Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Gleaves class destroyer USS Kearny (DD-432) in port at Reykjavik, Iceland, on 19 October 1941, two days after she had been torpedoed by the German submarine U-568. Sister ship USS Monssen (DD-436) is alongside. Note the torpedo hole in Kearny's midships starboard side.

 

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RN:
Battlecruiser HMS Repulse inside the drydock at Portsmouth. She was undergoing refit, which lasted from October 1938 until March 1939 to prepare herself to carry King George VI and Queen Elizabeth across the Atlantic in May for a Royal visit to Canada in 1939.

 

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The Atlantic Fleet steams down the Chesapeake Bay after conducting a visit to Annapolis, Maryland. 1913

 

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RN:
Salisbury class frigate HMS Llandaff (F61) in May 1969.

 

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USN:
Lead battleship of the class USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in the early 1930's.

 

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RN:
HMS Edinburgh (D97) at Mahon, Minorca, returning to UK after Orion — July 24, 2008

 

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USN:
An aerial view of the Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48), center, being moored by tugs to begin post-shakedown availability work. The three Tico class cruisers at right are, front to back: The Vincennes (CG 49), USS Valley Forge (CG 50) and USS Bunker Hill (CG 52). Also visible to the left is cruiser Mobile Bay (CG 53) under construction. 3 June 1985

 

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Swedish Halland class destroyers. Impressive cold war era vessels

 

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RN:
L class destroyer HMS Lightning at a buoy, 1941-43. Sunk on 12 March 1943 by German S Boat S-55.

Dido-class light cruiser HMS Euryalus and Arethusa-class light cruiser HMS Galatea (left) in the Mediterranean, December 1941.

Town class light cruiser (Gloucester subclass) HMS Manchester on 29 May 1942.

Of the three cruisers in the Gloucester subgroup, only one survived the Second World War. HMS Manchester and HMS Gloucester were both sunk, in 1942 and 1941 respectively. Only HMS Liverpool survived the war, serving until 1952.

 

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Japan:
Armoured cruiser Yakumo at anchor in Kure, 1905.

Yakumo was ordered in 1897 from the Aktien-Gesellschaft Vulcan Stettin shipbuilding company in Germany.
Completed in 1900, Yakumo would have a very active career in the Japanese Navy. She served in the Russo-Japanese War, taking part in the Battle of the Yellow Sea and the Battle of Tsushima.
Quickly surpassed by newer warships, Yakumo would be put to use as a training ship. She assumed this role during the First World War and continued through the Second World War. Confined to Japanese home waters, Yakumo managed to survive the destruction of the Second World War. Due to this, she was used as a transport ship after the war, helping to bring Japanese citizens back to Japan. She transported almost 10,000 people back to Japan before she was finally ordered sold for scrapping in 1946.

 

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China:
Type 054B (NATO Jiangkai III) frigate Luohe (545) commissioned at a military port in Qingdao on January 22, 2025

 

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RN:
Lead battleship of her class HMS Iron Duke, April 1914. She would be Jellicoe's flagship at the Battle of Jutland.

Lead battleship of her class HMS Revenge

King Edward VII class battleship HMS Hibernia during WW1

 

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RN:
Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset (F82) at Den Helder Harbour. 25 Jan 2025

 

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Germany:
A Flettner Fl 265 being tested on Königsberg class light cruiser Köln in 1941. Köln was one of the earlier experiments that tested helicopter operations. In 1940, she underwent a refit that also included the additon of a landing pad installed on the roof of the afg superfiring 15cm turret (Turret Bruno). She operated the FL 265 first and some sources say she later tested the more advanced Flettner Fl 282. Köln carried her helicopter landing pad until 1942 when it was finally removed.

 

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USN:
Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is slowly maneuvered down the Elizabeth River on May 12, 2021. She had just departed the Norfolk Naval Shipyard after completing a refit. She will travel down the river and return to her berth at Naval Station Norfolk.

 

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Worcester-class light cruiser USS Roanoke (CL-145) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation yard in early 1949. The cruiser was in the final phases of fitting out and would be officially commissioned on April 4th of that year. Roanoke would have the distinction of being the last gun-based light cruiser to enter service

 

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RN:
Lead destroyer of the class, Batch 1 destroyer HMS Sheffield (D80) at the Portsmouth Navy Day, Aug 1980

 

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RN:
Royal Marines of 42 Commando double across the flight deck to their Whirlwind helicopters in an exercise on board Centaur-class light fleet aircraft carrier now commando carrier HMS Bulwark (R08). 26 Dec 1978

 

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USN:
USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR-313) Watson-class logistics naval vessel/LMSR in the Bay of Gibraltar - January 25, 2025

USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser leaving Yokosuka, Japan - January 25, 2025

USS John L. Canley (ESB-6) Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base leaving Sasebo, Japan - January 25, 2025

USS Boxer (LHD 4) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship shifting from Bravo Pier back to her pier in San Diego - January 25, 2025

 

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USN:
Forrest Sherman class destroyer USS DuPont (DD-941) Date and location u/k but post 1969 modernisation