Photos Navies Of All Nations

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USN:
Sailors line the rails, and Marines stand at attention beneath the No. 2 16-inch gun turret of the USS Iowa (BB-61), as she comes home four days after an explosion in the No. 2 killed 47 of its crew, 23rd April, 1989

On 19 April 1989, an explosion occurred within the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. Two major investigations were undertaken into the cause of the explosion, one by the U.S. Navy and then one by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Sandia National Laboratories. The investigations produced conflicting conclusions.

Los Angeles Flight I class lead boat USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) off Hawaii in January 1997

 

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France:
Ironclad battleship Hoche, 1895. It suffered serious stability problems given her large superstructure and low freeboard as seen here. Yet it incorporated new technologies for the French Navy, like gun turrets for some of her main battery guns and compound armour plate.

 

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RN:
Two 847 NAS Wildcat AH Mk1 helicopters operating with HMS Prince of Wales, 2021

 

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USN:
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate USS Simpson (FFG-56) pre 2004.

During Operation Praying Mantis in April of 1988, the Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate USS Simpson engaged the Iranian fast attack craft Joshon (Tiger/La Combttante class) after the Joshon fired a Harpoon missile at US ships. USS Simpson and USS Wainwright (CG-28) fired SM-1 missiles (in surface to surface mode) while the USS Bagley (FF-1069) fired a Harpoon. The Joshon was heavily damaged and was then sunk by naval gunfire.

 

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Russia:
One of the last photos of Moskva in the port of Sevastopol, April 10, 2022.

Kilo-class submarine being loaded with Kalibr missiles in Sevastopol. It's believed these missiles were used in the strikes on Kyiv on 28 April.

 

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France & Greece:
Aquitaine-class frigate Auvergne (D654) & Elli class (ex HNLMS Callenburgh ) frigate Adrias (F-459) sailing together in the eastern Mediterranean

 

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Australia:
County class heavy cruiser HMAS Australia in the Coral Sea, 4 August 1943

 

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Italy:
Bow and the fore turrets of battleship Roma, fitting out at the Cantiere San Marco of Trieste, 1942. The picture was taken from the conning tower. On the upper right, the bow of the battleship Conte di Cavour, undergoing final repairs and refit, can be seen.

 

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Turkey:
Ada-class corvette TCG Burgazada (F 513) during joint exercises in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, August 2020

 

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Canada:
HMCS Penetang, a River class frigate that served in the Canadian Navy in the last year of WW2. In the 50s it was loaned to Norway (as HNoMS Draug) were would serve until the late 60s.

 

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USN:
Clemson-class destroyer USS Reuben James (DD-245) transiting the Panama Canal at the Gaillard Cut, late Oct 1934

 

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USN:
Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20), 1945

A V-2 rocket is loaded onto Midway class aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) for Operation Sandy and Pushover on September 6, 1947. South Dakota class battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59 is in the background.

 

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Imperial Japan:
Momi-class destroyer Hasu in Sasebo, 1946.

 

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Portugal
A526 - NRP Afonso de Albuquerque (1966-1983). Hydrographic vessel of the Álvares Cabral class. Former HMS Dalrymple (A302), Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate. Photographed at Arsenal do Alfeite, where it served as accommodation in the late 1980s.

 

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France:
GP class frigate Aconit (F 713) in the Grand Harbour, Malta, 30th April 2022

Rubis-class nuclear attack submarine leaving Loch Long, Scotland - April 30, 2022

 

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Netherlands:
HNLMS Karel Doorman (A833) conducting a replenishment at sea with HNLMS Tromp (F803), 2018

 

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RN:
County cruiser HMS Devonshire

KGV class battleship HMS King George V in the Pacific, 1945

 

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RN:
Battleship HMS Warspite, July 1937 during Neutrality Patrols

 

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PLA(N):
South Sea Fleet units at Sanya, Hainan: Type 054A frigate Sanya (574) (foreground), Type 052D destroyer Yinchuan (175) (background, right) and Type 055 guided-missile destroyer (background, left).

Type 052D destroyer, left, and Type 054A frigate Yueyang (575) right, nesting up in harbour with Type 903A replenishment ship Luomahu (907)

 

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Australia:
River class (Type 12) frigate HMAS Yarra (DE 45) underway, circa 1962.