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New Orleans-class cruiser USS Astoria (CA-34) in her 1939-1940 configuration during a main battery tracking exercise.
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The first purpose built Aircraft Carrier, HMS Hermes was launched in 1919
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USS Elcano (PG-38) on the Yangtze River, circa 1917
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USS Wisconsin BB-64
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The Polish escort destroyer ORP Krakowiak (L115), Type II Hunt-class, tows the German Type XXIII submarine U-2377 off the northern tip of Ireland for scuttling as part of Operation Deadlight. Krakowia...
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HMS Prince of Wales with 24 British and Italian F-35Bs embarked
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Indian Navy aircraft carrier INS Vikrant sailing offshore Mumbai in March 2023.
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U.S. Navy in Middle East Employs Attack Drone at Sea for First Time
BySeaWaves Magazine – Dec 18, 2025 U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jarel Mc Cants Personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) …
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British Fairey Barracuda Mk. II torpedo bomber from 814 Naval Air Squadron flies over the British aircraft carrier HMS Venerable (R63) and the destroyer Alfredo Oriani of the Italian allied fleet (Mar...
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#OTD 1907: The Great White Fleet departs Hampton Roads, Va. to circumnavigate the world in 14 months, a journey of 43,000 miles that included 20 port calls across six continents.
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On November 14 1910, Pilot Eugene Ely was the first person to fly off a ship turning the USS Birmingham into the world’s first aircraft carrier
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HMS Katrine(K625)/HMNZS Rotoiti (F625)
HMS Katrine and later HMNZS Rotoiti HMNZS Rotoiti in Melbourne, Australia Katrine was a Loch-class frigate of the British Royal Navy, built by Henry Robb at Leith, Scotland, and named after Loch Ka…
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The future USS Idaho (SSN 799), a Virginia-class fast attack submarine was delivered to the US Navy yesterday, Dec 15, 2025
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Spanish multi-purpose aircraft carrier-landing helicopter dock (LHD) Juan Carlos I (L61)
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USS Arizona
USS Arizona was a Pennsylvania-class battleship built for and by the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state’s recent admission into the union, the ship was the …
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USCGC Bear (WMEC-901) 1934
The SS Bear was a dual steam-powered and sailing ship built with six-inch (15.2 cm)-thick sides which had a long life in various cold-water and ice-filled environs. She was a forerunner of modern i…
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USS Tawasa 1953
USS Tawasa (AT-92) was a Cherokee-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Her purpose was to aid ships, usually by towing, on the high seas or in combat or post-…
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USS CHARLESTON and USS SOUTH DAKOTA, 1908
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USS CHARLESTON 1906
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USS New Jersey (BB-62) (“Big J” or “Black Dragon”[2]) is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of New Jersey.
USS New Jersey New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa-class battleships, and was the only US battleship providing gunfire support during the Viet…
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CSS Stonewall Jackson was a cottonclad sidewheel ram of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
Stonewall Jackson was selected in January 1862, by Capt. James E. Montgomery to be part of his River Defense Fleet at New Orleans. On 25 January Montgomery began to convert her …
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Battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) Port Quarter View, Philadelphia. Navy Yard 4 June 1942.
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was the lead vessel of the four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washing…
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USS Massachusetts in her final active appearance, photo taken on 22 January 1946
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington t…
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Construction Begins on RFA Resurgent
BySeaWaves Magazine – Dec 8, 2025 Royal Navy The construction of the first of three Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships that will form the logistical backbone for UK aircraft carrier operatio…
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US Navy Releases Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group Investigations
BySeaWaves Magazine – Dec 8, 2025 U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike Shen On 4 December 2025, the US Navy released investigations related to the four incidents at…
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