Photos Navies Of All Nations

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USSR:
Project 56 Spokoiny (NATO Kotlin) class destroyer Veskii. underway as seen from the deck of the USS Walker (DD-517) shortly before the two ships collided, in the Sea of Japan, 10th May1967

A starboard view of helicopter cruiser Leningrad underway in the Mediterranean, 1st Apr 1990

Former Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev now known as "Binhai carrier theme park." China

 

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USN:
SEA OF JAPAN (April 12, 2022) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Vigilantes” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a U.S.-Japan bilateral exercise.

A missile fires from the forward rolling airframe missile (RAM) launcher aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), April 14, 2022

Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) launches an MK32 ASW torpedo during routine underway operations, Philippines Sea, March 16, 2022

 

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Denmark:
Tumleren (TYpe 207) class submarine & Lynx helo

 

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USN:
Balao class sub USS Sterlet (SS-392), Fleet Snorkel conversion, BQR-4A Bow Sonar alongside Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship USS Florikan (ASR 9). 1960s

 

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RN & Russia:
HMS Nottingham in company with Moskva in the Ionian Sea, Feb 2006 as they train together in preparation for Russian participation in Operation Active Endeavour (NATO-led maritime security effort in the eastern Med)

 

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Italy:
One of the small traversing directors, placed on the sides of the conning tower, of battleship Giulio Cesare, June 1940

 

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RN:
River class OPV HMS Spey at anchor in Port Villa, Vanuatu. April 2022

Astute-class fleet submarine HMS Audacious (S122) coming into Gibraltar - April 16, 2022

 

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USN & USSR:
Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) & OHP class frigate USS Kauffman (FFG-59) visiting Sevastopol in August 1989. In the background is Project 1164 Atlant/Slava class leader Slava, later renamed Moskva.

 

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USN:
Clemson-class destroyer USS La Vallette (DD-315) passing Point Loma, San Diego, California, during the late 1920s

 

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Russia:
Dora class oiler Istra, built in Elmshorn, Germany as Else for the Kriegsmarine in 1942, captured by the British at Trondheim, Norway in 1945 and renamed Empire Tigina, later transferred to the soviets as reparations in 1946 and given its current name in 1948, still in service

Ivan Gren-class landing ship Ivan Gren (010) southbound under the Storebaelt Bridge in Denmark - Apil 16, 2022

 

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Canada:
16 April 1945, HMCS Esquimalt, a Bangor class minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the waters off of Halifax by German submarine U-190. Thirty-nine of her ship’s company were lost

 

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A sight you will probably not see again. Six nuclear-powered cruisers of the United States Navy steaming together in 1981.

Two of the cruisers are of the California class while the other four are of the succeeding Virginia class.

The cruisers are as follows:
Front Row (Front to Back)
- USS California (CGN-36)
- USS South Carolina (CGN-37)
- USS Virginia (CGN-38)
2nd Row (Front to Back:
- USS Texas (CGN-39)
- USS Mississippi (CGN-40)
- USS Arkansas (CGN-41)

The reason that such a photo will likely not be seen again for some time if at all is due to the fact that the United States Navy no longer operates nuclear-powered cruisers. Though powerful warships and effective escorts, the cruisers were decommissioned due to cost concerns as well as an inability to easily accommodate new design features. We will discuss these issues in greater detail in a later post.

Following the end of the Cold War, the expensive cruisers would be decommissioned quickly. The Virginia class cruisers would be retired by 1998 while the California class would be retired in 1999.

 

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Three cruisers left incomplete at the end of WW II were completed and commissioned in the late 1950s and early 1960s as the Tiger class (Tiger, Lion and Blake)
Tiger and Blake were later modified as helicopter carrying cruisers.
Seen here, HMS Tiger, above photo before, and below after conversion.

 

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RN:
Type 21 frigate HMS Alacrity steaming alongside HMAS Supply, 17 October 1980

 

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France:
Late June 1919. Location: Arkhangelsk, Russia. Armoured cruiser Condé has just arrived in Russia to provide cover for the French troops, withdrawing from Arkhangelsk to Murmansk.

 

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USN:
USS Tennessee (BB-43) view of her 14"/50 guns, taken while the ship was under construction at the New York Navy Yard, circa 1920

 

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USN:
Aircraft carriers USS Wolverine and USS Sable They saw no action in #WWII yet would have a massive influence on its outcome Converted from passenger ships they helped to train many carrier pilots including G W Bush They never left Lake Michigan

 

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Russia:
Rescue ship Kommuna being launched 1913 (currently deployed in search for Moskva)