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Let me drop a bomb here. What is the best looking Imperial Japanese battleship of the WW2 years? 6 basic types to choose from. Looking forward to your votes and arguments !
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Date: January 1985. Location: 33°45'30.0" N, 118°13'36.9" W. Event: Sitting in the dry dock of the Long Beach Naval Yard, battleship Missouri undergoes 24-month long overhaul prior to her recommissioning into the USN after 31 years in mothballs. Photo by Randy Hayes.
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Date: October 19, 1943. Location: 56°01'32.1" N, 03°27'01.5" W. Event: Flagship of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet, battleship Duke of York is leaving a dry dock of the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth upon completion of her 12-day long maintenance. Note heavy cruiser Berwick and light…
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Five late 20s' heavy cruiser design philosophies to choose from. What's you pick?
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Date: Late January 1946. Location: Boston, MA, USA. Event: Commissioned into the USN some 3 weeks ago, former German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen has recently arrived in the Charlestown Navy Yard for an extensive examination by the naval experts.
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US Navy operated 27 battleships through WW2 years. While in active service, they were divided into 7 body types. What appearance do you personally prefer?
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Had to post it here. Warspite is entering the Grand Harbour, Malta. November 1939. Diorama by Yuanhao Chen.
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Date: September 28, 1940. Location: Bay of Kiel, Germany. Event: Formally commissioned into the German Navy a month ago, battleship Bismarck is departing Kiel for Gotenhafen to perform 2-month long extensive trials and combat training. Original color photo.
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Date: May 1935. Location: The Yuya Bay 油谷湾, Japan. Event: Having just completed their extensive reconstructions, sister battleships Fusō 扶桑 (in the foreground) and Yamashiro 山城 (flagship of the IJN Combined Fleet 聯合艦隊) conduct joint exercises.
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Date: Early May 1986. Location: 37°47'47" N, 122°23'14" W. Event: USN battleship Missouri arrives in San Francisco from Long Beach for recommissioning ceremonies following 29 years in mothballs and 2 years of preparation works.
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Date: July 16, 1924. Location: The Solent, UK. Event: All 5 units of the Queen Elizabeth-class are participating in the Review of the Fleet at Spithead. From left to right: Malaya, Warspite, Valiant, Barham. Queen Elizabeth is out of the frame. Note royal yacht Victoria and…
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Date: August 19, 1943. Location: Vallejo, CA, USA. Event: USN light cruiser St. Louis commences repairs of damage sustained in the Battle of Kolombangara. She will re-enter combat service in November. Current status: Intact wreck at 38°48′28″ S, 01°23′59″ W, depth of ca. 5000 m.
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Date: Fall 1987. Location: The Philippine Sea off the Island of Luzon, Philippines. Event: USN battleship Missouri is sailing from Hawaii to the Arabian Sea to participate in the Operation Earnest Will. Photo by Terry Cosgrove.
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Date: Early May 1984. Location: 19°55'45" N, 75°10'08" W. Event: Recommissioned in April after inactive 26 years, USN battleship Iowa pays a 2-week long visit to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base prior to series of gunnery exercises off the Vieques island, Puerto Rico. Photo by…
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Date: September 1945. Location: 34°15'04" N, 132°29'43" E. Event: Former IJN battleship Haruna 榛名 sits on a seabed near the Island of Etajima 江田島 since she was sunk by the USAF and USN Task Force 38's bombers in July. Current status: Scrapped in 1946-47, lifespan of 35…
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Date: August 30, 1988. Location: Pascagoula, MS, USA. Event: Having completed her 27-month long overhaul, battleship Wisconsin is departing the Ingalls Shipbuilding facility for another set of sea trials. She will rejoin the USN following 30 inactive years. Photo by Lynn Howell.
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Designed in early '30s, these light cruisers entered service right before the WW2 broke out. Judge the looks, and be kind to announce the best here.
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This time we study 7 final-gen pre-dreadnoughts created by major naval cultures. What vessel will you name the most visually pleasing and appealing? Let your heart judge.
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Date: Early June 1941. Location: The Baltic Sea off the Rugen Island, Germany. Event: German battleship Tirpitz conducts gunnery trials following her recent upgrade at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel.
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Date: Spring 1908. Location: The Rade of Toulon, France. Event: Part of the French Navy's Second Squadron, battleship Carnot is departing Toulon to conducts exercises off the Îles d'Hyères. Current status: Scrapped in 1923-24, lifespan of 33 years. Photo by Marius Bar.
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Date: Summer 1949. Location: 29°45'22.5N 95°05'22.8W. Event: Decommissioned from the USN the previous year, Texas is enjoying now her status of the first permanent battleship-museum in the USA. Current status: Under repairs at 29°18'51.3" N, 94°47'50.8" W.
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Date: June 08, 1944. Location: The English Channel west of Le Havre, France. Event: British battleship Rodney is aiming her 16-inch(406 mm)/45 guns at the German fortifications in the vicinity of the Sword Beach. Current status: Scrapped in 1948-49, lifespan of 27 years.
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Date: Late January 1991. Location: The Persian Gulf off Manama, Bahrain. Event: USN battleship Missouri is departing for Kuwait to perform her first shore bombardment amid unfolding Operation Desert Storm. Current status: Museum ship at 21°21'43.4" N, 157°57'12.5" W.
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Date: May 10, 1986. Location: 37°48'45" N, 122°29'25" W. Event: USN battleship Missouri is arriving in San Francisco for recommissioning ceremony following 29 years in mothballs and a 2-year long overhaul. Photo by Steve Grzezdzinski.
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Date: August 30, 1988. Event: USN battleship Wisconsin is departing Pascagoula, MS, for another set of sea trials upon completion of her 27-month long overhaul at the Ingalls Shipbuilding facility. Photo by Lynn Howell.
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Date: May 09, 1945. Location: 55°42'22" N, 12°35'41" E. Event: German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen under command of Hans-Jürgen Reinicke undergoes official surrender procedure. The Allied delegation is leaded by Robert Elkins, captain of the British light cruiser Dido.
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Date: Fall 1967. Location: 34°14'11.5" N, 77°57'15.5" W. Event: Decommissioned from active service with the USN in 1947, battleship North Carolina is berthed in Wilmington, NC, for 6 years now. Current status: Museum ship at the site.
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Date: October 22, 1919. Location: 39°53'44" N, 75°10'40" W. Event: USN warships are kept in mothballs after American Expeditionary Forces were transferred back home from Europe. Front row, left to right: battleships Iowa, Massachusetts, Indiana, Kearsarge, Kentucky, Maine.
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Date: August 05, 1943. Location: The Delaware Bay, NJ, USA. Event: Built by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 32 months, USN battleship New Jersey is conducting her post-commissioning tests and trials. Current status: Museum ship at 39°56′21.6″ N, 75°07′59.1″ W.
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Date: Late April, 1944. Location: Mediterranean off Oran وَهران, Algeria. Event: Dressed up in a dazzle camouflage, French light cruiser Gloire conducts gunnery practice prior to her scheduled refit. Current status: Scrapped in 1959-61, lifespan of 28 years. Original color photo.
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Date: Mid-January 1941. Location: The Bay of Kiel, Germany. Event: German battleship Scharnhorst gets herself ready for the 2d attempt of a long-range raid with her sister ship Gneisenau against Allied shipping in the North Atlantic (Operation Berlin). Current status: Intact…
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Date: September 1951. Location: The San Francisco Bay, CA, USA. Event: Recommissioned into the USN the previous month, battleship Iowa makes a break from her shakedown cruise. She is dropping her anchor now. Photo by Carl Mydans.
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Date: April 20, 1939. Location: The Bay of Kiel, Germany. Event: Having completed post-commissioning trials, battleship Scharnhorst is waiting for her straight stem to be replaced with a raised and flared bow. Current status: Intact wreck at appr. 72°16′ N, 28°41′ E, depth of 280…
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These are 5 major types of WW2-era light cruisers, built by Italian shipyards. Which one is the most attractive? Looking forward to your votes and opinions! 🧜♀️
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Date: April 05, 1952. Location: 13°27'07" N, 144°39'41" E. Apra Harbor Guam. Event: USN battleship Wisconsin participates in tests of AFDB-1 (former Artisan), the largest floating dry dock of the US Navy, while on her way from Yokosuka to Long Beach, CA.
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Date: June 10, 1945. Location: Pacific west of the Mariana Islands. Event: Having lost her 104 ft long bow section amidst typhoon Connie (aka Viper), USN heavy cruiser Pittsburgh is approaching Guam for urgent repairs. Current status: Scrapped in 1974-76, lifespan of 33 years.
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Date: January 11, 1940. Location: The Kiel Canal, Germany. Event: Having completed her repairs and refit at the Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, German battleship Scharnhorst is fighting heavy ice on her way from Brunsbüttel to Kiel for a series of exercises with her sister ship…
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Date: September 07, 1944. Location: Bremerton, WA, USA. Event: USN aircraft carrier Saratoga commences sea trials upon completion of her 2.5-month long refit at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Note her brand new Measure 32/Design 11A camouflage. Current status: Intact wreck at…
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Date: October 07, 1956. Event: A number of French and British warships are berthed in the Toulon Naval Base amid the unfolding Suez Crisis. Bottom to top: Aircraft carrier La Fayette (former Langley of the USN), replenishment oiler Tiderange, aircraft carrier Eagle, light cruiser…
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Date: April 1943. Location: Bremerton, WA, USA. Event: Sitting in the dry dock of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, USN heavy cruiser New Orleans has her temporary bow removed for permanent repairs. She has lost her 46 m-long bow part as a result of a torpedo hit in the Battle of…
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Date: March 19, 1898. Location: Event: Assigned recently to the USN North Atlantic Squadron, battleship Oregon is departing San Francisco for Jupiter, Florida, amid rising tensions between the USA and Spain. Current status: Scrapped in 1956-57, lifespan of 66 years.
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Date: Early February 1932. Location: Pacific off San Diego, CA, USA. Event: Battleship West Virginia is leading Colorado, Maryland, and California upon completion of a mock-up raid on Oahu, Hawaii, during Grand Joint Exercise No. 4 by the US Army and Navy.
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Date: January 24, 1941. Location: The Chesapeake Bay, VA, USA. Event: British battleship King George V with Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, the new British Ambassador to the USA, aboard is approaching Annapolis. Original color photo, taken from Presidential yacht Potomac.
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Date: August 23, 1990. Location: The Persian Gulf off Qatar. Event: Battleship Wisconsin is ready to join the US forces on the opening stage of Operation Desert Shield. Having departed Norfolk on August 07, she has covered 8,500 nmi in 16 days with the average speed of 22 kts.
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Date: July 16, 1915. Location: 09°06'42" N, 79°42'01" W. Event: USN battleship Ohio is transiting the Panama Canal en route from Norfolk to San Francisco during her training cruise for midshipmen and naval cadets. Current status: Scrapped in 1923-24, lifespan of 25 years.
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As you might have witnessed, we conducted a poll to choose the most beautiful WW2-era Japanese battleship. Here is what we've got. The 3d place went to the Fusō-class, represented by Yamashiro. You liked 1) 3-tower silhouette 2) multiple turrets 3) 100% Japanese looks. ⬇️
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Date: Spring 1915. Location: The Moudros Harbor, Lemnos, Greece. Event: A cat is strolling along the barrel of a 15-inch/42 Mark I gun aboard British battleship Queen Elizabeth at the start of the Dardanelles Campaign. Current status: Scrapped in 1948-49, lifespan of 37 years.
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Date: February 06, 1945. Location: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands. Event: Part of the USN Fifth Fleet, battleship Nevada is getting prepared to support USMC V Amphibious Corps' landings on the opening stages of the Battle of Iwo Jima. Current status: Intact wreck at 20°36′51″ N,…
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Do you mind unleashing some hell today? What is the most visually appealing battleship of the 1940s' Royal Navy? Seven major looks were there to choose from. Will be waiting for your votes and arguments! 🧜♀️
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Date: October 1986. Location: The South Pacific Ocean off Wollongong, Australia. Event: USN battleship Missouri is departing from Sydney for Hobart after celebrating the Royal Australian Navy's 75th Anniversary. Current status: Museum ship at 21°21'43.4" N, 157°57'12.5" W.
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Date: May 1943. Location: Pacific south of the Oahu Island, HI, USA. Event: USN heavy cruiser Indianapolis is engaged in combat training following her extensive refit at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Current status: Intact wreck at appr. 11°39′N, 134°19′E, depth of ca. 5500 m.
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Date: October 11, 1940. Location: Tokyo Bay off Yokosuka. Event: The largest and the last-ever IJN fleet review with 98 ships and 500 aircraft particiating is dedicated to the 2600th anniversary of Emperor Jimmu’s 神武天皇 enthronement. Kawanishi H6K flying boats are in the air.
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Date: January 17, 1950. Location: 37°00'20" N, 76°16'26" W. Event: USN battleship Missouri sits atop muddy Thimble Shoals since 8:17 a.m. due to Captain William Drane Brown's errors. She will be ultimately released on February 01 after 4 unsuccessful attempts. Current status:…
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Date: May 30, 1936. Location: The Bay of Kiel. Event: Flagship of the German Navy, heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee is leading sister ships Admiral Scheer, Deutschland, and light cruisers on a parade celebrating the opening of the 72 m high Naval Memorial Tower in Laboe.
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Date: Fall 1941. Location: 48°22'39" N, 04°30'16" W. Event: Heavily damaged after consecutive British air attacks on April 06 and April 10, German battleship Gneisenau undergoes repairs at the Brest Arsenal. She will return to active service in December.
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Date: June 1984. Location: The Caribbean off Barranquilla, Colombia. Event: Battleship Iowa takes part in the annual exercise UNITAS XXV with the USN and 7 South American naval powers participating. Note brand new German-built frigate Caldas of the Colombian Navy astern. Photo by…
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Date: January 14, 1991. Location: The Persian Gulf off the Kuwaiti coast. Event: Event: USN battleships Wisconsin (in the foreground) and Missouri are refueling from fast combat support ship Sacramento on the closing stage of Operation Desert Shield. Photo by Brad Dillon.
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Date: Summer 1945. Location: Karlskrona Naval Base, Sweden. Event: Swedish coastal defence ship Drottning Victoria shows her Bofors 283 mm/45 M/1912 guns and olive green camouflage upon completion of her neutrality patrol duties. Current status: Scrapped in 1959-60, lifespan of…
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Let's talk WWII 20.000+ t cruisers today. Which one is the most visually satisfying ? Looking forward to your choices and arguments ! 🧜♀️
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Date: February 05, 1945. Location: The Auckland Harbour, New Zealand. Event: Flagship of the Royal Navy's Pacific Fleet, battleship Howe arrives in Auckland before joining the USN Fifth Fleet at the Admiralty Islands. Current status: Scrapped in 1958-59, lifespan of 22 years.
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Date: September 09, 1943, 3:54 p.m. Location: 41°13′19″ N, 08°40′57″ E. Event: The second PC 1400X guided glide bomb, dropped by Dornier Do 217 K-2, hits Italian battleship Roma. Fatalities: 1393 (69% of her crew). Current status: Intact wreck at the site, depth of ca. 900 m.
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It won't be that easy this time cause there is a lot of stuff to deal with ! Here are 8 generations of the US Navy's heavy cruisers. Which one is the most aesthetically pleasing ? Looking forward to your votes and comments !🧜♀️
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Date: Spring 1913. Location: The Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. Event: The first-ever warship with triple turrets to enter service, Austro-Hungarian battleship Viribus Unitis shows her Škoda 30.5 cm (12-inch)/45 K10 guns. Current status: Scrapped in 1923-30, lifespan of 20 years.
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Date: Early January 2010. Location: 21°20'48.7"N, 157°57'54.6"W. Event: Museum ship Missouri has just completed her 80-day long maintenance, priced at $18 mln. She will return to her berthing station on Battleship Row on January 07. The next maintenance is scheduled for 2030.
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Date: August 1953. Location: 35°54'04" N, 14°31'26" E. Event: New Zealand light cruiser Black Prince is entering the Grand Harbour at the end of the cruise to Greece and Turkey. She carried out a 2-month long service with the Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet on her way back from…
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Date: October 14, 1944. Location: Charleston, SC, USA. Event: Having completed her 10-month long repairs at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, British light cruiser Uganda is ready to be transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. Current status: Scrapped in 1961, lifespan of 22 years.
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Date: June 25, 1924. Location: The First Narrows, Canada. Event: Part of the Royal Navy's Special Service Squadron, battlecruiser Hood arrives in Vancouver amid her world cruise. Current status: Intact wreck at appr. 63°20′ N, 31°50′ W, depth of 2800 m. Photo by James Matthews.
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Date: June 10, 1918, 5:30 a.m. Location: 44°12'07"N, 14°27'05"E. Event: Austro-Hungarian battleship Szent István is listing to starboard after an Italian motorboat MAS-15 hit her aft boiler room with 2 torpedoes 2 hours ago. Current status: Intact wreck at the site, depth of 65m.
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Date: September 09, 1968. Location: 21°19'43" N, 157°58'12" W. Event: USN battleship New Jersey is entering Naval Station Pearl Harbor on her way from Long Beach to the Subic Bay prior to her combat deployment in the Vietnamese waters.
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Date: January 11, 1922. Location: 31°15'21" N, 32°18'33" E. Event: British battlecruiser Renown with Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) is berthing in Port Said بورسعيد, Egypt, on the opening leg of the 9-month long Royal Tour of India, Philippines and Japan.
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Date: March 15, 1945. Location: The Puget Sound off Bremerton, WA, USA. Event: USN battleship Alabama performs sea trials following her 2-month long repairs and refit. She will re-enter combat service in April. Current status: Museum ship at 30°40′54.4″ N, 88°00′52″ W.
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Date: March 15, 1943. Location: Hampton Roads, VA, USA. Event: USN battleship Texas is departing the Norfolk Navy Yard for a series of exercises in the Chesapeake Bay. She will resume her patrol duties in the North Atlantic later. Current status: Under repairs at 29°18'51.3" N,…
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Date: January 20, 1952. Location: The Sea of Japan off Ulsan 울산시, ROK. Event: Flagship of the USN Seventh Fleet, battleship Wisconsin is sailing to the Wŏnsan Harbor to resume bombarding operations upon completion of her replenishment in Sasebo 佐世保市, Japan.
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Date: Mid-July 1914. Location: The North Sea off the Archipelago of Heligoland, Germany. Event: German High Seas Fleet departs for the last peacetime maneuvers in its history. Battleship Pommern (the one that will be sunk in the Battle of Jutland) is in the rearguard.
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5 generations of Imperial German dreadnoughts. Which one is the best-looking? And why? Thanks in advance for your reactions!🧜♀️
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Date: December 16, 1939. Location: Port Stanley, the Falkland Islands. Event: British heavy cruiser Exeter shows her A and B turrets, destroyed in the recent Battle of the River Plate. Current status: Illegally scrapped/hull fragments at 04°53′45″ S, 111°35′30″ E, depth of 60 m.
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Date: July 1944. Location: Baltic Sea off the Gulf of Riga. Event: An Arado Ar 196 A-3 reconnaissance floatplane is ready to be launched from a DL-22 catapult of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen during one of her sorties to bombard advancing Soviet troops.
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Date: May 1942. Location: 63°33'44" N, 10°55'44" E. Event: German battleship Tirpitz is moored in the Fættenfjorden, Norway, for the 4th month in a row. Over this time, she came under 3 massive attacks by the RAF, to no effect though.
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Date: Early May 1947. Location: The Celtic Sea off Brest, France. Event: British battleship Vanguard with King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret aboard is approaching Portsmouth at the very end of the 3-month long Royal Tour of South Africa.…
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Date: Fall 1961. Location: Atlantic off Recife, Brazil. Event: Flagship of the Brazilian Navy, light cruiser Almirante Tamandaré (former USN St. Louis) is performing a show of force amid evolving dispute over spiny lobsters between Brazil and France.
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Date: July 1942. Event: German battleship Tirpitz is moored in the Bogen Bay, Norway, soon after attack on the Allied Convoy PQ 17 (Operation Rösselsprung) was cancelled. She will stay here until late October. Current status: Minor debris at 69°38′50″N, 18°48′30″E, depth of 10 m.
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Date: April 23, 1989. Event: USN battleship Iowa arrives in Naval Station Norfolk with her Turret Two damaged after center gun explosion 4 days ago during exercise FLEETEX 3-89. Fatalities: 47. Current status: Museum ship at 33°44′29.8″ N, 118°16′39″ W. Photo by Jeff Elliott.
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Date: February 25, 1941. Event: Just repainted, German battleship Tirpitz is towed out of the dry dock for her formal commissioning ceremony at the Bauhafen of the Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven. Current status: Minor debris at 69°38′50″ N, 18°48′30″ E, depth of 10 m.
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Just had to post this photo. North American B-25 Mitchells of the US Army Air Force’s 340th Bombardment Group, famously noted in the 1961 novel 'Catch-22' by Joseph Heller, are witnessing the eruption of Vesuvius on March 17, 1944. Greetings to all aviation fans! 🧜♀️
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Date: Late March 1952. Location: Yokohama 横浜, Japan. Event: Headquarters of the USN Seventh Fleet is being transferred from battleship Missouri (on the right) to her recommissioned sister ship Iowa. Note ammunition stacked upon Iowa's aft deck.
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Date: May 14, 1944. Event: Assigned to the USN Task Group 27.10, battleships Nevada (in the foreground) and Texas are anchored in the Belfast Lough, Ireland, the day before inspection by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Photo taken aboard heavy cruiser Quincy.
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Date: Late July 1984. Location: The Caribbean off the Vieques island, Puerto Rico. Event: Recommissioned in April after 26 inactive years, USN battleship Iowa conducts gunnery practice. Her triple Mark 7 16-inch/50 gun turret No.2 is firing a 860 kg projectile now. Photo by Davis…
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Date: Mid-July 1945. Location: Pacific off the Kyūshū Island 九州, Japan. Event: Battleship North Carolina is escorting aircraft carriers of the USN TG 38.3 on their way from Leyte Gulf, Philippines, to Tokyo Bay for a series of air strikes. Carrier Randolph is on the left.
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Date: Late October 1933. Location: 35°53'44" N, 14°31'06" E. Event: Monitor Terror is departing the Grand Harbour amid her 3-month long voyage from Plymouth to Singapore to enhance capabilities of the Royal Navy's new base in Sembawang. Current status: Intact wreck at 32°53′00″…
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Date: Late February 1986. Location: The Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Event: USN battleship Iowa is anchored off Puerto Caldera during her 'showing the flag' tour of Central America. Current status: Museum ship at 33°44′29.8″ N, 118°16′39″ W. Photo by Jeff Hilton.
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Date: July 30, 1991. Location: The Puget Sound, WA, USA. Event: USN battleship Missouri is sailing from Bremerton to Seattle to participate in the Seafair Fleet Week. Current status: Museum ship at 21°21'43.4" N, 157°57'12.5" W. Photo by Calvin Larsen.
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Date: July 26, 1945. Location: Pacific south-west off Hawaii. Event: Having completed her 2-month long refit at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, USN aircraft carrier Cabot is sailing from Honolulu to the Eniwetok Atoll. Note Grumman F6F fighters on her deck. Current status:…
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Date: Summer 1915. Location: The Indian Ocean off Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Event: Part of the Royal Navy's 9th cruiser squadron, protected cruiser Challenger is caught up in rough seas while on her patrol duties. Current status: Scrapped in 1920-21, lifespan of 21 years.
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Date: November 08, 1942. Location: 10 nmi North-East of Casablanca, Morocco. Event: USN battleship Massachusetts patrols coastal waters right after the end of the naval Battle of Casablanca, her turrets trained to port. Original color photo, taken aboard destroyer Mayrant.
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Date: June 17, 1983. Location: 30°20'49.3" N, 88°33'52.7" W. Event: Battleship Iowa undergoes modernization at the Ingalls Shipbuilding facility prior to her reactivation after 25 years in mothballs. She will be recommissioned into the USN 10 months later. Current status: Museum…
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Date: October 21, 1944, 12:00 a.m. Location: The Brunei Bay, Malaysia. Event: IJN battleship Nagato 長門 undergoes replenishment prior to her departure for the Leyte Island. Note cruiser/carrier Mogami 最上, battleships Yamato 大和 and Musashi 武蔵 in the left background.
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Date: September 1952. Location: Firth of Clyde, UK. Event: British battleship Vanguard takes part in the NATO's Exercise Mainbrace with 200 vessels of 9 nations participating. Current status: Scrapped in 1960-62, lifespan of 21 years. Note USN carrier Midway in the background.
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Date: Early July 1946. Location: The Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Event: USN target ship (former German heavy cruiser) Prinz Eugen undergoes decontamination with sea water following atmospheric nuclear test Able, part of Operation Crossroads.
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Date: July 03, 1942. Location: Portsmouth, VA, USA. Event: Battleship Alabama is fitting out on the 30th month of construction works at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. She will enter service with the USN 44 days later. Current status: Museum ship at 30°40′54.4″ N, 88°00′52″ W.
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Date: July 16, 1935. Event: Royal yacht Victoria and Albert is steaming along battleships Royal Sovereign, Ramillies and Revenge (left to right) amid the Silver Jubilee celebrations (25 years since King George V's coronation) at Spithead. Nelson, Rodney, Barham are in the 2d row.
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