Naval Operations at Sea

Images of various naval ships and submarines navigating vast ocean environments, showcasing military operations and maritime security.

DN-SN-89-00623. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

HMS Hartland on Fire and Sinking After Following HMS Walney Into Oran Harbour in the Face of a Hot Fire From French Warships and Shore Batteries.

U.S. Fleet Ordered Back To Pacific Washington D.C. -- Flame and smoke belch from guns of the U.S.S. California, night firing practise during recent Maneuvers off the Southern California Coast. Sudden orders from the Navy Department today, (April 15), sent the entire U.S. Fleet back to the Pacific Coast, despite the fact that the Fleet was scheduled to hold exercises in New York April 30, in connection with the World's fair opening. April 15, 1939. (Photo by Acme)

The Commander-General of the British Royal Marines General Sir Malcolm C. Cartwright-Taylor visits the Dutch Marines Corps. Demonstration of Kikvorsmen at the Amphibian Practice Camp Texel (AOK) that jump from an Agusta Bell (I) UH-1 helicopter.

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Caption: "on board dutch tanker" on board Dutch tanker. October 1943. Britain

. The German Naval auxiliary cruiser and minelayer SMS Meteor, on fire shortly before she sank

Vintage photograph. Main battery salvo aboard the USS Missouri

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A 2,700-pound projectile is fired from the barrel of a forward 16-inch gun aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) during sea trials off the coast of Mississippi. The battleship is scheduled to be recommissioned into the fleet on April 28, 1984, after completion of modernization/reactivation construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Base: USS Iowa (BB 61) Country: Gulf Of Mexico

Crewmen aboard the guided missile destroyer USS DEWEY (DDG-45) man a line, connected to a hose, during refueling operations with a Peruvian replenishment ship. The ships are participating in exercise Unitas XX. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Paita Country: Peru (PER)

Bridges about the Haringvliet to facilitate the Delta Works by soldiers of 462 Pontonniersbataljon.

HR. Ms. Piet Hein (1945-1961) overlooks the Norwegian royal hunt. Is part of the AVDKM 540573 to 540575 object series.

Submarines and Submarine Officers. 26 and 27 January, Malta Submarine Base. HMS UNA leaving Malta on patrol.

Indo-China - With Its Decks Awash Another Of The Japanese Destroyer Escorts Of The 'Frigate' Class Sunk By The Air Apaches Group On March 29, 1945 Goes Down Off Indo-China Coast. 345Th Bomb Group.

Aerial port quarter view of the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS SALT LAKE CITY (SSN 716) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

HMS Manxman Takes Relief Supplies To Malta. November 1942. Troops on the deck of the HMS MANXMAN as she approaches Malta.

A camouflaged LVTC-7 tracked command vehicle from the 8th Marines crosses a river during an exercise. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-89-04805. Base: USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3)

A port beam view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine ASHEVILLE (SSN-758) underway during pre-commissioning trials off the Virginia Capes. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

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T102 Fixing at sea.Plejad (depicted - name)

$The Royal Navy during the Second World War A view of HMS HOWE firing her 14 inch guns near Scapa Flow. The brilliant flash from the guns which precedes the cordite smoke lasts only for a fraction of a second.$

Fleet - The U.S. Navy Sailing to Victory, Classic Photography

The Royal Navy during the Second World War HMS EAGLE seen from the flight deck of HMS INDOMITABLE. Fairey Albacores and Hawker Hurricanes can be seen on the deck of INDOMITABLE, during a Malta convoy.

T102 at sea.Plejad (depicted - name)

Invading Makin. A U.S. Coast Guard manned tank lighter heads for the beach at Makin, bringing a heavy gun and tractor. Ship in the background is a Coast Guard manned combat transport operating as part of the Navy task force. American flyers were bombing the center of the island when the picture was taken.

Fleet Air Arm Series. September 1942, on Board HMS Victorious. After end of the flight deck of HMS VICTORIOUS in the foreground with the carriers HMS BITER and AVENGER following.

A.B.S. 108. When this Firefly aircraft ofthe British Pacific Fleet came in to land on the Carrier too far to Port, the pilot climbed to take off again, meanwhile the "Batsman" being in the line of flight didn't wait to see the success of this manoeuvre but dived promptly over the side. July 10, 1945. (Photo by Royal Naval Official Photo).

A / B of a Dutch auxiliary mine sweeper in W.O. II

Pacific Ocean, November 10, 1943A Japanese freighter in the southwest Pacific being attacked and eventually sunk by a US Army bomber.

Copy image of an aerial view of US Navy (USN) and allied vessels underway in parade formation during Pacific Exercise (PACEX) '89. This formation shows some of the vessels participating in the largest gathering of allied naval forces since World War II (WWII). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) burning after receiving three torpedo hits from the Japanese submarine I-19 east of the Solomons, 15 September 1942.

An E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft makes a final approach for the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61). The Spruance class destroyer USS FLETCHER (DD-992) is underway in the background. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Supermarine Walrus amphibious aircraft taxiing up to HMS WARSPITE after returning from a sweep in the Indian Ocean. A crew member is sitting on the top wing to the winch cable to the aircraft when it arrives alongside the battleship. An ILLUSTRIOUS class aircraft carrier can be seen moored in the background. Alongside her is another vessel, possibly a hospital ship, and HMS LUDLOW. A cruiser is moored aft of these vessels and a motor cutter is making its way from this group of ships towards the camera.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War View from HMS HERMIONE of the damaged and listing HMS ARK ROYAL. The aircraft carrier was torpedoed by the German U-boat U 81 off Gibraltar. HMS ARK ROYAL sank the following day.

DM-SN-86-07476. Base: Marine Corps Air Station

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Vosper MTBs including MTB 224 and MTB 244 of the 21st Flotilla at speed in the River Orwell, off Shotley. The Flotilla was based at Felixstowe and commanded by Lieutenant George J Macdonald DSO, DSC and two bars, RNZNVR of Wellington, New Zealand. Photograph taken shortly before the Flotilla's remaining 71ft Vospers were paid off and replaced by the new 73ft Vosper in 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Fleet exercise (continued). June 15, 1956

DN-SN-88-02532. Country: Sea Of Japan

Exercise Shift ...

A right side view of the first landing of an F-4A Phantom II aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Chinese Communists Take Island by Assault - In a heavy swell the landing vessels of the Communist forces bail towards Yikiangshan Island. February 22, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press).

DN-SN-89-06512. Base: Unknown

Jap Twilight Air Attack Fails: A Japanese bomber which tried to pierce a heavy barrage protecting the invasion fleet off Okinawa at Twilight, April 6, crashes in a pillar of flame. It was to pieces by ack-ack before it could do any damage. April 12, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

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Starboard side hatches by "B" turret aboard the battleship IOWA (BB-61). The ship is in mothball storage here. Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Fires Burn On Tanker And Pier -- Black columns of smoke rise from the tanker Markay (CQ) right and freight and passenger terminals used by the American President and Matson lines on the pier at left following yesterday's explosion in Harbour here. The flames crossed the channel from the ship of the pier on sheets of blazing Gasoline. June 23, 1947. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Submarines and Submarine Officers. 26 and 27 January, Malta Submarine Base. On the bridge of HMS UNA as she leaves harbour on patrol.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Operation PUGILIST. Martin Baltimore Mark IIIAs of No. 232 Wing RAF flying in loose formation off the coast of Tunisia, en route to bomb the Mareth Line.

DN-SN-89-09161. Base: Unknown

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USS Arizona, at height of fire, following Japanese aerial attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Test Activities. Aerial view of target ships, post-UMBRELLA. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Rear Admiral C B Barry, DSO, Flag Officer Submarines with Lieutenant J G Clark, RNR, at Holy Loch on the deck of the midget submarine HMS EXTANT after diving practice.

'Le torpillage du "Gallia"; canot du "Chateaurenault", charge de passagers du "Gallia", remorquant un radeau de naurrages : au loin, d'autres qui seront hales peu apres.', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Second world war. cruisers. 1940.

DN-SN-91-00618. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

The ' Aerobee ' Heads Up -- The Navy's Guided Missile heads upward after being fired from the Experimental Guided Missile Ship, USS Norton Sound during a Recent test in the North Pacific. The Rocket Reached an Altitude of Approximately 50 Miles. During most of the Ascent, Instruments in the Nose of the "Aerobee" Recorded Cosmic ray research data which was Telemetered Back to the Norton Sound.Navy Experiment -- The US Navy's guided missile heads upwards after being fired from the experimental ship. Norton Sound, during a recent test in the North Pacific. The rocket reached an altitude of approximately 50 miles. January 28, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Carrier 'Vengeance' Out of Home. Fleet Exercise - Firefly and Sea Fury aircraft line the deck of the 13,190 tons light fleet carrier HMS 'Vengeance' as it proceeded to Gibraltar for home fleet exercises, September, 1950. It was revealed on Sept. 14 that sand had been discovered in the filter arrangement of the lubricating system supplying the carrier's main machinery when she was at portsmouth. While the investigation into the incident was continuing, a second was reported after she had put into plymouth. This concerned a mis-adjustment of a main valve. An Admiralty spokesman referred evening Sept. 21 to a report that the aircraft carrier Vengeance had been taken Gibraltar Sept. 18 because of engine defect. September 22, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Makes Lift-Saving Catch -- A Royal Navy helicopter makes a life-saving catch, and scoops WRNS second officer Leta Ridley, M.B.E., of Birkenherd, from the Solent during a demonstration of the Navy's new helicopter scoop rescue net. The net, invented by Lt. Commander John S. Sproule, of Worthing, chief of Costal Search unit, at Ford, Sussex, is aimed to be of use in those cases where the person in the sea us unable to attach the harness previously used for Rescue. The net with the casualty in it c

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Photograph of Burning and Damaged Ships at Pearl HarborBurning and damaged ships at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Pararescueman helps Apollo 9 Command Module Pilot David R. Scott from the spacecraft today during recovery at completion of the 10-day Earth orbital flight with James A. McDivitt and Russell L. Schweickart, still in the spacecraft. The astronauts splashed down less than five miles from the USS Guadalcanal, prime recovery ship, at the beginning of their 152nd revolution. During the highly successful flight, they extensively tested the lunar module spacecraft, paving the way for a similar one to carry Americans to the Moon later this year. They were lalunched March 3 by an Apollo_Saturn V space vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center at the start of NASA's third manned mission using an Apollo spacecraft.

DN-SN-87-11984. Country: Unknown

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Fairey Swordfish of No 834 Squadron Fleet Air Arm taking off from HMS BATTLER on anti-submarine patrol.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War LCT Mark 3 craft going inshore during the attack on Elba, off the Italian coast. In the early hours of 17 June 1944, a detachment of the French B Army under the command of General de Lattre de Tassigny, was landed from an Allied invasion fleet. British, American and French aircraft and ships supported the operation.

German soldiers with mines going to an area that has to be mined.

Members of the 4th Marine Amphibious Brigade perform maneuvers in their tracked landing vehicles off the coast of North Carolina during Operation Solid Shield. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A HH-46D Sea Knight Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, comes in low over the water during SAR training. Country: Japan (JPN)

DN-SN-88-04257. Base: Persian Gulf

Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters from the 34th Marine Amphibious Unit, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7), fly near the Italian tank landing ships nearing landing zones on the beach during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81. Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '81 Base: Doganbey Country: Turkey (TUR)

First World War Signalling from deck of submarine boat

A starboard beam view of a nuclear-powered submarine underway with the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) underway in the background. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Banjoemas, tjilatjap, on the children's sea, report T.N.I., Demarcation line. A truck drives from a landing craft (Reg. Lst 3. February 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Aerial view of the antenna and sensory devices of a Dutch Potvis/Dolfijn Class submarine. Country: Unknown

An Iraqi mine floats near the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) prior to being detonated by explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

AIR ATTACK ON WARSHIPS-Destruction caused by Allied bombers when they set out to silence the former French battleship Strasbourg, which had been shelling advanced troops from Allied southern France beachhead. A cruiser lies on its side alongside

05/31/1915. The War at Sea. The English Battleship "Majestic" at the Time of Sinking, Torpedoed by the Enemy in the Dardanelles.

A view of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) as crewmen work to recover a damaged F-4J Phantom II aircraft hanging off the side of the ship. The damage resulted from a collision between the MIDWAY and the Panamanian freighter CACTUS. Base: USS Midway (CV 41) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Preparing for Crossroads Operations -- Flying by remote control, at least half of these planes on the flight deck of the USS Shangri-La will fly close enough to the atomic bomb blasts at bikini atoll in the army-navy joint crossroads operations, so that sensitive photographic and scientific instruments stowed in their cockpits will record what happens when an atom bomb explodes on navy targets. The Shangri-La with its navy F6F "Drone" and control planes is preparing to leave Norfolk for the operation which is to take place in May.March 19, 1946. (Photo by ACME Photo).

An SH-60 Seahawk helicopter approaches the fantail of the Spruance class destroyer USS CARON (DD-970) on the first day of Operation Support Democracy off the coast of Haiti. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Country: Caribbean Sea

Army Liberator bombers over an island in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshalls. Picture was made 12 January 1944. January 23, 1944. (Photo by Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Pacific Fleet.).

S62-04534 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Landing with parachute extended of astronaut Walter M. Schirra's Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) capsule, called the Sigma 7, after a world orbital flight.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The small supply vessel (in foreground) well on fire and being beached; in centre, the troopship running ashore on fire with the armed trawler hiding under her smoke, and (background) the large supply vessel being beached. Photograph taken from one of the attacking Barracudas of HMS IMPLACABLE during a Fleet Air Arm strike on a southbound convoy off the coast of Norway. Sighted between Mosjoen and Rorvik, the convoy consisted of a laden troop transport and two supply ships escorted by an armed trawler. When last seen the transport was burning fiercely and in a sinking condition, and the other three vessels had been set on fire and driven ashore.

Sunset On The Pacific -- As several flights of fighter planes are tied down on the flight deck, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier plows through the Pacific, a cloud-studded sunset astern. In the distance, two more U.S. ships sail along the horizon. January 01, 1943. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.). ;Sunset On The Pacific -- As several flights of fighter planes are tied down on the flight deck, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier plows through the Pacific, a cloud-studded sunset astern. In the di

DN-SN-85-02409. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Balloons in transit from shore to merchant ships, at Greenock or Gourock. They are to fly from a merchant ship to help defend against dive bombing. Two large ships can be seen on the horizon.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Sailors and soldiers on the arrival of the royal couple on Saba. In the background H.M. Kruiser de Ruyter. October 26, 1955. Netherlands Antilles, SABA

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Vintage photograph. US Navy convoy viewed from the air

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Two members of the crew of a landing craft tank watch the fire ashore after they had landed their cargo of Royal Marine Commandos during the landing on the island of Walcheren at Westkapelle, the most western point of the island, during the final phase of the battle to free the Belgian port of Antwerp. LCT 52 can be seen towards the shore.

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Manila Outer Harbor Looking Se Across The South Harbor. In The Foreground Is A 6600 G.T. (Gross Tonnage) Japanese Freighters Nearest Thereto. February 1945.

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