Italy:
The control room of the Scirè after May 1942, when the commander was Bruno Zelik (third from right in the picture); he was the last commander of the submarine, until its sinking off Haifa on 10 August 1942.
18th Dec, 1941, frogmen carried by the submarine Sciré entered Alexandria harbour and disabled the battleships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant, the destroyer HMS Jervis and the Norwegian oiler Sagona
USN:
The first ship in a new class of advanced nuclear “hunter-killer” submarines, USS Thresher (SSN-593) was lost at sea near Cape Cod on 10 April 1963. Thresher imploded because leaking water likely shorted out electrical systems, leading to a loss of propulsion.
France & RN:
Mistral-class LHD Dixmude, HMS Ocean and HMS Bulwark leading Georges Leygues-class ASW frigate La Motte-Picquet, AAW frigate Cassard, HMS Sutherland, RFA Lyme Bay and Durance-class tanker Var, exercise Griffin Strike 2016.
Indian Navy deployed INS Makar, a hydrographic survey ship, on 18 Dec 21 to search for a fishing boat 'Naved-2' reported missing off the Ratnagiri coast since 26 Oct 21 & likely to have become a hazard to navigation.
Quad pack launchers for the KH-35 anti-ship missiles and the 533mm torpedo tubes of Project 61 (NATO Kashin) class destroyer Smetlivy (now a museum ship)
RN:
Distinguished Falkland's veteran, the former Type 21 frigate HMS Ambuscade (F172), (Now Pakistan's PNS Tariq) will be transferred to a new maritime centre on the Clyde in Scotland, where she was originally built and turned into a museum.
USN & RN:
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) departs Naval Station Norfolk in November 2019, with USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) docked in the background
USN:
USS Yorktown (CV-5) Making 17.5 knots, astern, during preliminary standardization trials, run # 41, off Rockland, Maine, 12-21 July 1937. She is pushing up a handsome moustache stern wave. Carriers of this class were required to make good speed astern, to allow landing planes over the bow and launching over the stern if necessary. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Catalog # 19-N-17422.
Essex-class USS Yorktown (CV-10) steaming across San Francisco Bay with a deck load of Jeeps, Dodge WC51 weapons carriers, and other vehicles, 15 Sep 1943.
Christmas Day entertainment aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) during operations off the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, 25 December 1943
Escort Carrier USS Attu and Fleet Carrier USS Shangri-La (left) exchanging personnel and equipment by high wire while at sea, 3 Sep 1945. Note F4U Corsairs and SB2C Helldiver aircraft on Attu’s deck.
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