Thanks @Redav RN:
Invincible class aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (R07) conducts a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with Wave-class fast fleet tanker RFA Wave Knight (A389) in the North Sea. 12 March 2010
Thanks @Redav France:
As a result of a contractual dispute over asbestos and scrap rights, the former flagship, aircraft-carrier Clemenceau (R98) is stranded at anchor off the Sicilian coast in Italy on November 03rd, 2003.
In 1940, the Mahan-class destroyer USS Tucker (DD-374) hoisted improvised sails to stretch the fuel supply and help relieve monotony while cruising in the Pacific. The Tucker managed 3.4 knots under sail.
France:
The second Suffren-class nuclear-powered attack submarine Duguay-Trouin (S-636) entered "active duty" (admission au service actif) on April 4, 2024.
USN:
Sturgeon-class submarine USS Whale (SSN-638) surfaced at the North Pole, which was the 60th anniversary of Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary reaching it. 6 April 1969
USN
Twenty U.S. Navy "Fletcher"-class destroyers tied up at the repair base, San Diego, California (USA), while undergoing inactivation, early in 1946.
Thanks @Redav Germany:
From left to right U-436, U-378, U-209, and U-456. The photo was probably taken between April 3 and 7, 1942, in Kirkenes, northern Norway.
Russia:
While on duty in the Barents Sea, the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet Project 705K (NATO Alfa) class interceptor SSN K-123 suffered a release of approx. 2 tonnes of a liquid metal coolant from the reactor into the reactor compartment.
As a result of the coolant loss she immediately lost the power, surfaced, the power plant was switched into a cooldown mode, power consumption was transferred to the battery & diesel generator, and the accident was reported to the HQ via radio. K-123 was towed to her home base by the rescue ship Altai.
The accident irreparably damaged the reactor so that it had to be replaced & it took nine years to finish the repairs. The cause of the accident was later defined as a clogging of the steam generator tubes with sludge & corrosion damage.
Photos by Anatoly Khramov, Altai officer, April 8, 1982.
USN:
Iowa class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) arriving at Norfolk Naval Base. USS Missouri (BB-63) is visible on the left. A Des Moines class heavy cruiser is to the starboard of New Jersey. 1954
Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVS-10) underway during her deployment to the Western Pacific from 1 November 1958 to 21 May 1959.
Nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN-9) fitting out in Quincy, Massachusetts, 5th July 1960.
Boston-class guided missile cruiser USS Boston (CAG-1) approaching command cruiser USS Northampton (CLC-1) for highline transfer during task force exercises. 25 April, 1961
USN:
Iowa class battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) anchored off of the New York Navy Yard in early April of 1943. She had returned from a brief shakedown cruise in the Chesapeake Bay
Andromeda-class attack cargo ship USS Andromeda (AKA-15) at anchor in New York harbour, 8 April 1943
Fletcher-class destroyer USS Robinson (DD-562) off the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington on 8 April 1944
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38) underway on 8 April 1944, probably at Majuro Atoll.
Launch of John C. Butler-class destroyer escort USS George E. Davis (DE-357) at the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas on 8 April 1944
Singapore:
4th Invincible-class (Type 218SG) diesel-electric/AIP attack submarine RSS Inimitable seen here under construction in Kiel, Germany. Due to be commissioned in 2024
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