Share Your Favorite Naval Pictures and Videos!

[Mr Quatro]

USS Sand Lance (SSN-660)

Your sub 660 got me to thinking ... was there a 666, yep?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CIvlBijfCc

Nicknamed “The Devil Boat” and “Devilfish” because of her hull number, the USS Hawkbill was a Sturgeon-class attack submarine built for the U.S. Navy in the mid-1960s. She was the second Navy ship named for the hawksbill, a now-critically endangered sea turtle. The turtle’s name was inadvertently misspelled in the naming of the first ship – the World War II-era submarine USS Hawkbill (SS-366) – and the name of the second ship kept the erroneously spelled name.

Don't touch it Aktungbby ... just kidding :D

[Aktungbby]

Your sub 660 got me to thinking ... was there a 666, yep?


Don't touch it Aktungbby ... just kidding :DTOO LATE!:03: it took me a bit of page by page review of this thread; but I knew I'd already posted on this! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2326944&postcount=1345 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2326944&postcount=1345) http://navsource.org/archives/08/0866623.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Your sub 660 got me to thinking ... was there a 666, yep?

Interesting.




Carrier Strike Group Two underway (10 December 2013)

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/1745/1f2KD1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Russian submarine Severodvinsk
http://i.imgur.com/PTJ7CFO.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) SM-6 missle test - 14 Dec. 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgLtviRi1HQ

[Jimbuna]

Akula Class
http://i.imgur.com/BdCmSNn.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/2364/NlIhSX.jpg

[Jimbuna]

People’s Liberation Army Navy Type-92 submarine
http://i.imgur.com/sWIArmK.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/1407/llBavt.jpg

[tmccarthy]

HMS Repulse

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/1433/KDUFLJ.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)
http://i.imgur.com/uHSakvO.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Guided missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59)
http://i.imgur.com/0IKTms8.jpg

[Aktungbby]

NAPA YACHT CLUB Lighted XMAS PARADE:Kaleun_Cheers: https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15317926_1357893104235420_1124080037219603648_n.jp g?oh=0fa3dd8aead25bdd2a5fb699273df044&oe=58DACD91 And of course a little to the south:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/55/65/15/12014459/3/1024x1024.jpg

[tmccarthy]

HMS Dreadnought

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/3194/HFkIAc.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS Lancaster
http://i.imgur.com/YKUlUJS.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Torpedo mount on heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/8783/2qbK7Y.jpg

[Jimbuna]

TIRPITZ
http://i.imgur.com/L8diaqF.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Prinz Eugen torpedo mount

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/9664/BVsn32.jpg

[Jimbuna]

IJN Battleship Fuso
http://i.imgur.com/psDcUgr.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Truxtun (DDG-103) launching exercise torpedo

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/4581/sWBYsH.jpg

[Jimbuna]

IJN BB Yamato
http://i.imgur.com/tHAikVh.jpg

[tmccarthy]

A-1 Skyraiders on the USS Ranger (CV-61)

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/3617/n4dIyx.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS Illustrious (R06) almost losing a Merlin HM1
http://i.imgur.com/wgwCm8F.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Albany (SSN-753) loading a torpedo

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/8757/8OnF7U.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS OCEAN
http://i.imgur.com/YMOGXhm.jpg

[tmccarthy]

HMS Triumph (S93) on patrol in the middle east

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/8363/T0ylM7.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Aerial View of the Flight Deck of Navy Ship USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
http://i.imgur.com/EG5afqU.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Jauréguiberry

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/7996/MWoQzM.jpg

[Aktungbby]

^The answer to Royal Sovereign class Predreadnoughts: HMS REVENGE later renamed: HMS REDOUBTABLE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/HMSRevenge1897.jpg/1024px-HMSRevenge1897.jpgThe only one of her class to actually fire at Germans on the WWI Belgian coast; She had been refitted with 'torpedo bulges' in 1915 following two 8' damage hits in 1914...the first ship to be fitted with them operationally!:Kaleun_Salute: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/RevengeBombarding1915.jpg/220px-RevengeBombarding1915.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RevengeBombarding1915.jpg)<Redoubtable bombarding the Flemish coast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders) in 1915. She has a deliberately induced list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_(watercraft)) to increase the range of her guns. On 7 September 1915, she returned to combat, joining the gunboats Bustard and Excellent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Excellent) in bombarding German barracks and gun positions at Westende (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westende), inflicting much damage on the Germans. One of her anti-torpedo bulges was deliberately flooded to give her a list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_(watercraft)) that would increase the range of her guns. (now that's an "operational" bulge BBY:timeout:) The ship was hit by a pair of 6-inch (152-mm) shells during the action. Redoubtable underwent another refit from October to December 1915 but was not re-commisioned. (Old West lingo: Got the bulge ~ have the advantage. "We'll get the bulge on him, and take his gun away.")

[Jimbuna]

USS Leviathan
http://i.imgur.com/Cb5kAWj.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

I actually visited her once: https://archive.hnsa.org/ships/eagle.htm

USCGC EAGLE

Type: 3-Masted Barque
Launched: 1936
At: Blohm & Voss Shipyard, Hamburg, Germany

Length: 295 feet
Beam: 39 feet
Draft: 17 feet
Displacement: 1,862 tons

https://archive.hnsa.org/ships/img/eagle.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Crew of USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) retrieve exercise Mk. 50 ASW torpedo

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/465/IXsPW2.jpg

[Jimbuna]

USS Oriskany CVA-34, a decommissioned aircraft carrier, being sunk to form an artificial reef.
http://i.imgur.com/eL18TkS.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Baden-Württemberg (F222)

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/5880/Cbpmbt.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS Monmouth, HMS Trenchant and MK 8 Lynx
http://i.imgur.com/Pyr0fap.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

A-1 Skyraiders on the USS Ranger (CV-61)

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/3617/n4dIyx.jpg

Sailors are very creative ... can you imagine finding this in a rice patty in North Vietnam?

http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/Images/Toiletbomb/toilet1a.jpg

http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/Images/Toiletbomb/toilet4.jpg

http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/Humor/Toilet_bomb.html

Yes, this really happened. Once again history is stranger then fiction, and a lot funnier.

[Jimbuna]

TYPE 45 ROYAL NAVY DESTROYER
http://i.imgur.com/agGgjhf.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Richelieu

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/6831/S8repN.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS OCEAN
http://i.imgur.com/vh2Jlbo.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo (CAT) launched by a US Carrier

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/9814/QoZVw0.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS BELFAST
http://i.imgur.com/GkGccf0.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Enterprise (CV-6)

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/6619/WD6BBg.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS KENT
http://i.imgur.com/nUwkbPn.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Battleship USS Iowa at high speed - 1985

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/5097/T4xZqd.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS VANGUARD
http://i.imgur.com/AvRrD1z.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Battleship USS Iowa at high speed - 1985


5/27/2012: the last BB ever to clear the Golden Gate:Kaleun_Salute:
...very slowly and a :subsim: kaleun was there! http://histbase.com/USS_Iowa/Images/USS_Iowa_Golden_Gate.jpg10 seconds later:http://www.crowley.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/success-stories/uss-iowa-tow/crowley-uss-iowa-tow-under-golden-gate-bridge/77887-1-eng-US/Crowley-USS-Iowa-tow-under-Golden-Gate-Bridge_slideshow_large.jpg:Kaleun_Binocular:Hey talk about 'straddling the target BBY!" http://static.neatorama.com/images/2012-05/uss-iowa-golden-gate-bridge.jpg:yeah:

[tmccarthy]

USS Iowa (BB-61)

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/3195/XjfIXd.jpg

[Aktungbby]

1954: The only occasion all 4 Iowa class BB's were in formation:https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/f6/c9/7d/f6c97d5e66517f82a3313f6aedeaeda0.jpghttps://www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/6497548649/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/6497548649/) <to enlarge) All four Iowa-class battleships steaming together (1954). Ship closest to the camera is USS Iowa (BB-61). The others are (from near to far): USS Wisconsin (BB-64), USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS New Jersey (BB-62). This was the only occasion that all four Iowa Class BB's were steaming in formation. Arguably; two years later...the most powerful surface armada the world ever saw. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2419375&postcount=39 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2419375&postcount=39)

[tmccarthy]

USS Virginia (SSN-774)

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/7678/2QkqpN.jpg

[Aktungbby]

USS MINNESOTA SSN 783 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/USS_Minnesota_%28SSN-783%29_Commissioned_and_Manned.jpg/1024px-USS_Minnesota_%28SSN-783%29_Commissioned_and_Manned.jpgUNFORTUNATELY: https://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/03/27/minnesota-two-years-in-the-yards-virginia-class-attack-sub/81600432/ (https://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/03/27/minnesota-two-years-in-the-yards-virginia-class-attack-sub/81600432/) Speed of construction is offset by shoddy pipe welds.:wah:
The Minnesota, the 10th Virginia-class attack boat, was delivered 11 months ahead of schedule. But it has been in the shipyards at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut for two years — more than twice as long as a normal post-shakedown availability. It still has months to go. The plankowner crew has spent only a handful of days at sea since joining the fleet and experts say they're likely to forfeit their whole deployment cycle, forcing fleet bosses to make tough decisions about whether to extend deployments or withhold forces from missions overseas.
News of the lousy parts first emerged in August, a month after the Minnesota was to have finished its overhaul. Since then, a Justice Department-led investigation is examining the quality control issues that led the shoddy part to be installed in the $2.7-billion sub.
The same shoddy elbow joints were installed aboard attack subs North Dakota and John Warner, forcing the Navy to spend millions of dollars and many more months to repair them. If these pipes ruptured, they would leak steam and force the submarine to take emergency measures that would impair its combat effectiveness. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/USS_Minnesota_SSN_783.png

[tmccarthy]

HMS Revenge range finder

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7751/4m5HfS.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS ASTUTE
http://i.imgur.com/V76zZ4y.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Charles Martel

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/9809/IeDVvl.jpg

[Aktungbby]

HMS CANOPUS https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/HMS_Canopus_news_mimic.jpgQuite the performer in the great war incl. firing the two opening rounds of the Battle of the Falklands...one a decisive dud!
Stanley, Canopus's crew set up defences against an attack by Graf Spee. Canopus herself was beached in the mudflats in a position that allowed her to cover the entrance to the harbour and have a field of fire landward to the southeast; to reduce her visibility, her topmasts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topmast) were struck and she was camouflaged. An observation post was established ashore on high ground and connected to the ship by telephone, allowing Canopus to use indirect fire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indirect_fire) against approaching ships. Some of her 12-pounder guns and a detachment of 70 Royal Marines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Marines) were put ashore to defend Stanley and its environs. All was quiet until welcome reinforcements arrived at Stanley on 7 December 1914 in the form of the battlecruiser (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlecruiser) squadron of Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Doveton Sturdee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doveton_Sturdee). Early the next morning, 8 December 1914 Canopus's observation post ashore spotted smoke on the horizon and soon identified the approaching ships as von Spee's squadron. Canopus opened indirect fire, firing the first shots of the Battle of the Falklands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Falklands) at the extreme range of 12,000 yards (11,000 m). Although von Spee was beyond the range of her guns she did succeed in hitting the after funnel of the armoured cruiser (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_cruiser)SMS Gneisenau (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Gneisenau) with a 12-inch shell that ricocheted off the water -a result which the Greenwich museum attributes to an inert practice shell left in the rear turret. :yeah: The Germans were surprised by gunfire from an unexpected source:HMS Canopus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Canopus_(1897)), which had been grounded as a guardship and was behind a hill. This was enough to check the Germans' advance. Under fire from Canopus and spotting the tophampers of Sturdee's battlecruisers, von Spee called off his force's planned attack on the Falklands' radio and coaling stations and ran, allowing Sturdee's force to raise steam and pursue the German force. Sturdee gave chase and destroyed von Spee's squadron by the end of the day, but Canopus remained behind at Stanley because of her low speed and missed the rest of the battle...her work well done!

[tmccarthy]

Launch of a MK 18 Kingfish unmanned underwater vehicle

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/6426/q2enhL.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

Good picture Mr Mccarthy :up:

Did you take that?

[Jimbuna]

HMS CANOPUS
http://i.imgur.com/yUYkJdX.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/182/IYhVRo.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/O3BUz1S.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Shark (SSN-591)

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/3707/ufdRbH.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/we8b8bw.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Lexington (CV-16) attempts to fuel from USS Atascosa (AO-66) while a destroyer takes a heavy roll to starboard.


http://imageshack.com/a/img923/6499/qqOoIf.jpg

[Jimbuna]

TIRPITZ
http://i.imgur.com/H9tIdvt.jpg

[tmccarthy]

The Chiefs - 1975 United States Navy Educational Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsesiTbvDB4&index=28&list=PLs-cxH-Nqj4d45zwiG-Tatuk7Jt_901kI

[Jimbuna]

LUTZOW
http://i.imgur.com/H9bu55V.png

[tmccarthy]

Voltaire

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/6922/STZqVi.jpg

[Jimbuna]

USS ALASKA
http://i.imgur.com/T4EHZyM.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Torpedo Squadron 8 takes off on its last mission at The Battle of Midway


http://imageshack.com/a/img922/7128/nJWVbg.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was manufactured from 1940 to 1944. It is famous for delivering the fatal blows to the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942 - one of the most decisive battles of World War Two
http://i.imgur.com/AjEjUCH.jpg

[tmccarthy]

"Go in and get a hit" by artist Jim Griffiths - Torpedo 8 at Midway


http://imageshack.com/a/img921/6243/mRRvS0.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The Last Moments of HMS Hood by artist Robert Taylor signed by survivor Ted Briggs (I have two in my collection).
http://i.imgur.com/4hUtNUA.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Swim Call

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/5500/0deURR.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS RODNEY
http://i.imgur.com/kuQc9eH.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Juneau (CL-52)

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/9716/Jj4Q3Z.jpg

[Aktungbby]

HMT OLYMPIC: RMS Titanic's sister ship in 'dazzle' https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Olympic_WWI.jpgUSS NEBRASKA BB14 with experimental camo https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/USS_Nebraska_experimental_camouflage.tiff/lossy-page1-1280px-USS_Nebraska_experimental_camouflage.tiff.jpg

[Jimbuna]

MTB 511
http://i.imgur.com/xV0T8Ft.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Tennessee (BB-43)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/6747/SZ7iAL.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS Ark Royal with Phantom FG.1 and Buccaneer S.2 aircraft on deck, 1976
http://i.imgur.com/bo7jkHb.jpg

[Aktungbby]

RIACHUELO https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Riachuelo_1885.jpg Brazilian battleship: completed in 1883.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Riachuelo_LOC_det.4a15955.jpg/220px-Riachuelo_LOC_det.4a15955.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Riachuelo_LOC_det.4a15955.jpg)(<enlarges) Built in the United Kingdom, the ship entered service with the Brazilian in 1883; and was the first battleship with a compound armour (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_armour) belt,:up: and remained in service until 1910. Theoretically, she made the Brazilian Navy the strongest in the western hemisphere. It was argued that the vessel could take on the entire U.S.Navy, pushing the U.S. to increase its naval spending and build its own first battleships. (Talk about an arms race here!:arrgh!:) A similar design(offset turretshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Plan_of_the_first_battleship_Maine.JPG/220px-Plan_of_the_first_battleship_Maine.JPG (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_of_the_first_battleship_Maine.JPG)<enlarges) was followed by USS Maine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1)) (9 years to build??!!) and USS Texas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Texas_(1892)), launched in 1889 and 1892 respectively. By the time they were completed in 1895, developments in battleship design had made them obsolete. USS MAINE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/USS_Maine_%28ACR-1%29.jpg/800px-USS_Maine_%28ACR-1%29.jpg (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/USS_Maine_%28ACR-1%29.jpg)<An ol' Brooklyn boy's favorite photo: under the Brooklyn Bridge!:salute: Her explosive destruction would directly precipitate the 'American Empire acquisition' of Philippines, Guam, Cuba, and Puerto Rico in the 1898 Spanish-American War...wiki et al

[Mr Quatro]

Liaoning Aircraft Carrier (former Varyag carrier)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rbn9GPB-ifM/UGFcCJDqGZI/AAAAAAAAHIc/P8rM1ozETAc/s1600/China-AircraftCarrier2.jpg

[tmccarthy]

1st and 2nd Battle Squadrons of the High Seas Fleet at anchor in Kiel 1916

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7281/6H4NPq.jpg

[Aktungbby]

HMS AUDACIOUS: King George V Classhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/HMS_Audacious_LOC_17766.jpg/1280px-HMS_Audacious_LOC_17766.jpg October 1913 sinks after hitting mine off Donegal Ireland survivors were rescued by RMS Olympic. https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2016/11/world-war-i-in-photos-war-at-sea/w_40/main_1200.jpg?1479151921

[Jimbuna]

INS Kochi
http://i.imgur.com/skn7qaV.jpg

[tmccarthy]

"They Sold Their Lives Dearly" by Tom Freeman - The USS Houston fights alone on the night of February 28 1942.

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/849/x0fCnw.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Calm Before The Storm by Robert Taylor
http://i.imgur.com/dvUeyEr.jpg

[tmccarthy]

BRITISH FLEET IN ACTION IN PACIFIC - SOUND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux9PdhOuHHk&t=184s&index=33&list=PLs-cxH-Nqj4d45zwiG-Tatuk7Jt_901kI

[Aktungbby]

^WEll! that was tough propaganda to keep up with!:Kaleun_Salute: John Ford spent a few occasions at Midway:( I wonder who the focus puller was! U didn't screw up around Mr Ford!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW8tQ_6dqS8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW8tQ_6dqS8) < directed an produced by John Ford. Even Mr Henry Fonda found out (Ford hit him once on the set of MR. Roberts) ... director Mervyn Leroy then took over the directing involving the most famous ship ever filmed at Midway: USS Hewell (AG-145/AKL-14) Camano class light cargo ship: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/USS_Hewell_AG-145_AKL-14.jpg aka "the Bucket" ...aka USS Reluctant. Henry Fonda, while actually too old for the role as the movie's LTJG Roberts, came by the his realistic portrayal honestly: having served in WWII for three years, initially as a quartermaster 3rd Class on the destroyer Uss Satterlee. He was later commissioned as a LTJG in Air Combat Intelligence in the Central Pacific and was awarded the Navy Presidential Unit Citation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)) and the Bronze Star (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Henry_Fonda_-_USN.jpg/125px-Henry_Fonda_-_USN.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Fonda_-_USN.jpg) "I don't want to be in a fake war in a studio.":Kaleun_Salute:

[Jimbuna]

HMS Warspite entering Valletta, Malta during the Spanish Civil War.
http://i.imgur.com/HXCfFP4.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

Oregon Iron Works, a small specialist manufacturer has designed and produced a series of special forces infiltration boats
currently employed by Israeli special forces and USN SEALs.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ar06vDaLQms/TCU51r9TJ7I/AAAAAAAAAGc/AKwetu2bi7U/s1600/Sealion_2photo.jpg

These boats are similar in concept, and may have been inspired by, the North Korean SILC infiltration craft. Relative to known
SILC they are about twice as large, and much more stealthy. Unlike the later North Korean I-SILC they are not fully submersible.

Alligator Class
Displacement: 23.4 tons
Max Speed: 30kts (8 submerged)
Length: 19.81m, Width 3.96m

[Jimbuna]

HMS Bramble underway. The 1300 ton minesweeper went into the attack when confronted by the eight inch guns of the 16,000 ton Admiral Hipper and was sunk with all hands.
http://i.imgur.com/76DshHI.jpg

[tmccarthy]

SMS Schlesien

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/6595/3bnvAh.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Admiral Hipper
http://i.imgur.com/mNLxrtQ.jpg

[Aktungbby]

^that getz mein 'stamp of approval':D https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Siegelmarke_K._Marine_Kommando_S.M.S._Schlesien_W0 357673.jpg> in the Panama Canal 1937:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Schlesien_Panama_2.jpgPreparation to set the Homeward bound pennant; The pennant is around 200m long and 50 cm wide:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/SMS-Schlesien-Heimatwimpel-1.jpg/800px-SMS-Schlesien-Heimatwimpel-1.jpg...with weights:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/SMS-Schlesien-Heimatwimpel-2.jpg/120px-SMS-Schlesien-Heimatwimpel-2.jpg(<enlarges)

[tmccarthy]

Smolensk (K-410)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/1255/q2j2Wy.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Icebound conditions on the deck of a British cruiser during escort duty on the northern convoy route to Russia.
http://i.imgur.com/2cPWCxt.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Houston (CA 30)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/9199/rJ24HL.jpg

[Aktungbby]

TRAFLÜGELBOOT VS-8 http://www.foils.org/vs6.jpg http://www.german-navy.de/pics/kriegsmarine/vs8.gif
Germany experimented with various hydrofoil designs since the late 1938, most of them being design studies for fast attack craft. One remarkable exception was the Fast Hydrofoil Transport VS8... 80 tons able to transport one small or medium tank, (Type 38T or IV) which was stored on a special designed pontoon in the back of the ship, the VS8 was build as a prototype for experimenting with this kind of transport method. To load or unload the tank, the bay in the back of the ship was flooded and the pontoon, equipped with two 40 hp engines, could be removed or loaded on the ship. Experiments showed that loading the pontoon took less then two minutes, unloading less than one.
Besides its task as a fast transport, it was also discussed to use the ship as a fast mine layer, capable of laying 15-20 mines.

Designed to resupply Rommel with tanks in North Africa, it was under-powered and couldn't 'fly' in moderate seas. http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/picturesm/tb11.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS Bedouin
http://i.imgur.com/vBshzh0.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Catapult of F4U Corsair from USS Essex

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/9426/ZuHIZF.jpg

[Jimbuna]

A U.S. Navy F4U-4B Corsair of fighter squadon VF-113 Stingers flies over U.S. ships at Inchon, Korea, Sept. 15, 1950.
http://i.imgur.com/Txefym0.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Bunker Hill under attack

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/7298/ch6Umf.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse
http://i.imgur.com/EzgvmqX.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Fukuryū Maru tuna fishing boat https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Daigo_Fukuryu_Maru.jpg now in Tokyo museum: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru_02.JPG/800px-Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru_02.JPGhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru)

[tmccarthy]

SMS Hessen

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/4064/BwS7LM.jpg

[Jimbuna]

USS Texas, built in 1892, was the first pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy.
http://i.imgur.com/G7guDnV.jpg

[Aktungbby]

HMS WARRIOR HMS Warrior was a 40-gun steam-powered armoured (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_frigate) frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–61. She was the first of the Warrior-class ironclads (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior-class_ironclad). Warrior and her sistership HMS Black Prince (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Black_Prince_(1861)) were the first armour-plated, iron-hull warships.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/HMS_warriorjune20092.jpg/1024px-HMS_warriorjune20092.jpgrestored on display at Portsmouth.:salute:The single gun deck where the crew of 656 slept 'twixt the guns in hammockshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Portsmouth_HMS_Warrior_citadel_13-10-2011_13-38-31.png/1024px-Portsmouth_HMS_Warrior_citadel_13-10-2011_13-38-31.png

[tmccarthy]

"The Battle of Midway" by R.G. Smith

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7816/O9LAZp.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS Warspite refueling HMS Nestor G-02
http://i.imgur.com/BpdZEv7.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Naval Battle of Ecnomus (256 BC) - Animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpGMSzgd8eg&list=PLs-cxH-Nqj4d45zwiG-Tatuk7Jt_901kI&index=40

[Jimbuna]

Tarantul III Class
http://i.imgur.com/rPBxlQq.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Naval Battle of Ecnomus (256 BC) - Animation

From which we get the expression: 'economus of forces'
:O:

[tmccarthy]

USS Bowfin (SS-287)

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/3325/UKrogc.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Chinese Type 022 Stealth FAC
http://i.imgur.com/JhOJYnF.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Marblehead (CL-12)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/9080/qriqUD.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Indian Navy's Fast Attack Craft T-84
http://i.imgur.com/6YSsePS.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Edgar Quinet

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/9743/XuK7v0.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Sea Harrier
http://i.imgur.com/VPXJ4dn.jpg

[tmccarthy]

"Firing Rapiers over San Carlos Waters" by Daniel Bechennec

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2717/c4NIWA.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Crashed British Harrier during the Falklands war (guerra de las Malvinas), with an interesting message for Argentinian pilots.
http://i.imgur.com/VCI1LZY.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Kamikaze attack on the USS Franklin 30 Oct. 1944

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rn08mx84J0

[Jimbuna]

PASSING THROUGH ASCENSION
http://i.imgur.com/oi2EVFU.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Norfolk (SSN-714)

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/4206/2n0ncc.jpg

[Aktungbby]

USS HAWKBILL SSN 666 http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0866698.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/USS_Hawkbill_%28SSN-666%29.jpg/1024px-USS_Hawkbill_%28SSN-666%29.jpg "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea...."Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_beast): for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six;":doh: In this case at the North Pole in Operation ICEX 86:
An elevated view of the attack submarines Ray (SSN-653), Hawkbill (SSN-666), and & Archerfish (SSN-678) surfaced at the geographic North Pole, 6 May 1986 during ICEX 86. This is the first time three nuclear-powered submarines simultaneously surfaced at the pole.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b6/22/b7/b622b731c90e22b988be8e88499d6640.jpg But solo'd it in 1999: > https://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/uss-hawkbill-north-pole-1999.jpghttp://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08666.htm (http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08666.htm) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Arco_Hawkbill_Pano.jpg/220px-Arco_Hawkbill_Pano.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arco_Hawkbill_Pano.jpg)

[tmccarthy]

HMAS Perth (D29)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/1959/zppXcT.jpg


HMAS Perth (FFH 157)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/155/WR2Fnl.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Final moments of HMS Antelope
http://i.imgur.com/mxh0GEU.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Texas in the Submarine Magnetic Silencing Facility at Pearl Harbor

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/8955/PK05kG.jpg

[Jimbuna]

South African Navy submarine SAS Charlotte Maxeke cuts through the surface ahead of Type 23 frigate HMS Portland
http://i.imgur.com/eBwPGDS.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Kamikaze attack near Okinawa

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/1682/ucI0P3.jpg

[Jimbuna]

SAS AMATOLA
http://i.imgur.com/eOxDATw.jpg

[MilitaryAttractions]

spotted this beauty while waiting for the ferry to cross the harbor

https://youtu.be/v9gMboTSypY

Full Hi-res Album - https://goo.gl/photos/VB9k8LV8iDcSRC6t7

[Jimbuna]

Netherlands Super Lynx
http://i.imgur.com/mTSoQeJ.jpg

[Bhima]

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/12/09121312.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Chiran high school girls wave farewell with cherry blossom branches to departing kamikaze pilot in a Nakajima Ki-43-IIIa Hayabusa
http://i.imgur.com/jsjwE9u.jpg

[Marcantilan]

Netherlands Super Lynx
http://i.imgur.com/mTSoQeJ.jpg

It looks like a Marineflieger (Germany) Super Sea Lynx.

http://www.aviationgraphic.com/1094-1850-thickbox/p-3c-orion-marineflieger-jp-1445.jpg



Regards!

[Jimbuna]

^ Yes, you are quite correct. I picked the wrong nationality folder in error. Thanks for pointing that out.

Netherlands Lynx
http://i.imgur.com/oAb5qBt.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Ohio (BB-12)

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/460/BWdiz2.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Kamikaze about to impact into USS Missouri
http://i.imgur.com/uNEeRSn.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Snook (SSN-592)

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7260/sTuREC.jpg

[Jimbuna]

A kamikaze attack on a US warship during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
http://i.imgur.com/9vasYZT.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Photo album belonged to the late Edward Stewart of Raglan, Monmouthshire, who served in the Royal Navy He is believed to have worked on Pacific Post newspaper for naval servicemen, which is how he came by the photos that are mostly unpublished A Corsair bursts into flames landing on a British carrierhttp://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/26/09/34A1609300000578-3610318-image-m-78_1464251778390.jpghttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3610318/WWII-photos-reveal-kamikaze-attacks-Allied-aircraft-carriers-Pacific.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3610318/WWII-photos-reveal-kamikaze-attacks-Allied-aircraft-carriers-Pacific.html) HMS Indomitable: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/26/09/34A1671300000578-3610318-image-m-77_1464251765267.jpgHMS Formidable after Kamikaze attack:http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/26/09/34A14B4400000578-3610318-image-m-83_1464251846248.jpg Approximately 2,800 Kamikaze attackers sank 34 Navy ships, damaged 368 others, killed 4,900 sailors, and wounded over 4,800. Despite radar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar) detection and cuing, airborne interception, attrition, and massive anti-aircraft barrages, 14 percent of Kamikazes survived to score a hit on a ship; nearly 8.5 percent of all ships hit by Kamikazes sank.Australian journalists Denis and Peggy Warner, in a 1982 book with Japanese naval historian Sadao Seno (The Sacred Warriors: Japan’s Suicide Legions), arrived at a total of 57 ships sunk by kamikazes. Bill Gordon, an American Japanologist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Studies) who specialises in kamikazes, lists in a 2007 article 47 ships known to have been sunk by kamikaze aircraft. Gordon says that the Warners and Seno included ten ships that did not sink. He lists:

three escort carriers: USS St. Lo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_St._Lo_(CVE-63)), USS Ommaney Bay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ommaney_Bay_(CVE-79)), and USS Bismarck Sea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bismarck_Sea_(CVE-95))
14 destroyers, including the last ship to be sunk, USS Callaghan (DD-792) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Callaghan_(DD-792)) on 29 July 1945, off Okinawa
three high-speed transport (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_transport) ships
five Landing Ship, Tank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Ship,_Tank)
four Landing Ship Medium (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Ship_Medium)
three Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Ship_Medium)
one auxiliary tanker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_tanker)
three Canadian Victory ships (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_ship)
three Liberty ships (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_ship)
two high-speed minesweepers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_minesweeper)
one Auk class minesweeper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auk_class_minesweeper)
one submarine chaser (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_chaser)
two PT boats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PT_boat)
two Landing Craft Support (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Craft_Support)....In the immediate aftermath of kamikaze strikes, British carriers with their armoured flight decks recovered more quickly compared to their US counterparts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_armoured_to_unarmoured_flight_deck_d esigns#Post_war_analysis). Post-war analysis showed that some British carriers such as HMS Formidable suffered structural damage that led to them being scrapped, as being beyond economic repair. Britain's post-war economic situation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_United_Kingdom#1945.E2.80. 931959:_the_post-War_era) played a role in the decision to not repair damaged carriers, while even seriously damaged American carriers such as USS Bunker Hill were repaired, although they were then mothballed or sold off as surplus after World War II without re-entering service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze)

[Jimbuna]

HMS Invincible return after Falklands war
http://i.imgur.com/vq2ZTwy.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USE OF TRACER BULLETS IN ANTI-AIRCRAFT SHIP DEFENSE - ROYAL NAVY FILM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip3-4vhVnIE

[Jimbuna]

Pearl Harbor, USS California, by Anthony Saunders
https://s27.postimg.org/sqcnpyls3/a2aa.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/5ow2k7m4f/)

[tmccarthy]

USS Brooklyn during invasion of Sicily - July 1943

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/8219/FFt3qP.jpg

[Jimbuna]

ATLANTIC CONVEYOR
http://i.imgur.com/gdfnGCC.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Ohio (BB-12)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4748/QcAfPS.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS Antelope explodes after being hit by Skyhawks
http://i.imgur.com/Dytc9uj.jpg

[MilitaryAttractions]

Inside the Conning Tower.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YECHB_t_X0

[tmccarthy]

The Destroyer that took on a Battleship by Peter Deforest - The USS Laffey engages the battleship Hiei after near collision during The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/3755/mBCdO8.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS Conqueror sails alongside the frigate HMS Penelope during the Falklands War
http://i.imgur.com/hubSQVf.jpg

[Aktungbby]

MilitaryAttractions!:Kaleun_Salute:

[tmccarthy]

TBF Avenger Gunner Loyce Edward Deen is buried at sea in his plane - 5 Nov. 1944

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMWz10jaK0g

[Jimbuna]

HMS Andromeda (F57) (furthest away) behind HMS Yarmouth (F101) (HMS Cardiff's (D108) deck is shown).
http://i.imgur.com/1tGc6Xo.jpg

[Aktungbby]

TBF Avenger Gunner Loyce Edward Deen is buried at sea in his plane - 5 Nov. 1944


The final and one of the most dramatic WWII scene captured on film, showed a sailor buried at sea in the plane in which he gave his life. The plane was so badly hit by 40mm anti-aircraft (AA) shells, the Navy decided to leave his body in the plane. In addition, orders also came down not to strip the plane for parts - which was quite an extraordinary tribute at the time since aircraft parts were scarce and in demand. He is the only known USN sailor to be purposely buried with his plane. The documentary did not mention the sailor's name nor the carrier. Except for his name on a few website photos, very little was written about him - until now. http://www.loyceedeen.org/ (http://www.loyceedeen.org/)

[tmccarthy]

USS Cutlass (SS-478)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/8140/YM2C9F.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Operation Black Buck
http://i.imgur.com/R6dzJtf.jpg

[Jimbuna]

SS Canberra and HMS Andromeda (F57) outside Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, just after the surrender of Argentine forces on 14 June 1982
http://i.imgur.com/OPeDC35.jpg

[tmccarthy]

HMS Dragon (D35)

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2594/6Nmejr.jpg

[MilitaryAttractions]

not too entertaining but a little video that shows a working miniature model of how the compressed-air catapult system works on an Essex carrier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJAyGKT98RM

[tmccarthy]

Sonar operators on the USS The Sullivans

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/2766/PPOR1D.jpg

[Jimbuna]

RAF Vulcans
http://i.imgur.com/MLX70xI.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Kamikaze attack on the aircraft carrier Hornet

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/1922/L0NWtA.jpg

[Skarmy]

This amazing documentary on submarine warfare in the Atlantic that went on from 1939 to 1945. Full of accounts from British, American, and German sailors who were there and lived it as it was happening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_KcQ9qYICo

[Jimbuna]

Nearing the end....HMS Coventry
http://i.imgur.com/WqmRo43.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) tied up to the mooring mast aboard the tender USS Patoka (A0-9)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/538/Vuv2Bt.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The Ice Patrol Ship HMS ENDURANCE at Cumberland Bay, South Georgia
http://i.imgur.com/E4nSr96.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS by Brandon DA - USS Port Royal (CG-73)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/6457/xdjRme.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Harriers on board the Atlantic Conveyor heading towards the Falklands.
http://i.imgur.com/upvYBPb.jpg

[tmccarthy]

U.S. NAVY WWII RADAR MOVIE "CONQUEST OF THE NIGHT"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BiBg2eOT-I&t=317s

[tmccarthy]

USS Adder (SS-3)

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/4707/rxn80W.jpg

[Jimbuna]

This painting by Michael Turner shows a British Harrier supporting the attack by the Paras on Goose Green.
http://i.imgur.com/SHKcyp1.jpg

[tmccarthy]

HMAS Wollongong (ACPB 92)

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/1333/75RV0I.jpg

[Jimbuna]

This painting by Michael Turner shows a British Wessex helicopter 'Humphrey' dropping depth charges on the Argentine submarine Santa Fe. The Santa Fe was badly damaged and had to limp back to port and was abandoned.
http://i.imgur.com/CSb19hH.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Battleship USS Alabama in action in the Pacific

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/9782/8rDHgB.jpg

[Jimbuna]

This painting by Michael Turner shows the Harriers taking off in the atrocious conditions that were all too common in the South Atlantic.
http://i.imgur.com/RQ9gKV6.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Trial by Fire by Tom Freeman - The USS Laffey fights 22 Kamikaze attacks 16 April 1945

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7476/jPQ6y6.jpg

[Jimbuna]

This painting by Robert Taylor gives an impression of the sizeable fleet assembled by the British. The Argentine timing was terrible as the British had already sold its remaining Aircraft Carriers but had not yet delivered them to their purchasers. It is difficult to see how the British could have achieved the retaking of the islands without the support provided from the Aircraft Carriers.
http://i.imgur.com/DIVe0yc.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Aircraft Carrier • Resupply At Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QaE8KWlKjU


USS Enterprise Underway Replenishment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyPip--wzeA

[Jimbuna]

This painting by Joe Beetham illustrates the fact that the Argentines had surrendered before the British had reached Stanley itself. Therefore, there was to be no street fighting and it was a fairly straightforward advance into the port itself.
http://i.imgur.com/Gp5TaWQ.jpg

[ikalugin]

https://warspot-asset.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/pictures/000/017/918/content/p_pdhny4bkk-32c49bc646aa8d08b46b8f4406e266d5.jpg
http://files1.armyman.info/uploads/posts/2013-07/1372629090_borei.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Marines of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on the submarine Nautilus before the Makin Raid

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/3480/w7wjq1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The task force and troops returned to a heroes' welcome back in Britain. The political capital saved Margaret Thatcher's government and allowed her to return to a landslide victory in the general election of 1983.
http://i.imgur.com/yGKemx0.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Doolittle Raid - 18 April 1942

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/349/VxkQQz.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Taranto Harbour, Swordfish from ‘Illustrious’ Cripple the Italian Fleet, 11 November 1940 by Charles David Cobb
http://i.imgur.com/Pdq0od8.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Taranto Harbour, Swordfish from ‘Illustrious’ Cripple the Italian Fleet, 11 November 1940 by Charles David Cobb
Which, in turn, inspired ADM Yamamoto's 'infamous' emulation of a surprise attack 'awakening a sleeping giant'...: http://www.brainerddispatch.com/sites/default/files/styles/16x9_860/public/fieldimages/42/1206/0b5w8dpkrotkx2xrn0tfvha3wnm.jpg?itok=1OLovbzt
@ Eichhörnchen :D: Fresh out of school at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design,:yeah: artist Ron Finger lived in the Twin Cities when he was tasked with depicting Fuchida's bombing run on Pearl Harbor's Battleship Row.... http://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/4174444-painting-day-infamy-baxter-illustrator-recalls-creating-pearl-harbor-artwork (http://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/4174444-painting-day-infamy-baxter-illustrator-recalls-creating-pearl-harbor-artwork)
And; an interesting perspective from the other side: http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/07/world/40-years-later-japanese-pilot-recalls-pearl-harbora.html (http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/07/world/40-years-later-japanese-pilot-recalls-pearl-harbora.html) From his vantage point, Lieutenant Shiga watched the torpedo bombers ''flying very slowly'' far below. They made only 130 knots, moved lower and headed into attack on the moored battleships, ''very slowly.'' He was sure of a perfect surprise attack. Dive bombers launched a concurrent assault on Hickam Field and the torpedo bombers released their weapons. ''The torpedoes also ran very slowly,'' he recalled. ''We could see them running in the water at 30 to 40 knots.''
A total of 2,403 Americans died in the assault. Eighteen ships were lost, including four out of eight battleships. Fifty-four Japanese died. American Firepower... 'Frightening'
''I had already experienced fire from the ground in southern China,'' said Mr. Shiga, who was a fighter ace. ''Compared with the Chinese fire, the American firepower was enormous. The clouds and fire-puffs in the sky looked like a basket of flowers. It was really frightening.'' https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/33/45/34/334534e17b40ca8ec09408b678913b79.jpg

[tmccarthy]

U.S. Marines at Tarawa

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/2180/jXp594.jpg

[Jimbuna]

THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE by ALLAN O'MILL
http://i.imgur.com/8qw71BH.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Marines approaching Tarawa

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2610/oUJxLn.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS Courageous in Dry Dock, at Rosyth — Winter, 1919 artist: Charles Pears
http://i.imgur.com/JfjPDLH.jpg

[Aktungbby]

HMS Campbeltown in dry dock, at St Nazaire March 28 1942...just prior to 'high noon' when she blew up.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-3722-22%2C_St._Nazaire%2C_Zerst%C3%B6rer_%27HMS_Campbel town%27.jpgThe charges in Campbeltown exploded at noon, an hour and a half later than the British had expected (Operation Chariot). Although the ship had been searched by the Germans, the explosives had not been detected. The explosion killed around 250 German soldiers and French civilians, and demolished both the front half of the destroyer and the 160 short tons (150 t) caisson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)) of the drydock, with the rush of water into the drydock washing the remains of the ship into it. The St. Nazaire drydock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drydock) was rendered unusable for the rest of the war, it was the only German-held drydock on the European coast of the Atlantic that was large enough to service the battleship. If this drydock could be put out of action, any offensive sortie by Tirpitz into the Atlantic would be much more dangerous for the Kriegsmarine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine) to carry out, making it less likely that they would risk deploying her. The lock was not repaired until 1947. Note: those in the fotos did not survive

[tmccarthy]

LVT-1 in shallow water at Tarawa

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/2987/tUONp1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Vietnam People's Navy HQ-275 TT-400TP gunboat
http://i.imgur.com/GRVic4k.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Tarawa Wading In by Howard Gerrard - 2nd Marines 1943

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7141/yVd9MX.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The Maunsell Sea Forts of WWII
http://i.imgur.com/ypBlrzQ.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) leads battleships of the Pacific Fleet - 1930

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/6387/4xoUwH.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The Battle of Jutland by William Lionel Whyllie
http://i.imgur.com/No4bsGl.jpg

[bertieck476]

Sailed right past the red sand towers (maunsell fort) in the thames estuary the other day, they are quite creepy up close and you can see them for miles.

[tmccarthy]

USNS Supply (T-AOE-6)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/3672/bzgOSB.jpg

[Jimbuna]

"Battleship Row in Flames" by John Hamilton
http://i.imgur.com/p6yiK79.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Marines in LVT's landing at Tarawa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcufDNDjQgg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6us_a4-pd0

[Jimbuna]

Landing supplies at Normandy
http://i.imgur.com/WRWbt1f.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Sailor working on the USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/8063/kCePZm.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Slapton Sands, The Tragedy of “Exercise Tiger”
http://i.imgur.com/I25peAi.jpg

[tmccarthy]

U.S. Fast Attack Submarine - Topside In The Conning Tower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZMDbjIBpAE

[Jimbuna]

The 1st Battlecruiser Squadron of the Royal Navy leaving the Firth of Forth
http://i.imgur.com/aQe7MPb.jpg

[tmccarthy]

F-14 Tomcat breaks the sound barrier while passing the USS America

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/7074/S6c4Or.jpg

[Aktungbby]

In honor of the Day:Kaleun_Salute: (after:oops:) USS OLYMPIA C-6 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/USS_Olympia_2.jpg/1920px-USS_Olympia_2.jpgTODay: at Penn's Landing Marina Philadelphia PA. About $10 million need to restore America's greatest flagship....“You may fire when ready, Gridley.”... and the rest is 'miserable' 20th century history!:shucks: In December, theTreaty of Paris (http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/treaty-of-paris) officially ended the brief Spanish-American War. The once-proud Spanish empire was virtually dissolved, and the United States gained its first overseas empire. Puerto Rico and Guam were ceded to America, the Philippines were bought for $20 million, and Cuba became a U.S. protectorate. Philippine insurgents who fought against Spanish rule during the war immediately turned their guns against the new occupiers, and a significantly greater number of American troops died suppressing the Philippines than in defeating Spain. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/USS_Olympia_NH_NH_85768-KN.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_Bay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_Bay)

[Jimbuna]

A Fleet Air Arm Buccaneer on Take-off
http://i.imgur.com/TNigxEt.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Assault Amphibious Vehicle AAV-P7/A1 In Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi5W8ejYccc

[Jimbuna]

Sea Harrier FA2-ZD613-Satan1
http://i.imgur.com/r2q6QEI.jpg

[tmccarthy]

RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) launch from the USS Lake Erie (CG-70)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/1818/hpB6Fi.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers, Australia
http://i.imgur.com/rZ1P7PS.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Operation Neptune by Tom Freeman - USS Fitch (DD-462) during the invasion of Normandy


http://imageshack.com/a/img924/6034/CW9loG.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Juno Beach by Anthony Saunders
http://i.imgur.com/ScWEGMS.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Wounded Marines are evacuated from Iwo Jima in LCVP's (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP65BOf-_ws

[Jimbuna]

AGM-84 Harpoon/SLAM
http://i.imgur.com/xFmGHX4.jpg

[Aktungbby]

http://i1.wp.com/peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/hindenburg.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1333px&resize=2000%2C1333&ssl=1PHOTO SNAPPED AT THE MOMENT OF EXPLOSION-THE SHIP WAS CONSIUMED IN A MINUTE.

[tmccarthy]

Beach Landing in Amphibious Assault Vehicles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW2AwwFDDSU

[Jimbuna]

A Royal Navy Westland Sea King helicopter, assigned to the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, prepares to land aboard the U.S. Military Sealift Command ship USNS Pecos, during joint operations.
http://i.imgur.com/4AhYOxV.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Rounds fired by Phalanx CIWS of USS Mitscher (DDG-57) impact target ship

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/7018/dhFKYC.jpg

[Jimbuna]

You are here. Home › Fleet Air Arm
http://i.imgur.com/nWRrUjq.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Launch & Recovery of aircraft on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEW5jACD1iE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_yJ1CNupCk&t=262s

[Jimbuna]

XT280 high above the waves displaying the 'H' for HMS Hermes in 1967.
http://i.imgur.com/onK9OAn.jpg

[tmccarthy]

F/A-18 launched from the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/2467/0oUvbV.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod by Graham Holme
http://i.imgur.com/WgRZKpx.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Strike Aircraft Launch Aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twa5MnocNFE

[Jimbuna]

FM2 Wildcat painted in a British scheme, where it was originally called the "Marlet"
http://i.imgur.com/0oDX5L3.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Battle of the Coral Sea by RG Smith

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/4951/LNNoKx.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Evacuation from Dunkirk
http://i.imgur.com/dDs72Da.jpg

[tmccarthy]

South China Sea - Double Carrier Strike Group in Operation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwBchE-9Fd4

[Jimbuna]

USS Indiana bombarding Kamaishi, Japan on 14 July 1945
http://i.imgur.com/e3s4JiT.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Carrier Strike Group in Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39v9ywZ1LjQ

[Jimbuna]

Naval Warfare Wallpaper
http://i.imgur.com/iprcfOX.jpg

[tmccarthy]

US Navy destroyers test drone fighting capabilities off Florida

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/7849/fF0Tfm.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Kuznetsov
http://i.imgur.com/TXdtqUp.jpg

[tmccarthy]

LVT-2 at Tarawa

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7196/ohmueG.jpg

[tmccarthy]

AAV-P7/A1 launches from amphibious transport dock USS Denver

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/6007/SvoX2k.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Netherlands 918 Combat Boat 90 Fast Assault Craft
http://i.imgur.com/puHgNiy.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Nautilus (SSN-571) after collision with aircraft carrier USS Essex

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7145/DRMZXK.jpg

[Jimbuna]

"Quiet Before the Storm" - Tom Freeman - USS Olympia
http://i.imgur.com/lWw1ZpA.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Corsair in the Groove by Stan Stokes

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/9124/chWh1Q.jpg

[Jimbuna]

USS Missouri at sea. Oil painting by Richard Allison

http://i.imgur.com/I2RC32s.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Victory At Sea - Suicide For Glory - EP-25 (2/3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSKOLmo46eQ

[Jimbuna]

Night Attack on the Newcastle by Robert Taylor
http://i.imgur.com/DCYnFmd.jpg

[tmccarthy]

F-14 Blown behind Cat 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyMaM4aIqZk

F-14 Blown Behind Cat Waist CAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07dRZT-j-3E

[tmccarthy]

USS Stoddard (DD-566)

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/8068/sndcZC.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Battleship - USS Pennsylvania 1944
http://i.imgur.com/iavYth5.jpg

[tmccarthy]

Navy Pilots In Training

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kBPvIYtHAM

[Jimbuna]

F-18C, AV-8Bs
http://i.imgur.com/DwnMtak.jpg

[tmccarthy]

USS Cutlass (SS-478)

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4730/yMglR5.jpg