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Imperial Japan:
IJN Kongo in port, prior to her reconstruction in 1929-31
IJN Fuso - Sporting a large pagoda mast and mid-ship turrets Fuso was an odd-looking ship. She was sunk at Surigao Strait with loss of all but 10 of her crew
IJN Kongo in port, prior to her reconstruction in 1929-31
IJN Fuso - Sporting a large pagoda mast and mid-ship turrets Fuso was an odd-looking ship. She was sunk at Surigao Strait with loss of all but 10 of her crew
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USN:
USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) fires a Harpoon missile during a live-fire exercise. Waters near Guam, Aug 12, 2015. USN photo.
One of two prototypes purchased by the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Strategic Capabilities Office for its Ghost Fleet Overlord program, aimed at fielding an autonomous surface ship capable of launching missiles. The Navy hopes the Ghost Fleet program will lead them to rapid advances in unmanned technology. (Photo: DoD)
USS Abraham Lincoln passes the USS Arizona Memorial upon arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 8, 2020, as part of an around-the-world deployment that includes a home port shift to San Diego
USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) fires a Harpoon missile during a live-fire exercise. Waters near Guam, Aug 12, 2015. USN photo.
One of two prototypes purchased by the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Strategic Capabilities Office for its Ghost Fleet Overlord program, aimed at fielding an autonomous surface ship capable of launching missiles. The Navy hopes the Ghost Fleet program will lead them to rapid advances in unmanned technology. (Photo: DoD)
USS Abraham Lincoln passes the USS Arizona Memorial upon arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 8, 2020, as part of an around-the-world deployment that includes a home port shift to San Diego
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USN:
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in harbour, 20 January 1956, with crewmen paraded on her flight deck spelling out the ship's nickname: HAPPY VALLEY
USS Basilone DDE-824 at Boston Harbor, 21 July 1949
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in harbour, 20 January 1956, with crewmen paraded on her flight deck spelling out the ship's nickname: HAPPY VALLEY
USS Basilone DDE-824 at Boston Harbor, 21 July 1949
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Japan:
JMSDF icebreaker Shirase (AGB-5003) in Yokusuka, August 2018
Icebreaker and Antarctic research ship Sōya, now a museum ship berthed at the Museum of Maritime Science, Odaiba, Tokyo
JMSDF icebreaker Shirase (AGB-5003) in Yokusuka, August 2018
Icebreaker and Antarctic research ship Sōya, now a museum ship berthed at the Museum of Maritime Science, Odaiba, Tokyo
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Imperial Italy:
Submarine Delfino, the first submarine ever operated by the Italian navy, around 1901
Around 1888 the Italian statesman and naval engineer Benedetto Brin, disturbed by news coming from France about the testing of the submarine Gymnote, had the director of the Genio Navale Giacinto Pullino draw plans for one such boat, for experimental purposes. The design work began in earnest, and by 1892 the first ever submarine to raise the Italian flag was completed by the Arsenale di La Spezia. As built, it was fitted with a single electric engine (with a 62.5 HP output), which moved one screw in the usual position, plus two more curiously placed above, to help the boat submerge and keep the designed depth. It was also the first submarine to be fitted with a gyrocompass.
Tested in great secrecy, the Delfino ("Dolphin" in Italian, as it was eventually called, as initially it was called merely the "Pullino boat") performed satisfactorily with its crew of five (the first commander was Tenente Carlo Scotti), remaining submerged for up to five hours. Despite this, the diffidence (and/or indifference) of the brass led to the boat being put into storage and to be forgotten for a few years.
By 1900, however, development in the submarine forces by the French Navy led the very Minister of the Navy, Admiral Giovanni Bettolo, to order the boat to be refitted for further trials. As such, the Delfino took on its definite shape, acquiring a main FIAT gasoline engine plus an electric one for use when submerged (thus raising its autonomy from 24 to 165 nautical miles on the surface); the two original 350 mm torpedo tubes were replaced by a single 450 mm one. The crew of the rebuilt submarine was two officers and eleven seamen.
In 1901 the refitted Delfino resumed trials, and on 30 and 31 May it demonstrated its abilities in the presence of the King Vittorio Emanuele III and the now much more interested top officers of the Regia Marina. Its success ensured that the submarine force of the RM would finally be developed, but its performances would be soon surpassed by its successors.
During World War I, despite its obsolescence, the Delfino nevertheless operated in some 44 missions to defend the Gulf of Venice, other than serving as a training ship. After the war's end, it was mothballed, and on 16 January 1919 the old boat was stricken and scrapped.
Submarine Delfino, the first submarine ever operated by the Italian navy, around 1901
Around 1888 the Italian statesman and naval engineer Benedetto Brin, disturbed by news coming from France about the testing of the submarine Gymnote, had the director of the Genio Navale Giacinto Pullino draw plans for one such boat, for experimental purposes. The design work began in earnest, and by 1892 the first ever submarine to raise the Italian flag was completed by the Arsenale di La Spezia. As built, it was fitted with a single electric engine (with a 62.5 HP output), which moved one screw in the usual position, plus two more curiously placed above, to help the boat submerge and keep the designed depth. It was also the first submarine to be fitted with a gyrocompass.
Tested in great secrecy, the Delfino ("Dolphin" in Italian, as it was eventually called, as initially it was called merely the "Pullino boat") performed satisfactorily with its crew of five (the first commander was Tenente Carlo Scotti), remaining submerged for up to five hours. Despite this, the diffidence (and/or indifference) of the brass led to the boat being put into storage and to be forgotten for a few years.
By 1900, however, development in the submarine forces by the French Navy led the very Minister of the Navy, Admiral Giovanni Bettolo, to order the boat to be refitted for further trials. As such, the Delfino took on its definite shape, acquiring a main FIAT gasoline engine plus an electric one for use when submerged (thus raising its autonomy from 24 to 165 nautical miles on the surface); the two original 350 mm torpedo tubes were replaced by a single 450 mm one. The crew of the rebuilt submarine was two officers and eleven seamen.
In 1901 the refitted Delfino resumed trials, and on 30 and 31 May it demonstrated its abilities in the presence of the King Vittorio Emanuele III and the now much more interested top officers of the Regia Marina. Its success ensured that the submarine force of the RM would finally be developed, but its performances would be soon surpassed by its successors.
During World War I, despite its obsolescence, the Delfino nevertheless operated in some 44 missions to defend the Gulf of Venice, other than serving as a training ship. After the war's end, it was mothballed, and on 16 January 1919 the old boat was stricken and scrapped.
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USN:
In an image taken by a Tactical Aerial Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) on a U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat of Fighter Squadron (VF) 111 flown by the crew of Lieutenant Commander Rice and Lieutenant Old, the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), the battleships USS New Jersey (BB-62) and USS Missouri (BB-63), and their escorts pictured underway. Forming the Seventh Fleet Battle Force, the ships were participating in PACEX October 1989
Overhead view of USS Long Beach, CGN-9, circa 1990
USS Little Rock CLG-4 taken from the Buffalo River
In an image taken by a Tactical Aerial Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) on a U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat of Fighter Squadron (VF) 111 flown by the crew of Lieutenant Commander Rice and Lieutenant Old, the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), the battleships USS New Jersey (BB-62) and USS Missouri (BB-63), and their escorts pictured underway. Forming the Seventh Fleet Battle Force, the ships were participating in PACEX October 1989
Overhead view of USS Long Beach, CGN-9, circa 1990
USS Little Rock CLG-4 taken from the Buffalo River
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RN:
HMS Campbeltown being inspected by German officers shortly before she explodes, killing 250 and rendering the drydock she rammed useless for the remainder of the war.
The obsolete battleship HMS Centurion dressed up as HMS Anson for Operation Vigorous, June 1942
HMS Duke of York, King George V class battleship, in 1946.
HMS Campbeltown being inspected by German officers shortly before she explodes, killing 250 and rendering the drydock she rammed useless for the remainder of the war.
The obsolete battleship HMS Centurion dressed up as HMS Anson for Operation Vigorous, June 1942
HMS Duke of York, King George V class battleship, in 1946.
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USN:
Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) operates in the South China Sea, Jan. 13, 2020
USN & Japan:
EAST CHINA SEA (Jan. 13, 2020) The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), right, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious transport dock ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) operate together in the East China Sea. The America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Vincent E. Zline/Released)
Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) operates in the South China Sea, Jan. 13, 2020
USN & Japan:
EAST CHINA SEA (Jan. 13, 2020) The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), right, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious transport dock ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) operate together in the East China Sea. The America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Vincent E. Zline/Released)
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