Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Imperial Japan:
Ukiyo-E woodblock art depiction, “Illustration of Our Torpedo Hitting Russian Ship at Great Naval Battle of Port Arthur” by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1904.

 

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USN:
USS Davidson (FF-1045) underway during a midshipmen's summer training cruise, 1 July 1986. Garcia class frigates were United States Navy warships. These frigates were originally ocean escorts bearing the hull classification DE until 1975. The ships were commissioned between 1964 and 1968 and decommissioned between 1988 and 1990.

After decommissioning, Davidson was transferred to the Brazilian Navy, as Pernambuco (D 30), Paraíba (D 28), decommsissoned 2002, sank under tow 2005

USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67), USS Saratoga (CVA-60), right, and USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), center background, at Naval Station Mayport, Florida on 20 February 1973

March 1983, San Francisco: The ship was created by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Navy and Lockheed, built to insert DEVGRU into Soviet sub docks. Sea Shadow was developed and built at Lockheed's Redwood City, California facility, inside Hughes Mining Barge

 

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RN:
A Harrier GR.9 aircraft from the Naval Strike Wing (NSW) onboard HMS Ark Royal is raised on a hangar lift ready for operations, onboard HMS Ark Royal. 3 March 2010

The NSW were embarked aboard Ark Royal in support of the carrier’s ‘Safe To Operate’ phase, the aim of which was to enable successful embarkation in preparation for Operation Joint Warrior.

Invincible-class aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (R06) entering Malta, 1995.

 

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USN:
USS Worcester (CL-144) alongside a Manhattan pier in the Winter of 1954, during her service with the US Atlantic Fleet

USS Dashiell (DD-659) and USS Gatling (DD-671) as they are tugged through the Pedro Miguel Locks, circa 1957

 

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USN:
CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt alongside two Henry J. Kaiser class replenishment oilers, San Diego

INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 10, 2019) Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Zunsu Zheng, right, and Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) 2nd Class Paul Addington stand watch in the central control station aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) as the ship conducts a full-power run. Chancellorsville is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeremy Graham/Released)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 27, 2019) Sailors assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) and Coast Guardsmen assigned to Tactical Law Enforcement Team South perform non-compliant vessel pursuit training. During this deployment to the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility, USS Detroit, with embarked helicopter and U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachments will support Joint Interagency Task Force South's mission, which includes counter-drug patrols and detection and monitoring of illicit traffic in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin Bowser/Released)

ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 27, 2019) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the Dragon Slayers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11 transports cargo to the flight deck of the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 8) from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), not pictured, during a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 27, 2019. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is 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, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Isaac Esposito/Released)

 

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USN:
Hoisting Mark XV torpedoes on board USS Nicholas (DD 449) at Tulagi, after her others had been spent during the Battle of Kula Gulf. July 12-13, 1943

USS Sperry (AS-12) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 24 July 1942

 

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PLA(N):
Trimaran-hulled Type 917 search and rescue ship

 

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RN:
Launching of HMS Venerable, Dec 30, 1943 at the Cammel Laird Yard, Birkenhead.

HMS King George V in dry dock at Rosyth, undergoing completion, 1940

 

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US, India & Japan:
US, Indian, and Japanese warships sail in the Bay of Bengal during exercise Malabar 2017. The lead ships from left to right are the aircraft carriers USS Nimitz and INS Vikramaditya, along with the helicopter carrier JS Izumo

 

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Philippines:
BRP Cape Engaño, in her final sea trials before handover 2018
(Multi-role Response Vessels) MRRV-4411"BRP Cape Engaño" the last of the 10 "Parola (Lighthouse) class" MRRV's which was commissioned back at Aug. 2018.
The Parola class are a development of the Bizan-class patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard.
The ships are designed for law enforcement, maritime security/patrol and humanitarian/environmental assistance.
So far the ships armaments are mostly mounted 2x .50cals, with the lead ship receiving a forward mounted .50cal RCWS made by Elbit Systems.

 

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USN:
USS Maryland (BB-46) in the Panama Canal, circa 1930's.

USS Idaho leads USS Texas during fleet practice off California, 1930.

 

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RAN:
HMAS Choules sails from Sydney Harbour to provide support to people affected by bushfires in the Mallacoota area. Photo: Petty Officer Helen Frank

HMAS Choules from Bastion Point in Mallacoota, Victoria. Evacuation of from the shore begin tomorrow. At least 1,000 people will be evacuated to another Victorian port while the Princess Highway remains closed.

 

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USN:
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Dec. 27, 2019) The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) sails in formation with the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) after completing a replenishment-at-sea. Gabrielle Giffords is on a rotational deployment to INDOPACOM, conducting operations, exercises and port visits throughout the region and working hull-to-hull with allied and partner navies to provide maritime security and stability, key pillars of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas J. Beihl/Released)

 

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Imperial Germany:
SMS Falke passing through the Kiel Canal, likely near turn of the 20th century.
The Buzzard Class SMS Bussard, SMS Falke, SMS Seeadler, SMS Condor, SMS Cormoran, and SMS Geier. The Buzzard class of Wooden sheathed Light Cruisers were built for colonial service. and were all re built on several occasions between 1898 and 1909 (except for Falke and Condor. )

SMS Falke was built at Kiel Dockyard and laid down in 1890, launched 4th April 1891 and completed 14th September 1891. Was not modified compared to the others of the class and finally stricken on the 25th October 1912 and broken up in 1913.

Displacement: 1838 tons, Speed 15.5 knots. compliment 161 Armament: Eight 105mm, guns, Five rev cannon, and two 350mm Torpedo Tubes.

 

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Ukraine:
'Hetman Sahaydachniy' is an Krivak III-class frigate, named after Petro Konashevych Sahaidachny, a Cossack Hetman that fought against the Ottomans.
At full load, this ship weights 3 500 tonnes, has a length of 123 meters and a complement of 193 men.
Its main armament is a twin 9k33 Osa (meaning wasp) SAM missile launcher, accompanied by a single AK-100, 2 AK-630 CIWS (second ship to have this), 2 quadrupled 533mm torpedo tubes and 2 RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers. Also, it can carry up to 2 Ka-27 helicopters

 

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Italy:
Destroyer "Giacinto Carini" with her bow damaged after ramming sistership "Benedetto Cairoli" in the Ionian Sea, 10 April 1918.
The night of 9-10 April 1918 was decidedly unlucky for Entente destroyers. In the evening of 9 April, the Italian pre-dreadnought battleships Vittorio Emanuele, Regina Elena, and Roma (2nd Naval Division) sailed from Brindisi, bound for Taranto, escorted by a mixed force of 7/8 Italian and French destroyers. Around midnight, the steering of the French destroyer Mangini broke down and she rammed another French destroyer, Faulx, sinking her. Just an hour later, Giacinto Carini suffered a similar breakdown and likewise rammed her sistership Benedetto Cairoli, which foundered a few hours later off Santa Maria di Leuca, in the south-eastern tip of Apulia. In one night, the Entente thus lost two destroyers sunk and two disabled for a long time, without any enemy involvement.

Carini spent the rest of the war under repairs. She also participated in, and survived, World War II, continuing her service until 1958.

 

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Mexico:
The first Damen SIGMA 10514 frigate for the Mexican Navy was launched on November 23, 2018 at The Astillero de Marina No. 20 Mexican Naval Shipyard (ASTIMAR-20) in Salina Cruz (Oaxaca). In the Mexican Navy, this ship is officially referred to as the "long-range ocean patrol ship" (Patrulla Oceánica de Largo Alcance - POLA). The vessel is called POLA 101 Reformador ("Reformer").

"Reformador" has a standard displacement of 2,575 tons, a length of 107.14 meters, a width of 14.08 meters and a draft of 3.75 meters. The two-shaft diesel-electric power plant (CODOE) includes two 9240 kW diesel engines, six 735 kW diesel generators and two electric motors. It has a maximum speed of 28 knots, economic 18 knots, low noise 14 knots. Its range is 5,000 nautical miles at economic speed, with an endurance of 20 days. Full fuel capacity is 300 tons. The crew consists of 122 sailors.

Weapon systems will include Boeing RGM-84L Harpoon Block II anti-ship missile launchers (most likely four), 8x VLS for ESSM, one Raytheon RAM launcher, one 57mm Mk 3 BAE Systems Bofors main gun, two 25mm Rafael Typhoon Mk 38 Mod 2 remotely-controlled artillery mounts, six 12.7mm M2 machine guns and two three-tube Mk 32 SVTT torpedo launchers for raytheon mk 54 mod 0. The hangar can accommodate an MH-60R Seahawk multipurpose (anti-submarine) helicopter. The ship is equipped with a Thales SMART-S Mk 2 radar, Raytheon Anschütz Synapsis navigation radar, a Thales Captas-2 towed sonar, Thales TACTICOS combat system and ERA Indra Rigel electronic warfare suite.

 

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RN:
RFA Tideforce & RFA Tidespring

HMS Brocklesby rafts alongside RFA Cardigan Bay

 

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Germany:
KMS Scharnhorst, photographed at Keil as part of a review on Hilter’s 50th birthday in 1939.

 

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Austro-Hungary:
The Ersatz Monarch class (also informally known as the Improved Tegetthoff class) was a class of four dreadnought battleships which were intended to be built between 1914 and 1919 for the Austro-Hungarian Navy (kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine). Design work on a class of battleships to succeed the Tegetthoff class and replace the aging Monarch class began in 1911. After going through several different design proposals, Anton Haus, Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, secured passage of a naval expansion program through the Austro-Hungarian government to fund the construction of the battleships in April 1914.

Work on the first battleship was scheduled to begin a few months later, with the final ship was expected to be launched in mid-1919.