Yesterday, I ordered a Grilled Chicken sandwich for my lunch at the drive through. Wondered why it was so chewy. Wonder no more. Raw!7yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/shittyfoodporn
USS Missouri (BB-63). A 40mm barrel is seen impaled by a machine gun from the Japanese kamikaze hit off the coast of Okinawa on 11 April 1945.6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WTF
In honor of my brother-in-law Virgil, helo mechanic. In country. 1969. RIP Virgil.8yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Atomic cloud over Nagasaki, Sept 8,1945, taken 15+ minutes after the explosion, seen from a distance of 15 km. Photo by Hiromihi Matsuda. colorized by irootoko_jr. [1600 × 1239]7yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
One of the armored turret shells of the class-leader battleship Pennsylvania (BB-38) at the Bethlehem Steel factory, 1915. [1280 x 910]2yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Mt. Vesuvius in its worst eruption in 72 years. A giant canopy of smoke dominates the country side for miles. March 18, 1944. [2700 x 2152]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
American crewman loading a transport aircraft with the help of an elephant, India. WWII. Date unknown. [1286 × 1012]7yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Fireman 1/C William Gibson stands guard with tommy gun in control room of surrendered Japanese submarine I-14 after prize crew brought vessel into Sagami Bay, Japan, possibly August 29, 1945. [1632 × 2140]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Two Ospreys constructed their nest upon battleship Wisconsin’s TACAN antenna, April 2021. Norfolk. [940 x 788]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
USS Texas (BB-35) in heavy seas with her masts and forward turrets visible. Date and location unknown.1yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HeavySeas
South Dakota-class battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) anchored at Lynnhaven in Hampton Roads, on 1 December 1942. NavSource. [1380 x 816]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Jiro Horikoshi was the chief engineer of many Japanese fighter designs of World War II, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter. Seen here in a 1962 photograph. [930 x 1260]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
USS Nevada (BB-36) following her modernization/repair after Pearl. Seen here returning from Alaska, where she had provided fire support from 11 to 18 May 1943 for the capture of Attu, Operation Landcrab. Add’l info in comments. [2500 x 2500]9mo ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on a beach at Rimini, Italy, in 1957. [1242 x 1653]8yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
North Atlantic Convoy seen from the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Core (CVE-13), 1 November 1943. [1280 x 1056]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
This B-17G Fortress saw no service during World War II but was purchased from surplus in 1947 and installed at this gas station in Oak Grove, Oregon with only 37 total hours on the engines, photo circa 1959. [1,100 by 611]7yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
President Franklin Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia, on board USS Quincy (CA-71) in the Great Bitter Lake, Egypt, on 14 Feb. 1945. The King is speaking to the interpreter, Colonel William Eddy, Fleet Admiral Leahy, the President's Aide and Chief of Staff, at left. [1280 x 1007]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
USS Arkansas (BB-33) in the East River, leaving the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City. Photographed from the Brooklyn Bridge, on June 3, 1925. Colorized, possibly irootoko_jr. [1284 x 1004]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 25–27 October 1942. A Japanese bomb explodes off the port side of USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the action, 26 October 1942. USN photo. [5731 x 4579]1yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
German battleship Bismarck as seen from the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen as the two ships practiced towing and refueling by trailing hose, circa April-May 1941. [5671 x 3278]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Royal Navy battleship, HMS Duke of York, underway astern of USS Ranger (CV-4), September 1943 [1668 x 1336]10mo ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Navy Chow on tray carried by a WAVE from the crew's mess line to the table during WWII, ca. 1943-1944. [1280 x 1041]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Bow out of the water, green seas sweep the decks of the Daring-class destroyer HMAS Vampire seen from HMAS Melbourne, circa 1960.2yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HeavySeas
U.S. Navy submarine Control Station manned by a Chief Petty Officer, during World War II, ca. 1942-1943. [1000 x 1280]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Fletcher-class destroyer USS Remey (DD-688). Underway replenishment in heavy seas alongside USS Lake Champlain (CV-39). Atlantic Ocean, April 1962. [1252 x 725]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The crew of HM Submarine UNISON display their 'Jolly Roger' at Plymouth, having returned from a successful 16 months in the Mediterranean, 10 October 1943. [2480 x 3281]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
U.S. Army prototype anti-armor hand grenade from 1973 – a shaped charge, packed in a hollowed-out NERF football. [949 × 678]7yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
Royal Navy convoy from Alexandria To Malta meets and engages Italian Warships in the Mediterranean, 22 March 1942. HMS Cleopatra throws out smoke to shield the convoy as HMS Euryalus elevates her forward 5.25 inch guns to shell the Italian Fleet. [3306 x 2480]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Stern damage to class-leader escort carrier IJN Taiyo in Kure drydock after USS Trout (SS-202) torpedo. Taiyo was out of the war for over two months for damage repair. 28 September 1942. [1168 × 1680]1mo ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A group of wounded German Army prisoners receiving medical attention at first aid station of U.S. 103rd and 104th Ambulance Companies. The Battle of Saint Mihiel, 12 September 1918. [900 x 620]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Sea view from inside the bridge of a Kingston class patrol ship whilst underway in heavy seas.3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HeavySeas
The Protector-class offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington (P55) encounters rough seas in the Ross Sea en-route to Antarctica, during a three week deployment into the lower Southern Ocean.1yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HeavySeas
Submarine USS R-8 located by Atlantic Wreck Salvage off the east coast of U.S., press release dated Dec. 12, 2020. Add’l images and info in comments. [800 x 825]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here by Daniel, pseudonym theycallmedanyo3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/ImaginaryMindscapes
Imperial Japanese Navy light carrier Ryujo (龍驤 Prancing Dragon) underway on sea trials at Satamisaki-oki, 6 September 1934. Colorized image by irootoko_jr. [1000 x 1280]1yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
One of the toughest badges to earn, the Submarine Warfare Insignia, aka the “dolphins” or “fish,” is also one of the Navy’s oldest warfare devices, having been adopted 100 years ago this week.3wk ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/submarines
USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) conducts routine underway operations in support of stability and security for a free and open Indo-Pacific. USN photo. [6148 × 4391]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A wave crashes as a man stands on a jetty near Orleans Harbor in Lake Pontchartrain on Sunday as Tropical Storm Cristobal approaches. Photo and info by AP.4yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HeavySeas
USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) aflame on her aft flight deck following a Japanese kamikaze attack on 30 October 1944. [1688 x 1844]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
German Zeppelin LZ-126 departing Friedrichshafen, Germany on October 12, 1924. [1242 x 889]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Our rescue Milo. He’s about 10 weeks old. We think he’s a mixed breed of sorts including Siamese as one of his sisters was calico. Sometimes his toes are pink-colored and but mostly chocolate-colored. Any insight as to why is welcomed.2yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/Siamesecats
The oldest operational ship in the U. S. Navy. The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) transits the Philippine Sea prior to an UNREP. 2 May 2020. USN photo. [1406 x 1004]4yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
HMAS Perth (FFH -157) plows through heavy seas off eastern Australia. Date unknown.4yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HeavySeas
Battlecruiser HMS Hood arrived in Australia in late Feb. 1924 with HMS Repulse as the main units of a Special Services Squadron world cruise. [1527 x 1004]2yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
[Art] Artwork from John Hamilton’s War at Sea shows the six fleet carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s fearsome Kido Butai (“Mobile Force”) launching the striking force on Pearl Harbor on the early morning of 7 December 1941. [2000 x 1272]1yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
USN Woman Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) handles a National Cash Register N-530 Bombe decryption machine used for decoding German Kriegsmarine naval cyphers encoded with their 4-rotor Enigma machine. Jan. 1944. [3000 × 2400]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Photo of 'Endurance' lit by flares at night. Photo by Frank Hurley during Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1916). [664 × 899]9yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Replica Red Baron. Photo of Wayne Anderson’s replica Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker triplane in Australia for a trans-Australia air race, parked among camouflaged Royal Australian Air Force Mirage IIID and IIIO(A) strike fighters at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, October 1976. [766 x 1024]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Senior Chief Electrician's Mate Eyosias Tessema, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, lights off a boiler aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 13, 2020. USN photo. [8256 × 5504]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) plow thru heavy swells as she conducts operations in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. Feb. 6, 2020.4yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HeavySeas
Japanese Prisoner of War at Guam, with bowed head after hearing Emperor Hirohito make announcement of Japan's unconditional surrender. Aug. 15, 1945. [2426 × 3000]8yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Family of Seaman 1/C Johnnie D. Hutchins who was mortally wounded on September 4, 1943 when he turned LST-473 from the path of Japanese torpedo. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Family home, Lissie, Texas, 1944. [2768 x 2312]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer rescues sailors standing on a section of an aircraft elevator blown off the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) after the ship was hit by a kamikaze off Kyushu, Japan, 14 May 1945. [2312 x 1706]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A U.S. Navy Vought OS2U Kingfisher taxis towards the recovery sled for recovery by USS South Dakota (BB-57), 29 April 1943. South Dakota was operating in the North Atlantic at the time. Colorized by Alex Wolf. [1281 × 1004]2yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
HMS Illustrious inbound the River Tyne. February 29, 2012. [3271 x 2257]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The Japanese escort vessel Patrol Boat No.39 (originally the destroyer Tade) sinking after being torpedoed by the USN submarine USS Seawolf (SS-197) 280 km north-east of Formosa on 23 April 1943. Photographed through Seawolf's periscope.[5677 x 4475]8mo ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
USS Oriskany (CVA-34). Wave breaks over the carrier's flight deck, as she operates in heavy winter weather off the Korean coast. Photograph is dated 10 January 1953.4yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HeavySeas
USS Alcedo (SP-166) while off NY City in August 1917. While escorting a convoy en route to Brest, France, Alcedo was torpedoed and sunk by UC-71 on 5 November 1917. Twenty-one crewmembers were lost with the ship. She was the first American vessel lost in WWI. [2700 x 3407]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) crewman check the packing of a slide extension of one of her nine 16” guns while undergoing reactivation at Bayonne, NJ, 3 November 1950. [2692 x 2198]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark III of No 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force taxiing through the scrub at Medenine. The ground crewman on the wing is directing the pilot, whose view ahead is hindered by the aircraft's nose while the tail is down. May, 1943. [800 x 585]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
HMS Vanguard (23), the last British dreadnought, floodlit on a visit to Rotterdam, Holland, in early July 1952. [1720 x 1265]1yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The erupting Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Photo by J.D. Griggs, January 31, 1984. [1250 x 1620]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
German V-2 missile fuel tanks on the assembly line in Tunnel B of the underground Mittelbau industrial complex near Nordhausen, Germany. Photograph by Walter Frentz. 1944. [1600 × 1050]8yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Coast Guardsman Charles Tyner, Fireman First Class, inspects his helmet hit by shrapnel during the Allied landings in southern France. 1944. Add'l info in comments.[2406 × 2939]9yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
LCDR Creed C. Burlingame, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Silversides (SS-236) Wearing foul weather gear and smoking a corncob pipe on board his boat, during a 1942 war patrol. [5941 x 4446]1yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/submarines
Crew watch as Chilean Leander Class Frigate LYNCH (FFG 07) pulls alongside USS TARAWA (LHA-1) prior to UNREP. RIMPAC 2004, June 24, 2004. USN photo. [2100 × 1575]2yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Dido-class AA cruiser HMS Euryalus (42) elevates her forward 5.25-inch guns to shell the Italian Fleet while bound for Malta on 22 March 1942 during what would become known as the Second Battle of Sirte. Her sister ship, HMS Cleopatra (33), is cutting across her bow making smoke. [1280 x 960]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
On her return home after Operation Desert Storm, USS Ranger (CV-61) first stopped off at Pearl Harbor. View here is her crew manning the rail as the carrier departs Pearl through the channel headed to her home port of San Diego, 1 June 1991. USN photo. [2810 x 2248]4yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A German paratrooper on the Eastern Front carries a wounded sergeant. More info in comments. 1942. [914 × 1247]9yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The one-armed lion tamer who went by the name of Captain Jack Bonita and his pride, ca. early 1900's. Location unknown. [645 × 697]7yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (May 12, 2021) USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transits the Elizabeth River as it departs Norfolk Naval Shipyard after completing a 10-month scheduled extended carrier incremental availability. USN photo. [3831 x 2736]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Now hear this. r/Submarines will be ultra quiet and private for two days commencing on June 12th. See comment below for details.11mo ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/submarines
A Mark 9 turret from USS Louisville (CA-28) rusting away in the Nevada desert. It once served in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's nuclear testing program for the purposes of a rotating radiation detector, collecting data on nuclear tests. Mark 9's were of 8/55 caliber is size. [1027 × 630]2yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
On Eternal Patrol. An image on a sonar screen shows a silhouette shape of a submarine lying on the ocean floor somewhere in the Strait of Malacca on Oct. 21, 2019. Divers have found what they believe is the wreck of USS Grenadier (SS-210) lost 77 years ago in Southeast Asia. [1000 × 744]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Officer of the Deck on watch aboard Balao-class submarine USS Batfish (SS-310), entering San Francisco harbor, May, 1945. Batfish was known for sinking three IJN subs in a 76-hour period north of the Phiippines in February 1945. [2005 x 2051]1yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/submarines
USS Enterprise (CV-6) operating in the Pacific, circa late June 1941. She is turning into the wind to recover aircraft and sporting her dark Measure One camouflage paint scheme. Add’l info in comments. [4929 x 3899]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Forward torpedo tubes of Gato-class submarine USS Cero (SS-225), during a simulated torpedo attack, while at the Groton, Connecticut, Submarine Base in August 1943. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Jacobs, [2453 x 1836]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
IJN light cruiser Katori under attack, Truk Lagoon, as seen by aircraft from USS Intrepid (CV-11), 16 Feb 1944. Katori was damaged by air attack and sunk the next day off Truk by USS New Orleans (CA-32), USS Minneapolis (CA-36) and USS Radford (DD-446) and USS Burns (DD-588). [1024 x 768]4yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The Royal Navy's two Aircraft Carriers face each other alongside at Portsmouth Naval Base. HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) closest, with HMS Prince of Wales (R09) in the distance. Type 23 Frigate HMS Westminster is in the foreground on Pompey's South Railway Jetty. 20 August 2020. [2765 x 2394]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Arnold Schwarzenegger seeing New York City for the first time. 1968.10yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
World heavyweight boxing champion and U.S. Army Technical Sergeant Joe Louis sewing his rank patch onto his uniform, 10 Apr 1945. [1109 × 1383]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
HMAS Vendetta (D08) making a replenishment approach on the fleet oiler, HMAS Supply, in Indian Ocean swells, 1978. Vendetta's service was recognised with the honours Malaysia 1964–66 and Vietnam 1969–70. Vendetta paid off on 9 October 1979. [1000 x 690]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HeavySeas
British children evacuated from London's East End, having lunch in a safer area of the city. Additional info in comments. Dec. 1941. [3430 × 4311]9yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Finnish soldiers use a slingshot to launch grenades at Soviet troops during the Winter War, ca. 1940. [1280 x 876]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A horse-drawn carriage during a New York City winter blizzard. 1914. [2083 x 1618]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The view from an Imperial Japanese Navy bomber during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) [2000 x 1500]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A British Lancaster bomber over Kaafjord, Norway during the Operation Paravane raid on the German Battleship Tirpitz. 15 September 1943. [1492 × 1074]4yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
Monty Python comedy group. Unknown date and location, but photo taken sometime in the 1970's. [2700 X 1889]10yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
USS Little Rock (CLG-4) fires a RIM-8 Talos guided missile during exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, 4 May 1961. USN photo. [5730 x 4573]2yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Interior of the fuselage of Handley Page Halifax B Mark II of No. 614 Squadron RAF. Photo shows some of the many holes caused by splinters from an anti-aircraft rocket which hit the aircraft during an early pathfinding operation over central Europe, ca. 1942. [548 × 800]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An F-22 Raptor flies in formation with a WWII-era P-51 Mustang over Panama City Beach, Fla., April 22, 2017, as part of the opening ceremony of the Gulf Coast Salute Air Show. USAF photo. [4732 × 3154]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/aviation
Three captured German U-boat seaman on the deck of USCGC Spencer (WPG-36) after being pulled from the North Atlantic when their U-Boat, U-175, was sunk attempting to attack Convoy HX-233 on April 17. 1943. [3000 × 2431]6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A Churchill tank of 51st Royal Tank Regiment crashes through a hedge during the advance across the Italian countryside, 20 July 1944. IWM source. [800 x 530]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/TankPorn
On Eternal Patrol. An image on a sonar screen shows a silhouette shape of a submarine lying on the ocean floor somewhere in the Strait of Malacca on Oct. 21, 2019. Divers have found what they believe is the wreck of USS Grenadier (SS-210) lost 77 years ago in Southeast Asia. [1000 × 744]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/submarines
Frigate HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) plows through a heavy swell off Newfoundland, Jan. 2007.7yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HeavySeas
Image of USS Dunlap (DD-384) moments before she collides with USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), 7 January 1944 off Pearl Harbor. [1376 x 1090]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Another Tico UNREP pic. USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) alongside USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a fueling-at-sea. Philippine Sea, 30 June 2019. USN photo. [4363 x 6544]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
RA-5 “Vigilante” refuels from an A3B “Skywarrior” high above its mobile Seventh Fleet airbase, USS Ranger (CVA-61), 21 January 1965. [1000 x 800]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A sign outside the Manhattan Project headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in 1943. [2048 × 1623]4yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/AtomicPorn
USS Forrestal (CVA-59) awaits her turn to refuel, while operating in the Mediterranean Sea during the Jordanian crisis, 29 April 1957. USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) is ahead, with USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) and USS Salem (CA-139) alongside. Add’l info in comments. [5704 x 4490]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The Four Romanov Sisters of Russia. 1906, exact date unknown. [823 X 519]10yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Joe Langdell passed away yesterday at the age of 100. He was the oldest living survivor from USS Arizona. On December 7th his ashes will be spread among his fellow shipmates inside Arizona.9yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/Military
Aerial wingtip image of USS Saratoga (CV-3) underway en-route to Rabaul Island, November 1943. NavSource. [1200 x 971]3yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Sailors one and all. The day after after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, young men line up to volunteer at a Navy Recruiting station in Boston, Massachusetts. Dec. 8, 1941.8yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Your Battleship and Her Requirements. A battleship steams across an American flag, at right are facts about what is needed to build and operate a battleship. 'Newsmap' Vol. III No. 5B, May 29, 1944. [1270 x 950]5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The Ship by Salvator Dali, 1943. [OS] photo of Dali's watercolor while on exhibit at the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fl, March 2015.6yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/ImaginaryMindscapes
A little girl hands a posy of lilies to a police officer on duty at the Porte Saint-Denis in Paris, circa 1920. [990 × 1410]9yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The graves of two Scottish soldiers are marked by upturned rifles. North Africa, 5 November 1942. [800 x 788]7yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
VERTREP Deluxe. The USN’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) steams alongside USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a vertical replenishment. Pacific Ocean, 20 May 2022. [6771 x 4519]1yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Busted Model 97 Japanese medium tank (1942 version). Photographed 1945. USMC photo.5yr ⋅ KapitanKurt ⋅ r/DestroyedTanks
