Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Russia:
Yasen-class SSGN Kazan up close during trials, January 2020

Kirov class battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy
The 20 Launchers just in front of the Superstructure (to the bow / left on the picture) are for P-700 Granit Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles with range of 600km+ and Nuclear warhead capable. The 20 angled Launchers will be changed with 4 UKSK VLS each during the expected modernization (currently being executed on its sister ship) for a total of 80 VLS capable of launching the Kalibr LACM / P-800 Onyks ASM / Tsirkon Hypersonic ASM.

They are flanked by two CIWS "Kortik" to the sides.

The 12 VLS in more towards the front are for the S-300 Naval Variant "Fort" and its modernized Version "Fort-M" (6 Launchers each). Each houses a rotating 8 missile container underneath it giving them 96 missiles -48 Fort and 48 Fort-M -which explains the spacing to the sides and between the lines of the Launchers (they will be upgraded to the S-400 Naval Variant during modernization with same number of missiles).

More to the front (in the rectangular platform) there are 8 Launchers of the Naval Variant of the Tor Short Range Missile Air Defense System called "Kinzhal" and 8 more are visible to the sides of the Helipad in the back, with 8 missiles each 128 Missiles Total (they will be also upgraded Probably by the "Poliment" Naval Variant of the "Vityaz")

There are also 4 more CIWS, RBU-1000 and RBU-1200 Anti-Submarine/Torpedo Rocket launchers and 10 Torpedo Launchers but they are not visible in addition to the standard Naval Guns (double Gun visible just before helipad)

Kirov class battlecruiser 'Pyotr Velikiy' side profile

Typhoon class submarine Dmitry Donskoy

 

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RN:
HMS Formidable burns after being struck by a Kamikaze attack, 4 May 1945
Formidable was hit at 1130 hrs, the kamikaze making a massive dent about 3 m long, 0.6 m wide and deep in the armoured flight deck. A large steel splinter speared down through the hangar deck and the centre boiler-room, where it ruptured a steam line, and came to rest in a fuel tank, starting a major fire in the aircraft park. Eight crew members were killed and forty-seven were wounded. One Vought Corsair and ten Grumman Avengers were destroyed.

HMS Barham, 1937

The main guns of HMS Rodney

HMS Duke of York in the Sagami Wan. In the background is HMS King George V, and behind is Mount Fujiyama, August 28, 1945

 

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USN:
16" gun on board the USS New Jersey (BB-62). Gunner lowers breech block, and wipes it free of unburned powder, preparatory to loading grant shell. Nov 1944

USS Benner (DD-807) underway in Massachusetts Bay on 28 May 1945. She is outfitted for radar picket service, with torpedo tubes replaced by a tripod mainmast ahead of her after smokestack

Looking forward along deck from stern of U.S. submarine off coast of New London, CT, Aug 1943

Recovering a crashed TBM from the catwalk of USS Bogue, CVE-9, June 1944

USS Croatan (CVE-25) in the Hudson River, off New York City, at the time of the Navy Day Fleet Review, circa late October 1945

 

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Imperial Japan:
IJN battlecruiser Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, 21st October 1929

IJN Yamato and the remaining units of the First Division Attack Force came under attack on October 26, 1944 while retreating from the Sibuyan Sea. Photo taken from a B-24 Liberator.

Seaplane Tender Kimikawa-Maru at Ominato, Japan, Nov Dec 1942. Colorized by irootoko_jr.

Akizuki class of AA destroyer Fuyuzuki fires her 10cm guns at US aircraft while escorting the battleship Yamato during Operation Ten-Go, 7 April 1945

 

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RN:
HMNB Portsmouth, 4 January 2020

Training ship HMS Bristol (D23) at HMS Excellent, Whale Island, Portsmouth

HMS Kent (F78) and HMS Illustrious (R06) at HMNB Portsmouth. Taken from MV Mont Saint Michel in February 2016.

HMS Daring (D32) at HMNB Portsmouth

HMS Forth arrives in the Falkland Islands today to assume her duties as the permanent FI Patrol Vessel

 

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USN:
R3 (SS50), diving, 18 October 1923

 

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USN & JMSDF:
USS Lassen (DDG-82) and JS Izumo (DDH 183)

 

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Italy:
Sail training ship Amerigo Vespucci arriving in New York City, July 2017

Incomplete battleship Littorio, Genoa, December 1938

 

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PLA(N):
Type 056 corvettes on patrol. With 71 ships launched since 2012, Type 056 has become the most widely produced surface combatant of the modern era.
The Type 056 Corvette is a small warship displacing around 1400 tons full load, with a crew of around 60 persons. It comes in General Purpose (056) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (056A) variants. In addition to its 76mm main gun, armament consist of four YJ-83 anti-ship missiles (or alternatively Yu-8 rocket-launched torpedoes) in 2-cell box launchers angled port and starboard, 30mm guns port and starboard (or 14.5mm guns on the latest batch), an 8-cell HQ-10 short-range SAM launcher aft, and triple ASW torpedo tubes port and starboard. The GP variant has hull mounted sonar only while the ASW variant adds towed array and variable depth sonars. There is a small landing pad aft, but no hangar.

 

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France:
Coastal defence ship Requin in the Middle East between 1915 and 1917

 

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Italy:
Pre-dreadnought Sicilia

 

[Fish&Chips]

Excellent pics, BZ! Keep 'em coming!

16" gun on board the USS New Jersey (BB-62). Gunner lowers breech block, and wipes it free of unburned powder, preparatory to loading grant shell. Nov 1944

That sure is some massive artillery. Mostly you'll only get to see picture of the barrels of WW2 ships taken from outside, but this perspective shows the amount of work that had to be done inside the turret.

 

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Cameroon:
Espadon 50 class patrol boat CNS 'Dipikar' (P107) (ex FS Grèbe (P679)) entering Douala, Cameroon. 26 Mar 2018, upgraded with LYNCEA PATROL CMS (LYNCEA is an embedded naval surveillance and defence CMS, for use on patrol boats and surveillance frigates. It enables the creation, maintenance, and monitoring of the tactical picture using on-board sensors
The Grebe was retired by France in 2010 and acquired by Cameroon. In November 2014 the vessel left Tunisia for southeastern France for further refurbishment work, which was carried out by IMS Shipyard. Due to unfavourable sea conditions at this time of year, the Dipikar was sent to Douala by cargo ship.
The Dipikar is 52 metres long, 9.8 metres wide and displaces 400 tons. It was built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure. Crew complement is 20. The vessel can travel 4 500 miles and reach a speed of 18 knots, being powered by two SACM-RVR UD33V12 diesel engines delivering 4 800 hp.
It features a command and control system provided by Nexeya, electro-optical and other sensors, a dual 20 mm cannon, machineguns and a new 7.5 metre Sillinger rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB). This can be deployed from the back of the vessel.

 

[BravoZulu]

Excellent pics, BZ! Keep 'em coming!



That sure is some massive artillery. Mostly you'll only get to see picture of the barrels of WW2 ships taken from outside, but this perspective shows the amount of work that had to be done inside the turret.

Thanks for the encouragement brother

 

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 23, 2019) Royal Fleet Auxiliary landing ship dock Mounts Bay transits with embarked Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 during an expeditionary mine countermeasures (MCM) task group experiment. This experiment, held aboard Mounts Bay, refines and advances the Navy EOD community's ability to command and control an MCM task group. The Navy EOD community achieves this by embarking vessels of opportunity to direct surface, air and expeditionary MCM forces, including the Navy's Expeditionary MCM (ExMCM) units. (U.S. Navy photos by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jeff Atherton/Released)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 23, 2019) Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 get underway on a combat rubber raiding craft from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary landing ship dock Mounts Bay during a mine countermeasures (MCM) task group experiment.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Danny Ray Nuñez Jr./Released)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 23, 2019) Members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) assigned to the landing ship dock RFA Mounts Bay retrieve a rigid-hull inflatable boat manned by Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 during a mine countermeasures (MCM) task group experiment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Danny Ray Nuñez Jr./Released)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 23, 2019) US Navy Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 prepare to launch a combat rubber raiding craft from the well deck of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary landing ship dock Mounts Bay during a mine countermeasures (MCM) task group experiment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Danny Ray Nuñez Jr./Released)

 

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YOKOSUKA, Japan – The British Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland (F 81) arrives at U.S. Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka for a scheduled port visit. FLEACT Yokosuka provides, maintains, and operates base facilities and services in support of 7th Fleet’s forward-deployed naval forces, 71 tenant commands, and 27,000 military and civilian personnel. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart/Released)

 

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180616-N-EV253-280 NORWEGIAN SEA (June 16, 2018) The replenishment tanker RFA Tidespring (A136) following an underway replenishment with the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84). Bulkeley is currently deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carr by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180616-N-EV253-206 NORWEGIAN SEA (June 16, 2018) Lt. Taylor Auclair, operations officer aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), supervises the seating of a fuel probe during an underway replenishment with the replenishment tanker RFA Ti by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180616-N-EV253-269 NORWEGIAN SEA (June 16, 2018) The guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) receives fuel from the replenishment tanker RFA Tidespring (A136). Bulkeley is currently deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. With by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

 

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Enterprise in October 1961 with three C-1 Traders parked aft on the flight deck. Official United States Navy photo by PHC Mowry.

USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway with Carrier Air Group 6 (CVG-6.) Official USN photo #1062601, received on October 22, 1962. Released from US Naval Photographic Center, US Naval Station, Anacostia, Washington 25, DC.



USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in port Naples Italy, 1963 or 1964. Photo Galilea.



USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) enteringHunters Point Naval Shipyard San Francisco CA in 1966



A group of A3J-1 Vigilante aircraft on the flight deck of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), off the East Coast. U.S. Navy photo #1065017, dated 1 July 1962.

Courtesy of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum.

 

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USS Iowa Battleship fires a salvo US Navy by doyle k davis, on Flickr


Missouri fires a salvo...

Sept. 30, 1986: USS MISSOURI fires a reduced charge, staggered 'broadside' off Sydney - Photo Cameron Martin, RAN. by Horatio J. Kookaburra, on Flickr


Wisconsin fries a broadside salvo...

USS New Jersey (BB-62) firing its nine 16-inch/50 caliber guns simultaneously, 30 December 1986.

 

[Chazman]

Look at the variety of aircraft! A-1, A-4, A-5, F-8, F-4, S-3.