[3000 x 1742]HMS Hood at anchor in Vancouver Harbor, 1924

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[3150 x 2311]Sinking of the USS Saratoga (CV-3) after the Baker Day Explosion over Bikini Lagoon, July 26, 1946. See comments for further info.

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[3392 x 2674]USS Franklin (CV-13) view of wrecked flight deck, looking after from the island, as the ship steams up the east river to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs. The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline are in the background , April 28, 1945

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[2560 x 3384]Italian light cruisers Emmanuele Filiberto Duca d’Aosta and Eugenio di Savoia preparing to lay mines, 1941.

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[4627 x 3384]HMAS AE-1, in 1914, Australia's first submarine, served only 7 months before being lost in Sept 1914. The search for her wreck took over 40 years, before found in Dec 2017.

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[1434 x 960]Bismarck from the Rensburger Bridge, March 8, 1941

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[475 x 800]HMS Vanguard hitting the water on her launching, Nov 30, 1944

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[2793 x 1797]USS Ticonderoga (CG-47), left, and the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) underway in the Mediterranean, September 17, 1987

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[3000 x 2401]USS Washington (BB-56) underway in April, 1942

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[6170 x 4886]Soviet carrier Minsk underway in the Mediterranean Sea, March 3, 1979

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[5916 x 4370] Crewmembers of the listing Japanese aircraft carrier IJN Zuikaku throwing explosives over the side, after she had been damaged by U.S. carrier aircraft on 25 October. Photographed from the carrier's island, looking to port.

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[2840 x 1900]An aerial view of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard looking west/northwest, October 30, 1995. Further info in comments.

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[600 x 422]HSwMS Halsingborg showing her neutrality stripes during WWII.

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[1300 x 988]Royal Marines remove the Tampens from the 14 guns, aboard HMS Howe, prior to a test firing, Oct 17, 1942, Scapa Flow.

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[2048 x 1352]German pocket battleship “Admiral Graf Spee” after the Battle of the River Plate on December 13, 1939 in Montevideo

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[3844 x 3174]USS Enterprise (CV-6) in Puget Sound, Sept 13, 1945

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[800 x 600]HMS Yarmouth (right) comes alongside the sinking HMS Ardent to take off her crew. HMS Broadsword is behind HMS Ardent while a Sea King 4 helicopter approaches her starboard side, May, 1982.

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[800 x 606]HMS Ark Royal proceeding to her berth alongside the Cunard Pier, in New York City, June 1957

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[3024 x 4032]Stern of ORP Blyskawica, showing main batteries, mines, and depth charge rack, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019

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[744 x 509]German heavy cruiser Blucher on sea trials in the Baltic Sea, late 1939.

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[900 x 574]French carrier Bearn, circa 1938

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[5948 x 4468]Gneisenau, view of her 11 forward guns circa 1941. Note bloomers on guns.

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[4090 x 5000]USS Hornet (CV-12) and USS New Jersey (BB-62) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1992

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[2,810 × 1,810]A starboard bow view of the Soviet guided missile destroyer Obraztsovy underway near task force ships participating in the multilateral NATO exercise BALTOPS '85, 1 October 1985

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[5793 x 4665]USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) taking on fuel and supplies from the USS Aldebaran (AF-10) and USS Salamonie (AO-26) in the Mediterranean, Dec 4, 1952

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[2592 x 1728]USS Torsk (SS-423) in Baltimore, Sept 20, 2012

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[5449 x 3652]Italian monitor Carso - 1917-1924.

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[800 x 608]HMS Hood at speed in a heavy sea, circa 1940.

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[2633 x 2080]U-515 being attacked and sunk by USS Pope (DE-134), USS Chatelain (DE-149), USS Pillsbury (DE-133), and USS Flaherty (DE-135) assisted by aircraft of VC-58 from USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60). 9 April 1944

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[6050 x 4892] Crewmembers spell out Boxer 75,000 Landings on the flight deck of the USS Boxer (CVA-21) to commemorate reaching that milestone in her career. Nov 19, 1955. Further info in comments.

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[5912 x 5090]Overhead view of the USS Iowa (BB-61) in Boston Harbor, Aug 27, 1943.

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[2836 x 1851]Soviet aircraft cruiser Minsk underway, Jan 1, 1984

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[1331 x 858]Italian destroyer Carabiniere (A-5314) sinking before reaching the shipyard for scrapping in March 1978

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[2952 x 1944]A PBR Mark II river patrol boat and a Coast Guard patrol craft provide security for the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) as it passes under the Oakland Bay Bridge just before her recommissioning, May 8, 1986

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[677 x 855]USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300), firing its forward 8 guns during tests. Prinz Eugen had a crew of 8 officers and 85 enlisted men of the USN supervising 27 officers and 547 enlisted men of the former German Kriegsmarine, Feb. 1946

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[1996 x 3000]USS Wisconsin (BB-64) underway during sea trials, Aug 29, 1988

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[800 x 601]HMS Renown proceeding at full speed to attack the Italian fleet, Nov 27, 1940

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[2770 x 1956]USS Toledo (CA-133) following a regular overhaul at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, on August 19, 1953

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[5571 x 4377]USS West Virginia (BB-48) En route to the west coast after she had been salvaged and given preliminary repairs at Pearl Harbor. Original photo is dated 20 April 1943

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[983 x 1300]HMS King George V in dry dock at Rosyth, under going refit, 1940

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[6174 x 4938]Soviet helicopter carrier Kiev, showing 13 Kamov Ka-25 Hormone ASW helicopters on deck. Caption implies that KIEV was photographed while participating in a Soviet Naval exercise with 15 other ships about 500 miles south of Iceland, circa 1978

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[5664 x 4518]USS Birmingham (SSBN-695) surfaces, date unknown

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[800 x 581]Italian battleship Italia, steaming to surrender, Sept 1943

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[1005 x 612]Italian battleship Roma, at La Spezia. Spring of 1943.

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[837 x 621]USS Walke (DD-723) is refueled by the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Victorious (R-38) in the Pacific Ocean, in 1965

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[2431 x 3000]USS Yorktown (CV-10), the Fighting Lady, circa 1945

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[1400 x 971]Scharnhorst in Norway

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[662 x 1022]Gneisenau in drydock at Brest, France, April, 1941

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[768 x 983]HNLMS De Ruyter’s main armament, circa late 1930's.

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[775 x 495]Launching ceremony of the Admiral Hipper, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 6 Feb 1937; note Wilhelm Gustloff in background.

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[3150 x 2593]USS Long Beach (CGN-9) off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, April 1, 1963

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[1010 x 831]Turrets for HMS Vanguard being modified at the Harland & Wolff erection shop at Scotstoun in 1945. Note the balance weights and armored hoods. 'X' turret is closest to the camera followed by 'A', 'Y', and 'B'

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[2964 x 1891]Sailors line the rails, and Marines stand at attention beneath the No. 2 16-inch gun turret of the USS Iowa (BB-61), as she comes home four days after an explosion in the No. 2 killed 47 of its crew, 4/23/1989

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[800 x 590]HMS Vanguard leaving Portsmouth for the last time, August 1960

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[4160 x 3120]Italian destroyer Caio Duilio on a port visit to New York, NY, July 1, 2022 [OC]

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[1200 x 750]USS Cowpens (CVL-25), a F6F Hellcat smashes into 6 other parked Hellcats on deck. Note, there are pilots in the 6 planes, Jan 1945

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[3269 x 2510]HMAS Australia (left) and HMAS Melbourne at Princes Pier, Melbourne (circa early 1930's).

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[6044 x 4936] Prinz Eugen in a floating drydock at Wilhelmshaven, soon after V-E Day.

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[800 x 605]HMS Victorious off Honolulu, 1943, while serving with the USN

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[3000 x 1982]USS Wisconsin (BB-64) underway during sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, 8/29/1988

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[5633 x 4431]USS Enterprise (CV-6) damaged flight deck following action in the Battle of the Solomon's, USS San Juan (CL-54) in background, 8/24/1942

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[3757 x 3253]USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300) on Aug 2, 1946, following both nuclear tests of Operation Crossroads

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[800 x 529]U-67 at Lorient, in 1942

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[3890 x 2951]USS Iowa (BB-61) passes under the Huey P. Long Bridge after a 1833 mile journey to Avondale Shipyards Inc. from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for modernization and reactivation, Sept 1, 1982

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[3000 x 1980]USS Wisconsin (BB-64) tied to Pier 5, at Norfolk, March 1, 1989

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[2560 x 3316]HMS Warspite in 1938, note stripes on turret No 2 - likely during the neutrality patrol during the Spanish Civil War.

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[800 x 759]HMS Victorious leaving Singapore, July 1961.

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[2807 x 1910]USS Ranger (CV-61) sails off the coast of California prior to launching two B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft in a re-enactment of Doolittle's Raid, April 21, 1992.

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[5951 x 4752]USS Indiana (BB-1) in drydock. Date shown on picture is incorrect. By that date she had a cage mast.

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[749 x 1024]Finnish Coastal Defense Ship Vainamoinen.

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[1450 x 914]SMS Nassau as seen from a Zeppelin.

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[5016 x 6166]Close up view of USS Missouri's (BB-63) bow, with Mount Fuji framed by her stem and anchor chain, in Tokyo Bay, Japan, circa 30 August 1945. In left background is a Baltimore class cruiser, and on the right background is a King George V class battleship.

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[5544 x 4508]French Destroyer Le Malin (X-102) after overhaul by Boston Navy Yard, circa 1943

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[800 x 664]Inkwell (19 x 11cm) made from salvaged metal modeled in the form of naval twin-gun turret; top (lid) opens to reveal 2 ink-pots. The object bears the following inscriptions: 'CAST FROM METAL EX-SURRENDERED GERMAN BATTLESHIP 'HELGOLAND' and 'THOS.W.WARD LTD. SHEFFIELD' and '1922'

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[5127 x H4127]USS Wolverine (IX-64) photographed by the Buffalo, Police Department, 1942.

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[800 x 612]French submarine Surcouf in 1940, location unknown.

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[4912 x 6210]USS Iowa (BB-61) view taken from top of fire control tower, at sea off San Francisco, July, 1947

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[2791 x 1972]USS Farragut (DDG-37), foreground, stands moored to a pier as the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) departs from Portsmouth. In the background are the destroyer tender USS Yellowstone (AD-41), left, a dock landing ship, and the decommissioned cruiser USS Albany (CG-10), right.

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[2048 x 1279] HMS Victorious maneuvering through one of the lock gates of the Panama Canal, she was the first British carrier to go through the canal. This was during the time where Victorious was borrowed by the USN, likely Feb/ March 1943

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[1300 x 1029]HMS Tiger, February, 1959, at sea, just before commissioning in March, 1959.

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[7789 x 4041]South Dakota class battleship (BB 49-54). This class was a victim of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922; by F. Muller [Art]

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[1920 x 1370]HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales 0557 May 24th 1941; By Eric Tufnell [Art]

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[1300 x 819]HMS INDOMITABLE, with Grumman Avenger planes on deck, seen from the top of a large crane as she enters the basin from the Loch on her way to No 2 Dry Dock at Rosyth Dockyard. Note what appears to be a Revenge Class battleship in background.

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[6196 x 4980]USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) leaving San Diego Harbor, July 1973, en route to the scrappers yards. Rosecrans National Cemetery is in the foreground.

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[6196 x 4962]USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in the Pacific, 27 March 1978. Note that she has been fitted with NATO Sea Sparrow on after sponson.

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[2048 x 1528]HMS Warspite possibly around 1920

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[1536 x 1103]HMS Iron Duke after damage inflicted by the Luftwaffe in Oct 1939, she'd be run around and used as anti-aircraft platform the remainder of the war.

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[744 x 512]Tirpitz in Altenfjord, Norway in July 1942.

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[3000 x 2353]USS Mississippi (BB-41) in Puget Sound, July 13, 1944, painted in camouflage MS-32 6D

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[800 x 600]Ecuadorian Navy training ship BAE Guayas (BE-21)

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[1600 x 1100]USS Missouri (BB-63) firing a Tomahawk Cruise Missile in June 1988.

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[1300 x 1002]Icy scene on board the HMS Victorious in Northern waters, Dec 1943

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[1860 x 1410]USS Iowa (BB-61) firing a 15 gun salvo to starboard. The 15 gun salvo is comprised of all nine 16-inch main battery guns and the six starboard 5-inch guns. The Iowa is off the coast of Central America, Aug 13, 1984

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[1000 x 839]The conning tower and forward turrets with 15 inch guns of HMS Repulse at John Brown & Co’s Clydebank yard, August 1916

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[800 x 581]HMS Repulse sailing from Singapore on her last operation. Two days later she was sunk with great loss of life by Japanese aircraft along with HMS Prince of Wales. Dec 8, 1941

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[6110 x 4998] IJN Yahagi, dead in the water, under attack and oozing oil. April 7, 1945

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[2048 x 1353]USS Missouri (BB-63) fires her forward rifles. August 1944. At the right edge of the photo, 406 mm projectiles fired by the battleship are visible. In color!

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[3024 x 1878]IJN Nagato at anchor in Brunei October 21st, 1944.

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[1157 x 770]Ex-USS Stewart (DD-224) under attack while being sunk as a target on 24 May 1946. Airplanes seen include an F4U Corsair in the lead, followed by two F6F Hellcats.

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[6164 x 4956] Strike Cruiser (CSGN), a 1975 artist's conception of this proposed ship type. By B. George [ART]

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[698 x 1000]The never finished USS Kentucky (BB-66) Feb 4, 1946

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[6192 x 4962]USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) pumping out water over her quarterdeck, after being torpedoed in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, on 12 August 1945. Note horses lead out through her after 14 guns.

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[800 x 574]Naval air might on parade when more than 1,000 Allied naval aircraft flew over HMS Duke of York as she proceeded on her way to Tokyo for the surrender of Japan.

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[997 x 664]French battleship Dunkerque in the 1930's

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[5808 x 4508]USS Bass (SS-164) prior to 1931

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[2800 x 1820]USS Coral Sea (CV-43) in the Mediterranean Sea, Jan 29, 1986

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[1867 x 1295]Graf Zeppelin after launching on December 8, 1938.

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[1789 x 1190]IJN Yashima passing under the High Level Bridge at Newcastle in June, 1896.

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[1300 x 926]HMS Anson in Northern waters coated with ice, Feb 9, 1943

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[800 x 691]Seven US Navy K-class airships from Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-31 inside one of the two LTA (lighter than air) hangars at NAS Santa Ana, California, United States, 1943.

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[4528 x 5791]USS Missouri (BB-63) leadsman taking soundings, as the battleship enters a port during her shakedown cruise, circa August 1944. Note line handler assisting the leadsman and talker standing by.

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[2847 x 2236]USS Kearney (DD-432) stands in, Hvalfjordur, Iceland, October 19, 1941, 2 days after being torpedoed by U-568. The torpedo hit under her No.1 stack in the forward fire room - note the hole

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Troops of SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division resting during a campaign toward Pabianice, Poland, Sep 1939

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A 210mm field howitzer firing, Ukraine summer 1941

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[2841 x 2035]Wreckage of the battleship Dunkerque after the capture of Toulon by Allied forces in August 1944

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[634 x 472] The crew of the HMS Edinburgh (D-97) wishes their families a Merry Christmas, Dec 2012.

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[2790 x 1840]A starboard quarter view of the stern sections of the decommissioned battleships USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS Wisconsin (BB-64) at Philadelphia, Sept 9, 1993

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Repairing a Tiger I, Russia, Jan-Feb 1944

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SS Reconnaissance Crew in front of an Sd.kfz.222

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[4165 x 2844]USS North Carolina (BB-55) looking aft from the battleship's bow, showing her forward superstructure and 16/45 guns, during her maiden voyage, circa May 1941

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[744 x 997]HMS Howe as seen in 1943

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[1300 x 833]HMS Erebus as seen from HMS Rodney, 1940

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[5272 x 4126] HMS Hood in Hawaii, June 1924.

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[2007 x 1396]Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto at sea with one of her sisters (most likely Littorio) in the distance, date unknown.

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[744 x 434]All four Orion class battleships (Orion, Thunderer, Monarch and Conqueror), date and location unknown

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[814 x 620]USS Lindsey (DM-32) after being hit by two kamikazes off Okinawa, April 1945. She lost nearly 60 feet of her bow, was repaired, returned to service in 1946.

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Soldiers of Flak-Regiment 3 enjoying hot meal in winter.

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[1031 x 787]USS New Jersey (BB-62) firing a Tomahawk missile

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[800 x H618]Inside one of the 14 turrets of HMS Duke of York

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[1082 x 703]HMS Warspite in action, Narvik fjord, April, 1940; by Ian Marshall [ART]

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[800 x 626]HMS Unicorn underway, circa 1944

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[860 x 692]A Harrier of No 1 Squadron RAF is prepared for a sortie on the flight deck of HMS Hermes, 1982

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[5164 x 3421]German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F-225) at the Blohm + Voss fitting out pier in Hamburg, Aug 28, 2019.

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[6182 x H5064]Forty-four Piper Friday! USS Slooflirpa (DD-000) in a rare picture, experimental in nature, powered by 44 John Deere lawn mower engines.

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[3004 x 2910]USS Iowa (BB 61) undergoing renovation and repair at Ingalls Shipbuilding prior to being recommissioned. A Spruance class destroyer is in the background, Nov 18, 1983

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