Naval Operations and Ship Activities

Images of various naval vessels at sea, showcasing military preparations and maritime operations during wartime.

Units of Britain's Motor TorpedoBoats on patrol in the Mediterranean. Designed by Hubert Scott-Paine and built by the British Power Boat Company, Hythe, Southampton, England. February 20, 1939.
Units of Britain's Motor TorpedoBoats on patrol in the Mediterranean. Designed by Hubert Scott-Paine and built by the British Power Boat Company, Hythe, Southampton, England. February 20, 1939.
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A starboard bow view of a U.S. Navy minesweeping boat participating in exercises conducted by Mine Countermeasures Task Group 1-81 (MCMTG 1-81). The task group, consisting of naval units from seven NATO countries, was formed to increase their mine countermeasures capabilities. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
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Destroyer on Guard -as flying enterprise drifts. Lower i water as tow line snaps.In the Atlantic: The American destroyer Willard Keith stands guard in the background as the freighter flaying enterprise takes a pounding from heavy seas following the snapping of the tow line between it and the British tug turmoil. The ship still with captain Carlsen and mate Dancy of the Turmoil aboard has now listed more and is lower in the water than ever before. Efforts are being made to reconnect the tow line. January 10,1952.
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DN-SN-89-04596. Base: USS Missouri (BB 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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Battlecruiser HMS 'Hood' during spring exercises, 1937. Artist: Unknown
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DN-SN-89-04595. Base: USS Missouri (BB 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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Anefo photo collection. Seal Klompengeul at Schelphoek. August 21, 1953. Schelphoek, Schouwen-Duiveland
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Vintage photograph. Aerial view of USS New Jersey firing her 16 inch guns in one salvo
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AGSS-569 Albacore , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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The German fleet in battle formation, North Sea, Battle of Jutland, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 24 June 11, 1916.
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A port quarter view of the nuclear attack submarine USS NORFOLK (SSN-714) undergoing sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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The Royal Navy during the Second World War Aerial photograph of HMS FORMIDABLE and HMS IMPLACABLE followed by destroyers as they passed through the boom on their return to Sydney after the defeat of Japan.
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Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.
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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Close-up of the damage caused to Vickers Wellington Mark IC, L7818 'AA-V', of No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF, at Feltwell, Norfolk, after returning from an attack on Munster, Germany, on the night of 7/8 July 1941. While over the Zuider Zee, cannon shells from an attacking Messerschmitt Me 110 struck the starboard wing (A), causing a fire from a fractured fuel line which threatened to to spread to the whole wing. Efforts by the crew to douse the flames failed, and Sergeant James Allen Ward, the second pilot, volunteered to tackle the fire by climbing out onto the wing via the astro-hatch (B). With a dinghy-rope tied around his waist, he made hand and foot-holds in the fuselage and wings (1, 2 and 3) and moved out across the wing from where he was eventually able to extinguish the burning wing-fabric. His courageous actions earned him the Victoria Cross. He was shot down and killed while bombing Hamburg on the night of 15/16 September 1941,
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DN-SN-85-10969. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DN-SN-97-01598. Country: Baltic Sea
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Exercise 'On the shore of HM Koningin Juliana' in Saba during a journey from Kruiser Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (1953-1972) to the Carbic area, 1955. HM The Queen and Prince Bernhard were boarded on board for visits to the islands
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Blucher, a German cruiser sinking with his crew after being hit by the British in the Battle of Dogger Bank, January 24, 1915, World War I, North Sea, The Netherlands, L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 10, March 7, 1915.
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The Royal Navy during the Second World War Two sailors load and attach a new life boat (Carley Float) to HMS ESKIMO after the previous one was lost in heavy seas.
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The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Fairey Albacore with wings folded, warming up before taking off on a three hour patrol to protect a combined British and American convoy to Russia.
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Whoops, Your Slip Shows -- This LST, fully loaded with equipment, balances precariously on the end of an Inchon pier after being caught by a 31-foot receding tide during the UN invasion last September. The picture was just released by the Army in Tokyo. Inchon is again in Communist hands. It was abandoned by un-forces last week. January 24, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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A starboard view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine ALBANY (SSN 753) underway for sea trials prior to its commissioning. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A hose extends between a Peruvian replenishment ship and the guided missile destroyer USS DEWEY (DDG-45) during underway refueling operations. The ships are participating in exercise Unitas XX. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Paita Country: Peru (PER)
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First Army Photo Of Bombing Of Hawaii, 7 Dec. 41. Japanese Submarine Beached At Bellows Field, T.H. Filed - War Theatre #22 (Hawaiian Aislands) - Bombing
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A port bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS BALTIMORE (SSN-704) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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DM-SN-85-13586. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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United States Convoy Enroute To Allies - A might convoy of American Merchant guarded by ships and planes of the United States Navy crosses a sunlit ocean, bearing war supplies an Allied battle front. July 26, 1943. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency).
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WORLD WAR II, Allied forces go ashore to Southern France during the Liberation, August 16, 1944
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A Freighter Burns Off The Shore Near Paestum, Italy, After An Enemy Bombing Attack On 14 September 1943.
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A starboard quarter view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS NEWPORT NEWS (SSN-750) underway during sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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Submarines and Submarine Officers. 26 and 27 January, Malta Submarine Base. Left to right: MTB's 313, 260 and 77 lying alongside at Malta.
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Russian Gunner Defends Plant -- A red army anti-aircraft gunner defends an industrial plant from raiding German planes in Stalingrad. The plant appears to have been damaged. Only light activity reported in Stalingrad today. November 10, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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CV 9 USS Essex , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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An aerial starboard view of the Los Angeles Class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS HONOLULU (SSN-718) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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Royal Thai Marines equipped with M-16A1 rifles wade ashore after disembarking from the utility landing craft Wang Nok (LCU-9) during Cobra Gold '90, a combined Thai/U.S. exercise. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 State: Rayong Province Country: Thailand (THA)
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Trucks Cross Rhine On Ponton Bridge -- Heavy Supply Trucks cross the Rhine River on ponton Bridge erected by U.S. Army engineers. The War Department doesn't reveal where this bridge is located. They have also toned down the background. March 23, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1943. A Vickers Wellington DWI (Directional Wireless Installation) aircraft of No. 1 General Reconnaissance Unit, flying south-west over the harbour at Tripoli, during a mine-clearance operation soon after the occupation of the town by the Allies on 23 January 1943. The DWI version of the Wellington was fitted with a 48-foot diameter electromagnetic ring for exploding magnetic mines sown by the Axis forces.
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Japan's Naval base at Truk as United States Navy carrier-based planes began their destructive attack 16 February 1944. Facilties allaze on Eten Island left, show some bombs have already reached their mark. Many ships in the harbour were sunk. March 13, 1944. (Photo by Official U.S. Navy Photograph).
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aerial attack on a German fleet during World war one 1918
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A kite-balloon in use for observation purposes during a coast bombardment. The balloon is towed by a vessel which is specially adapted for carrying it (inflated) on deck. A merchant ship, with the foremast removed and screens arranged for protection from heavy winds, is usually employed. The observer, whose duty is to note the effect of the gunfire on the enemy's position, is in a basket slung below the balloon, and is in telephone communication with the mother-ship, which repeats the message
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U.S.S. Valley Forge (aircraft carrier). February 3, 1948.
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The King Pays 4-day Visit To the Home Fleet. 18 To 21 February 1943, Scapa Flow, Wearing the Uniform of An Admiral of the Fleet, the King Paid a Four Day Visit To the Home Fleet. A scene on the flight deck of HMS INDOMITABLE as the Band Of the Royal Marines parade for inspection by the King.
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Anefo photo collection. Army exercise back Lash. May 26, 1962. Well
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The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Grumman Avenger of 852 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm landing on the flight deck of HMS FENCER.
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HMS C31 was a C-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 7 January 1909 and was commissioned on 19 November 1909. C31 was sunk by mines off the Belgian coast on 4 January 1915 whilst patrolling off Zeebrugge. There were no survivors.
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How the tanker Ohio delivered fuel to Malta during the Second World War, in the face of numerous enemy attacks. Date: 12-14 August 1942
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Artwork: "Recovering A Drone" Artist: Bob Lavin, USAF Art Collection. Country: Unknown
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DN-SN-87-03162. Country: Unknown
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Landing exercises with DUCKWs. A Duckw vehicle comes to land on a beach. December 17, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Journey's end ... the midget submarine is lifted from Sydney Harbour after the attack on May 31, 1942. January 1, 1942.
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DN-SN-89-03532. Country: Unknown
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The Royal Navy during the Second World War Looking down on Lodingen Harbour, Norway as (left) a tanker receives a direct hit, four supply ships are set on fire and (in background near shore) an auxiliary vessel is left blazing. Photographs taken from a Fairey Firefly of the aircraft carrier HMS IMPLACABLE during operations against enemy shipping off the Norwegian coast near Bodo by the carrier-borne aircraft.
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The bombing of Malaxa, Cretan Revolt, Greece, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXIV, No 13, March 28, 1897.
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Submarine hr.ms.waardvis (s 806) at sea
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Explosion at Sea
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DD-711 Eugene A. Greene , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Netherlands, 1906-1917, Netherlands, by George Crombie.
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An aerial bow view of the first battleship battle group to deploy to the Western Pacific since the Korean War underway with Australian ships during a training exercise. The ships are, clockwise from bottom: USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9), USS MERRILL (DD-976), HMAS SWAN (D-50), HMAS STUART (D-48), HMAS PARRAMATTA (D-46), USNS PASSUMPSIC (T-AO-107), USS WABASH (AOR-5), HMAS DERWENT (D-49), USS KIRK (FF-1087), USS THACH (FFG-43), HMAS HOBART (D-39) and USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62), center. Country: South China Sea
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The War in the Pacific: here is one of the Results, on December 7, 1941, in Pearl Harbor (Hawaii Islands): the Arizona, a 32,600-ton Yankee battleship, destroyed.
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The Royal Navy during the Second World War Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, GCB, KBE Commander in Chief British Pacific Fleet (right) watching his old flagship HMS DUKE OF YORK as she entered Sydney Harbour, Australia.
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A port quarter view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS CAVALLA (SSN-684) with the deep submergence rescue vehicle AVALON (DSRV-2) attached. The CAVALLA and AVALON are taking part in a fly-away exercise to train personnel in the handling and operation of the DSRV. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Sail Amsterdam 1995 with a landing vessel (LCA-L 9530 MK II, 1984-) of the Marines.
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Graphic remembering and honoring those who fought in the Battle of Coral Sea.