Military Support Ships

Images depicting various military support ships at sea and docked, showcasing their structures and naval operations in different coastal environments.

DN-SC-05-06667. Country: Unknown

DN-ST-87-02478. Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-07738. Base: Newport State: Rhode Island (RI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060524-N-3557N-107. Base: Hudson River State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060130-N-0000X-018. Base: Sydney State: New South Wales Country: Australia (AUS)

In the foreground it from Speyk class frigate Hr.Ms. Van Galen (1967-1987) At the Rima Jetter in Willemstad, Curaçao

A stern view of the coastal patrol ship USS CYCLONE (PC-1) underway. Country: Chesapeake Bay

Tambon Thung Suk La, Thailand - 08 February 2026: Aerial view of the colossal "DALIAN HIGHWAY" cargo ship docked beside rows of pristine white cars, a stark contrast against the deep turquoise waters.

Decommissioned French Navy Ships, Brest Submarine Repair Yard, WW2, Bunker with Dry Docks, Brest, Department of Finistere Penn ar Bed, Region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

Schöner Blick auf das U-Boot u-995 am Strand von Laboe in Deutschland an einem sonnigen Tag *** Beautiful View at the U Boat U 995 on Beach from Laboe in Germany to a sunny Day 1127125003

A port beam view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) underway. Country: Unknown

Warship in the harbor of San Diego, California, USA, North America

The predator class frigate hr.ms. Fox (1954-1977)

Kampfschiff mit Radar und Kanone. Battle ship with radar and gun. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/DmitrixMarutax 23233809

VALLEJO, Calif. (Nov. 2, 2022) - The Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) pulls into a dry dock at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, Calif., Nov. 2, 2022. Frank Cable, forward-deployed to the island of Guam, repairs, rearms, and re-provisions submarines and surface vessels in the Indo-Pacific region.

Destroyer Moelders, German Naval Museum, Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

040218-N-4376H-014. Base: Gaeta Country: Italy (ITA)

Port bow view of the United Kingdom research vessel RV TRITON underway shortly after departing the Washington Navy Yard. Note the unique hull design. Base: Anacostia River State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

UK, London, Southwark, Imperial War Museum, HMS Belfast

051021-N-4374S-002. Base: Rio De Janeiro Country: Brazil (BRA)

Hr.ms. Amsterdam during the 1996 fleet days in Amsterdam

DN-ST-87-01186. Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-01485. Country: Unknown

120406-N-DH124-037SAN DIEGO (April 6, 2012) The amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) San Diego (LPD 22) arrives at homeport Naval Base San Diego after completing her maiden voyage from Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The sixth San Antonio-class ship is the fourth ship named for the city and will be commissioned May 19.

BREMERTON, Wash. (Jan. 27, 2017) Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) arrives at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, visiting the Pacific Northwest for the first time since 1998. During their stay, crew members will tour their namesake, Olympia, Washington, where they will help the community through conducting COMRELs, and take a tour the capitol and the Olympia Yacht club.

HMS Belfast on River Thames

Russia, St. Petersburg, Historic Cruiser 'Aurora'

Frigate Hr.Ms. Abraham Van Der Hulst

110413-N-EP471-283KINGSTON, Jamaica (April 13, 2011) A launch from the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is underway past the ship during a Continuing Promise 2011 port visit to Kingston. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South American.

Aircraft carrier HMS Invincible moored at Portsmouth Harbour, England

A starboard quarter view of the aircraft carrier ex-USS INTREPID (CVS-11) under tow. The ship is approaching the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge en route to Bayonne, N.J., to be refitted and opened to the public as a museum in New York. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-85-05507. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An aerial port bow view of the hulk of the aircraft carrier CORAL SEA (CV-43) being scrapped out at the Seawitch Marine Salvage Company at the Baltimore Fairfield Terminal. Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Navy ships moored at a dock with a sea wall alongside, in Pyteakeong, South Korea, Asia

A starboard quarter view of the auxiliary repair dock WATERFORD (ARD-5) tied up at pier 17. Base: Naval Submarine Base, New London State: Connecticut(CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the decommissioned guided missile submarine GROWLER (SSG 577), foreground, and the decommissioned anti-submarine warfare aircraft carrier INTREPID (CVS 11) tied up in Manhattan. The two vessels are now museums. Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

120605-N-JL721-026DURBAN, South Africa (June 5, 2012) High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift pulls into Durban Harbor for a two-day port visit in support of theater security cooperation in the region.

Aerial view of the LHD Trieste, a naval vessel, docked alongside the port amidst the urban sprawl, contrasting the steel with the city's skyline, Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

DN-SC-85-13484. Base: Sturgeon Bay State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) starts down the river as it departs the city at the end of Fleet Week. In the foreground is the decommissioned anti-submarine warfare aircraft carrier INTREPID (CVS 11), which is operated as a museum. Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tugs spray water into the air as the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) approaches San Francisco for recommissioning. Overhead an airplane tows a banner welcoming the ship. Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SCHWEDEN, STOCKHOLM - 03. JUNI 2022 - Flugzeugträger USS in der Bucht von Stockholm SCHWEDEN, STOCKHOLM - 03. JUNI 2022 - Flugzeugträger USS in der Bucht von Stockholm LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/PeterxMocsonokyx 23399523

World's largest submarine in the Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg, France

The USS San Diego is docked at Naval Base San Diego in California after returning from Underway Recovery Test 5 in the Pacific Ocean. A test version of the Orion crew module, secured on its handling fixture, was offloaded from the well deck of the ship. NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program and the U.S. Navy completed a series of tests using the ship's well deck, the test module, various watercraft and equipment to prepare for recovery of Orion on its return from deep space missions. The testing allowed the team to demonstrate and evaluate recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and NASA's Journey to Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion is scheduled to launch on NASA's Space Launch System in late

A ship travels on the Cooper River by the USS Yorktown near Charleston, S.C. The river is part of the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Deepening Project, which will make the Charleston Harbor deeper and wider to accommodate larger ships to call on the Port of Charleston. The project will make the channel the deepest on the East Coast of the United States at 52 feet.

041103-F-2760K-020. Base: Port Of Djibouti Country: Djibouti (DJI)

Aircraft Carrier Hms Queen Elizabeth at the Elbe 1038805191

A port bow view of the submarine tender USS FRANK CABLE (AS 40), entering Apra Harbor, Guam. A tugboat renders a salute from its water cannons. (Substandard image). Base: Apra Harbor State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

A large ship docked on River Wear with storm, clouds overhead; Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England

A port quarter view of the nucelar-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) tied up on the north side of pier 11. The Big E has just completed a 4 year overhaul and reactor recoring at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. The ship is open to the public this weekend as host to a "Star Trek" convention. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tug boats stand by as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) prepares to get underway after a stop in the roadstead. The ENTERPRISE is returning to Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia. Base: Hampton Roads, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The large harbor tug YTB-826 nudges the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701) into its berth. In the background is a submarine tender. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A starboard beam view of the frigate USS SAMPLE (FF-1048) underway during Fleet Week activities. Visible in the background are the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco skyline. (Substandard image). Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-07773. Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Warship in the shipyard in the port of Hamburg, Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Research vessel Vityaz. Kaliningrad (formerly Koenigsberg), Russia, Europe

Novorossiysk, Russland - 18. August 2024 Kreuzer Mikhail Kutuzov und Delphine, Schwarzes Meer, Hafen, Region Krasnodar, Novorossiysk. Novorossiysk, Russia - 18 August 2024 Cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov and dolphins, Black Sea, port, Krasnodar Territory, Novorossiysk Copyright: xZoonar.com/AlexanderxStrelax 22605354

Starboard bow 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)

Muskegon, Michigan, A sailboat passes the USS Silversides, a World War II Gato-class submarine, docked at the USS Silversides Submarine Museum

DN-SC-89-02498. Country: Unknown

Battleship on the River Tyne, Northumberland, England

Printed during the Fleet Days 1989. In the foreground the submarine Hr.Ms. Swordfish (S 806, 1972-1994) and around the corner of the scaffolding the L-Fregat Hr.Ms. Witte de With (F 813, 1986-2005).

A port quarter view of the British nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine HMS VANGUARD (SSBN-50) arriving in port. Base: Port Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-03903. Country: Gulf Of Mexico

The Frigate Hr.Ms. Evertsen (1967-1989)

DN-SC-89-02502. Country: Unknown

Military Ship in Rotterdam harbour

Aerial stern-on view of the aircraft carrier CORAL SEA (CV 43) tied up at the Lambert Point terminal during the late stages of being scrapped out by the new Patapsco Marine Salvage Company. Base: Baltimore Harbor State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the island of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as the vessel sits in port during a stopover while circumnavigating South America. MD-3A tow tractors and various aircraft are parked on the carrier's flight deck. Base: Valparaiso Country: Chile(CHL)

110321-N-EP471-280HAMPTON, Va. (March 21, 2011) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) sails past historic Fort Monroe en route to Naval Station Norfolk. Comfort is picking up personnel, equipment and supplies in preparation for Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month, humanitarian assistance mission to nine countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.

A port quarter view of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) underway through the canal at the completion of a deployment in the Indian Ocean. State: Suez Canal Country: Egypt (EGY)

060123-N-0610T-139. Base: Brisbane State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

The bow of a wooden boat and exterior of South Korean battleship on display in Unification Park in Gangneung, South Korea, Asia

060524-N-7921G-122. Base: Hudson River State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A port view of the after section of the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) at anchor. Base: Hampton Roads, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, Cape Cod, Woods Hole: Martha's Vineyard Ferry

040412-N-0780-019. Base: Souda Harbor State: Crete Country: Greece (GRC)

120821-N-SY521-001NORFOLK (Aug. 21, 2012) The moored training ship Daniel Webster (MTS 626) begins its tow from Norfolk Naval Shipyard to Charleston, S.C., for the final quarter of its 16-month dry docking engineered maintenance availability more than three weeks ahead of schedule.

Passengers on the motor vessel

Submarine

Aircraft carrier at the USS Lexington Museum, North Beach, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

The submarine harr.ms. Utrecht (1957-1980) walks into a foreign port.

The Frigate Hr.Ms. Evertsen (1967-1989)

The submarine Hr.Ms. Tiger shark (1972-1995) When hoisting the gous in the port of Den Helder.

A starboard view of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) moored in port. Base: Naval Station, Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Dutch navy frigate docked at Rotterdam harbour on a clear day

NORFOLK (June 24, 2013) The Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Minnesota (SSN 783) pulls pierside at Naval Station Norfolk from a scheduled underway. Minnesota, the Navy's 10th Virginia-class submarine, was delivered to the Navy June 6, 11 months ahead of schedule. Construction of the Minnesota by Huntington Ingalls Industries at the company's Newport News, Va., shipbuilding division began in Feb. 2008. The boat was christened on Oct. 27, 2012, and will be commissioned at a ceremony in Norfolk Sept. 7.

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Naval Vessel passing under the Golden Gate Bridge

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The submarine harr.ms. Noord Brabant (1955-1974) in the port of Den Helder

060524-N-7921G-164. Base: Hudson River State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerial view of London Aerial view of the city of London, UK Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 7614473

A tug maneuvers the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) as it approaches the Pedro Miguel Locks during its transit of the Panama Canal while 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 Miltiary Sealift Command. Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)

Trieste, Italy - 10 October 2025: Aerial view of the bustling port, where rows of containers create a geometric pattern against the dark asphalt, framed by the shimmering turquoise sea.

Coastal sweeper Hr.Ms. Hoogeveen (EX-MSC 184, 1956-1993) in the port of Den Helder.

110602-N-RM525-201TUMACO, Colombia (June 2, 2011) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is anchored off the coast of Tumaco, Colombia, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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