[1595X1751] Battleship Tirpitz camouflaged as a group of civil buildings in order to cheat spies and reconnaissance aircraft

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[1923X1394] 10 October 1986, Pacific, South of Aleutian Islands. USS New Jersey (BB-62) fires all 406 mm guns simultaneously amid 18th WestPac cruise. Taken from a helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61).

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[1421X1491] Recently commissioned into Kriegsmarine, heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen continues her extensive sea trials. Original color photo, October 1940.

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[1853X1240] Officers' quarters on battleship Tirpitz, 1941.

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[1601X1095] Former Soviet light cruiser Murmansk lies in shallow waters since she broke the tow line in heavy storm on December 24, 1994, while being towed to India for dismantling. Sørøya Island, Norway, Summer 2008.

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[2918X1601] The last-ever Imperial Japanese fleet review with 98 ships present was dedicated to the 2600th anniversary of Emperor Jimmu’s enthronement. Off Yokosuka, October 11, 1940.

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[574X1099] American battleship USS Indiana (BB-58) arrives home after The War. Taken from the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, on 29 September 1945.

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[1109X1323] 07 September 1944, South-West of Peleliu Island, Republic of Palau. American light cruiser USS Miami (Cl-89) takes a break from bombarding Japanese fortifications on the Islands of Angaur and Peleliu amid Operation Stalemate II.

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[1965X1469] 30 January 1924, Boston Navy Yard. The first American dreadnought-type battleship USS Delaware (BB-28) is being dismantled.

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[1481X996] Weighting 1600 tons, turret Bruno of the German battleship Gneisenau is dominating the Fjell fortress in Norway since it's been transferred here from Gotenhafen in 1943. The turret will be dismounted and disassembled in 1968. Photo is dated ca. 1946.

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[1913X1185] HMS Warspite conducts sea trials after 7-month long repairs of damages inflicted by the German Fritz X bomb. Firth of Clyde, ca. May 1944.

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[1910X1621] Crew of a 356 mm gun takes part in a photo session as HMS King George V gets herself prepared for the 4-day visit of HM George VI. March 1943, Scapa Flow.

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[2959X1569] USN auxiliary ship IX-300 (former German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen) emerges virtually intact after both atomic bomb blasts of the Operation Crossroads. Bikini Atoll, 2 August 1946.

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[4423X2347] Cagemast forest planted in Philadelphia Navy Yard. Decomissioned pre-dreadnoughts may seem to be in a perfect shape but their time is over. Photo taken on October 22, 1919.

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1929 Cadillac 341-B with Fisher body. Unexpected driveability around contemporary city! Neat shifting, nice brakes and suitable acceleration.

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[1339X952] Aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne damaged heavily after collision with destroyer HMAS Voyager, 1964

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1992 Lamborghini LM002 playing at dusk

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To all of you who liked photo from cruiser Kalinin. Another one, again Vladivostok, summer 1955. [1001 X 1011]

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[1073 x 719] In Britain they're used to have intact german submarines accidentally washed ashore.

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[1713 x 813] SMS Seydlitz with 5200 tons of water onboard is answering Hamletian question hours after Battle of Skagerrak.

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[1515 x 769] Position of former WW2 dock in Kiel harbor that has been covered with rubble and leveled conjointly with Admiral Scheer cruiser. She's lying down there capsized and predominately intact.

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[1500 x 1119] HMS Hannibal. One can hardly believe the photo of this quality was taken 164 years ago.

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[1647 x 931] British & american witness surrended german entering Scapa Flow, 11-21-1918.

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