Brazil:
Broadsword class frigate Rademaker (F49), ex HMS Battleaxe, Tupi class (Type 209) submarine and Grajaú class patrol boat Gurupi (P47) in drydock. First Navy District, Rio de Janeiro. Date unknown
USN:
Sole ship of the class, USS Wasp (CV-7) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States following overhaul, 8 January 1942
Lead ship of her class, escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9) at anchor in Yokohama Harbour, Tokyo Bay for Christmas,1945, with a deck load of surrendered Japanese aircraft.
V-class destroyer HMS Vimiera in 1940 following her 1939 WAIR escort destroyer conversion.
She was sunk by a German mine in the Thames Estuary with the loss of 92 of her crew, with a further 4 men subsequently dying of their wounds. 9 Jan 1942
USN & Australia:
New Mexico class battleship USS Mississippi (BB-41) bombarding Luzon, Philippines, 8 January 1945, during the Lingayen Gulf operation. Colorado class battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) and London sub-class of County-class heavy cruiser HMAS Shropshire are behind Mississippi.
RN:
A battered T class destroyer, HMS Terpsichore (D48) sails as lead destroyer in Task Group 38.3, August 1945. She is covered in her own fuel oil. They are preparing to provide air support for an early invasion of the Japanese home islands that will never come.
The Suffren class were two anti-air frigates of the French Navy, designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, and submarines. They were the first French ships to be built specifically as guided missile frigates.
RN:
Batch 3 Broadsword class (Type 22) frigate HMS Campbeltown (F86) and Duke-class (Type 23) frigate HMS Argyll (F231) alongside in Portsmouth for Trafalgar 200 in June 2005
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