Naval Ships At Sea

Aerial views of various naval vessels navigating through open waters, showcasing military ships and operational activities with a focus on maritime history.

Anefo photo collection. Air force soldiers on raft in North Sea for 24 hours. September 10, 1963. North Sea

DN-SN-90-01133. Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

CVA 20 Bennington 19-NN-CVA 20 Bennington-141802 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Art.Sect benchmarks in the shooting range.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Port beam view of a Soviet Victor III-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. "Soviet Military Power," 1983, Page 60. Country: Unknown

Communist Cuban Naval PT boat off Northwest Beach Area, Heliocopter in Clearing on Cay - Anguilla Island. Communist Cuban Naval PT boat off Northwest Beach Area, Heliocopter in Clearing on Cay - Anguilla Island.

DN-SN-88-01908. Subject Operation/Series: SANDCRAB '86 Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Douglas A-20 Havoc light bomber of the Ninth Air force is shown laying a smokescreen low over the water of the English Channel during exercises simulating European invasion. Armed with a vicious array of caliber 50 machine guns, carrying

A lifeboat crew recovers a drone that was launched from the deck of the frigate USS JESSE L. BROWN (FF-1089) during exercise Unitas XX. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Valparaiso Country: Chile (CHL)

AMS-143 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

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

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command A convoy seen from 'X for X-Ray', a No 120 Squadron Liberator based at Aldergrove. The aircraft made contact after a flight of several hours at low-level to avoid icing conditions in the clouds. For a further three hours it patrolled out to the front and rear of the convoy, also keeping an eye on stragglers, but there was no sign of any U-boats.

DN-SN-87-09934. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

ARL-19 Patroculus , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

A Marine Corps LVTP-7 personnel tracked landing vehicle, approaches a beach during an amphibious assault exercise. Visible offshore is the tank landing ship which deployed the vehicle. Country: Unknown

HMS Fossbeck At a buoy.

The air-cushioned landing craft LCAC-6 comes ashore during Cobra Gold '90, a combined Thai/U.S. exercise. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 State: Rayong Province Country: Thailand (THA)

A close-up side view of the Vulcan/Phalanx close-in weapon system being fired aboard the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62) during its sea trials. The NEW JERSEY has recently completed a period of modernization and is scheduled to be reactivated in January 1983. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A mechanized landing craft at Tok Sok Ri Beach during exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Pohang Country: Korea

DN-SN-85-06984. Country: Unknown

A sloop of the frigate hr.ms. Van Speijk (F 805) with A / B O.A. The commander of the Van Speijk Captain-Lieutenant-Ter-Zee A.G. Van der Land (1915-2001) comes alongside the flagship of Practsmaleel 5 Cruiser Hr.Ms. The Seven Provinces (C 802), 1957.

Whaling in the Ross Sea, 1924, Southern Ocean, by Captain George Samuel Hooper.

AM-448 Illusive , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

DN-SN-85-10988. Base: USS Tarawa (LHA 1)

DN-SN-88-08256. Base: Apra Harbor State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-89-02138. Base: USS Ingersoll (DD 990)

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Preparing a 'packet' for an enemy plane. Anti aircraft gunners on board HMS WHEATLAND load up one of the twin 4 inch mark XVI guns ready for action.

AGOR-12 De Steigeur , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Control Tower Of The 351St Bomb Group. England, 20 March 1945.

DN-SN-88-09542. Base: Unknown

DN-SN-87-09929. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DD-707 Soley , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

S69-15732 (27 Dec. 1968) --- A U.S. Navy frogman team participates in the Apollo 8 recovery operations. The Apollo crew, astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., and William A. Anders, were recovered by helicopter and flown to the deck of the USS Yorktown, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Apollo 8 splashed down at 10 51 a.m. (EST), Dec. 27, 1968, about 1,000 miles south-southwest of Hawaii.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Operation Husky: The Sicily Landings 9-10 July 1943: LCT 355 off Sicily on the momentous morning of Saturday July 10 1943 at the start of the invasion of the island. By July 20 a third of the island had been captured by the 8th Army and the US forces. Three troopships can be seen in the distance.

DN-SN-86-06864. Base: USS Preserver (ARS 8) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Wolf class Frigate Hr.Ms. Jaguar (1954-1983), back from an inspection.

Two crewmen aboard the frigate USS JESSE L. BROWN (FF-1089) prepare a drone for launching during exercise Unitas XX. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Valparaiso Country: Chile (CHL)

DN-SN-89-04530. Country: Unknown

A port quarter view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine JEFFERSON CITY (SSN-759) underway during sea trials off the Virginia Capes. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DDE-465 Saufley , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

USS Intrepid (CVA-11), USS Saratoga (CV-60), and USS Independence (CVA-62) Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Naval Aviation. Crewmen of the Sixth Fleet carriers Intrepid CVA-11, USS Saratoga CVA-60 and the USS Independence CVA-62 form ranks to spell out Naval Aviation 1911-1961 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of naval aviation.

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

Remove cannon lokes HR. Ms. Van Nes

Crewmen from the ammunition ship USS MOUNT HOOD (AE-29) participate in search and rescue (SAR) operations as they work from the rocks near the beached and overturned Filipino frigate RPS DATU KALANTIAW (PS-76). The frigate was overtaken by Typhoon Clara. Base: Calayan Island Country: Philippines

AM-449 Impervious , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

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.

DN-SN-87-10363. Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command On 17 July 1942 U-751 was attacked and crippled in the Bay of Biscay by a Whitley of No 502 Squadron. This photograph was taken from the Whitley and shows the U-boat disabled, unable to dive and circling, apparently out of control. It was later attacked and sunk by a Lancaster of No 61 Squadron, seconded to Coastal Command.

A view of damage caused to the port side of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY(CV 41) when it collided with the Panamanian freighter CACTUS. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Interested parties during the fleet days in July 1989 watching a Westland SH-14D Navy Lynx Helicopter (1976-approx. 2012) of the Marine Air Carring Service (MLD) that a person from the water hoists M.B.v. A winch to which a Z.G. Sling is attached.Rechts the patrol / training vessel Hr.Ms. Bulgia (A 880).

DD-685 Picking , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

DD-868 Brownson , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Operation, Overlord, Normandy, British Navy, Landing Crafts, ship, Southern England, British, soldiers, troops, invasion, France

HMS Isis Underway

Atlantic Convoy, Classic Photography

A boat is in the water beside the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81. Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '81 Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-SN-87-06828. Country: Unknown

DD-933 Barry , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Command transfer of Standing Naval Force Channel. Guests are on board the Danish coastal learer HDMS unloading.

Aerial starboard beam view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS HOUSTON (SSN-713) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A aerial bow view of the guided missile frigate FAHRION (FFG-22) as Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation conducts sea trials. Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tanker laying out to sea in the Persian Gulf to get oil from the oilwells of Kuwait (Iraq.). June 12, 1951. (Photo by British Gaumont News).

Aviation Anti-submarine Warfare Operator 2nd Class Chad Bruckshen of Helicopter Light Anti-submarine Squadron 94 (HSL-94), Naval Air Station, Willow Grove, Pa., uses a night flare to signal to rescue helicopter during search and rescue training at Blue Marsh Lake. Base: Reading State: Pennsylvania(PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-89-06030. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Anefo photo collection. Flying camp hr. Ms "Karel Doorman" from autumn exercise back in Den Helder. December 10, 1964. Den Helder

Anefo photo collection. Inspection "Baltic Sea" poison ship Rotterdam. Inspectors gas masks. 15 August 1989. Rotterdam, South Holland

U.S. Marines from the 34th Marine Amphibious Unit form assault waves as they head toward the beach in tracked landing vehicles during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81. The tank landing ship USS HARLAN COUNTY (LST-1196) is in the background. Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '81 Base: Doganbey Country: Turkey (TUR)

DN-SN-85-06338. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Two A-4F Skyhawk aircraft assigned to the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team, fly over the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center during Commissioning Week ceremonies at the US Naval Academy. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AMS-143 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Two LCM-8 mechanized landing craft head for shore to pick up Marine Corps vehicles and equipment that will be loaded aboard amphibious ships and transported to South Korea for use in the combined South Korean/U.S. exercise Team Spirit '90. The amphibious cargo ship USS ST. LOUIS (LKA-116) is in the background. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '90 State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

S66-18602_alt (16 March 1966) --- Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott sit with their spacecraft hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship, the USS Leonard F. Mason after the successful completion of their Gemini-8 mission. They are assisted by U.S. Navy divers. The overhead view shows the Gemini-8 spacecraft with the yellow flotation collar attached to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas. The green marker dye is highly visible from the air and is used as a locating aid.

Tarragona, 01/11/1919. State in which, after the storm, the railway line and the Levante dock were left.

An international fleet framework consisting of frigates (including a Dutch from Speyk Class, 1967-1990).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photos with the article 'The Status Quo line' in the Magazine Werkbroeders. A corps vessel service LCVP Clamps ashan river water, Sumatra natural status quolijn. October 28, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

AMS-143 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

The U.S. Army's logistic support vessel LT. GEN. WILLIAM B. BUNKER (LSV-4) is tied to a pier during the reopening of Ash Shuaybah's harbor. The waters were cleared of mines by a multinational explosives ordnance disposal team following Iraqi withdrawal from the area during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DN-SN-88-04191. Base: Venice Country: Italy (ITA)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photos with the article 'The Status Quo line' in the Magazine Werkbroeders. A corps vessel service LCVP Clamps ashan river water, Sumatra natural status quolijn. September 28, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

A landing craft sails the amphibious transport ship Hr.Ms. Rotterdam (1998-) Inside

DN-SN-87-07021. Base: Naval Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photographers take pictures as members of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force come ashore in the air-cushioned landing craft LCAC-6 during Cobra Gold '90, a combined Thai/U.S. exercise. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 State: Rayong Province Country: Thailand (THA)

Aerial port quarter view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS HOUSTON (SSN-713) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

U-boat Warfare 1939-1945 U-boat Losses: Survivors from a U-boat wait to be picked up by an allied warship.

The bow view of the guided missile frigates DEWERT (FFG-45), KLAKRING (FFG-42) and DOYLE (FFG-39). The KLAKRING is at 90 percent completion. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A sailor watches as the ocean minesweeper USS EXPLOIT (MSO-440) departs from its home port to travel to Naval Amphibious Base, Norfolk, Va. The EXPLOIT will remain at the base while its 82 crew members and officers will deploy the Middle East to replace the crew of the ocean minesweeper USS ADROIT (MSO-509). ADROIT's current crew has been operating in support of Operation Desert Shield since September. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Newport State: Rhode Island (RI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mess Management SPECIALIST 3rd Class Jefferson Sands naps on the edge of the flight deck aboard the guided missile frigate USS STARK (FFG-31) during FLEET EX 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Tillman's Wharf , Piers & wharves, Tillman's Wharf. Photographs of the First Naval District

Egyptian Sabres Rattle -- A freighter passed through the Canal watches by British soldiers. The sign-post direct to British army units in the area. January 15, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Exercise amphibious landing operations troops come to land a spring load exploded. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

DN-SN-87-10368. Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Anti-Submarine Action. The ever watchful 'eyes of the sky' of a U.S. Navy blimp signaled a nearby U.S. Coast Guard 'sub-buster' to the scene of a suspected enemy submarine operating 'somewhere in the Atlantic'. The Coast Guard cutter is shown streaking across the scene dropping a depth charge that blasts a patter of water in the air that resembles a V.. for Victory.

Visit HM Queen Beatrix (front umbrella) at the NBCD school (nuclear, bacteriological, chemical, damage control) in Den Helder in March 1989. Between HM and the table The head of the school Captain-Lieutant-Ter-Sea B.J.H.H.H. Rous (1941-1999).

Landing Craft Air Cushioned USS Bataan (LHD 5) US Navy

events Second World War WWII France Atlantic Wall German sentry at the beach French west coast near Biarritz 28.4.1943,

DN-SN-89-05237. Country: Unknown

S66-42795 (21 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 spacecraft, with astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins aboard, nears touchdown in the Atlantic Ocean about four nautical miles from the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal. Gemini-10 splashed down 460 nautical miles east of Cape Kennedy at 4 07 p.m. (EST), July 21, 1966, to conclude a three-day mission in space.

Two soldiers from the 71st Chemical Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light), spray a decontamination solution on and around a container express (CONEX) box used to store chemical munitions. The soldiers are taking part in an exercise designed to test the unit's ability to detect and mitigate a chemical leak. Base: US Army Chemical Activity Country: Johnston Atoll

The battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) passes through the canal. The IOWA is conducting presence operations designed to establish U.S. interest in the region. Country: Panama (PAN)

About 100, 000 demonstrators, peaceful and violent, came to Brokdorf in the district of Steinburg to protest against a nuclear power plant, protected by a large police force 28.02.1981, Germany, Europe

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