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The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD

The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) transits the Sea of Japan.

A starboard bow view of the fleet oiler USNS ANDREWS J. HIGGINS (T-AO 190) underway

Hr. Ms. "Karel Doorman" terug in Holland

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and French nuclear powered surface vessel, FS Charles de Gaulle (R-91) conduct joint operations in the Persian Gulf .

Navy Ship CG 11 Chicago - Public domain photogrpaph

A Combat Support Squadron 8 (HC-8) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lifts ordnance from the fantail of the ammunition ship USS NITRO (AE-23) during a vertical replenishment with the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). The amidships section of the frigate USS EDWARD MCDONNELL (FF-1043) is in the background

USS Tarawa (LHA 1) heads toward her berth

With its crew manning the rails, the repair ship USS JASON (AR-8) arrives alongside the pier. The JASON has returned to San Diego following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

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USS Wake Island (CVE-65) underway on 5 January 1945 (80-G-301306)

USS Long Island (AVG-1) underway on 8 July 1941

USS Makin Island (CVE-93) underway in February 1945

USS Makin Island (CVE-93) enters floating drydock ABSD-6 at Guam on 8 June 1945 (NH 99118)

USS Long Island (ACV-1) underway on 25 May 1943 (80-G-83216)

USS Long Island (AVG-1) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 17 July 1942 (80-G-73390)

USS Ranger (CVA-61) at Pearl Harbor in 1959

USS Ranger (CVA-61) off Hawaii in 1967

USS Midway (CVA-41) underway off Vietnam in 1965

USS Wake Island (CVE-65) underway off Guam June 1945

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The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Wake Island (CVE-65) underway near Guam on 24 June 1945. Three Grumman FM-2 Wildcat fighters of Observation Fighter Squadron 1 (VOC-1) are visible on deck. Wake Island would arrive at Guam later that day, transferring all sixteen aircraft of VOC-1 to Naval Air Base Agana. Wake Island is painted in Camouflage Measure 22.

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24/06/1945
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Armies in World War 2

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A tug escorts the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) as the vessel departs from Fort Lauderdale

A UH-60 Blackhawk assigned to the 1st Battalion 228th

A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fast friendship developed between these two civil service employees in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) underway

Svenska Spetsbergsexpeditionen 1928, band 4. Band 4 av 5 dokumentationsalbum från svenska Spetsbergsexpeditionen år 1928, där Umberto Nobile och besättningen på luftskeppet Italia räddades. 41 fotografier monterade på 25 albumblad. Motiv: Porträtt av expeditiones deltagare och besättning på fartyget Quest. Resa Narvik - Tromsö - Kings Bay / Ny-Aalesund - Virgo hamn. Personer, fartyg, natur, omgivningar, mm.

A Soviet Mi-14 Haze helicopter and a Soviet Kashin class guided missile destroyer (583) shadow salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL-007). The commercial jet was shot down by Soviet aircraft over Sakhalin Island on August 30, 1983 in the Sea of Japan. All 269 passengers and crewmen were killed

Space Shuttle Program - Public domain drawing

190316-N-UK306-1390 EL CENTRO, Calif. (March 16, 2019)

The US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) is underway across the Bay of Bengal after making a port call in Singapore. The USS RONALD REAGAN is currently on its maiden deployment conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)

Aviation ordnancemen load Mark 82 500-pound retarded delivery bombs onto the wing pylon of an A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

TBM-3W VC-11 on USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116)

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