Old Kearserge BB-5 now Crane ship installing 14" guns from USS Oklahome on USS Pennsylvania BB-38. April 1945.
In September 1916, as Michigan conducted gunnery practice the shell in the left gun in Michigan's forward superfiring turret exploded. The gun was severed where it exited the turret and fragments from the shell damaged the forecastle deck and the superstructure. Photo taken after Michigan returned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Battleships will always have an important place in U.S. military history. From We Are the Mighty, here are 19 pictures that show why.
I debated writing on this topic as it really doesn't fit the theme of WWII weaponry being used after WWII. However in the past I have described how WWII warships were preserved, how they were modernized, and how they were transferred between countries. So maybe this will be of interest. (The ex-USS Franklin (CV-13) being…
WM - Coote, Reginald George Guy Photographer IWM A 18516
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In case you missed the Russian Clown show the other day. Here is the video. Kind of makes me laugh, something that you would do just after getting your drivers license to drive by yourself. It would have been great if the US Captain allowed the Sailors to throw eggs or potatoes at those clowns. #usnavy #navydestroyer #ussailor #unitedstatesnavy #usmilitary #militarytraining #navy #learningtodrive #navalspecialwarfare #navyseals #specialwarfareairmen #uscoastguard #uscg
artstation (ryuukei akavai)
tribute to the royal navy's last battleship
World's Best Battleship : Japanese Battleship Yamato ? Or Was Yamato Something Greater maybe even a Ghost of World War 2?
Childhood Memory Keeper is a site that highlights toys, games, TV shows, cartoons, records and other miscellaneous items from the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's.
Though not exactly pocket sized, she was a smaller but more agile version of the Command Class Battleships.
BATTLESHIP "EUROPA"
Bundesarchiv Bild 193-14-5-18, Battleship Bismarck. Battleship Bismarck; View aboard battleship Bismarck in the area of the 'Caesar' turret. Date: 1941. Photographer: Unknown Sammlung Schlachtschiff Bismarck (Bild 193) Bild 193-14-5-18 Source: German Federal Archives
Complete operational history of the German Battleship Scharnhorst, Kriegsmarine warship sunk after battle with HMS Duke of York during World War II.
Battleship Oregon
