Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Italy:
Lead battleship of the class Conte di Cavour of the 1st Battle Squadron cruising in the Mediterranean off La Spezia, Italy. December 1939.

 

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RN & Norway:
QE class Aircraft carrier HMS Prince Of Wales (R09), Daring class (Type 45) destroyer HMS Dauntless (D33) and Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311) in Yokosuka, Japan. 14 Aug 2025

 

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RN & Norway:
QE class Aircraft carrier HMS Prince Of Wales (R09), Daring class (Type 45) destroyer HMS Dauntless (D33) and Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311) in Yokosuka, Japan. 14 Aug 2025

Takanami-class destroyer JS Ōnami (DD-111) in the foreground

 

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USN:
A large assortment of decommissioned submarines sitting idle at the Ship Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on May 17, 1993.
There are sixteen submarines that are, from top to bottom, comprised of:
- USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610)
- USS Skipjack (SSN-585)
- USS Snook (SSN-592)
- USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643)
- USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625)
- USS Dace (SSN-607)
- USS Swordfish (SSN-579)
- USS Sargo (SSN-583)
- USS Skate (SSN-578)
- USS Seawolf (SSN-575)
- USS Seadragon (SSN-584).
- USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618)
- USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599)
- USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
- USS Barb (SSN-596)
- USS Sea Devil (SSN-664)
Also present is Fulton-class submarine tender USS Sperry (AS-12)

 

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Germany:
Battleship Tirpitz seen from the stern of heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper off the Norwegian coast in 1942.

 

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USN:
Flight I Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) is performing combat missions during a regularly scheduled six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. 9 Nov 2002

 

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USN:
USS Sterett (DDG 104) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer coming into San Diego after 9-month deployment - August 13, 2025

USS Princeton (CG-59) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser coming into San Diego after 9-month deployment - August 13, 2025

 

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USN:
Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) pulling in to Rota, Spain. Aug 2020.

 

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Japan:
Hiyō-class (ex passenger liners) aircraft carrier Jun'yō with Ha-201-class submarine Ha-210 and a sister submarine alongside. Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945

Jun'yō in Sasebo, Japan, 26 Sep 1945

 

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USN:
Powhatan class tug USNS Catawba (ATF-168) is seen towing Ex- USS Grayback (LPSS-574) out of Subic Bay on 13 Aug 1986. Grayback was painted orange for an impending sinkex.

 

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Germany:
Type IXC U-Boat U-161 was laid down on 23 March 1940 at the Deutsche Schiff und maschinenbau AG, Bremen yard as yard number 700. She was launched on 1 March 1941 and commissioned on 8 July
She was sunk with all hands (53 men), on 27 September 1943 by an USN PBM Mariner aircraft of VP-74 in the South Atlantic.

 

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RN:
Invincible class light aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (R07) in Liverpool 09 June, 2008

 

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USN:
Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) coming alongside Navy Pier onboard White Beach Naval Facility during a scheduled port visit, Aug. 7, 2025.

USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship leaving Norfolk, Virginia on deployment - August 14, 2025

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier coming into San Diego following 9-month deployment - August 14, 2025

 

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USN, RN, Japan, Norway, Spain, Australia:
Nimitz class USS George Washington (CVN-73) (far left) and then, going to the right, Izumo class JS Kaga (DDH-184), amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6) and QE class HMS Prince of Wales (R09) during Op Highmast with escort vessels from Norway, Spain, Australia, Japan, RN & USN. Philippine Sea,10 Aug 2025

 

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RN:
Batch 2 County class destroyers HMS Glamorgan (D19) and HMS Fife (D20). Image is between 1983 -1986 as Glamorgan has her Seacat removed and 40mm guns in their place. Both were sold to Chile in 1986 & 1987 respectively

 

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Japan:
Asagiri class destroyer JS Yūgiri (DDH153) in Uraga Strait, 15 Aug 2015

 

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RN:
HMT Kingston Amber (FY 211) battling her way through heavy seas on the Northern patrol, 1942.

The 467-ton F/V Kingston Amber was completed in September 1937 and taken over by the Admiralty two weeks after the Germans marched into Poland in 1939. Her wartime armament included a single 4-inch QF gun, and two .50 cal Vickers.

The Royal Naval Patrol Service numbered some 66,000 men during WWII, manning 6,000 assorted small vessels. With some 200 RNPS trawlers lost during the conflict, at least 14,500 of these crew gave their lives, and no less than 2,385 RNPS seamen remain unaccounted.

Gun crews of the port gun turrets on aircraft carrier HMS Victorious sponging out the barrels of the 4.5 guns during the search for battleship Tirpitz. January 1942. Two battleships are in line astern.

Ca class destroyer HMS Cambrian (R 85) in 1944

 

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Italy:
Littorio class battleships Littorio and Vittorio Veneto at Malta following the Italian surrender in September 1943.

 

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USN & Italy:
Lead aircraft carrier of her class USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), sails in formation with Bergamini class (FREMM) frigate ITS Spartaco Schergat (F 598) in the Adriatic Sea, July 25, 2025.

 

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Japan:
Kongō-class destroyer JS Myōkō (DDG-175) in Yokosuka, Aug 2025, @Alsace_class