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HMS Charybdis (F75) insginia, in 1969 (NH 101840-KN)

HMS Charybdis (F75) insginia, in 1969 (NH 101840-KN)

Insginia of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Charybdis (F75), in 1969.

Greely Relief Arctic Expedition - 111-SC-96236 (21832311119)

Greely Relief Arctic Expedition - 111-SC-96236 (21832311119)

111-SC-96236: Greely Relief Expedition. Survivors of the Greely Expedition are shown on board USS Thetis, at Cape Sabine on 4-8 July 1884. Back row, left to right: Private Francis Long; Sergeant Julius R. ... More

330-PSA-191-65 (USN 711345) (22172639369)

330-PSA-191-65 (USN 711345) (22172639369)

330-PSA-191-65 (USN 711345): Wreck of USS Thresher (SSN-593). "Sonar Dome -- A section of a sonar dome from the bow of a Thresher class submarine photographed August 24 during the second series of dives by th... More

Pearl Harbor Attack - 80-G-30552 (21465609388) - US Navy

Pearl Harbor Attack - 80-G-30552 (21465609388) - US Navy

80-G-30552: Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. Vertical aerial view of "Battleship Row", beside Ford Island, soon after USS Arizona was hit by bombs and her forward magazines exploded. Photographed from a ... More

US Navy in WWII - 80-G-30556 (21465397290)

US Navy in WWII - 80-G-30556 (21465397290)

80-G-30556: Loss of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, 10 December 1941 Photograph taken from a Japanese aircraft during the initial high-level bombing attack. Repulse, near the bottom of the view, has just ... More

Commander Ernest Edwin Evans, U.S. Navy, circa in 1944 (NH 92320)

Commander Ernest Edwin Evans, U.S. Navy, circa in 1944 (NH 92320)

Commander Ernest Edwin Evans, U.S. Navy (1908-1944), was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for giving his life as the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) during the Battle ... More

US Navy in Korean War, 1950-53 H97002 (16433139544)

US Navy in Korean War, 1950-53 H97002 (16433139544)

NH 97002. Pak Tu San (Republic of Korea Patrol Craft, PC-701, formerly USS PC-823) Receiving her 3"/50 main gun at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, March 1950. Photograph released 17 March 1950 by 14th Naval Dis... More

US Navy in Korean War, 1950-53 H97047 (17054879755)

US Navy in Korean War, 1950-53 H97047 (17054879755)

NH 97047. USS Princeton (CV-37) Two Grumman F9F-2 "Panther" fighters dump fuel as they fly past the carrier, during Korean War operations circa May 1951. Photographed from a VC-61 plane piloted by Lieutenant... More

US Navy Helicopter activities H97145 (16433144584)

US Navy Helicopter activities H97145 (16433144584)

NH 97145. Republic of Korea Marines. "Aerial Convoy Drops off 'KMCs' -- As a column of Korean Marines move down a trail, three 1st Marine Aircraft Wing helicopters (one appearing as a dot in the distance), bri... More

US Navy in Korean War, 1950-53 H97149 (16435436743)

US Navy in Korean War, 1950-53 H97149 (16435436743)

NH 97149. USS Bradford (DD-545) "Destroyer Training -- Combat Information Center is often referred to as the nerve-center of a ship, and naturally Ensign An, of the Republic of Korea Navy, is anxious to learn ... More

US Navy in Korean War, 1950-53 H97332 (17054784201)

US Navy in Korean War, 1950-53 H97332 (17054784201)

NH 97332. Sam Kak San (Korean Submarine Chaser, # 703, formerly USS PC-802). Crew fires the ship's 3"/50 gun "at the Communist-led North Koreans along the west coast of Korea" (quoted from original caption)... More

LC-DIG-FSA-83-01811 (19041839913)

LC-DIG-FSA-83-01811 (19041839913)

LC-DIG-FSA-8e01811: Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. Crew abandoning the damaged USS California (BB-44) as burning oil drifts down on the ship, at about 1000 hrs on the morning of 7 December 1941, shortl... More

LC-DIG-PPMSCA-34027 (17504804778)

LC-DIG-PPMSCA-34027 (17504804778)

LC-DIG-PPMSCA-34027: US Navy “timber-clad” gunboat, USS Tyler, while serving in the Mississippi River Fleet. A small cutter is in the foreground and a "City" class ironclad is in the right distance. Identif... More

LC-DIG-stereo-1s02829 (17508837519)

LC-DIG-stereo-1s02829 (17508837519)

LC-DIG-stereo-1s02829: USS Massasoit (1864-1867). On the James River, Virginia, 1864-65. Published on a stereograph card circa the 1890s by Taylor & Huntington, Hartford, Connecticut. Note small boat landi... More

LC-USZ62-60 (17517666192) - Public domain  engraving

LC-USZ62-60 (17517666192) - Public domain engraving

LC-USZ62-60: First Barbary War. Perspective view of the loss of the US Navy frigate USS Philadelphia in relative position to the Tripolitan gunboats. The engraving has the gunboats firing on the warship on ... More

LC-USZ62-62747 (18130107443) - Early photography, Public domain image

LC-USZ62-62747 (18130107443) - Early photography, Public domain image

LC-USZ62-62747: Captain Franklin Buchanan, USN, photographed circa 1855-61. Also at NHHC as NH 61161. (6/12/2015).

US Navy in World War I LC-USZC4-1124 (17985922466)

US Navy in World War I LC-USZC4-1124 (17985922466)

LC-USZC4-1124: World War I, Recruiting Poster. "Gee!! I Wish I Were A Man" Navy Recruiting Poster by artist Howard Chandler Christy, issued in 1917. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (5/22/2015). Also... More

Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 WWII - LC-USZC4-1666 (18993437763)

Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 WWII - LC-USZC4-1666 (18993437763...

LC-USZC4-1666: WWII Poster. "Remember Dec. 7th!" Poster designed by Allen Saalburg, issued by the Office of War Information, Washington, D.C., in 1942, in remembrance of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor o... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC LC-USZC4-4177 (18095504799)

Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC LC-USZC4-4177 (18095504799)

LC-USZC4-4177: “The Sumter running the blockade of Pass a l' Outre, by the enemy's ship Brooklyn, on the 30th June, 1861." Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Maryland, copied from "Memoirs of Service Aflo... More

Loss of the Confederate ironclad ram, CSS Albemarle, October 27-28, 1864 (18037526935)

Loss of the Confederate ironclad ram, CSS Albemarle, October 27-28, 18...

LOT 10469-5: Loss of the Confederate ram, CSS Albemarle, October 27-28, 1864. Photo-types by Gutekunst of water color paintings by A.C. Stewart, an Engineer in the U.S. Navy during the War of the Rebellion, ... More

LOT 10469-11 (17417053943) - Drawing. Public domain image.

LOT 10469-11 (17417053943) - Drawing. Public domain image.

LOT 10469-11: USS Kanawha, cutting out a blockade runner from under the guns at Fort Morgan. Note, There is no record of Kanawha capturing a steam blockade runner as depicted here, though she took several pr... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Lot 5124-10: USS Jouett (DD 396), starboard view, at New York City, New York, circa 1939. “Our Navy” Collection. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Same as NH 81177.(6/12/2015).

NH 100503 (24208057453). Warship photograph collection

NH 100503 (24208057453). Warship photograph collection

NH 100503: USS Mississippi (BB-41). Operating off Panama, circa 1923. Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Naval History and Heritage Command Phot... More

NH 100959 (25937292410). Warship photograph collection

NH 100959 (25937292410). Warship photograph collection

NH 100959: USS Howard (DD-179). Underway, circa 1921-1922, while serving with Destroyer Division 22. By this time her after 4"/50 gun had been moved from the fantail to atop an enlarged after deckhouse. Phot... More

US Navy Battleship NH 101060 (23622921419)

US Navy Battleship NH 101060 (23622921419)

NH 101060. "Quarter Deck Seas" View looking aft on the main deck of USS Vermont (Battleship # 20), while she was steaming in heavy seas during the Nineteen "teens". Note man standing by the ladder leading to... More

US Navy in World War I NH 101494 (24170746915)

US Navy in World War I NH 101494 (24170746915)

NH 101494: The "Great White Fleet" transits the Suez Canal, January 1909. Battleships of the fleet nearing Port Said, Egypt, circa 5-6 January 1909, as they approached the Mediterranean Sea during the final m... More

US Navy Battleship NH 101500 (23896853303)

US Navy Battleship NH 101500 (23896853303)

NH 101500: USS Minnesota (Battleship # 22), Photographed by Brown & Shaffer, 1909. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/01/21).

Washington DC NH 102774-KN (23551263223)

Washington DC NH 102774-KN (23551263223)

NH 102774-KN (color): USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, California. Color-tinted postal card, published by H.L. Christiance, San Diego. This monument was erected in memory of the Navy pers... More

US Navy in World War I NH 103780 (25494614293)

US Navy in World War I NH 103780 (25494614293)

NH 103780: Chief Gunner's Mate Thomas Eadie, USN. (right) With President Calvin Coolidge after being presented with the Medal of Honor in ceremonies at the White House, January 1928. He received the medal f... More

US Navy Battleship NH 104037 (23890950374)

US Navy Battleship NH 104037 (23890950374)

NH 104037: USS Kansas (Battleship # 21). In an East Coast harbor, circa 1909. Donation of Jean L. Volz, 2006. The original photograph had belonged to the donor's mother, Mrs. May Arnold Volz, who had receive... More

US Navy Battleship NH 104609 (24555280912)

US Navy Battleship NH 104609 (24555280912)

NH 104609: USS Nevada (Battleship # 36). Halftone reproduction of a photograph of the ship's mascot goat, posed in a life ring. It was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerni... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 105177: Washington (BB-47). Launching, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 1 September 1921. Photographed by the Aero Service Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 105298: Filipino insurgent surrender, 1902. The first lighter load of insurgents of Filipino General Guevara's army approaching the wharf at 4 pm on 26 May 1902 at Catbalogan, Samar, where they formally s... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 106729: USS Mason (DE-529): Ship's crew mustered in Dress Blues on the ship's bow while moored at New York Harbor, New York. Donation of James W. Graham, 1991. NHHC Photograph Collection.

US Navy in WWII - NH 106730 (17153082216)

US Navy in WWII - NH 106730 (17153082216)

NH 106730: USS Mason (DE-529) Signalmen DuFau and Buchanan sending and receiving messages to Mason's sister ship. Convoy duty, North Atlantic, 1944 (Her sister ship is not listed). Donation of James W. Graham,... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 106745. Lieutenant Helen Paulus, (Dental Corps), USN Lieutenant Paulus performs an extraction and removes the "R" for Reserve from the letters that follow her name. In 1970, Paulus was the Navy's only woma... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 106753: Lieutenant Vivian P. McFadden, (Chaplain Corps), USN. Chaplain McFadden comforts a patient at Naval Hospital, San Francisco, California in 1976. She was the first African-American female Chaplain... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 106773: Lieutenant Junior Grade Jean Szymanski, USNR. Weged in a maze of electronic equipment, toggle switches and the staccato stutterings of an oscilloscope, Szymanski is the first Navy woman electrical... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 106815: U.S. Navy Base Hospital 5, Brest, France. U.S. Navy Nurses rest along the seashore in 1918. NHHC Photograph Collection: NH 106815.

WW2, NH 106868-KN (Color) (17048009308)

WW2, NH 106868-KN (Color) (17048009308)

NH 106868-KN (Color). Chief Steward Yung Chin Chang, USN Chief Chang, a Chinese-American, enlisted in the 1930s and served during World War II. His hometown was Hangkow, and he served on board USS Luzon (ARG... More

NH 106937 (17235289785), San Diego, California

NH 106937 (17235289785), San Diego, California

NH 106937. Hospitalman Oliva Marie Dunn, USNR Hospitalman Dunn stands under a palm tree on the grounds of the Balboa Naval Hospital, Naval Station, San Diego, California, October 1970. Photographer: PH1 W.... More

NH 107327 (17288432875). Warship photograph collection

NH 107327 (17288432875). Warship photograph collection

NH 107327: USS Tjisondari (ID # 2783), at Copenhagen, Denmark in March 1919. The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock. A penciled inscription on its reverse states: "carried a load of f... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 110741: Siroco (French Destroyer, 1925). Underway soon after completion and before her smokestacks were reduced in height. The original print was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence. U.S. Nava... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

The Gallant Attack and Capture of the American Gunboats in Lake Borgne by the Boats of the British Squadron under the command of Captain N. Lockyer, C.B. to whom and the grave officers and seaman. Artwork by T... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 120011: L to R; Rear Admiral C.P. Plunket, USN; Admiral Charles F. Hughes, USN. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/03/28).

NH 1234 (16988447238). Warship photograph collection

NH 1234 (16988447238). Warship photograph collection

Veracruz, Mexico, Bombardment. Engraving by W. Roberts. Copied from “The Mexican War” by Edward Mansfield, p 170. This image shows the bombardment of Vera Cruz and Castle San Juan de Ulloa. NH 1234.

US Navy in WWII - NH 124419 (26476927236)

US Navy in WWII - NH 124419 (26476927236)

NH 124419 Portrait of Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/04/18).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

"Hauling Down the Flag -- Surrender of the Alabama to the Kearsarge off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864" Artwork by J.O. Davidson, depicting the sinking of CSS Alabama, as seen from USS Kearsarge. The crew of ... More

NH 1306 (16988451098) - Early photography, Public domain image

NH 1306 (16988451098) - Early photography, Public domain image

Veracruz, Mexico. Naval Bombardment of Veracruz, March 1847. From lithograph published in 1847 by N. Currier. Copied from the “The History of Our Navy,” page 424. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 1306.

NH 1372 (17099681645). Warship photograph collection

NH 1372 (17099681645). Warship photograph collection

USS Ericsson (Destroyer # 56), Steaming at 19.93 knots during Run No. 10 of builder's trials, 18 May 1915. Her armament has not yet been installed. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photo #: NH 1372.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 1447: Messina Earthquake, 28 December 1908. Street in Messina, Sicily, showing damage caused by the earthquake. Photographed in January 1909. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928. ... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 1569: Messina Earthquake, 28 December 1908. Italian soldiers recovering earthquake victims from wrecked buildings in Messina, Sicily. Photographed on or about 9 January 1909. Ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fle... More

Washington Navy Yard NH 1813 (27281859020)

Washington Navy Yard NH 1813 (27281859020)

NH 1813: USS Maine disaster. Funeral scene of the USS MAINE victims at the Navy Yard, Washington, District of Columbia, 23 March 1912. USS BIRMINGHAM (CL-2) in background. Naval History and Heritage Command ... More

US Navy in World War I NH 1836 (24386082051)

US Navy in World War I NH 1836 (24386082051)

NH 1836: President Theodore Roosevelt (standing on 12" gun turret at right). Addresses officers and crewmen on the after deck of USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), in Hampton Roads, Virginia, upon her return... More

Washington DC NH 1931 (16959617177)

Washington DC NH 1931 (16959617177)

Grave of Seaman James King, CSN In the U.S. Navy section of a cemetary at Cherbourg, France. Photographed circa the early 1900s. James King, 2nd, described in Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair's "Two Years on the Ala... More

NH 2031 (16990033339) - Early photography, Public domain image

NH 2031 (16990033339) - Early photography, Public domain image

USS Cyane. Hide Houses at San Diego, California. Copied from the journal of a cruise on USS Cyane by William H. Myers, Gunner. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 2031.

NH 2230 (24248836674). Warship photograph collection

NH 2230 (24248836674). Warship photograph collection

NH 2230: USS Tennessee (BB-43). Anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa February 1921. Collection of Gustave Maurer. . Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/02/07).

NH 2340 (16947212810) - Public domain portrait engraving

NH 2340 (16947212810) - Public domain portrait engraving

On 4 September 1804, the ketch Intrepid, outfitted with a large explosive charge to destroy the enemy fleet in Tripoli harbor, was apparently intercepted while entering the harbor and destroyed in a violent exp... More

NH 2380 (17174568432). Warship photograph collection

NH 2380 (17174568432). Warship photograph collection

USS Raritan. Flagship of Commodore David Conner during Mexican War. Watercolor by unidentified artist. Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, NH 2380.

NH 2385 (16947210370) - Public domain  engraving

NH 2385 (16947210370) - Public domain engraving

"Decatur's Struggle with the Algerines". Line engraving by W. Ridgway after an artwork by F.O. Darley, published during the 19th Century. It depicts the battle on board a Tripolitan gunboat during the U.S. Nav... More

Azores Islands, US Navy photograph NH 2803 (24896629000)

Azores Islands, US Navy photograph NH 2803 (24896629000)

NH 2803: Horta, Fayal, Azores. local milkman makes his rounds circa 1918. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/02/22).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 2889 The Old Navy or Old Salts of the Square Rigger Navy Photograph taken on board USS Mohican in 1888 by Assistant Surgeon H.W. Whitaker, USN. The Sailors in the photograph are (from left to right): David I... More

NH 364 (25227431519), US Navy Photogrpah

NH 364 (25227431519), US Navy Photogrpah

NH 364: Admiral Robert E. Coontz, USN, Chief of Naval Operations. Portrait photograph, taken circa 1919. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/03/07).

NH 366 (25594651415), US Navy Photogrpah

NH 366 (25594651415), US Navy Photogrpah

NH 366: Admiral William S. Benson, USN, Chief of Naval Operations. Portrait photograph, taken circa 1916-1919. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/03/07).

Naval Air Station, Anacostia, DC, WWII - NH 41638 (24744127944)

Naval Air Station, Anacostia, DC, WWII - NH 41638 (24744127944)

NH 41638: First Rotating Beam Radar Antenna. (for 200 megacycle radar used for transmitting and receiving) Developed by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in 1937. This view shows the antenna installed "tops... More

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) NH 41640 (25281805971)

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) NH 41640 (25281805971)

NH 41640: First Rotating Beam Radar (200 megacycle radar used for transmitting and receiving) Developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in 1937. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections... More

US Navy in World War I NH 41667 (23543944943)

US Navy in World War I NH 41667 (23543944943)

NH 41667: "Great White Fleet" World cruise. Rainy deck on a battleship's deck, taken in port in 1908. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/01/04).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 41881 USS Leviathan: (ID # 1326) Troops on board the transport, 1918. All appear to be wearing life jackets. Note the men seated on cargo booms. View looks forward and to starboard from the ship's port brid... More

New York Navy Yard NH 42056 (18902750659)

New York Navy Yard NH 42056 (18902750659)

NH 42056: USS Capella (AK-13) At the New York Navy Yard on 26 September 1922 showing an Army Model 1919 16" gun stowed on the port side forward for shipment to Pearl Harbor. This gun was placed in its cradle... More

New York Navy Yard NH 42057 (18468227083)

New York Navy Yard NH 42057 (18468227083)

NH 42057: USS Capella (AK-13). At the New York Navy Yard on 26 September 1922 showing an Army Model 1919 16" gun stowed on the port side forward for shipment to Pearl Harbor. Ships in the background include ... More

New York Navy Yard NH 42058 (18902767419)

New York Navy Yard NH 42058 (18902767419)

NH 42058: USS Capella (AK-13) At the New York Navy Yard on 26 September 1922 loading an Army 16" gun on deck aft for shipment to Pearl Harbor. The Merritt and Chapman derrick Monarch has been repositioned al... More

New York Navy Yard NH 42059 (18466395094)

New York Navy Yard NH 42059 (18466395094)

NH 42059: USS Capella (AK-13) At the New York Navy Yard on 26 September 1922 loading an Army 16" gun on deck aft for shipment to Pearl Harbor. The Merritt and Chapman derrick Monarch is lowering the gun into ... More

New York Navy Yard NH 42060 (18901207350)

New York Navy Yard NH 42060 (18901207350)

NH 42060: USS Capella (AK-13) At the New York Navy Yard on 26 September 1922 with a 16" gun stowed on the port side forward for shipment to Pearl Harbor. The stencilled inscriptions indicate this was an Army ... More

New York Navy Yard NH 42064 (19088971075)

New York Navy Yard NH 42064 (19088971075)

NH 42064: USS Capella (AK-13). At the New York Navy Yard on 26 September 1922 loading an Army 16" gun on deck aft for shipment to Pearl Harbor. The gun is on the Moran Towing and Transportation Co. barge No.... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 42181: Honda Point disaster, September 1923, Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda Point, California, 4 December 1924, after the ship had been substantially broken up by wave action. The v... More

NH 44256 (24587280575). Warship photograph collection

NH 44256 (24587280575). Warship photograph collection

NH 44256: USS Utah (BB-31). In New York Harbor, 27 December 1918, after her return from European waters. Note that two 5" guns have been removed from her starboard midships battery, probably for wartime use ... More

US Navy in WWII - NH 44308 (28621239641)

US Navy in WWII - NH 44308 (28621239641)

NH 44308: U.S. Navy PT boats crossing the English Channel on D-Day, June 6, 1944, as twelve B-17 bombers pass overhead. Note the twin .50 caliber machine guns on the boat from which the photograph was taken.... More

US Navy in WWII - NH 44312 (28083353083)

US Navy in WWII - NH 44312 (28083353083)

NH 44312: USS Rich (DE 695), strikes a mine, amidships, while operating off Normandy, June 8, 1944. She had previously hit another mine, which blew off her stern. Used in the publication by Captain Robert J.... More

NH 44347-KN (16514466293) - Public domain portrait

NH 44347-KN (16514466293) - Public domain portrait

Captain Charles Stewart, USN. A photograph of the painting by Orlando Lagman, after the painting by Thomas Sully. On 21 March 1804, the brig Syren (Siren), commanded by Lieutenant Charles Stewart, captured the... More

NH 44462 (24046233093). Warship photograph collection

NH 44462 (24046233093). Warship photograph collection

NH 44462: USS Oklahoma (BB-37). At Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 1 January 1920. Note aircraft flying-off platforms installed atop her second and third main battery gun turrets. Naval History and Heritage Command... More

US Navy in WWII - NH 44494 (28326315750)

US Navy in WWII - NH 44494 (28326315750)

NH 44494: PT 164 with bow demolished bow following a Japanese air attack on Rendova Harbor, August 1, 1943. Not the LCM assisting. Used in the publication by Captain Robert J. Bulkley, Jr., USNR, “At Close... More

US Navy activities, Washington DC NH 44647KN (17108824996)

US Navy activities, Washington DC NH 44647KN (17108824996)

"Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat", during the bombardment of Tripoli, 3 August 1804. Oil by Dennis Malone Carter, 43" x 59", depicting Lieutenant Stephen Decatur (lower right center) in mortal combat w... More

NH 44925 (16902513580) - Public domain portrait engraving

NH 44925 (16902513580) - Public domain portrait engraving

On 17 December 1812, during the War of 1812, the brig Argus, commanded by Arthur Sinclair, captured the American schooner Vancise. She had been abandoned by her crew and found a derelict by another ship. A c... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 45011: USS New York (BB-34). Abandon ship drill, 1932. Note life jackets, crockery and rifle. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/05/09).

NH 45138 (24338315130). Warship photograph collection

NH 45138 (24338315130). Warship photograph collection

NH 45138: USS New York (BB-34). In Hampton Roads, Virginia, 10 December 1916. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/01/26).

US Navy in World War I NH 45481 (23542543994)

US Navy in World War I NH 45481 (23542543994)

NH 45481: USS New Jersey (Battleship # 16). In a China Sea typhoon, during the "Great White Fleet"'s cruise around the World, 1908. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Comm... More

USS New Jersey (BB-62), WWII - NH 45486 (24122100282)

USS New Jersey (BB-62), WWII - NH 45486 (24122100282)

NH 45486: USS New Jersey (BB-62). Silhouetted against the sea and clouds, as seen from a minesweeper, 26 October 1943. She was then engaged in training in the western Atlantic and Caribbean area. Official U.... More

NH 45798-KN (Color) (16980866239)

NH 45798-KN (Color) (16980866239)

Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes, Confederate States Navy, (1809-1877)Semmes took command of CSS Alabama on 24 August 1862 at sea off the island of Terceira, Azores, beginning his career of raiding American commerce... More

NH 46924 (25445865965). Warship photograph collection

NH 46924 (25445865965). Warship photograph collection

NH 46924: USS Mahan (Destroyer # 102). At anchor during the early 1920s, following conversion to a light minelayer. The Mine Force emblem is painted on her bow. Though redesignated DM-7 in July 1920, she pro... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 46939 Midshipman Hugh Rodman, USN. A circa 1880 photograph of Midshipman Rodman taken by F.M. Zuller at the Naval Academy. Courtesy of Mrs. Albert P. Niblack, widow of Vice Admiral Niblack. Photographer, ... More

United States Navy during American Civil War NH 46958 (16979500270)

United States Navy during American Civil War NH 46958 (16979500270)

"Battle of the 'Kearsarge' and 'Alabama' off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864." Line engraving after a sketch by Frank Beard, published in "Pictorial Battles of the Civil War", page 366, depicting the sinking ... More

NH 47059 (17108806576) - Early photography, Public domain image

NH 47059 (17108806576) - Early photography, Public domain image

Commodore John Rodgers, USN. A photograph of a circa 1804 miniature by Constantia Coltolini. It was published in “Quasi War”, Vol.2, Page 392. On 24 April 1805, during the First Barbary War, the frigate Cong... More

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 47298: Admiral William D. Leahy (right) shakes hands with Admiral Joseph M. Reeves. During change of command ceremonies in which Admiral Leahy relieved Admiral Reeves as Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet... More

NH 482 (16892300517), US Navy Photogrpah

NH 482 (16892300517), US Navy Photogrpah

John Ericsson (1803-1889). Photographed by the Matthew Brady studios, 1863. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 482.

NH 48261 (26206054151) - Public domain photogrpaph

NH 48261 (26206054151) - Public domain photogrpaph

NH 48261 Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, USN. A 1929 photographic portrait of Admiral Leahy in full dress, wearing all medals. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/04/06).

NH 48477 (25735887262). Warship photograph collection

NH 48477 (25735887262). Warship photograph collection

NH 48477: USS Waters (Destroyer # 115). At her moorings, circa 1919. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/03/17).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 49286: Midshipman Chester Hatfield, USN. Photographed circa 1852-56. Acting Midshipman, 21 May 1852; Midshipman, 20 June 1856; Passed Midshipman, 29 April 1859; Master, 5 September 1859; Lieutenant, 23 Jan... More

NH 49483 (16947770168) - Public domain portrait engraving

NH 49483 (16947770168) - Public domain portrait engraving

Midshipman Thomas Gamble, USN. Promoted to Commander 27 April 1916. Engraving of Thomas Gamble, Esquire, by J. B. Longacre from a painting by Waldo for the Analectic Magazine. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 49483.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives %

NH 49543: Admiral William M. Fechteler, USN. Chief of Naval Operations Observing shore bombardment from on board USS Iowa (BB-61), off Wonsan, Korea, in August 1952. Courtesy of Commander Frank A. McQuade, U... More

US Navy in WWII - NH 49841 (26246380146)

US Navy in WWII - NH 49841 (26246380146)

NH 49841: Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN. Portrait photograph taken circa 1945, while he was Chief of Staff to the President of the United States. Collection of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN. U.S... More

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