Historic Ships and Ports

Vintage photographs of large ships, tugboats, and port scenes from the 1960s, depicting maritime activities and historical vessels.

Car ferry, Transport, Detroit River, Transport (Ferry), Railroads, Ferries, Rivers, Piers & wharves, United States, Michigan, Detroit River, United States, Michigan, Detroit, 1880

Passenger ship "Milwaukee

Mine sweeper Tärnö ...

Car ferry, Transport, Detroit River, Transport (Ferry), Railroads, Ferries, Rivers, Piers & wharves, United States, Michigan, Detroit River, United States, Michigan, Detroit, 1880

Germany. The passenger ship "Milwaukee" in a harbor entrance. In the foreground anchored fishing boat (Zeese) With a small boy

A port quarter view of the salvage ship USS PRESERVER (ARS 8) moored at Pier Three during a port visit to the Washington Navy Yard. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1949).

Hochsee passenger steamer "Fatherland" when leaving with train assistance

DN-ST-87-03011. Country: Unknown

Chicago, Illinois: c. 1928 The steel freighter, "Michigan", getting a spring cleaning and a fresh coat of paint in the shipyards at South Chicago.

Vintage Photograph. Unloading the "Crest" a general Sea Foods Trawler at the Fish Pier in South Boston.

Cruise ship "Reliance

Cruise boat in front of U.S. Naval Docks - South Boston , Ships, Naval yards & naval stations, Boats, Sightseers. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Cleanup of ship after oil spill South Boston - White Fuel Pier , Piers & wharves, Tankers, Oil spills. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Oilladen in the high seas. Is part of Object series AVDKM 530086 EN 530093 up to 530095

Vintage Photograph. Modern Freightliner of the new Israeli Line and first from that country to visit the grain port.

Storm at Jaffa. 1898, Israel, Tel Aviv

A bow view of the Military Sealift Command-chartered freighter CAPE INSCRIPTION (T-AKR-5076) anchored to a pier during exercise Bright Star '89. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '89 Country: Unknown

Germany. The passenger ship "Milwaukee" in a harbor entrance. In the foreground anchored fishing boat (Zeese) With a small boy

DN-ST-87-00033. Base: Norfolk Naval Shipyard State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Starboard bow view of a Soviet Alligator class amphibious vehicle landing ship. Country: Unknown

Luxusdampfer "Cap Arcona

early morning departure

Ticonderoga, Maritime Photography

Luxusdampfer "Cap Arcona

Passengership "General Osorio

Aerial port side view of the Russian Maritime Boarder Guard Sorum class patrol tug Neman (197) underway. Country: Northwestern Pacific Ocean

The vehicle cargo ship USNS COMET (T-AKR-7) is docked at a pier following its arrival in Belgium for Operation Reforger. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION REFORGER Base: Ghent Country: Belgium (BEL)

Thames river waters, London, 1930s, London, by Eric Lee-Johnson.

Oxelösund harbor.

Barcelona, November 1922. The Swallow catastrophe in the port of Barcelona.

Vintage Photograph. Container ship docked at bustling port with cranes in action.

Frigate Hr.Ms. De Zeeuw (1951-1964) for the Spanish coast during a trip of Smaleel 1, 1959

Passenger ship

Side view of two ships on water seen from side of boat , Ships, Boat & ship industry. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Photo collection Government information service. Cooperation campaign national aviation police and the River Police service. No caption. undated

Liberty Boats and Launch

An aerial starboard side view of the Russian Passat class hydrometerological reporting ship OKEAN operating in the Western Pacific area. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Travel photos. The passenger ship "Milwaukee" in front of a coast

Cargo, Port Huron, Michigan, United States, Anonymous, c. 1890 - c. 1910.

Steamboat for Albany, Pier No. 16 N. R. New York City. Anthony's stereoscopic views. No. 4582. 1860. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Harbors , New York (State) , New York, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)

Vintage photograph. Tug boat towing barge

Oilladen in the high seas. Is part of Object series AVDKM 530086 EN 530093 up to 530095

New York, New York: c. 1925 A crane loading coal on to a steamer ship.

Oilladen in the high seas. Is part of Object series AVDKM 530086 EN 530093 up to 530095

Panama channel, driveway into the lock

Boat, T Wharf, snow , Piers & wharves, Boats. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

View from "Ingvor". Utsikt från "Ingvor".

A view of the ships tied up at the pier. Base: Casablanca Country: Morocco (MAR)

Italian cruiser Trento, May 21, 1938, Genoa port, Italy, 20th century.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936. 1936, Israel, Haifa

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Risk information service own, photo number 156-0395. 1956

Initial Plunge -- A Tyne shipyard 'delivers a broadside' as the new tanker Betiri takes her initial plunge at her sideways launch at the yards of Messrs. Clelands (Successors) limited at Willington Quay, Newcastle. The tanker, 635 tons, is believed to be the largest ship ever to be launched in the Tyne in this manner. She was built for shell tankers, limited, and was named by Mrs. K.S. Graggs. May 05, 1954. (Photo by Reuter Photo).

The unclassified miscellaneous service craft USNS GEN. WILLIAM O. DARBY (IX 510) lies tied up at the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., where it serves as a barracks ship to house the crews of vessels being overhauled. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Starboard quarter view of the commercial roll-on/roll-off container ship CYGNUS (T-AK-113) preparing to dock during exercise Bright Star '82. The ship is carrying heavy equipment that is necessary for the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Berbera Country: Somalia (SOM)

DN-ST-89-11025. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Cleanup of ship after oil spill South Boston - White Fuel Pier , Piers & wharves, Tankers, Oil spills. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Photograph of the USS Porpoise (SS-172) , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Steamboats along the levee, New Orleans, Rivers, Steamboats, Levees, United States, Mississippi River, United States, Louisiana, New Orleans, 1890

Kalkutta. Hafen. Dampfschiffe, Indien, Historische, digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Originals aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Aufnahmedatum nicht angegeben, Calcutta. Harbour. Steamers, India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

DATIVES Supplying ship Hr.Ms. Poolster (1964-1994)

DN-ST-86-09570. Base: Honolulu Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Urban Symphony

Port at Montevideo ca. between 1909 and 1919.

Frigate Hr.Ms. Evertsen (1967-1989), F 815 Testing Precution system (water screen against Fall-Out)

Ocean liner AQUILEIA passing through the Suez Canal at Ismailia. Ca. 1935. LC-DIG-matpc-03809

1950s CRUISE SHIP THE SS UNITED STATES JUST BEFORE SAILING FROM NEW YORK PIER CROWD WAITING TO BID BON VOYAGE NEW YORK CITY USA

Photograph of the newly-completed super-dreadnought HMS Monarch steaming down the River Tyne. Dated 1911

The sailing training ship Hr.Ms. Urania (ex-tromp, 1938 - present, built 1928) in the port of Den Helder. Originally shoe captured, from 1960 witnessed as Bermuda kits. From 1940-1945 joining the Kriegsmarine.

A port bow view of the submarine tender USS HOLLAND (AS-32), one of the ships accompanying the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) to New York City for Fleet Week '89. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DF-ST-87-08213. Country: Greenland (GRL)

Bridlington, der Hafen, Yorkshire, England, digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Originals aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Aufnahmedatum nicht angegeben, the harbor, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not stated 1f-4795806

Ship labeled 'W 370' , Ships, Boat & ship industry. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Locomotives guide the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) as it passes through the Pedro Miguel Locks. The ship is transiting the Panama Canal en route to its home port of Baltimore. The COMFORT, along with the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19), is operated for the Navy by the Military Sealift Command. Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)

Photograph of the USS Tranquility (AH-14) "USS Tranquility (AH-14) arrives at Guam with survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)." Note: Image has been color corrected. 1945-08-08T00:00:00.

Travel photos. Tanker "Arcturus" in a harbor

President Harry S. Truman Reviews Fleet in Hudson River from USS Renshaw

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