Photos Navies Of All Nations

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South Korea:
ROKS Choe Yeong(DDH-981) at the Gulf of Aden April 20, 2017

 

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Imperial Germany:
Kaiserliche Marine SMS Seydlitz in Rosyth (UK) dry dock awaiting breaking up

 

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Italy:
Battleship Conte di Cavour during its salvage after the Taranto raid

This picture, showing the still submerged battleship, allows us to glimpse into how things went, when it came to raising such a huge warship after it had sank into shallow water. In the middle, we can see Turret 3 (the aft superfiring one) with its upper plates and guns removed, to help lighten the ship as much as possible. Then, in the background, we can see the "dam" being placed to isolate the huge hull breach caused by the torpedo (around 100 square meters, 1000 square feet), to allow enough water to be pumped overboard to eventually refloat the ship.

In the work undertaken to salvage all three stricken battleships, the RM had called up the best men it had, from Umberto Pugliese (supervisor of the design of the Littorio-class battleships - and ironically recalled after being booted out in 1938 as he was of Jewish origins), to Francesco Rotundi (author of the design of the rebuilt Italian battleships) and Armando Andri (who had participated in the salvage work of the battleship Leonardo da Vinci, immediately after WWI, and who wrote a book about all this).

 

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RN:
The K-class submarines were a class of steam-propelled submarines of the Royal Navy designed in 1913. Intended as large, fast vessels with the endurance and speed to operate with the battle fleet, they gained notoriety and the nickname of "Kalamity class" for being involved in many accidents. Of the 18 built, none were lost through enemy action, but six sank, with significant loss of life, in accidents.

 

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USN:
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) firing her main battery, off Guantanamo Bay Cuba, 1921

 

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USN:
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Berthed at Pier 4 East of the Leonardo Pier Complex at the Naval Weapons Station, Earle, NJ, during March 1990 to on-load ammunition

 

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g434496 by Photograph Curator, on Flickr

USS Leyte (CV-32). At anchor in Sasebo harbor, Japan, in November 1950, during a break in her Korean War combat operations. Photographed by AFC O.H. Wilson. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives

g424598 by Photograph Curator, on Flickr

USS Toledo (CA-133) and USS Juneau (CLAA-119). Moored at Naval Operating Base, Yokosuka, Japan, following Korean War operations. Photographed during July-October 1950, possibly in late October, just before Toledo departed Yokosuka to return to the U.S. for overhaul. Note the comparative sizes of these two cruisers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

g426659 by Photograph Curator, on Flickr

. USS LST-845. "Married" to a pontoon causeway during landing operations in Korean/Japanese waters. Photograph is dated 26 March 1951. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

g478506 by Photograph Curator, on Flickr

USS Ajax (AR-6). Tending destroyers and patrol vessels at Sasebo, Japan. Photo is dated 14 December 1952. Ships nested along her port side include (left to right):
USS The Sullivans (DD-537);USS McGowan (DD-678);USS Lewis Hancock (DD-675) and
Korean frigate Imchin (# 66, ex USS Sausalito, PF-4)
Nest of five minesweepers in the left distance includes:
USS Heron (AMS-18);USS Curlew (AMS-8);USS Mockingbird (AMS-27);USS Gull (AMS-16) and
USS Chatterer (AMS-40) Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

g426270 by Photograph Curator, on Flickr

USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and USS Leyte (CV-32). Moored at Sasebo, Japan, circa October-November 1950. USS Hector (AR-7) is moored beyond the two carriers, with other U.S. and British warships in the distance. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

 

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South Korea:
ROKS Choe Yeong(DDH-981) at Vladivostok, Russia Dec 18, 2014

 

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Netherlands:
The Royal Netherlands Navy ship, HNLMS Tromp (F803), arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor in November 2006. The Air Defense and Command Frigate has a crew of approximately 170. The crew is scheduled to participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial and visit various sites throughout Oahu. It is scheduled to sail back to the Netherlands following a circumnavigation around the world. This is the first Dutch navy ship to visit Hawaii in more than 50 years.

 

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RN:
Laying the keel of HMS Devonshire, Devonport Dockyard, England, March 16th, 1926.

 

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USN:
Coast Battleship No. 4 (ex-USS Iowa, BB-4) Photographed from a U.S. Army Air Service plane on 25 June 1921, following conversion to a radio-controlled target ship.

Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8) Is hit by a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, September 1921. An Army DH-4 type single-engine bomber is flying nearby.

USS CHICAGO (CA-29). View taken at Juneau, Alaska, in 1937. Note target raft just to the right of the pier where the ship is berthed.

 

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France:
Contemporary drawing of the sinking of the French battleship France, after striking an uncharted rock in Quiberon Bay in the night between 25 and 26 August 1922.

The Courbet-class battleship France, when returning from exercises (together with her sister ship Paris), struck an uncharted rock in Quiberon Bay (which was later found, in the official enquiry, to be well known to local fishermen but ignored by the Marine Nationale) and, the keel severely damaged, started taking on lots of water, quickly losing power and electricity. After launching a mayday, the captain ordered the ship to be abandoned at 0200 h in the morning; the evacuation was done calmly, and only three seamen (reportedly having one back down to look for their sacks) died, when the battleship eventually foundered and capsized.

It is interesting that, in this number of Le Petit Journal Illustrè detailing the accident, the caption wrongly identifies the ship as a cruiser (croiseur), rather than a battleship.

 

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USN:
USS Coral Sea underway in the Mediterranean in 1986, during the the confrontation with Libya

 

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USN:
USS Midway (CVB-41) preparing to launch target drones for gunnery exercises, during her cruise to Haiti, 31 May 1949

U-977 off Cape Cod, just before she was sunk in a U.S. Navy torpedo test, 13 Nov, 1946. She served as target for an improved steam torpedo fired by USS Atule (SS-403), and sank in ten seconds after being struck amidships at a range of about a thousand yards.

 

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Italy:
Light cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere leaving the port of Genova, on 30 May 1938

 

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NH 101494[/URL] by Photograph Curator, on Flickr

Port Said? Been there three times..No liberty!

The "Great White Fleet" transits the Suez Canal, January 1909. Battleships of the fleet nearing Port Said, Egypt, circa 5-6 January 1909, as they approached the Mediterranean Sea during the final months of their cruise around the World. USS Ohio (Battleship # 12) is in the right center. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

330-CFD-DN-SC-89-02509 by Photograph Curator, on Flickr

An aerial port beam view of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV 59) transiting the Suez canal. A formation of crewmen spells out"108"on the bow to signify that the ship has been at sea for 108 consecutive days, 08.06.1988. PH2 Buckner, USN.

DN-ST-87-02528 by Photograph Curator, on Flickr

The battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) transits the Suez Canal while en route to Istanbul, Turkey. The ship is on an around the world shakedown cruise, 1986. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives - Online Public Access.

330-CFD-DN-SC-91-00653 by Photograph Curator, on Flickr

The guided missile destroyer USS Tattnall (DDG-19) transits the Suez Canal en-route to the Mediterranean Sea following a deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield, 8/22/1990 PH3 Frank A. Marquart, USN.

330-PS-9141 (USN 1037697) by Photograph Curator, on Flickr

USS Essex (CVA 9) has her decks loaded with attack and fighter aircraft as she passes through the Suez Canal on her way to join the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the Formosa area, having played a major role in support of the landings in Lebanon. Essex was ordered from the Sixth Fleet to the Seventh Fleet when Chinese Communist forces started bombarding Quemoy, September 17, 1958.https://flic.kr/p/CPToXM

 

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USN:
Newport News Shipbuilding delivers its first nuclear-powered submarine and the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. September 24, 1960. USS Robert E Lee to the left, USS Enterprise on the right.

USS Enterprise (CVN 65) undergoing decommissioning in Newport News Shipbuilding Drydock 11, the same drydock she was built in over 50 years ago. April 27, 2016

 

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USN:
USS Indiana, USS Massachusetts, and USS Alabama at the Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, United States, March 17th, 1946.

USS New York (BB-34) underway off shore, circa early 1945. She is wearing Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B.

Cruisers of Task Force 18 at sea en route to Guadalcanal on Jan 29, 1943. Photographed from CA 45 USS Wichita. CA 29 USS Chicago is in the right center, with CA 28 USS Louisville in the distance. Men on Wichita's deck working on a paravane.

USS Birmingham (CL-62) returning to the United States for repair of damage received during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 24 October 1944.

USS Randolph (CV-15) in the Chesapeake Bay area during her shakedown period, 12 November 1944. She is wearing camouflage Measure 32 Design 17a.

 

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Italy:
Alpino Bagnolini returning from its first war patrol on 22 June 1940, during which it torpedoed and sunk the light cruiser HMS Calypso, first Royal Navy ship to be sunk by the Regia Marina during World War II

Light cruiser Eugenio di Savoia

 

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South Korea:
SM-2MR Block 3A being launched from Sejong the Great-class destroyer ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong(DDG-993) during RIMPAC 2014

ROKN Sejong the Great-class Aegis destroyer in snowy East Sea Jan 1, 2015