitt (DD-966) (top center), and the nuclear powered cruiser USS California (CGN-36) (top right), during operations in the Arabian Gulf. Enterprise arrived in the gulf to join forces with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and her task group, in support of Operation Southern Watch and the extended no-fly zone.

USS Mississippi (CGN-40) on trials in Chesapeake Bay, 27 June 1978. Note crewmen at flight stations, with firemen ready, and Mk26 missile launcher and 5"/54 MK45 gun trained abeam.

USS Texas (CGN-39) on trials, 19 June 1977

 

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France:
Destroyer Le Fortune off Toulon, France, in about 1930

 

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Germany:
'Tirpitz' on her shakedown cruise

 

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RN:
HMS Indefatigable, Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand, November 1945

 

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RN:
HMS Illustrious, 23 February 1983. 9 Harriers and 9 helicopters are on deck, also visible are the Sea Dart system and emergency Phalanx fit

 

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Netherlands:
De Zeven Provinciën class frigate HNLMS Tromp during Ocean Shield anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia, 2011

 

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Imperial Japan:
Heavy cruiser Mikuma severely crippled during the battle of midway, her midsection devastated and torpedos hanging from the port side tubes she would eventually roll over and sink

 

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USN & USSR:
USS Spruance (DD-963) cruises near the Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk off the Tunisian coast, while observing 25 Soviet ships operating in the area, late 1970's

 

[Chazman]

USN:
Aerial view of the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers of "Battle Force Zulu" following the 1991 Gulf War: USS Midway (CV-41), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), USS Ranger (CV-61) and USS America (CV-66).

USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) Underway in the Suez Canal on 27 February 1992, while en route to the Mediterranean Sea with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) battle group. Photographed by CWO2 A.A. Alleyne, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph

The US Navy's nuclear powered Los Angeles class fast attack submarine, USS Jefferson City (SSN-759) (bottom) leads the pack during joint navigational maneuvers with the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) (top left), the Spruance class destroyer USS Hewitt (DD-966) (top center), and the nuclear powered cruiser USS California (CGN-36) (top right), during operations in the Arabian Gulf. Enterprise arrived in the gulf to join forces with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and her task group, in support of Operation Southern Watch and the extended no-fly zone.

USS Mississippi (CGN-40) on trials in Chesapeake Bay, 27 June 1978. Note crewmen at flight stations, with firemen ready, and Mk26 missile launcher and 5"/54 MK45 gun trained abeam.

USS Texas (CGN-39) on trials, 19 June 1977

The two classes of nuclear cruisers were beautiful ships with barely more than a decade or so of use before decommissioning. Refitting them with VLS and Aegis was deemed too expensive.

 

[bdpopeye]

The two classes of nuclear cruisers were beautiful ships with barely more than a decade or so of use before decommissioning. Refitting them with VLS and Aegis was deemed too expensive.

Plus the USN lacked enough nuclear power technicians to man the ships. Both officer and enlisted.

 

[TheKiwi]

I did not know that. Very interesting thanks BDP!