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French cruiser ‘Jeanne D’Arc’ in the Panama Canal 1923.

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Test post

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USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) leading the American battle line. She is followed by the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) and the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9)

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Russian cruiser Rurik.

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 13, 2007) - The ships of Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 1 transit in formation for a photo exercise.

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USS Klakring (FFG 42), USS Doyle and USS Underwood (FFG 36) under construction. Bath Iron Works 1981.

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The forward 16-inch 50-caliber guns aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) are fired to port during a firepower demonstration.

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Royal Navy submarine HMS Trenchant dramatically smashed through the ice of the North Pole during a Polar Ice Exercise.

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HMS Protector sailing through the Antarctic on a routine patrol, where it checks to confirm the Antarctic Treaty is being upheld. During these visits the ship sailed to Deception Island, Nelson’s Island, Harmony Point.

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Cutty Sark, Surrey Docks, 1921.

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While sailing in the Mediterranean sea, in 1962, the American aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) flashed the Italian Amerigo Vespucci with light signal asking «Who are you?», the full rigged ship answered «Training ship Amerigo Vespucci, Italian Navy». The US ship replied «You are the most beautiful ship in the world».

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Navy Pushes Hypersonic Weapon Plan as Putin Boasts He Already Has Them

Navy Pushes Hypersonic Weapon Plan as Putin Boasts He Already Has Them

FILE PHOTO — An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class fleet ballistic-missile submarine USS Maryland (SSBN 738) off the coast of Florida. (U.S. Navy/ John Kowalski)

The Navy has put development of hypersonic weapons on its acquisition wish list even as Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted this week of a successful test and planned deployment in 2019 of “invincible”…

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Royal Navy Destroyer on Atlantic Convoy duties. 2WW.

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Cruise Liner Creek!

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Project 671RTMK Shchuka/Victor III class SSN Tambov (B-448)

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Scrapping of the Omaha-class light cruisers USS Omaha (CL-4), USS Cincinnati (CL-6), USS Raleigh (CL-7) and USS Marblehead (CL-12) in Dry Dock No.4 of Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 18 February 1946.