[800 x 532]HMS Antelope in Ajax Bay after the second of two Argentine 1000-lb bombs exploded inside her hull, breaking the ship's back and causing her to sink. In the foreground is the stern of the troopship MV Norland, May 23, 1982

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[4317 x 5550]March 1945 USS Essex (CV-9) planes attack two Japanese aircraft carriers at Kure, 19 March 1945. An SB2C Helldiver scout bomber is visible in the upper right, painted in Essex markings. Ship at bottom is either IJN Amagi or IJN Katsuragi. The other carrier is IJN Kaiyo.

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[917 x 522]HMS Nelson in camouflage

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[1450 x 1159]Crew standing at attention in front of the superfiring quadruple turrets on the French battleship Strasbourg in 1940.

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[600 x 545]USS Nevada (BB-36) painted for orange for the Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test, July 1946

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[1449 x 1353] The foredeck of an unidentified New Mexico-class battleship on 30 July 1944, showing her two forward triple 14-inch gun turrets

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Oberfeldwebel of the Großdeutschland division, 1943

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[4996 x 3728]RN Alberto Di Giussano at Venice in the late 1930's

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[2048 x 1365] USS Ling (SS-297) has seen rough times. She was recently delibrately sunk at her moorings on the Hackensack River. 4 Bronze plaques were stolen, and someone opened up hatches. See article in comments.

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[2500 x 1972] USS ABSD-6 repairing USS South Dakota (BB-57) in Guam. Repairs are done in ABSD-6 dry dock after an accidental explosion on 6 May 1945, while rearming from USS Wrangell (AE-12).

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[2428 x 1772]HMS Repulse leaving an unknown harbor.

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[4357 x 2667]The French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (R-97) on a visit to St Helena Island.

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[823 x 600]The forward A & B 6 triple turrets of HMS Belfast on display on the Thames at London Bridge, circa 1973.

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[800 x 611]Aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin sliding into the water on her launch day, Dec 8, 1938

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[2222 x 1700]HMS Duke of York. Pictured at Woolloomooloo Wharf November 23, 1945.

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[2560 x 2645]A Bofors 40mm gun crew takes a break after action on the USS New Jersey (BB-62), Dec 1944

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[798 x 579]USS Alaska (CB-1) under air attack in 1945

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[6232 x 5000]Soviet Helicopter Carrier Moskva at anchor in the Mediterranean Sea in September 1968

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A knocked out Panzer II in Libya 1941.

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[1450 x 1840]USS Missouri (BB-63) at Norfolk, 1951

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[800 x 446]German destroyer Hans Lody stops to pick up the crew of the S.S. Orama. The bows of the liner can be seen raised above the water behind the destroyer, June 8, 1940

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[532 x 683]Forecastle of the Prinz Eugen, after the rifles were removed from turret A, March, 1946

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Soldiers are fighting in the Polish city of Sochaczew. Two soldiers take cover behind a BMW R12 motorcycle. Sept, 1939.

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Heavy Cruiser Attacking from a German book on their navy, published during World War II, author unknown.

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[566 x 800]Italian battleship Littorio from the bridge of Vittorio Veneto on the afternoon of June 14,1942.

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[2500 x 1967]USS California (BB-44) after turrets, August 1945.

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[5908 x 5024]USS Minneapolis (CA-36) at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, in January 1943, after being fitted with a short temporary bow for the voyage back to the United States for permanent repairs.

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[1300 x 983]HMS Howe's decks getting swabbed, Jan 1945

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[2514 x 1885]FFS Richelieu at anchor on 7 September 1943.

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An SS-Oberscharfuhrer and SS-Unterscharfuhrer of First SS-Panzer-Division 'LSSAH', SS-Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 1, (Kampfgruppe Knittel) at the Kaiserbaracke crossroads on the road between Saint-Vith and Malmedy, Dec 18, 1944

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[2036 x 1451]HMS London (D-16), USS Albany (CG-10), and USS Lawrence (DDG-4) at anchor at Malta, 1971

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[1920 x 1080]USS Salem (CA-139) being moved by tugs

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[1262 x 912] French cruiser La Galissonniere capsized alongside the heavily damaged Strasbourg on Aug 18, 1944 . At this point the ship was in German hands, having been held by the Italians previously.

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[1600 x 1600]Close up of the French submarine Surcouf.

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[4808 x 3304] HMS Vanguard(23) in Rotterdam, June 1952

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[1631 x 1223]USS Mason (CA-132) on 25 July 1948

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[9770 x 6809]USS Wasp (CV-7) with a North Carolina class and possible South Dakota class battleship, 1942.

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Satellite Launching Ship, concept artwork, depicting an Essex or Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier converted for launching space satellites into orbits not readily accessible from launch sites in the United States. Image was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 12 December 1961.

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[942 x 745]French battleship Richelieu off New York, mid 1943

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[2865 x 2229]USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) underway at sea, circa in 1961.

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[1002 x 1280]USS Washington (BB-56) making passage through section of Panama Canal as most of crew stand above decks, on 12 October 1945.

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[3717 x 2909]USS Yorktown (CV-10) Crew stands at attention as the National Ensign is raised, during commissioning ceremonies at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 15 April 1943. Yorktown is freshly painted in Camouflage Measure 21

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[744 x 974]Forward superstructure of the Admiral Graf Spee, likely late 1930's

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I understand this is a place just for me. I'm Tesla.

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[1750 x 986]HMS M-2 and her Sea Plane, likely around 1930, and prior to her loss in 1932

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[1004 x 727] USS Santee (CVE-29) is hit by a Japanese kamikaze, at 0740 on 25 October 1944.

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[1621 x 1137] German cruiser Blucher on fire and sinking in the Oslofjord during the Battle of Drøbak Sound on 9 April 1940. The wreck remains there today.

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[1024 x 768] USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) listing after a kamikaze attack on Jan 21, 1945.

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[799 x 565] Graf Zeppelin in dry dock, March 1943.

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[4496 x 3505]IJN Yamato takes violent evasive action to escape the bombs of the U.S. Army 13th Air Force Liberators - Nov, 1944

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[5872 x 4000] Regina Marina heavy cruiser Zara, likely in the mid 1930's.

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[1328 x 1126] A smoke ring is left by turret #1 as USS Miami (CL-89) pounds the Palau islands on 7 September 1944. Note that a wartime censor has obliterated the SK and Mk 37s Mk 4 radar.

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[1625 x 1103] The Greek battleship Kilkis in color, probably in Malta. Formerly the USS Mississippi (BB-23).

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[2700 x 2160]INS Viraat (formerly HMS Hermes) with crew spelling Hermes 50 Viraat celebrating 50 years of service, likely taken in 2009.

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[1280 x 844] USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) as she steams through the North Arabian Sea, July 23, 2008

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[800 x 591] The Royal Navy's guns support the Allied armies in Normandy on board the cruiser HMS Sirius (82) in the Sword Beach area. The number of shells used by Royal Marines manning the twin 5.25 inch gun X turret can be gauged by the shell cases massed on X-gun deck. They number more than 2,000.

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[782 x 694]Aerial photograph of battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) during the Tokyo Bay surrender ceremony, 2 Sep 1945.

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[1280 x 836] Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft fly over the French aircraft carrier Foch (R-99) during a joint exercise in which the FOCH and the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) are taking part, May 1990.

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[2592 x 1944] Former Russian cruiser, now museum ship, Mikhail Kutuzov.

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[2048 x 1363]The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) was christened at Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) division in Newport News, VA, on 7 December 2019

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[4011 x 2924]The battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) leads its battle group into Augusta Bay, Sicily. The aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and its battle group are at left; the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60) and its battle group are at right, Oct 17, 1987

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[744 x 449]HMS Hood and HMS Zulu (L-18) seen at Malta during the Spanish Civil War, late 1938

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[3000 x 1965]USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a round from its No. 2 Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turret, note shell as it is discharged, 8/8/1984

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Task Force 38, of the U.S. Third Fleet maneuvering off the coast of Japan, 17 August 1945, two days after Japan agreed to surrender. Further info in comments.

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[744 x 509]Scharnhorst seen during the operation against Spitsbergen Norway Sept 1943

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[746 x 796]Spanish aircraft carrier Dedalo (R-01) late near the end of the ship’s career in 1980's.

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[1280 x 1002] HMCS Warrior (R-31) in Vancouver, British Columbia, sometime around 1946-47.

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[1933 x 1334]USS Oklahoma (BB-37) on Nov 27, 1944

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[1000 x 654]Strasbourg scuttled at Toulon, Nov. 1942.

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[1001 x 1300]Sponging out the 15 guns of HMS Barham after being in action circa 1940-41

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[880 x 521]The Prinz Eugen being escorted following the end of the war, May 1945.

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[3200 x 2013] USS Arizona (BB-39) and other ships of the US Pacific Fleet from the aft view, in the 1930's.

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[726 x 834] HMS Furious in August 1941 with four Hurricanes on her flight deck.

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[1280 x 1280]USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) off Nice, France, on 24 October 1951, with crewmen in formation on the flight deck spelling out Vive La France

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[740 x 598]Heavy seas break over the bow of HMS Vanguard during NATO exercise Operation Mainbrace, 19 September 1952. At the time, Vanguard was making about 30 knots during a speed run

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Interdiction and Confirmation; by John Charles Roach; Further info in comments

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[1100 x 790]HMS Vanguard on the River Clyde - 1946

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[6000 x 4149]USS Iowa (BB-61) entering Majuro anchorage, Marshall Islands, the morning of 4 Feb 1944. Note Dazzle Camouflage Measure 32, Design 1B. ww2dbase

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Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt (1st left), Obergruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich (3rd left), Standartenfuhrer Kurt Meyer (2nd left), Oberfuhrer Fritz Witt (4th left) are watching the positions of the tanks, April 1944.

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[1500 x 1187]USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659) high and dry in dock. Showing the strength of those in the silent service.

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[1687 x 811] USS Colorado (BB-45) off Tinian, on 24 July 1944, with hull damage, the result of 22 hits from shore batteries

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[983 x 1300]HMS King George V in the Gladstone Dock at Liverpool, May 17, 1942 following a collision with HMS Punjabi.

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[3333 x 2679]USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Pearl Harbor on the eve of the Battle of Midway. In the background are the USS Cassin (DD-372) and USS Downes (DD-375)

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[2512 x 1886]Part of a bulkhead from the German battleship Tirpitz on display at RAF Museum Hendon. The bulkhead was painted by members of the battleship's crew, on a secondary gun.

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Soldiers next to Panzer IV with turret and side skirts, as well as front armor reinforced with chain links, snow-covered road, Northern Soviet Union, Jan. 1944

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HM Battle-Cruiser Repulse by William L. Wyllie. See comments for further info.

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[1303 x 1071]An unidentified British admiral on the high line between the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Quadrant (D-17) and the U.S. Navy battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), circa July 1945

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[744 x 548]German heavy cruiser Blucher at Kiel, in early 1940

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[1300 x 969]HMS Howe on a visit to Auckland, New Zealand, in Feb., 1945

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[544 x 1030]USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, 24 June 1940, with 65 planes on deck, including: 16 Grumman F3F-3 fighters; 18 Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver; 15 Northrop BT-1; and 16 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator. A BT-1 is also visible on the pier.

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[2363 x 2022]USS Concord CL-10 Removing historic gun which fired war's last shot Pacific, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan 12, 1946

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[1024 x 813] The Gemini 3 spacecraft alongside USS Intrepid (CV-11), 23 March 1965

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[800 x 578]Admiral Graf Spee just after scuttling December 1939

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[1198 x 923] USS Attu (CVE-102) arrives at San Diego, California, at the end of a magic carpet transport run, on 12 October 1945. Personnel on deck are paraded in honor of the Fourth Marine Division.

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[5120 x 3648] Italian battleship Giulio Cesare being launched, 15 October 1911

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[2000 x 1545]Fleet Air Arm attack the German battleship Tirpitz with heavy and medium sized bombs as she was about to move off from her anchorage at Alten Fjord, Norway, on the morning of 3 April 1944

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[972 x 1300]HMS Warspite while she is at anchor off Bangor, Northern Ireland.

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[5579 x 4593]USS Wasp (CV-7) at anchor in Casco Bay (Maine), March 25, 1942

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[5960 x 4248]USS Lexington (CV-2) while under construction.

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[1882 x 1162]USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) and USS Missouri (BB-63) refueling from USS Tappahannock (AO-43), 8 July 1945

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[756 x 542] HMS Formidable (67) underway on Aug 3, 1942.

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[800 x 558] HMS Undaunted (R-53) on the River Mersey, 28 February 1944

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[736 x 562]HMS Victorious in all her pride and glory. This photo appears to show the decommissioning pennant flying. Note the variety of aircraft as she approaches ‘frigate alley’ in Plymouth.

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South Dakota class battleship (BB 49-54) Artist's conception painting by Rose Stokes, 1922.

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[1292 x 919]HMS Hood underway in 1937

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[1000 x 764]The aftermath of a Japanese kamikaze attack on the USS Randolph (CV-15) on 11 March 1945.

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[1696 x 736]FS Foch (R-99) early in her career.

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[1211 x 909]A Boeing F4B-4 of VF-68 prepares for take-off from USS Saratoga (CV-3), 1934

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[5075 x 3350]USS Texas (BB-35) silhouetted against the sunset, while participating in North Atlantic convoy operations, circa Summer 1941.

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[2870 x 1895] An AV-8S Matador overflies SNS Dedalo (R-01) likely in the mid 1990's.

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[2820 x 1860]An elevated view of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41), 5/17/1984. Further info in comments.

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[4000 x 3148]USS Indiana (BB-58): View under the ship's hull, looking aft to show all four propellers. Taken in drydock at Newport News, 13 March 1942

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[1450 x 1073]Soviet battleship Marat, Spithead fleet review for the coronation of George VI, England, May 1937. Stern view.

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[800 x 512] German heavy cruiser Blucher en route to Norway, as seen from the light cruiser Emden

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[1450 x 819]Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre probably during the 1920s

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[1000 x 757] HMAS Canberra's forward 8-inch gun turrets (designated A and B) firing in the 1930's.

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[2936 x 2364]USS Ranger (CVA-61) (in dry dock), USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), and the USS Hancock (CVA-19) (left) at Hunter's Point, Aug 25, 1971

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[2388 x 3000]USS Colorado (BB-45) being pushed into the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, May 2, 1927, where she will undergo examination in a dry dock.

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[5814 x 4330]USS Wyoming (BB-32) on 19 April 1919.

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[612 x 400]HMS Illustrious relieves Invincible on air defense duties, off Falkland Islands, August 1982

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[1080 x 717]A French Dassault Rafale flying above the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier.

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[5249 x 3164] HMS Colossus at anchor in Scapa Flow with other ships of the Grand Fleet, 1916

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[2048 x 1434]HMS Hermes sinking after being bombed, April 9, 1942.

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