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Santa Claus waves his arms from Newport-class tank landing ship USS Fairfax County (LST-1193) as she slides down the ways during the launching ceremony at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, 19 December 1970.
Providence-class cruiser USS Springfield (CLG-7), ex Cleveland class light cruiser, as flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet Moored in a Mediterranean port, circa 1973. A destroyer escort (DEG) and several merchant ships are in the background
Santa Claus waves his arms from Newport-class tank landing ship USS Fairfax County (LST-1193) as she slides down the ways during the launching ceremony at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, 19 December 1970.
Providence-class cruiser USS Springfield (CLG-7), ex Cleveland class light cruiser, as flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet Moored in a Mediterranean port, circa 1973. A destroyer escort (DEG) and several merchant ships are in the background
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Flight II Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Higgins DDG-76 and Flight IIA USS Dewey DDG-105 docked alongside United States Fleet Acitivities Yokosuka, Japan. Nov 2023
Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) and Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) conduct a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 8, 2023
Lead ship of her class, landing ship dock USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), left, and Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Pacific Ocean, Dec 12, 2023.
Flight II Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Higgins DDG-76 and Flight IIA USS Dewey DDG-105 docked alongside United States Fleet Acitivities Yokosuka, Japan. Nov 2023
Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) and Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) conduct a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 8, 2023
Lead ship of her class, landing ship dock USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), left, and Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Pacific Ocean, Dec 12, 2023.
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Kolberg-class light cruiser SMS Mainz, Königsberg-class light cruiser SMS Stuttgart and lead ship of her class, light cruiser SMS Dresden in Wilhelmshaven, between 1908 and1914.
Magdeburg-class light cruiser SMS Stralsund and Bayern-class dreadnought battleship SMS Baden at anchor likely in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, post 1917
Kolberg-class light cruiser SMS Mainz, Königsberg-class light cruiser SMS Stuttgart and lead ship of her class, light cruiser SMS Dresden in Wilhelmshaven, between 1908 and1914.
Magdeburg-class light cruiser SMS Stralsund and Bayern-class dreadnought battleship SMS Baden at anchor likely in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, post 1917
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Revenge-class battleship HMS Ramillies in Wellington, New Zealand between 31 December 1939 and 6 January 1940
Christmas dinner in the wardroom of Queen Elizabeth-class battleship HMS Malaya, Scapa Flow, 25 December 1942
Revenge-class battleship HMS Ramillies in Wellington, New Zealand between 31 December 1939 and 6 January 1940
Christmas dinner in the wardroom of Queen Elizabeth-class battleship HMS Malaya, Scapa Flow, 25 December 1942
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Lead ship of the class, nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) fires a RGM-84A Harpoon missile off the coast of Saudi Arabia during Operation Red Reef III, 10 January 1992.
Forrestal-class carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) visits Japan for the last time during its final deployment prior to decommissioning. 18 August 1992
Lead ship of the class, nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) fires a RGM-84A Harpoon missile off the coast of Saudi Arabia during Operation Red Reef III, 10 January 1992.
Forrestal-class carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) visits Japan for the last time during its final deployment prior to decommissioning. 18 August 1992
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Exercise minelayer HMS Abdiel (N21) at Harwich, 21 Sept 1980. Her role was to train Royal Navy personnel in minelaying operations using test/dummy naval mines, not to lay offensive mines operationally. She was fully capable of laying offensive mines during wartime. Abdiel fulfilled an additional role as a support ship for mine countermeasures vessels. She was the Royal Navy’s only minelayer in the Cold War
Exercise minelayer HMS Abdiel (N21) at Harwich, 21 Sept 1980. Her role was to train Royal Navy personnel in minelaying operations using test/dummy naval mines, not to lay offensive mines operationally. She was fully capable of laying offensive mines during wartime. Abdiel fulfilled an additional role as a support ship for mine countermeasures vessels. She was the Royal Navy’s only minelayer in the Cold War
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Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Savannah (CL-42) is hit by a German "Fritz X" radio-controlled bomb, while supporting Allied forces ashore during the Salerno operation, 11 September 1943. The bomb hit the top of the ship's number three 6/47 gun turret and penetrated deep into her hull before exploding. The photograph shows the explosion venting through the top of the turret and also through Savannah's hull below the waterline. A motor torpedo boat (PT) is passing by in the foreground.
USS Savannah (CL-42) afire immediately after she was hit by a German radio-controlled "Fritz X" bomb while supporting Allied forces ashore during the Salerno operation September 1943. Smoke is pouring from the bomb's impact hole atop the ship's number three 6-inch turret.
Savannah was the first American ship to open fire against the German shore defences in Salerno Bay. She silenced a railroad artillery battery with 57 rounds, forced the retirement of enemy tanks, and completed eight more fire support missions that day. She continued her valuable support until the morning of 11 September 1943, when she was put out of action.
A radio-controlled Fritz X glide-bomb had been released at a safe distance by a high-flying German warplane and it exploded 49 ft (15 m) distance from Philadelphia. Savannah increased her speed to 20 kn (23 mph, 37 km/h) as a Dornier Do 217 K-2 bomber approached from out of the sun. The USAAF's P-38 Lightnings and Savannah's anti-aircraft gunners, tracking this warplane at 18,700 ft (5,700 m), failed to stop the Fritz X bomb, trailing a stream of smoke. The bomb pierced the armoured turret roof of Savannah's No. 3 gun turret, passed through three decks into the lower ammunition-handling room, where it exploded, blowing a hole in her keel and tearing a seam in the cruiser's port side. For at least 30 minutes, secondary explosions in the turret and its ammunition supply rooms hampered firefighting efforts.
Savannah's crew quickly sealed off flooded and burned compartments, and corrected her list. With assistance from the salvage tugs Hopi and Moreno, Savannah got underway under her own steam by 1757 hours and steamed for Malta.
Savannah lost 197 crewmen in this German counterattack. Fifteen other sailors were seriously wounded, and four more were trapped in a watertight compartment for 60 hours. These four sailors were not rescued until Savannah had already arrived at Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta on 12 September.
Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Savannah (CL-42) is hit by a German "Fritz X" radio-controlled bomb, while supporting Allied forces ashore during the Salerno operation, 11 September 1943. The bomb hit the top of the ship's number three 6/47 gun turret and penetrated deep into her hull before exploding. The photograph shows the explosion venting through the top of the turret and also through Savannah's hull below the waterline. A motor torpedo boat (PT) is passing by in the foreground.
USS Savannah (CL-42) afire immediately after she was hit by a German radio-controlled "Fritz X" bomb while supporting Allied forces ashore during the Salerno operation September 1943. Smoke is pouring from the bomb's impact hole atop the ship's number three 6-inch turret.
Savannah was the first American ship to open fire against the German shore defences in Salerno Bay. She silenced a railroad artillery battery with 57 rounds, forced the retirement of enemy tanks, and completed eight more fire support missions that day. She continued her valuable support until the morning of 11 September 1943, when she was put out of action.
A radio-controlled Fritz X glide-bomb had been released at a safe distance by a high-flying German warplane and it exploded 49 ft (15 m) distance from Philadelphia. Savannah increased her speed to 20 kn (23 mph, 37 km/h) as a Dornier Do 217 K-2 bomber approached from out of the sun. The USAAF's P-38 Lightnings and Savannah's anti-aircraft gunners, tracking this warplane at 18,700 ft (5,700 m), failed to stop the Fritz X bomb, trailing a stream of smoke. The bomb pierced the armoured turret roof of Savannah's No. 3 gun turret, passed through three decks into the lower ammunition-handling room, where it exploded, blowing a hole in her keel and tearing a seam in the cruiser's port side. For at least 30 minutes, secondary explosions in the turret and its ammunition supply rooms hampered firefighting efforts.
Savannah's crew quickly sealed off flooded and burned compartments, and corrected her list. With assistance from the salvage tugs Hopi and Moreno, Savannah got underway under her own steam by 1757 hours and steamed for Malta.
Savannah lost 197 crewmen in this German counterattack. Fifteen other sailors were seriously wounded, and four more were trapped in a watertight compartment for 60 hours. These four sailors were not rescued until Savannah had already arrived at Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta on 12 September.
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Castle-class minesweepers HMNZS Rimu (left) and HMNZS Manuka (right). In 1940, the New Zealand Government, facing a requirement for minesweepers to operate in home waters, directed the building of 13 Castle-class naval trawlers in New Zealand to add to the two vessels, James Cosgrove and Wakakura, they had previously purchased. The Castle-class design was chosen over more modern alternatives because it was simple enough to be built with the country's limited ship construction facilities. Both were disposed of and sunk in the early 1950s
HMNZS Hinau, the first Castle-Class Trawler launched for the Royal New Zealand Navy, She is currently a hulk located in Whakatīwai, New Zealand.
Castle-class minesweepers HMNZS Rimu (left) and HMNZS Manuka (right). In 1940, the New Zealand Government, facing a requirement for minesweepers to operate in home waters, directed the building of 13 Castle-class naval trawlers in New Zealand to add to the two vessels, James Cosgrove and Wakakura, they had previously purchased. The Castle-class design was chosen over more modern alternatives because it was simple enough to be built with the country's limited ship construction facilities. Both were disposed of and sunk in the early 1950s
HMNZS Hinau, the first Castle-Class Trawler launched for the Royal New Zealand Navy, She is currently a hulk located in Whakatīwai, New Zealand.
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Batch 3 Type 22 frigate HMS Cornwall (F 99) approaches Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) to provide plane guard support to the carrier during flight operations in the Persian Gulf. May 29, 2007
Batch 3 Type 22 frigate HMS Cornwall (F 99) approaches Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) to provide plane guard support to the carrier during flight operations in the Persian Gulf. May 29, 2007
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