Photos Navies Of All Nations

[Kadir93]

Germany:

The German frigate Köln (F 211) underway during the NATO exercise "North Star '91", circa in September 1991.

 

[Redav]

USN & Australia:
Sole ship of her class USS Long Beach (CG-9) alongside Garden Island Naval Base, Western Australia with River class (Type 12) destroyer escorts HMAS Derwent (DE49) and HMAS Swan (DE50) outboard. Dec 1987
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[Redav]

Sweden
Muskö naval base, Destroyer HMS Sodermanland is entering one of the openings to the naval base. The construction of the base started in 1950 and was completed 19 years later in 1969. During the construction about 1.5 million tons of rock were removed. It has 3 docks, originally designed for destroyers and submarines. The underground base itself has an area of several km²[*citation needed*] and is connected by 20 km (12 mi) of underground roads.

 

[Chazman]

USN:
Spruance class destroyer \USS Merrill (DD-976) June 1, 1991
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Anyone know what those canisters are on either side of the ASROC launcher?

 

[BravoZulu]

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HMAS Swan was one of my drafts in 1981-82

 

[Nathyl]

Anyone know what those canisters are on either side of the ASROC launcher?

Tomahawk quad missile launchers.

USS Merrill (DDG-976) was the test ship for the BGM-109 SLCM (Sea Launch Cruise Missile).

 

[Redav]

Tomahawk quad missile launchers.

USS Merrill (DDG-976) was the test ship for the BGM-109 SLCM (Sea Launch Cruise Missile).

Before VLS appeared

 

[Redav]

Pakistan
PNS TARIQ (Ex-HMS AMBUSCADE)

 

[Redav]

Turkey's first-in-class frigate TCG Istanbul entered into service with the country's Navy during a ceremony held at Sefine Shipyard in Yalova Province, northwest Turkey.

 

[BravoZulu]

Thanks @Volk01
Romania:
Ex Sea Shield 24 in the Black Sea. April 2024.
Sandown class minehunter Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu (M270) (Ex HMS Blyth)

Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu (M270) (Ex HMS Blyth) and minesweeper Slt. Alexandru Axente (DM30)

 

[BravoZulu]

Thanks @Redav
Portugal:
Vasco da Gama (MEKO 200) class frigate Álvares Cabral in 2015

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) (tentative) Ohio-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine coming into San Diego for a quick turn - May 14, 2024

 

[Redav]

USS Pegasus was designed to counter fast-moving Soviet missile boats, leading to its hydrofoils, which increased its manoeuvrability.

 

[BravoZulu]

Thanks @Redav
Portugal:
Almirante Pereira da Silva (Dealey class variant) class frigate NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho (F473) with ASW frigate NRP Pêro Escobar (F 335) a modified Almirante Clemente in the background. 1970's

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
USS Augusta (LCS 34) Independence-variant littoral combat ship leaving San Diego - May 15, 2024

USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) Arleigh Burke-class Flight I guided missile destroyer leaving San Diego - May 15, 2024

USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer coming into Yokosuka, Japan - May 15, 2024

USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8) Supply-class fast combat support ship leaving Norfolk, Virginia - May 15, 2024

 

[BravoZulu]

RN:
Daring class destroyer HMS Diana (D126) steamed through the nuclear fallout created by UK atomic tests off the Monte Bello islands duiring Operation Mosaic1 & 2 on 16 May and 19 June 1956. The Chiefs of Staff wanted to know how the ship and men would fair. Around two-thirds of the crew have died, and survivors attest that a variety of fallout-related diseases are responsible. No compensation or acknowledgment from the UK MoD has ever occurred.

 

[BravoZulu]

Canada:
Modified Flower class corvette HMCS Hepatica (K159) in 1943 after having her f'o'c'sle (forecastle) extended to abaft the funnel.

 

[BravoZulu]

USN:
Benjamin Franklin class ballistic missile submarine USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) entering Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. 1 Oct 1987

 

[BravoZulu]

Japan:
Oyashio-class & Sōryū-class diesel-electric/AIP attack submarines. 15 May 2024

 

[BravoZulu]

RN:
Colony class frigate HMS Tortola (K595) at Greenock, Scotland. 21 September 1944. Colony class were built in the USA as Tacoma class patrol frigates which were themselves an adaptation of the RN River class frigate

Battle class destroyer HMS St Kitts (D18), commissioned on 21 January 1946. Here launching a depth charge attack during exercise, 1946-57