Historical Military Watercraft

A collection of vintage images featuring military amphibious vehicles, naval operations, and historical military sites, evoking a sense of wartime legacy.

The bridge at Trilport, 1st Battle of the Marne, France, 5-12 September 1914. Artist: Unknown

Launching of the USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629). Launching ceremony of the USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) waterborne at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California.

DN-SN-89-05010. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT 87 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

The hunter (depicted name).The hunter (depicted name)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Patrolgang 401e Battalion Infantry at Cheribon. On patrol in the vicinity of Tandjong (Cheribon area). During a heavy action, a kali makes the shoes lead. September 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photograph of the aircraft carrier HMS 'Argus', which saw service in both World Wars, at a Royal review of the fleet 1918. HMS 'Argus' was launched in 1918 and scrapped in 1946. The image shows 'Argus' in her wartime camouflage and with her crew manning the flight deck. Date: 1918

Instruction Detachment of the Kais.ottm. Masch. Techn. Teaching Company in Maltepe. (Small Asia.).

Flood in Calatayud (Zaragoza) in May 1935 without signature.

Surrendered German Submarines , Submarines, Naval yards & naval stations. Photographs of the First Naval District

Anefo photo collection. Royal Dutch Princess Irene Brigade takes liberation Netherlands, sleep German built bunkers. February 1945. Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland

Historic Coast Guard Stations - 26-HK-346-24. Hurricane Katrina

Anefo photo collection. Salvage attempted coastal sailor. July 26, 1960

Australian Engineers bridge a tributary of the Markham River, which flows at six knots an hour. November 2, 1943.

Gustaf V (depicted name).Gustaf V (depicted name)

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Karen. undated

Anefo photo collection. Disaster Tuindorp Oostzaan. January 14, 1960. Oostzaan

Belle Plain Landing , Virginia. No. B612, Title from item, Photographer determined by another version of the image in LOT 11486-E, no. 4, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 236 - 37", Hand written on mount: "Pontoon bridge, Belle Plain Landing, Va.", From the negative: Bell Plain, upper wharf erected by E'g Corps CPD Benham, Chief, May 16, 1864, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Buitenzorg Field post. Inside racks of fish nets. September 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

City Point, Virginia, view on the docks, after explosion of the ordnance barges , View of ruins from the hill above the landing at City Point, James River, after the explosion of 9th August. No. 814, Title from item, Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner..by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003, Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Hopewell.

07/31/1914. Of the English Naval Forces. Sailors embark in the port of Weymouth to complete the fleet's provisions.

The Commander of Cruiser Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (C 801) Captain-Ter-Zee A.H.J. Van der esteemed Olivier (1908-1967, in the middle of the country steps from a sloop are allowed to help the help on the island of Saba, October 1955.

First U.S. Army Trucks Roll Over Pontoon Bridge -- This aerial photo, taken from an L-4 liaison plane, shows First U.S. Army trucks and equipment rolling over the Rhine River on a pontoon bridge constructed by combat engineers. Within 96 hours after the railway bridge at Remagen was seized, combat engineers had thrown a pontoon bridge collapsed March 17, 1945, American equipment continued to flow over the river to the Remagen bridgehead. May 07, 1945. (Photo by "U.S. Office of War Information Picture").

Anefo photo collection. Destroyances Rotterdam harbor (1945). World War II, destruction. 1945. Rotterdam, South Holland

The British Army in Burma 1945 A 25-pdr field gun and jeep being transported on a pontoon raft down the Kalapanzin River from Buthidaung, January 1945.

Watersnoodramp 1953. Arrival at the Stenendijk of Evacueés from the area affected by the disaster. The houses in the background are in Capelle.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bailey bridge Sumatra. The Bailey bridge is assembled by British genists at an alone alone. On the left a corporal (a sikh). July 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

British territorial acquisitions in the countries that now comprise Malaysia and Singapore date back to 1786, when the Sultan of Kedah, menaced both by occasional Burmese and Siamese attacks, ceded Penang Island to the British East India Company in exchange for protection against his aggressive northern neighbours. On August 11, 1786, Captain - later Sir - Francis Light took possession of the island and renamed it Prince of Wales Island. In 1798 a strip of coastal territory opposite Penang was similarly ceded to the British, and renamed Province Wellesley. In 1946 Singapore became a separate Crown Colony, while Penang and Malacca both joined the Malayan Union, which became the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. Two years later, in August 1965, Singapore left the federation and became an independent state in its own right.

Poll photo collection. Reporting soldiers. A military exercise. A river must be crossed. A grenade has just exploded in the river. 1945

07/31/1931. Pte. S. Telmo and the Remedies.

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War A group of soldiers with some early radio equipment, including a large portable mast stood next to them.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Palembang. River face. Monding ogan in the Metsi. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

U.S. gunboat Tennessee - Mississippi River Fleet. No. 3118, Title from item, Hand written on mount: "Lt. Comdr. E. P. Lull", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Mississippi River.

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0298. 1956

Anefo photo collection. Army exercises Eindhoven. 11 June 1952. Eindhoven

Poll photo collection. Reporting soldiers. A military exercise. A river must be crossed. A pontoon bridge is laid. 1945

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC airbases. Laha airport (Ambon). A Mitchell B-25 bomber lands on the airstrip. April 1947. Ambon, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Final closure of the Veerse Hole. April 27, 1961. Veere, Veerse Hat, Zeeland

Anefo photo collection. Scheveningen. 22 May 1946. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Landing craft of New Guinea. June 24, 1952

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. On board Dutch distrewler. October 1943. Britain

The Tanaro brigade crossing the Voiussa river, Albania, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 3, January 21, 1917.

Arnhem - Gelderland -- Pontoon-bridge across the Rhine. April 23, 1945. (Photo by Netherland Information Service).

Anefo photo collection. World War II, army, liberation, floods, population, boats. February 1945. Middelburg, Zeeland

Mauke, 1910s, Mauke, by William Saunderson Cooper. Gift of Andrew Cooper, 2001.

DN-SN-88-09238. Base: Naval Air Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Kilima Hawaians in Pangkalan. The Kilima Hawaans were a guest at the hard-to-reach outpost Pangkalan of the 2nd inf. Brig. Group Kilima Hawaians on a raft. April 22, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Pangkalan

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Fishermen women home shrimp catch exchange lakes. undated. Guinea

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspection requirement General P.L.G. Doorman 2e part Grote Oost (October 1946). Inspection ride. Doem to Indie. The ride takes us along the fairytale beautiful tondane. For the war one of the basis for the air boats of the navy. General Doorman in a canoe. October 1946. Celebes, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Serbian troops retreating on a bridge on the Koloubara river, 1915, Serbia, Europe

U. S. Army in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from the bow (i.e. stern). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Milhollen's Civil War photographs, 1861-1865. View probably taken from stern, Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, Government vessels, Union, United States, Virginia, James River.

March 1909. The King in Andalusia. HM Don Alfonso Xiii Visiting the Batteries of the Santiago Fort.

Anefo photo collection. 1953 flood plates. Dukw amphibious vehicles with soldiers. February 6, 1953

Showing Bulkhead before straightening by WPA crew , Maintenance & repair, Retaining walls, Billings Creek. Photographs of the First Naval District

Spotting signal fires on the shore of a small island in the middle of a mountain lake somewhere in the Philippines, one of the squadron's Catalinas went down to investigate. Seeing white men and an American approaching in the outrigger included 2

Fort Sumter, south side, Morris Island. Civil War Photograph Collection . Lighthouses, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, Flags, American, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, South Carolina, Charleston.

A floating smoothly built by Pontonniers for the transport of light wheel vehicles about water habits. There is a 6-pounder (57 mm) anti-tank guns on the raft. Pay attention to the English kit of the soldiers.

''Sur le Canal de Suez; Un soldat turc tue sur la berge asiatique, au moment ou'il entrait dans le canal pour essayer de le traverser a la nage', 1915 (1924). From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Kragujevac (Serbia), 1916. What was a battlefield. Near Kragujevac where the river flood destroyed an ammunition convoy.

Visit to the Atlantic Fleet: President Kennedy views Marine Corps exercises at Bogue Field and Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2:11PM. A demonstration of United States Navy and Marine Corps amphibious landing operations for President John F. Kennedy at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Anefo photo collection. Koninkijke Dutch Princess Irene Brigade. February 1945. Middelburg, Zeeland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Prawen. Prawen lie ashore in a tropical environment. April 1947. Ambon, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Transporting rice plants to Madagascar. Circa 1956.

Marines wade through the water during a patrol in Suriname, 1951

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 2nd Infantry brigade group in Poerwakarta. Sailing ships in a harbor Batavia?. September 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Wehrmacht soldiers ready for departure, 1941 photograph Kompagnie Wehrmacht soldiers is ready to go on exercise in rows. On the back it says: in Holland. That comp. In the morning for ausfahrt ins gelände. Raamsdonksveer photographic support gelatin silver print occupation ~ war. army 'en route'. assembling of military forces; mobilization, troop concentration, etc. Raamsdonksveer

Anefo photo collection. Explosion to Muiden excluding Volkskrant. January 17, 1947. Muiden

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Naval ratings off duty enjoying a bathe on the North African coast at Oran or Mers-El-Kebir.

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Donzere-Mondragon. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Operation near Keboomen, tjilatjap. Unloading boxes from a landing craft in the port of Tjilatjap. March 29, 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Soldiers of the Brigade Lobith from the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee during their work on the Rhine.

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Boat for transferring passengers and goods. 1946. Malacca, Malaysia

Water shortage disaster 1953.The Kruisweg near Zijpe with a crane in the background at Zijpe Nederlandse and American soldiers in Dukw's (amphibiy vehicle) of the United States Army en route in the area affected by the disaster.

Submarines and Submarine Officers. 4 February 1943, Malta. HMS RORQUAL returning to harbour at the end of a patrol.

Punta Prima (Menorca), December 1912. Whale caught on the beach of Punta Prima, in front of Isla del Aire. It measured 17 meters, and its mouth 2.20; Its diameter in the thickest part was 5.50 and its weight was 30 tons. Dynamite was used to kill him.

Vintage photograph. Marine infantry assault squad from Port Chicago and planes from Marine reserve fighter squadron stage a demonstration of close air ground cooperation

Unloading material for expanding Vladivostok port, Russia, Russo-Japanese war, drawing by Riccardo Salvadori, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXI, No 14, April 3, 1904.

Europe, italy, Tuscany, livorno, sailors during the exercise with the landing artillery, 1920-30.

Bombing at Svartälv's railway. Resting A-pole.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Walcheren (1945). Nollegat (2nd breakthrough). October 1945. Walcheren, Zeeland

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection View showing Whiteley's Bridge, Ashar Creek, Basra.

Barcelona, 01/18/1977. Tragic accident in the port of Barcelona. An American barge collided with a merchant ship entering the port. In the image, the frogmen rescue another of the victims.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Wieringermeer. Flooding of the Wieringmeerpolder. On April 17, 1945, the Germans continued the dike that separates the Wieringermeer of the IJsselmeer .. May 1945. Wieringermeer

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Wieringermeer. Flooding of the Wieringmeerpolder. On April 17, 1945, the Germans continued the dike that separates the Wieringermeer of the IJsselmeer .. May 1945. Wieringermeer

Anefo photo collection. Activator block Marine Barracks Amsterdam times "Noise action"; Protest boats sail warships. September 23, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The British Reoccupation of Singapore On board a landing craft tank (LCT) Japanese prisoners of war unload ammunition, collected from Japanese dumps in Singapore, from a DUKW of 56 Water Transport Unit, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). The landing craft will carry the munitions to an area of deep water where it will then be dumped at sea.

March 1951. The pit has Overflowed in one of its Revolts through the Bella Villa, cutting the main road in two.

Entladung eines Schiffes am Strand, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Dahomey, 1888

An amphibious armored personnel carrier lands on Kjerkevik Beach during the NATO exercise Cold Winter (COLDEX-FLOTEX '81). The exercise is intended to test all phases of amphibious operations in sub-freezing weather. Subject Operation/Series: COLDEX-FLOTEX '81 Country: Norway (NOR)

Anefo photo collection. The geimpprovised material with which the PTT had to work after the liberation during the first few weeks. 1945

25th Anniversary of the Crossing of the Rhine: US assault craft crossing the Rhine at St. Goer, the site of the famous Lorelei rock. March 1, 1945. (Photo by Camera Press).

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Anefo photo collection. Operation Drieling, salvage vessels deposure vested wreckages here, at the height of northern head. January 25, 1966

Marines from Second Landing Support Battallion load connex boxes containing maintenance and electrical equipment onto a US Army cargo barge using a High Speed-High Mobility Crane (HSHMC) from Combat Service Support Detatchment 20 (CSSD-20), at Mile Hammock Bay, New River, for transport to the Forward Support Base (FSB), at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during the Riverine Insertion Operation Exercise (RIOEX) '98. Subject Operation/Series: RIOEX '98 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine captain poses in front of a 1ST Marine Division Christmas tree during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

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