France: Tonnerre (L-9014) on the approach to Colombo, late May or early June 2021. The burnt-out hulk of X-Press Pearl is visible in the distance to the right.
Mistral-class LHD Dixmude machine gunner watches as aerial targets are released, exercise Cold Response 22
Russia:
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev greets the crew of Project 941 Akula (NATO Typhoon) class SSBN TK-13 during a visit to Severomorsk on February 10, 1987. Withdrawn from active service in 1997, scrapped 2007–2009
Imperial Germany:
SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Launched 1904. Sent to the Far East & converted at Tsingtao, she spent 7 months in the South Atlantic & Pacific, sinking 11 merchant ships. With worn out engines she sailed into Newport News for internment, March 1915.
You can see two of four 10.5cm guns mounted at the stern. The other pair were mounted on the bow.
She was seized by the USN in April 1917 & converted into a troopship (USS DeKalb) & served as such for the remainder of the war. Afterwards she was returned back into passenger service (as SS Mount Clay). Broken up & scrapped, 1927.
France & South Africa:
On August 20, 1970, two Daphné-class submarines FS Galatée and SAS Maria van Riebeeck collided with each other off Cap Cépet near the Toulon naval base, with Galatée forced to run aground to avoid sinking.
USCG:
Fast response cutter USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144) sails near a U.S sail drone explorer in the Gulf of Aqaba, during the International Maritime Exercise/Cutlass Express (IMX) 2022, Feb 13
Sri Lanka & India:
Offshore patrol vessel SLNS Sindurala (P624) & Kolkata-class guided missile destroyer INS Chennai (D65) during an exercise on 12th March, 2022.
Members of the civilian press visiting the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) take photos of the firing of a salvo from the No. 1 and 2 Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets.Third view in a series of seven, 8/9/1985
USN:
John C. Butler class destroyer escort USS McGinty (DE-365) during seat trials, 1944
Barbette of 16" gun on board the USS New Jersey (BB-62). Gunner lowers breech block preparatory to loading. Nov 1944, colourised
Fletcher-class destroyer USS McDermut (DD-677) circa 1945
Battleship USS California (BB-44), April 20th, 1945
USS ABSD-6 repairing USS South Dakota (BB-57) in Guam. Repairs are done in ABSD-6 dry dock after an accidental explosion on 6 May 1945, while rearming from USS Wrangell
On 6 May, South Dakota was replenishing ammunition from the ammunition ship USS Wrangell when a tank of propellant for the 16 in (410 mm) guns exploded. The blast detonated four more tanks and caused a serious fire, forcing the crew to flood the magazine for turret number 2 to avoid a catastrophic explosion. Three men were killed by the explosion and eight more were seriously wounded and later died; another twenty-four were less-seriously injured in the accident
South Korea:
The 8th and final Daegu-class frigate ROKS Chuncheon (FFG-827) was launched 22nd March 2022 at Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan.
ROKS Chuncheon will undergo sea trials and be handed over to the Navy near the end of 2023. Once it's fully operational, Chuncheon will be assigned to the ROKN 1st Fleet to protect the eastern Northern Limit Line (NLL).
Launching of ROKS Chuncheon fundamentally marks the end of the FFX Batch-II program, which was a follow-on program to the FFX Batch-I program which produced 6x Incheon-class frigates.
Larger and more capable FFX Batch-III program, which will acquire 6x AAW frigates, will succeed the program
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