Photos Navies Of All Nations

Brazil:
Broadsword class frigate Rademaker (F49), ex HMS Battleaxe, Tupi class (Type 209) submarine and Grajaú class patrol boat Gurupi (P47) in drydock. First Navy District, Rio de Janeiro. Date unknown

USN:
Sole ship of the class, USS Wasp (CV-7) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States following overhaul, 8 January 1942


Lead ship of her class, escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9) at anchor in Yokohama Harbour, Tokyo Bay for Christmas,1945, with a deck load of surrendered Japanese aircraft.

V-class destroyer HMS Vimiera in 1940 following her 1939 WAIR escort destroyer conversion.

She was sunk by a German mine in the Thames Estuary with the loss of 92 of her crew, with a further 4 men subsequently dying of their wounds. 9 Jan 1942

USN & Australia:
New Mexico class battleship USS Mississippi (BB-41) bombarding Luzon, Philippines, 8 January 1945, during the Lingayen Gulf operation. Colorado class battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) and London sub-class of County-class heavy cruiser HMAS Shropshire are behind Mississippi.

ITS Caio Duilio in Kiel (?)

Argentina:
Light cruiser Patria undergoes maintenance in a floating dry dock of the Rio Santiago Shipyard. Autumn 1903

RN:
HMS Kent (F78) Duke-class frigate leaving Portsmouth, England - January 8, 2024


RFA Tidesurge (A138) Tide-class replenishment tanker off Plymouth, England - January 8, 2024

RN:
A battered T class destroyer, HMS Terpsichore (D48) sails as lead destroyer in Task Group 38.3, August 1945. She is covered in her own fuel oil. They are preparing to provide air support for an early invasion of the Japanese home islands that will never come.

Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA destroyer, "USS Pinckney" (DDG-91) with her prominent SLQ-32(V)7 SEWIP Block III EW system ears.

France
Suffren Class Frigate

The Suffren class were two anti-air frigates of the French Navy, designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, and submarines. They were the first French ships to be built specifically as guided missile frigates.

France:
Battleship Richelieu being scrapped in the early 1970's

RN:
Batch 3 Broadsword class (Type 22) frigate HMS Campbeltown (F86) and Duke-class (Type 23) frigate HMS Argyll (F231) alongside in Portsmouth for Trafalgar 200 in June 2005

USN:
Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge during Fleet Week. 12 Oct 1985

Australia:
S Class destroyer HMAS Success (H02) firing a Mk II torpedo during exercises. 1920s

Russia:
Project 941 Akula class (NATO Typhoon) nuclear ballistic missile submarine Dmitriy Donskoy (TK-208), 2018


Project 941 Akula (NATO Typhoon) class SSBN (probably Severstal (TK-20)) & Project 667B Murena (NATO Delta I) class, or Project 667BD Murena-M (NATO Delta II) class SSBN, Kola Peninsula, Olenya Guba Naval Base, early-mid 80s

Algeria:
Project 1159T (NATO Koni II) class frigate Rais Korfou (ex Soviet SKR-129) cruising off Málaga, Spain. 1994

USN:
Lead ship of the class destroyer escort USS Buckley (DE-51) is launched at the Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts on 9 January 1943

In the early morning of 6 May 1944, aircraft from the escort carrier Block Island (CVE-21) reported an enemy submarine approximately 20 miles from Buckley. The ship steamed toward the U-boat at full speed. Meanwhile, U-66 had exhausted supplies and surfaced to recharge batteries and waited for a supply ship. At 3:08 AM, believing the approaching ship was German, U-66 launched three flares. The distance between the two vessels was 4,000 yards when the U-boat realized the actual identity of the ship approaching them.

U-66 fired a torpedo, which Buckley dodged. The sub fired machine guns at the destroyer escort which returned fire with three-inch guns hitting the submarine's forecastle. Buckley then unleashed all its weapons on their target, repeatedly striking the conning tower as the sub backed away and fired another torpedo, which the Buckley avoided. At 0328 Buckley rammed the German submarine U-66 and the two vessels were briefly locked together. Some members of the German crew exited their burning boat, and hand-to-hand combat ensued using small arms and whatever weapons were at hand (such as coffee mugs and shell casings). The Buckley backed off, but the submarine pursued, striking the Buckley on the starboard side at the engine room. The collision also broke the ship's starboard propeller shaft. The U-66 disengaged and slowly backed away, but not before hand grenades were thrown into the gaping hole in the flaming conning tower.[1] The submarine sank at 0341. Buckley picked up 36 German survivors.

From the action report:
Buckley, alongside sub, gives hard right rudder. Rides up on forecastle of sub and stays there. Men begin swarming out of the submarine and up on Buckley's forecastle. Machine gun, tommy gun, and rifle fire knocks off several. Ammunition expended at this time included several general mess coffee cups which were on hand at ready gun station. Two of the enemy were hit in the head with these. Empty shell cases were also used by crew of 3" gun #2 to repel boarders. 3" guns could not bear. Buckley suffers only casualty of engagement when man bruises fist knocking one of enemy over the side.

USN:
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS DeHaven (DD-727) was launched on 9 January 1944 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine,


Balao-class submarine USS Hawkbill (SS-366) is launched into the Manitowoc River at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 9 January 1944


Destroyer tender USS Dobbin (AD-3) at Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands, on 12 June 1944. Alongside are Evarts-class destroyer escort USS Lovering (DE-39) and the Gleaves-class destroyer USS Welles (DD-628), Sims-class destroyer USS Mustin (DD-413) and lead ship of the destroyer class USS Fletcher (DD-445).

Italy:
Condottieri-class light cruiser Luigi Cadorna at Malta on 9 September 1943.

USN:
Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance (DDG 111), front, USS Chafee (DDG 90), middle, and USS Gridley (DDG 101) transit the Philippine Sea, Jan. 22, 2022.