Photos Navies Of All Nations

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USN & France:
Indian Ocean (Feb. 8, 2006) The amphibious-assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) conducts a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the French Navy ship FS Courbet (F 712). Nassau is deployed as the flag ship for Expeditionary Strike Group Eight (ESG-8) supporting maritime security operations (MSO) in the 5th Fleet area of operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Andrew King

At sea aboard USS Seattle (AOE 3) May 11, 2002 -- The French frigate, FS Surcouf (F 711) receives fuel from the fast combat support ship, USS Seattle. Seattle and Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Six (HC-6) Detachment Four supply the Kennedy battle group and other coalition forces operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class Jim Hampshire.

 

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USN:
Port bow view of USS Toledo (CA-133) while underway in 1957

The United States Navy Nuclear Task Force 1 (TF-1), shown in silhouette during training maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea, is preparing to commence "Operation Sea Orbit", an around the world cruise, in July 1964. The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) and the guided missile cruisers USS Long Beach (CGN-9), center, and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) composed the United States first nuclear powered surface task force. The 30,000 mile voyage, which commenced on 31 July 1964, display

USS McCloy (DE-1038) pitches in heavy seas while refueling from USS Savannah (AOR-4) during NATO exercise "Northern Merger", 12 September 1974. Bonus photo in comments.

 

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RN:
HMS Queen Mary "Q" turret with twin BL 13.5 inch Mk V guns (343 mm). She was the last RN battlecruiser built before WW1 and the only one in her class.

 

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USN:
USS New York (BB-34) at fleet review in New York, 31 May 1934

 

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USCG:
USCGC Midgett (WMSL-757) and the USCGC Kimball (WMSL-756) underway together off the coast of Diamond Head, Hawaii, as an HC-130 flies over them, Aug. 16, 2019

USN:
USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 in Hong Kong, November 2009

Military Sealift Command offshore petroleum discharge systems ship ST 'Chesapeake '(AOT-5084) anchored off the coast of Red Beach in Camp Pendelton, during Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore (JLOTS) 2008. 22 July 2008

 

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USN:
The aircraft carrier 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. Photo By: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Cole C. Pielop. [4669x3108] DOD Photo.

 

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USN:
Floating drydock ARDC-8, Vertical View during tow off the coast of southern California, July 13, 1945.
ARDC - Concrete Auxiliary Repair Dock

By 1943, steel was a critical resource, and the U.S. Navy economized by constructing thirteen dry docks out of concrete. Each had a capacity of 2800 tons, enough for a large destroyer, and the dimensions were 389' by 84' by 40' (119m by 26m by 12m). The floor was divided into twelve compartments with a dry passage for personnel. Six were outfitted with diesel generators and manned by crews of 5 officers and 89 men for independent operation (the other seven remained in developed ports). Each had a 5 ton crane on each wing wall.

The concrete docks proved durable and were surprisingly popular with their crews. Their massive construction gave them considerable stability, and the tremendous ballast provided by the lower hull meant that the wing walls could be outfitted with extensive crew facilities.

 

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Netherlands:
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën launching an SM-2 missile, 31 october 2006

HNLMS Van Speijk firing a Harpoon 2009

 

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Imperial Austro-Hungary:
SMS Szent István, only "Hungarian" battleship (only battleship built in Hungarian part of Dual monarchy, all others major Austro-Hungarian warships were built in Trieste), 1916

 

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FGR:
West German Type 140 Jaguar class fast attack craft Elster in 1970

 

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Italy:
Nave Espero (F576) Maestrale class frigate.

 

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JMSDF:
A Soryu Class submarine in Yokosuka, August 2018

 

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PLA(N):
A pair of Type 055 destroyers.

Type 071 (NATO Yuzhao) class amphibious transport dock 'Wuzhishan' (987) during a beach-landing exercise, Red Bay, Guangdong Province. May 8, 2019

Type 052C destroyer 'Xi'an' (153) in St. Petersburg, Russia. 27 July 2019

 

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Italy:
Battleship Duilio entering the Mar Piccolo of Taranto around 1930. Notice that the name engraved is Duilio, not Caio Duilio as is often wrongly stated.

Battleship Giulio Cesare some point before WWII

 

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USN:
USS Enterprise (CV-6) before WWII. Location unknown.

 

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RN:
MTB49 underway in Portsmouth harbour during WW II.

 

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USN:
USS Philadelphia burns in Tripoli harbour after being found to be unrecoverable by the assault party sent to reclaim her during the 1st Barbary War
1897 oil on canvas painting by Edward Moran: b. 1829. d. 1901. American painter of historical events. Painting of the Philadelphia set ablaze by the crew of Stephen Decatur and his men who then escaped in the ketch " Intrepid ", after the Philadelphia had been boarded by a force of overpowering Barbary pirates in Tripoli Harbor.

 

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France:
FS Clemenceau during Operation Salamandre, 1990. The mission was to deploy a helicopter regiment of the ALAT alongside the trucks of an infantry company in the Indian Ocean.

 

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RN:
HMS Victoria sinking after colliding with HMS Camperdown, with HMS Nile nearby, 22 June 1893

 

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USN & JMSDF:
The amphibious assault ship USS America, right, and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious transport dock ship JS Kunisaki operate together in the East China Sea, Jan. 13, 2020. Photo By: Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Vincent Zline