Battleships and Aircraft Carriers

Images of various military ships including battleships and aircraft carriers, featuring drydock operations and views of their structures.

An elevated port beam view of the dock landing ship COMSTOCK (LSD-45) underway prior to its commissioning. Country: Gulf Of Mexico

Tugs and barges pull the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62) out of drydock here. The ship is being refitted after 12 years in mothball storage and will soon be commissioned for the fourth time. Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-10640. Base: Hampton Roads State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) moored at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The carrier is scheduled for decommissioning on September 11, 1993. Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A starboard amidships view of the superstructure, radar equipment, and 100mm gun aboard the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier Baku (CVHG-103). Radar installations on the Baku exhibit extensive technological changes from the other three Kiev class carriers. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

An elevated port beam view of the dock landing ship COMSTOCK (LSD-45) underway prior to its commissioning. Country: Gulf Of Mexico

A port bow view of the submarine tender USS FULTON (AS 11) tied up at State Street pier in preparation for decommissioning. Base: Naval Submarine Base, New London State: Connecticut(CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-12729. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

The large harbor tug MARINETTE (YTB-791) and another tug help the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) into port, as NASSAU returns with the battle group of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-00934. Base: Makassar Strait Country: Indonesia (IDN)

Two from Speyk Class Fregatten (1967-1990).

The USNS Pililaau sits anchored off the Pacific coast at Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 22, during Joint Logistics Over The Shore 2008. JLOTS is an annual exercise that increases the Army's and Navy's ability to build improvised ports for transporting equipment from ship to shore when a harbor or pier has been damaged or is nonexistent. Nearly 1,500 pieces of rolling equipment and shipping containers will be moved from ships with a series of lighterage systems (floating roadways) and smaller boats to improvised piers on the shore.

An Ohio class submarine travels out to sea as the miscellaneous flagship USS CORONADO (AGF-11) approaches Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego. The CORONADO, flagship for Commander, Third Fleet, will be arriving at its new home port after being stationed in Hawaii for almost 20 years. Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)

DN-ST-88-00493. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-SC-87-06019. Base: Chesapeake Bay

An elevated port bow view of the dock landing ship COMSTOCK (LSD-45) underway prior to its commissioning. Country: Gulf Of Mexico

A port bow view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier CARL VINSON (CVN-70) underway off the coast of Virginia during sea trials prior to commissioning. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Aerial port quarter view of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) anchored in its home port. Various aircraft line the flight deck. Base: Yokohama Country: Japan (JPN)

A port bow view of the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) tied up at Pier 23. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-89-08528. Base: Chesapeake Bay Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-01424. Base: Newport State: Rhode Island (RI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

USA, California, San Francisco, Fisherman's Wharf, USS Pampanito, World War Two submarine

UK, England, HMS Belfast from riverside view with Tower Bridge in background

050917-N-2382W-114. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Russia, Saint Petersburg, Kronshtadt, Czar Peter the Greats Naval fortress town, Petrovsky Harbor, ships

050917-N-2382W-103. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

120109-N-GE301-027APRA HARBOR, Guam (Jan. 9, 2011) The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) transits Apra Harbor for Portland, Oregon. Frank Cable is enroute to Portland for her dry-dock phase maintenance availability.

A port quarter view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) as the ship backs into berth 12 at the Piedmont Pier at the naval base for a port visit. Base: Yokohama Country: Japan (JPN)

A port bow view of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) vehicle transport ship USNS SHUGHART (T-AKR-295) underway on sea trials off San Diego steaming at about 20 knots. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

RUSSIA, VLADIVOSTOK, PORT, VIEW OF NAVY SHIPS

DN-ST-87-03041. Country: Unknown

Starboard beam view of the auxiliary deep submergence support ship USS POINT LOMA (AGDS-2) fitted with Trident PACVANS (Radomes Housing Telemetry), docked at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Base: Vallejo State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An aerial view of a section of the Delta Refit Pier at the Bangor Submarine Base showing an Ohio class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine tied up at the facility. Base: Puget Sound State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An aerial port view of the nuclear-powred aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) escorted by Navy tugs as it enters Hampton Roads. State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A starboard bow view of the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) tied up at Pier 23. A Los Angeles class submarine is tied up alongside the Land. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

HAMPTON, Va. - At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASAs Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Orion boilerplate test article and support equipment for a stationary recovery test are being transferred on a floating dock system to a U.S. Navy ship. NASA and the U.S. Navy are conducting tests to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module and forward bay cover on its return from a deep space mission. The stationary recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in a controlled environment before conducting a second recovery test next year in open waters. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop

A starboard amidships view of the superstructure, radar equipment, and 100mm gun aboard the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier Baku (CVHG-103). Radar installations on the Baku exhibit extensive technological changes from the other three Kiev class carriers. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

The decommissioned cruiser NEWPORT NEWS (CA-148) is moored to a pier at the Southern Scrapping Company. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-11407. Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

DN-SC-87-08615. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

KEY WEST, Fla. (April 24, 2013) The Military Sealift Command high-speed vessel Swift (HSV 2) with a tethered TIF-25K aerostat gets underway from Key West to conduct a series of at-sea capabilities tests to determine if the aerostat can support future Operation Martillo counter transnational organized crime operations in the U.S. 4th fleet area of responsibility.

DN-ST-86-05994. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A port quarter view of the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05) underway during Fleet Ex 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Hr.ms. Noord-Brabant (1955-1974) In the dock at the NV Royal Society De Schelde (KMS). On January 9, 1974 on the Westerschelde Hr.Ms. Noord-Brabant attracted by the British bulk carrier Tacoma City. At the collision, Corporal Machinist G.G. van de Erf and Machinist of the 1st class P. Diederich died. Hr.ms. Noord-Brabant was emerged early and no longer came to the speed.

A port bow view of the decommissioned amphibious assault ship IWO JIMA (LPH-2) moored at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-06320. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Escorted by the large harbor tug MASSAPEQUA (YTB-807), the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) heads out into the harbor as it departs Yokosuka for the last time. The MIDWAY, which has been based in Japan since 1973, will be replaced by the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) as the Navy's forward-based aircraft carrier. Base: Naval Station, Yokosuka Country: Japan(JPN)

1992 USS FORRESTAL CV-59 US NAVY CONVENTIONAL POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER DEPLOYED IN ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN SCRAPPED IN 1993

Aircraft Carrier

DN-SC-84-00629. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-SC-90-02007. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

40127-N-5405H-002. Country: Arabian Sea

Aerial port quarter view of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-87-02532. Base: Istanbul Country: Turkey (TUR)

DN-SC-87-11330. Country: Unknown

N1601-RS-11/96-023. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The recently decommissioned battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) is towed from the harbor by the Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS NARRAGANSETT (T-ATF 167), assisted by a large harbor tug, on its journey to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Base: Naval Station, Long Beach State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-09611. Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

7/26/1992 - A port bow view of the fleet oiler USNS WALTER S. DIEHL (T-AO-193)..

An aerial port quarter view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A starboard quarter view of the decommissioned submarine tender ORION (AS-18) in a dry dock at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth. The ship yard is making sure the hull is water tight before moving the ship to storage. Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG 48) undergoing overhaul in the floating dry dock Old Dominion at the Metro Machine Company at Norfolk, Virginia. Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Foggy atmosphere, guided missile destroyer Mölders in the fog, German Naval Museum on South Beach, Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany

The Van Speyk class Frigate Hr.Ms. Van Galen (1967-1987)

A port bow view of the submarine tender USS HUNLEY (AS-31) moored at the destroyer and submarine piers. Two Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarines are moored to the north side of the pier. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-05126. Base: Athens Country: Greece (GRC)

DN-ST-87-01503. Base: Hampton Roads State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-89-00033. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-SC-90-02298. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A close in stern view of the Italian aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551) underway. The ship is en route to Boston for a port visit. Country: Chesapeake Bay

A starboard bow view of the anti-submarine warfare support aircraft carrier ex-USS INTREPID (CVS-11), under tow, just after passing under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The ship is en route to Bayonne, N.J., to be refitted and opened to the public as a museum in New York. Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Various aircraft are parked near the island on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) during WestPac '90. Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)

side of aricraft carrier on sunny day

Crew members man the rails as the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) enters port. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-08644. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Manhattan, New York, USA

A port quarter view of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) underway. Country: Unknown

The battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) enters the lower level, east chamber of Gatun Locks to begin a transit of the Panama Canal. The cruise ship ISLAND PRINCESS (background) enters the west chamber at the same time. Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)

A view of the port side fore section of the Russian oiler KHIRURG VISHNEVSKIY as the ship departs for sea. Base: Hampton Roadstead State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Starboard bow view of the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62), afloat in drydock. The ship is undergoing refit here after being in mothball storage since 1969. Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Port beam view of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) strategic heavy lift ship USNS DAHL (T-AKR 312) underway on the builder's sea trials off San Diego. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

The signals on a large ship with a mast of a ship signals.

Cruiser Hr.Ms. The Seven Provinces (1954-1975).

A view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) tied up at Pier 11 as it begins a 44-month service life extension program (SLEP) yard period. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An aerial bow-on view of the battleship WISCONSIN (BB-64) being maneuvered by six commercial tug boats upstream to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard at Portsmouth for ready reserve storage. The ship was moved down from Philadelphia when that facility was closed. Base: Hampton Roadstead State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) moored at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Base: Bremerton State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-02029. Base: Saint Thomas Country: Virgin Islands, U.K. (VGB)

Intrepid where Enterprise will be displayed

Elevated port bow view of the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) passing through the Gaillard Cut as it transits the canal. State: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

Two large harbor tugs assist the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) as it arrives at its new home port. The INDEPENDENCE is relieving the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) as the Navy's forward-based aircraft carrier. Base: Tokyo Bay Country: Japan(JPN)

050917-N-5313A-061. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Military navy ship in the bay. Military sea landscape with blue sky and clouds

DN-ST-88-00496. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A port bow view of the dock landing ship PEARL HARBOR (LSD-52) being moved into a floating dry dock shortly after christening and launch at the Avondale Industries, Inc., Shipyards Division. Base: Avondale State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

221207-N-TY639-1413 ELIZABETH RIVER (Dec. 7, 2022) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs Naval Station Norfolk en route to Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). Truman is scheduled for Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY).

DN-SC-93-04187. Country: Unknown

DN-ST-88-08003. Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

070505-N-0490C-002. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-88-08641. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A port bow view of the NOAA oceanographic research ship ADVENTUROUS (T-AGOS-14) tied up at the National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) pier on the Elizabeth River. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Yes Amelie Haase, heavy-lift project carrier Yeoman Bontrup, Weser, near Bremerhaven, Germany, Europe

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