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Lead battleship of her class, HMS King George V in drydock after ramming and sinking Tribal class destroyer HMS Punjabi, 1942
On 1 May, she was rammed and sunk in a collision with the battleship HMS King George V in foggy conditions. While steaming in formation in heavy fog, the lookout on Punjabi reported what he believed to be a mine dead ahead; the captain reflexively ordered a 15-point emergency turn to port; in so doing, she sailed directly into the path of King George V and was sliced in two by the battleship's bow.
169 of the ship's company were rescued from the forward section, and another 40 were picked up from the sea by other escorts, including Marne. Those crew left in the aft section, which sank very quickly, were killed when her depth charges detonated; 49 of her crew lost their lives in the accident.
She sank directly in the path of the US battleship USS Washington, which had to sail between the halves of the sinking destroyer. Washington suffered slight damage from the detonation of the depth charges. King George V sustained serious damage to her bow, and was forced to return to port for repairs.
Further investigation revealed no mines in the area, or indeed in any part of the convoy's eventual path. It is unknown what the lookout actually spotted, if anything.
Lead battleship of the class HMS Nelson (28) seen from under the 6-inch guns of sister ship HMS Rodney (29) in the Western Mediterranean in April, 1943
Name light aircraft carrier of the class, HMS Colossus (R15) heading to Incheon, Korea to evacuate British and Australian prisoners of war. Parked forward on the flight deck and behind the superstructure are Vought Corsair fighters from 1846 Naval Air Squadron. At the rear are Fairey Barracuda dive bombers from 827 Naval Air Squadron. 25 Sept 1945
Lead battleship of her class, HMS King George V in drydock after ramming and sinking Tribal class destroyer HMS Punjabi, 1942
On 1 May, she was rammed and sunk in a collision with the battleship HMS King George V in foggy conditions. While steaming in formation in heavy fog, the lookout on Punjabi reported what he believed to be a mine dead ahead; the captain reflexively ordered a 15-point emergency turn to port; in so doing, she sailed directly into the path of King George V and was sliced in two by the battleship's bow.
169 of the ship's company were rescued from the forward section, and another 40 were picked up from the sea by other escorts, including Marne. Those crew left in the aft section, which sank very quickly, were killed when her depth charges detonated; 49 of her crew lost their lives in the accident.
She sank directly in the path of the US battleship USS Washington, which had to sail between the halves of the sinking destroyer. Washington suffered slight damage from the detonation of the depth charges. King George V sustained serious damage to her bow, and was forced to return to port for repairs.
Further investigation revealed no mines in the area, or indeed in any part of the convoy's eventual path. It is unknown what the lookout actually spotted, if anything.
Lead battleship of the class HMS Nelson (28) seen from under the 6-inch guns of sister ship HMS Rodney (29) in the Western Mediterranean in April, 1943
Name light aircraft carrier of the class, HMS Colossus (R15) heading to Incheon, Korea to evacuate British and Australian prisoners of war. Parked forward on the flight deck and behind the superstructure are Vought Corsair fighters from 1846 Naval Air Squadron. At the rear are Fairey Barracuda dive bombers from 827 Naval Air Squadron. 25 Sept 1945
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Gearing class destroyer USS Rich (DD-820) on 15 September 1963 during an inclining experiment at the New York Naval Shipyard. She was nearing the end of her modernization to a FRAM I type destroyer.
Gearing class destroyer USS Rich (DD-820) on 15 September 1963 during an inclining experiment at the New York Naval Shipyard. She was nearing the end of her modernization to a FRAM I type destroyer.
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Iowa class battleships USS New Jersey (BB-62) and USS Missouri (BB-63) laid up at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, July, 1981
USS Long Beach (CGN-9) underway near the coast of Southern California, June 21, 1989
Iowa class battleships USS New Jersey (BB-62) and USS Missouri (BB-63) laid up at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, July, 1981
USS Long Beach (CGN-9) underway near the coast of Southern California, June 21, 1989
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Wasp-class landing helicopter dock USS Makin Island (LHD-8) reaches the Chinese vessel Qingdao China found adrift. Her solo sailor Guo Chan lost contact while trying to break the world record for solo crossing of the Pacific, sailing from San Francisco to Shanghai. He was never found. 27 October 2016
By 2016 the IDEC 2 had been sold and renamed Qingdao China. She was used by Chinese sailor Guo Chuan in an attempt to break the world record for a solo crossing of the Pacific, sailing from San Francisco to Shanghai. Chuan set sail from San Francisco on 18 October 2016, but the US Coast Guard was notified after they lost contact with him on 25 October some 600 miles off the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. A team from the USS Makin Island reached the yacht on 27 October, finding it adrift with a damaged sail, with no sign of Chuan, but with his lifejacket still aboard. The crew removed his personal belongings, and left the yacht for later salvage."
Wasp-class landing helicopter dock USS Makin Island (LHD-8) reaches the Chinese vessel Qingdao China found adrift. Her solo sailor Guo Chan lost contact while trying to break the world record for solo crossing of the Pacific, sailing from San Francisco to Shanghai. He was never found. 27 October 2016
By 2016 the IDEC 2 had been sold and renamed Qingdao China. She was used by Chinese sailor Guo Chuan in an attempt to break the world record for a solo crossing of the Pacific, sailing from San Francisco to Shanghai. Chuan set sail from San Francisco on 18 October 2016, but the US Coast Guard was notified after they lost contact with him on 25 October some 600 miles off the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. A team from the USS Makin Island reached the yacht on 27 October, finding it adrift with a damaged sail, with no sign of Chuan, but with his lifejacket still aboard. The crew removed his personal belongings, and left the yacht for later salvage."
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Lexington class aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) at Pearl Harbor, circa July 1942
Lead battleship of her class, USS New Mexico (BB-40) in Puget Sound, October 21, 1944
Lexington class aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) at Pearl Harbor, circa July 1942
Lead battleship of her class, USS New Mexico (BB-40) in Puget Sound, October 21, 1944
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NORTH SEA (Oct. 24, 2024) From left, Karel Doorman class frigate NRP Francisco de Almeida (F-334), Tide-class replenishment tanker RFA Tidespring (A136), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09), and Tide-class replenishment tanker RFA Tidesurge (A138) participate in the NATO-led maritime vigilance activity Neptune Strike 24-2
NORTH SEA (Oct. 24, 2024) From left, Karel Doorman class frigate NRP Francisco de Almeida (F-334), Tide-class replenishment tanker RFA Tidespring (A136), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09), and Tide-class replenishment tanker RFA Tidesurge (A138) participate in the NATO-led maritime vigilance activity Neptune Strike 24-2
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NORFOLK, Va. (October 18, 2024) In a rare occurrence 4 ships of a destroyer squadron are moored together pier side at Naval Station Norfolk. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers Flight I USS Mitscher (DDG 57), Flight II USS Mahan (DDG 72), Flight IIA USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) & USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) and USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81) (not pictured) make up Destroyer Squadron Two, which is attached to Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12.
Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Dewey (DDG-105) conducts a live-fire drill of the close-in weapons system while operating in the Bay of Bengal, October 21, 2024.
Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) in San Diego fog. October 23, 2024
NORFOLK, Va. (October 18, 2024) In a rare occurrence 4 ships of a destroyer squadron are moored together pier side at Naval Station Norfolk. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers Flight I USS Mitscher (DDG 57), Flight II USS Mahan (DDG 72), Flight IIA USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) & USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) and USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81) (not pictured) make up Destroyer Squadron Two, which is attached to Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12.
Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Dewey (DDG-105) conducts a live-fire drill of the close-in weapons system while operating in the Bay of Bengal, October 21, 2024.
Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) in San Diego fog. October 23, 2024
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Independence class light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) burning after a Japanese air attack as seen from Cleveland class light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) 24th Oct 1944
Japanese air forces launched a series of counterattacks on 24 October, and during one of these, a Yokosuka D4Y dive bomber scored a hit on Princeton that caused serious damage and several large fires; Birmingham and the three destroyers Morrison, USS Gatling (DD-671) and Irwin remained with the stricken carrier after she fell out of formation. The destroyers initially attempted to come alongside and spray the burning carrier to help the ship's crew suppress the fires, but they repeatedly collided with Princeton in the heavy seas. Birmingham then came alongside instead, as her larger hull could better absorb collisions. She sent thirty-eight men and fourteen water hoses over to Princeton, and they helped the carrier's crew put out one of the two large fires.
Later in the day, Birmingham received reports of Japanese aircraft approaching, and around the same time, one of the destroyers reported detecting a submarine just 2,000 yd (1,800 m) away. Birmingham immediately pulled away from Princeton so she could evade any incoming attacks. Only one Japanese aircraft actually approached the formation, but it did not attack, and the submarine report was determined to have been a false alarm. Birmingham then returned alongside Princeton to resume firefighting, but at 15:22, just as she was coming back alongside Princeton, the fires reached the carrier's aft magazines, setting off a catastrophic explosion. The blast destroyed much of the carrier's stern, throwing debris all along Birmingham's starboard side and inflicting grave casualties among the cruiser's crew.Out of her crew of nearly 1,300, 241 men were killed, 211 were seriously wounded, and 201 received lighter injuries, more than half of the crew. The surviving crew began fighting several fires aboard Birmingham and treating the survivors, and then she broke off from the stricken carrier. Efforts continued aboard Princeton, but these ultimately proved futile, and Reno and Irwin scuttled her with torpedoes. Birmingham eventually arrived back at Mare Island in early November for repairs
Casualties on Princeton herself were relatively light considering the intensity of her fires; 108 men (10 officers and 98 enlisted men) were lost, while 1,361 crewmen were rescued.
Birmingham after arriving at Mare Island, showing damage inflicted by the explosion aboard Princeton
Independence class light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) burning after a Japanese air attack as seen from Cleveland class light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) 24th Oct 1944
Japanese air forces launched a series of counterattacks on 24 October, and during one of these, a Yokosuka D4Y dive bomber scored a hit on Princeton that caused serious damage and several large fires; Birmingham and the three destroyers Morrison, USS Gatling (DD-671) and Irwin remained with the stricken carrier after she fell out of formation. The destroyers initially attempted to come alongside and spray the burning carrier to help the ship's crew suppress the fires, but they repeatedly collided with Princeton in the heavy seas. Birmingham then came alongside instead, as her larger hull could better absorb collisions. She sent thirty-eight men and fourteen water hoses over to Princeton, and they helped the carrier's crew put out one of the two large fires.
Later in the day, Birmingham received reports of Japanese aircraft approaching, and around the same time, one of the destroyers reported detecting a submarine just 2,000 yd (1,800 m) away. Birmingham immediately pulled away from Princeton so she could evade any incoming attacks. Only one Japanese aircraft actually approached the formation, but it did not attack, and the submarine report was determined to have been a false alarm. Birmingham then returned alongside Princeton to resume firefighting, but at 15:22, just as she was coming back alongside Princeton, the fires reached the carrier's aft magazines, setting off a catastrophic explosion. The blast destroyed much of the carrier's stern, throwing debris all along Birmingham's starboard side and inflicting grave casualties among the cruiser's crew.Out of her crew of nearly 1,300, 241 men were killed, 211 were seriously wounded, and 201 received lighter injuries, more than half of the crew. The surviving crew began fighting several fires aboard Birmingham and treating the survivors, and then she broke off from the stricken carrier. Efforts continued aboard Princeton, but these ultimately proved futile, and Reno and Irwin scuttled her with torpedoes. Birmingham eventually arrived back at Mare Island in early November for repairs
Casualties on Princeton herself were relatively light considering the intensity of her fires; 108 men (10 officers and 98 enlisted men) were lost, while 1,361 crewmen were rescued.
Birmingham after arriving at Mare Island, showing damage inflicted by the explosion aboard Princeton
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The last gun cruiser in any navy. Built by the Dutch in 1953 and commissioned as HNLMS De Ruyter (C801). Then, she was bought by the Peruvian Navy in 1973 and served proudly as BAP Almirante Grau (CLM-81) and became the fleet flagship.
Decomissioned in 2017, with her faith uncertain - at first, there was an idea to turn her into a museum ship. Then, in February 2022, she was listed for sale (for over 1,1M $). Ultimately, she got scrapped in July 2022.
Decomissioned in 2017, with her faith uncertain - at first, there was an idea to turn her into a museum ship. Then, in February 2022, she was listed for sale (for over 1,1M $). Ultimately, she got scrapped in July 2022.
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