USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) moored to USS Patoka (AO-9) off the coast of Panama during Fleet Problem XII, February 1931.

 

French Navy Tug converted to civilian yacht.

 

The starboard side of Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Penelope after a German aircraft attack at Malta, 1942.

 

Decommissioned ww2-era ships of the Philippine Navy, seen partially submerged during Typhoon Paeng. 1. BRP Pangasinan, was a Miguel Malvar-class corvette of the Philippine Navy. She was originally built as USS PCE-891, a PCE-842-class patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II. 2. BRP Cebu was also Miguel Malvar-class corvette of the Philippine Navy. She was originally built as USS PCE-881, a PCE-842-class patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II and patrolled the Alaskan coast during that war. 3. BRP Rajah Humabon) was a former destroyer escort of the United States Navy, USS Atherton, and a former frigate of the Philippine Navy. She was the last World War II-era destroyer escort/frigate active in her fleet, and one of the oldest active warships in the world USN Cannon-class destroyer

 

HMS Kent Trains for ASW in Norwegian Fjords. The Type 23, Duke Class Frigate has undergone an ‘MOT’ to ensure she’s ready for the next stage of her autumn operations. The Portsmouth-based ship had a series of deep-dive checks at a NATO facility in Stavanger, Norway.

 

 

HMS Excellent fitted with a 9.2" gun leaving Portsmouth during trials. Built 1887.

 

EA-18G Growler Returns to the Skies Five Years After a Mid-Air Collision. WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wa. -- An EA-18G Growler attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, successfully completed a functional check flight at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Oct. 17, marking the end of a complex transformation process for an aircraft thought to be beyond repair. This five-year effort demonstrates large-scale teamwork between multiple organizations over an extended timeline.

 

RFS Magadan.

 

HMS Medway sinks smugglers boat in the Caribbean. A Royal Navy ship and US Coast Guard boarding team seized more than 400kg of cocaine worth around £24m on Britain’s streets from a boat in the Caribbean, according to a Royal Navy press release.

 

Future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) passes Fort Popham on its way back from builder's trail

 

On this day in 1927, HMS Nelson entered service (pictured entering Portsmouth).

 

Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) arrived in Halifax.

 

HMS Scott, RN maintenance period in Gibraltar continues.

 

HMS LANCASTER sailed from Souda Bay Crete this morning.

 

The U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford will anchor near Portsmouth in mid-November. The date of the visit, currently not publicly released, will also see some of the aircraft carriers escorts arrive in the naval base.

 

USN sailors inspect the 140 mm gun on the deck of the IJN I-400 submarine.

 

County Class Destroyer HMS Antrim was commissioned in 1970, and decommissioned in 1984 and sold to Chile in June of that year. She served the Chilean navy until 2006.

 

USS Gerald R. Ford Warship78 Carrier Strike Group has completed the Task Force Exercise off the U.S. East coast, and sails in formation with NATO Allies out of U.S. waters for the first time!

 

Still the 'Leanders' carry on. Indonesian KRI Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma still working. I sailed on the first Leander Class in 1963, HMS Leander herself.

 

On this day in 1664 King Charles II sanctioned the formation of the Duke of York & Albany’s Maritime Regiment of foot. Renamed in 1802 to the Royal Marines they have provided Royal Navy with arguably the greatest Capability of its kind in the world for 358 years. Happy Birthday Royal.

 

Allied Patrolling in the Southern Barents Sea.

 Norwegian and British Naval vessels recently conducted an operational patrol in international waters of the southern Barents Sea.Closely shadowed by Russian Navy vessels, frigate HMS Northumberland, replenishment vessel RFA Tiderace and frigate KNM Thor Heyerdahl recently conducted a patrol in the southern parts of the Barents Sea.

USS William V. Pratt (DLG-13/DDG-44), USS DuPont (DD-941), and USS Bowen (FF-1079), of Task Group 138, underway during inter-American exercises of UNITAS XIX, September 1978. Operation "Unitas XIX", September 1978. Ships of Task Group 138 underway in the Atlantic during the operation. They are (from left to right): USS William V. Pratt (DDG-44); USS DuPont (DD-941); and USS Bowen (FF-1079).

 

HMS Dauntless is back in Portsmouth after three months "testing her new engines to the limit", say the Royal Navy. "The Type 45 destroyer has undergone extensive trials around the UK throughout the summer, laying the foundations for her five sister ships as the entire class of Portsmouth based air defence ships undergo the same upgrade." The statement also adds that the trials have gone well.

 

The powerful elegance of North Carolina-class battleship USS Washington (BB-56) churns through the Pacific after returning to the following repairs in the spring of 1944. She would resume her position as Admiral Willis Lee's flagship in June after missing more than three months of the war; a collision with Indiana (BB-58) in February had sent her home for a new bow, opening up a brief period where Washington's sister North Carolina (BB-55) hosted Admiral Lee.

 

HMS Victoria firing her two 16.25-inch guns, mounted in a heavy turret on the foredeck. Her 6-inch battery and aft 10-inch gun are also visible. HMS Victoria was the lead ship in her class of two battleships of the Royal Navy. On 22 June 1893, she collided with HMS Camperdown near Tripoli, Lebanon, during manoeuvres and quickly sank, killing 358 crew members.

 

The future HNLMS Den Helder (A834) has been launched at DAMEN Galati in Romania.

 

Working with our supplier at Malingroup our teams across the Clyde are readying HMS Glasgow to roll on to her awaiting barge and enter the water for the first time later this year.

 

The "Treasury" class Coast Guard cutter USCGC Duane underway at sea during World War II.

 

The ships comprising the Standing Naval Force Atlantic underway on 1 September 1982. The ships are, from top to bottom: HMS Danae (F47), HMCS Iroquois (DDH 280), HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509), Hr.Ms. Van Nes (F805), USS Sellers (DDG-11) and FGS Augsburg (F 222).

 

HMS COLOSSUS at anchor at Scapa Flow with other ships of the Grand Fleet, 1916.

 

Future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) Freedom-variant littoral combat ship in the St. Clair River passing Algonac, Michigan - October 25, 2022.

 

HMS Trent, a Batch 2 River-class off shore patrol vessel, in Dry Dock at Gibraltar Naval Base.

 

USS Nitze (DDG 94) arrives in Duqm, Oman, Oct. 13, for a scheduled port visit, coming alongside JS Harusame. USS Nitze is deployed to the US 5thFleet to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region.

 

Finnish R-class patrol boats (55,52,53).