Japan:
Light carrier Shoho under attack by U.S. Navy planes on 7 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. A 1000lb bomb detonates aboard.
Note the Douglas TBD Devastator in lower center/left and two or three other U.S. Navy aircraft visible above the burning carrier.
The bow of Fubuki-class destroyer Hibiki alongside at Takao, Formosa (nowadays Kaohsiung, Taiwan), 6 October 1944 after suffering mine damage whil assisting Eiji Maru that also struck a mine
USN:
Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) takes an all-hands photo in the Mediterranean Sea. Nov 13, 2024. About 50% of the crew will not be in this photo.
Lead nuclear-powered guided missile submarine of her class, USS Ohio (SSGN-726) southbound in Puget Sound heading to Bremerton, Washington - December 30, 2024
RN:
Centaur class aircraft carrier HMS Hermes (R12) entering Algiers Harbor with Sea Vixens, Scimitars and Whirlwind helicopters ranged on her flight deck, August, 1960
Russia:
Project 651 (NATO Juliet) class SSG B-24. Note the raised twin launcher for the P-6/SS-N-3a Shaddock SLCM with one missile tube hatch open & retractable bow planes. A conventionally powered cruise missile submarine designed to compliment the nuclear project 659 & 675 Echo class
USN:
Grumman TBM-3E Avenger anti-submarine aircraft of Composite Squadron VC-22 Checkmates flying over the Mediterranean Sea. Below are Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) and the Gearing-class destroyer USS Bordelon (DD-881). 1948
Lead light aircraft carrier of her class USS Saipan (CVL-48) in 1955
USN:
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Tokyo Bay in a Consolidated PB2Y-5R Coronado seaplane, 29 August 1945. Iowa class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), Third Fleet Flagship, is in the centre background
RN & USN:
Daring-class (Type 45) destroyer HMS Diamond (D34) alongside a Henry J Kaiser class oiler and showing scorch marks around her 48 Sylver A50 VLS cells following extensive service in the Red Sea. Feb 2024
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