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On Veterans Day, the content creator volunteered aboard USS LST-325 during one of its semi-annual work weeks.

#lst #lst325 #warship #ship #evansville #indiana #navalhistory #history #museumship #ship
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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An unknown Royal Navy destroyer is being currently employed as a tug for a practice target in the North Sea.

#destroyer #warship #ship #target #royalnavy #rn #uk #unitedkingdom #practice #ww1 #worldwarone #worldwar1 #navalhistory #history #snapshot
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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As seen from HMS Revenge, the German battlecruiser SMS Seydlitz passes by the observing crew.

#seydlitz #battlecruiser #ww1 #worldwar1 #warships #ships #navalhistory #history #germany
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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After WW1, the British armored cruiser HMS Carnarvon is being used as a training ship. The ship’s guard is gathered on the quarter deck. The stern 7.5in turret is on the right.

#carnarvon #cruiser #royalnavy #rn #uk #warship #ship #navalhistory #history #ww1
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Near the end or after WW1, the minelayer USS Quinnebaug & battleship HMS Marlborough are seen in Scapa Flow.

#minelayer #battleship #uss #hms #usa #uk #america #unkitedkingdom #warships #ww1 #worldwar1 #war #snapshot #navalhistory #history
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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In Kiel around 1935, Germany, the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard. In the first snapshot, an unfinished Type 1934A Zerstörer.

#krupp #kiel #germany #destroyer #warship #shipyard #construction #ship #navalhistory #history
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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On the Royal Navy battleship HMS Revenge, crew cheer for the departing CnC of the Fleet Admiral David Beatty.

#revenge #hms #royalnavy #uk #battleship #warship #ship #admiral #cheer #crew #sailors #officers #ww1 #navalhistory #history
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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During World War 1, the Kaiserliche Marine super-dreadnought SMS Bayern dockside.

#bayern #battleship #dreadnought #warship #ship #germany #kaiserlichemarine #navy #navalhistory #history #ww1 #worldwar1
October 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Late 1918 anchored in the Firth of Forth, the American dreadnought USS Florida is seen with parts of the Grand Fleet in the background.

#florida #usa #battleship #dreadnought #firthofforth #scotland #uk #grandfleet #ww1 #worldwarone #navalhistory #history #warship #ship
October 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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On September 13th, 1918 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, a Torpedoboat flotilla is preparing to depart the port.

#torpedoboat #warships #ships #kaiserlichemarine #germany #wilhelmshaven #deutschland #war #warfare #ww1 #worldwarone #navalhistory #history
October 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Landscape with Rolling Hills by Vasily Kandinsky, 1910
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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On or after July 2nd, 1942 during Operation Rösselsprung, battleship Tirtpitz leads the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper to intercept Convoy PQ-17.

#battleship #cruiser #warships #ships #ww2 #worldwar2 #war #navalhistory #history #kriegsmarine #germany
October 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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IJN Heavy cruiser Maya
Date: October 21, 1938
Location: Outside Amoy Port
Photo: from HMS Birmingham
Situation:

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October 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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On board the battleship SMS Rheinland, a parallel bars competition is being held on the stern. A variety of sailors & officers watch from all sides.

#rheinland #battleship #dreadnought #warship #ship #germany #ww1 #gymnastics #parallelbars #competiton #navalhistory #history
October 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Today's favourite #warart

Giulio Aristide Sartorio - Pontoon "Tigre" (1917) - Rome, Palazzo della Farnesina

Pontoon-mounted heavy gun for the defence of Venice after Caporetto.

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English Giulio Aristide Sartorio - Pontoon "Tigre" (1917) - Rome, Palazzo della Farnesina Summary edit Giulio Aristide Sartorio: Pontoon (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL) Create new Wikidata item based on this file) Artist Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860–1932) wikidata:Q1062517 s:it:Autore:Giulio Aristide Sartorio q:it:Giulio Aristide Sartorio Giulio Aristide Sartorio Alternative names Birth name: Giulio Aristide Sartorio; G. A. Sartorio; Aristide Sartorio; giulio aristide sartorio; g. a. sartorio; A. Sartorio; Sartorio G. A.; G. A. S. Description Italian painter, sculptor, writer and film director Date of birth/death 11 February 1860 Edit this at Wikidata 3 October 1932 Edit this at Wikidata Location of birth/death Rome Edit this at Wikidata Horti Galateae Edit this at Wikidata Work period circa 1876 Edit this at Wikidata–1932 Edit this at Wikidata Work location Rome; Naples (1879); Paris (1884); Paris (1889); Paris (1893); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1893); Middle East (1919); South America (1924); Mediterranean Sea (1929); Weimar (1896–1899); Italian Front (1917–1918) Edit this at Wikidata Authority file wikidata:Q1062517: Q1062517 VIAF: 57427015 ISNI: 0000000121345620 ULAN: 500016640 LCCN: n79065097 Open Library: OL905545A WorldCat Photographer Francesco Taurisano Title Italian: Tigre Pontoon "Tigre" Object type painting Description Pontoon "Tigre" (1917), by Giulio Aristide Sartorio Medium oil on canvas glued on cardboard Dimensions height: 58 cm (22.8 in); width: 78 cm (30.7 in) Collection Museum collection of the Farnesina (Q3683042) Accession number 1917 Place of creation Italian Front, World War I Credit line Provenance: Italian Club of Sao Paulo, Brasil Inscriptions Signature and date upperlefr: G.A. Sartorio Capo ... - XII - Dicembre MCMXVII Source/Photographer Google Arts & Culture — DQEV4L9GLjcc9Q
October 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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In late 1918, the light battlecruiser of the Royal Navy HMS Courageous steams past the cameraman.

#courageous #hms #uk #unitedkingdom #royalnavy #ww1 #worldwar1 #navalhistory #history
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Between 1923 to 1925, the crew of Torpedoboat V6 pose for a formal portrait. The officer standing center is the future Admiral Günther Lütjens whom commanded the squadron.

#torpedoboat #warship #ship #crew #sailors #officers #germany #admiral #crew #navalhistory #history
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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As seen from the deck of a battleship, the super-dreadnought SMS Bayern is dockside in likely Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

#bayern #dreadnought #battleship #warship #ship #germany #ww1 #worldwarone #greatwar #navalhistory #history
October 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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In Trondheim, Norway, the Kriegsmarine battleship Gneisenau is anchored after the sinking of HMS Glorious, but before being torpedoed by HMS Clyde.

#gneisenau #battleship #warship #ship #trondheim #norway #germany #kriegsmarine #ww2 #worldwar2 #navalhistory #history
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Sailors of the American battleship USS Florida receive their mail at the stern. The photo is from around her time in service in the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet.

#florida #uss #battleship #dreadnought #warship #usnavy #usn #ww1 #worldwar1 #greatwar #navalhistory #history
October 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Around October 1914, a formal photo of the Kaiserliche Marine dreadnought SMS Ostfriesland.

#battleship #warship #ship #dreadnought #ww1 #worldwar1 #greatwar #kaiserlichemarine #germany #navalhistory #history
October 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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In Naples, Italy in December 1940, the Regia Marina battleship Giulio Cesare is dockside in the port.

#giuliocesare #juliuscaesar #naples #italty #regiamarina #battleship #dreadnought #warship #ship #ww2 #worldwar2 #navalhistory #history
October 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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A propaganda snapshot of the Reichsmarine Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer prior to 1935.

#scheer #panzerschiff #heavycruiser #cruiser #kriegsmarine #germany #Deutschland #warship #ship #navalhistory #history
October 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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On Facebook, Karlo Foder; a collector of naval officer photos, spotted a much younger Günther Lütjens in my V6 post. The officer would lead the Bismarck during her first & only voyage in World War II.

#officer #officers #ww2 #worldwar2 #admiral #bismarck #navalhistory #history
September 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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In the mid 1930s, the US Navy heavy cruiser USS Pensacola photographed by a German sailor visiting a US Naval Base.
September 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM