Naval Ship Construction and History

Historical black-and-white images depicting naval vessels under construction and significant moments in naval history.

CVA 42 Franklin D. Roosevelt 19-NN-CVA 42 Franklin D. Roosevelt-155270 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

After Allied Bombings, One Hundred And Thirteen Two-Man Submarines Were Land-Loced In A Gigantic Dry Dock At Kure, Japan.

AGM-19 Mission San Fernando , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Olympic Games - H. Dillard (USA) No. 69, wins the final of the 100 metres, at Wembley, today (Sat) in a time of 10.3 second to equal the Olympic record set up in Berlin '36. Second, no. 70 H.N. Ewell (USA), third, no, 57 Lloyd Labeach (Panama) fourth, No. 36 A. McCorquodale (Gt. Britan) fifth, no. 71 M.E Patton (USA), and sixth no. 35 MacDonald Bailey (Gt. Britain). July 31, 1948. (Photo by Reuterphoto)

Enlisted ordnance men , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Navy depot ship Kuttabur sunk by Japanese in Sydney Harbour. June 1, 1942.

AE-24 Pyro , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

14' DC M1907 MI , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

AKA-115 Mobile , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

War album 20, picture 5310.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The launching of the aircraft carrier HMS INDEFATIGABLE by the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven at Glasgow. Her son Lord Louis Mountbatten, Lady Mountbatten and Miss Patricia Mountbatten were also present. Here the ship has just entered the water note the large crowds of men, presumably some of the men who built the ship stood by the slipway.

The US Navy in the First World War USS GENERAL GORTHALS at Bordeaux.

HMS Howe. August 1942. Preparing one of the ship's aircraft for catapulting.

Russia, Kiev. Capital of Ukraine. August 26, 1941.

AM-447 Guide , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

AO-100 Chukawan , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Members of the 1179th Drum Control Unit, Fort Hamilton, New York, guides a shipping container into a railroad car. Base: Fort Riley State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Keeleting of one of the hunters of the Friesland class. -

DN-SN-88-09401. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AMS-74 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Photograph showing a busy wharf at 'Mulberry' Harbour, also known as 'Port Winston', off Arromanches, Normandy, 1944. When the Allied Armies invaded Normandy in June 1944, they required the use of a port to unload supplies quickly. The Allied commanders decided to take a pre-fabricated port, made of caissons such as the one pictured, and build it at Arromanches Beach. Date: 1944

Anefo photo collection. Diplomacy: English ambassador. Arrival of the English envoy Sir Neville Bland aboard the English torpedo boat hunter "Garth" at the Lloydkade in Rotterdam. 25 May 1945. Rotterdam, South Holland

Orient Heights , Construction, Express highways, Orient Heights. Photographs of the First Naval District

The british admiral tanker, 1965

CL 144 Worcester 19-NN-CL 144 Worcester-133352 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

CVA 41 Midway , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate battery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Riesa. 2. K.S. Pioneer battalion no. 22 - Behelfsbrücke

Raising of the USS Oklahoma - With the stricken battleship Oklahoma almost half-righted, the work of cutting away loose gear begins. Cables stretched over wooden a frames to ford Island were used to right the ship which was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. January 22, 1945.

AKA-113 and AKA-114 and AKA-115 and AKA-18 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

AMS-101, 104 and 151 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

CVA 67 John F. Kennedy , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

39' ASB , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

As the Canadian liner sinks, the severe listing of the ship causes the lifeboats to swing inboard, making them impossible to launch. 1012 lives are lost. 29 May 1914

AE-24 Pyro , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Kanonniers during the First World War.

View of Submarine Snorkel on Deck of German U-Boat, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC tour through West Java through the Hussars van Boreel (reproduction). Krawang: The reserve eskadron armored cars of the Hussars van Boreel regiment makes a fourteen-day exploration through West Java. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Krawang, Dutch East Indies

AMS-83 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

T112 Screaning goals when attempted SS 10. T 112 (depicted - name)

AGS-29 Chauvenet , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

AM-505 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Hollandia. Dormitory with spits. February 1947. Hollandia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Recovery bridges L.V.D. Bandoeng. Recovery of bridges at Bandoeng?, Photo made by the Army Information Service?. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Cape Canaveral Florida, 2:31PM. President John F. Kennedy (hidden in crowd) and others view a Saturn rocket launch site under construction at Launch Complex 37, during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.

Photograph of the USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642). USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642). Commissioning ceremony. Mare Division, San Francisco Bay, Navy Shipyard, Vallejo.

AO-53 Caliente , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- the Campaign in Normandy, June 1944 Mulberry Harbour, Arromanches: A lorry loaded with supplies rolling ashore down the causeway as Britain's Mulberry Port at Arromanches begins to operate as a harbour. One of the pier heads can be seen in the background.

Photograph Relating to Port Security.

The Second Anglo - Boer War, 1899-1902 Remains of the armoured train ambushed by General Louis Botha's Commando near the Blaauw Kranz River, Natal, on 15 November 1899. The grave of four members of the Border Regiment killed in the attack can be seen in the left middle distance.

A Puerto Rican National Guardsmen, carrying an M-16A1 rifle, stands guard during Operation Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Saint Croix State: Virgin Islands (VI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Face Of War Is Essentially Ugly, But Occasionally The Titanic Struggle In Which America Is Engaged Evokes Patterns Rich In Beauty And Interest. Strung Out Like Notes On A Musical Score, These U.S. Soldiers Of An Engineer Aviation Battalion Work Far A

AM-421 and AM-423 and AM-468 and AM-469 and AM-471 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

CVB-43 Coral Sea and CV-32 Leyte , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

An aerial view of the stern of a Soviet Udaloy class guided missile destroyer, showing the ship's flight deck and two Ka-27 Helix A helicopters stowed in their hangars. Country: Unknown

Chinese Driven From Nantao -- Japanese Aerial and artillery Bombs dumped into these buildings in Shanghai's Nantao section, Adjacent to the French Concession, drove Chinese defenders out and prepared the way for Japanese Capture of the Entire city. Chinese troops were still holding out in the buildings at the left when this pictures was taken. May 12, 1937. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

The wreck of the iron bridge across the Meuse at the Belgian town of Vis鬠blown up by the Belgian defenders in an attempt to hinder the German advance Date: August 1914

Canale valley, near Cucco Position of a 42cm-howitzer, mount of the gun, Canale valley, near Cucco, Slovenia. Photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

Dunkirk and the Retreat From France 1940 The ruins of Dunkirk after the evacuation, June 1940.

Enlisted ordnance men , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

AG(Spar) , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Group of workers on 16' barbette mount , Armories, Ordnance industry, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

''La tragique retraite Serbe; Un pont sur la Koloubara qui a ete pris, repris, detruit repare, detuit de nouveau et qui, tel quel, constitue l'unique voie de retraite hative de nombreuses troupes d'infanterie', 1915 (1924). From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Anefo photo collection. Spoorburg taken into use at Buggenum. December 3, 1945. Buggenum

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

DN-SN-86-06777. Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-88-09400. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Locomotives under construction at the Ansaldo workshops in the Sanpierdarena district of Genoa.

AKA-113 and AKA-114 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry (RAF) is en route to NZ as a guest of the NZ Prime minister. Today he visited the RAAF station at Williamtown and here-he watches a jump by a paratrooper from the new 75 foot training tower which is one of the synthetic training aids used by the Parachute Training Wing at the School of Air/Land Warfare at Williamtown. May 07, 1953. (Photo by Frank Albert Burke/Fairfax Media).

USS Hambleton (DD-455) after Being Cut in Half in Dry Dock No. 1, Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts. This item is a photograph depicting the USS Hambleton after being cut in half while berthed in Dry Dock No. 1 for repairs at Boston Navy Yard. On November 11, 1942, Hambleton sustained damage from torpedo attack by German submarine U-173 in French Morocco, necessitating the repairs, after which she was converted from a destroyer (DD-455) to a high-speed minesweeper (DMS-20). USS Hambleton earned seven battle stars for her World War II service. 1943-01-01T00:00:00. Northeast Region (Boston, MA). Photographic Print. Department of the Navy. First Naval District. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration. Office of the Historical Officer. ca. 1941-ca. 1946. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

(Deck of warship). Title from item, Part of Brady-Handy Collection. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Crossing the Seine in Chtelet: Interior of the right shore box (large arm) in the sinking, towards the door of Clignancourt Crossing the Seine in Chtelet: Interior of the right bank box (large arm) in the sinking, towards the door of Clignancourt. Photograph of Charles Maindron (1861-1940). Gélatino-Chloride Draw, September 18, 1905.

AO-28 Caloosahatchee 19-NN-AO-28 Caloosahatchee-175808 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Royal Air Force in the Middle East, 1944-1945. A De Havilland Mosquito is sheltered in a hangar made of 'Barusti' (rushes and twigs woven into an open work pattern) at No. 44 Staging Post, Sharjah, Trucial States, while being ferried to the Far East Theatre.

07/11/1916. Railway Strike in Madrid - Needles exchange booth at the northern station occupied by Engineer Forces.

Battery exercise of heavy air target artillery with the 90 mm guns on the grounds of the Hague (new) Alexanderkazerne.

DN-SN-85-12659. Base: Marinette State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-86-00073. Base: Bremerton State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army engineers build barracks inside the Joint Task Force area during US/Honduras training Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

DN-SN-86-06764. Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Launching of "E-9" Destroyer Escort. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Artwork: "Operation Hangar, Diego Garcia" Artist: Gene Klebe, 1979-16. Country: Unknown

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