Military Pics / Photos

[J.J. McDaniels]

The USS Missouri transferring personnel to her sister ship, the USS Iowa, August 1945.

 

[Doc]

USS Arizona Memorial prior to and after its construction - 1958 vs. 1991

 

[J.J. McDaniels]

The USS Alabama BB-60 under construction, July 1942.

 

[Doc]

Approximate mission ranges from bases in England.

 

[Doc]

We would have swim call on the ship I served on but we didn't have anything like the sub fin to dive off of. Sure looks like FUN.

 

[tommu56]

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WOW they have mutiplie starlinks onboard

 

[chowderman]

if you don't have a sail fin, you use the elevator . . .

 

[chowderman]

 

[Lenny]

We would have swim call on the ship I served on but we didn't have anything like the sub fin to dive off of. Sure looks like FUN.

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I liked doing that on my ship too but most of the time I liked protecting the crew with a BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) from sharks.

 

[J.J. McDaniels]

Badass. The F15 Eagle.

 

[J.J. McDaniels]

 

[Umberto]

1969

 

[Doc]

 

[tommu56]

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USS Bataan (CVL-29/AVT-4) ​

USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41)

 

[chowderman]

uhmmm, the right one shows 62 on the bow - that would be USS Independence.

 

[tommu56]

uhmmm, the right one shows 62 on the bow - that would be USS Independence.

lol I read it as 29

 

[chowderman]

giggle. the Navy recommends keeping the pointy end up . . .
old photo tho - Independence was decommissioned in 1998.

 

[Doc]

A tight squeeze! USS Iowa transitioning the Panama Canal

 

[Doc]

USS Wisconsin (BB 64)

 

[Lenny]

USS Wisconsin (BB 64)

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I looked it up. It's currently a museum at 1 Waterside Dr, Norfolk, VA.

 

[Doc]

An aerial stern view of the decommissioned Battleship New Jersey (BB-62) and seven decommissioned Knox class frigates tied up at the Ship Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA, on 17 May 1993

 

[pirate_girl]

That's me on the end 😇

 

[tommu56]

An aerial stern view of the decommissioned Battleship New Jersey (BB-62) and seven decommissioned Knox class frigates tied up at the Ship Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA, on 17 May 1993

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NJ is prepping for drydock this year IIRC it's the first time in 30 years.

Here is Ryan's video on the year in review order your missle launch keys on the web page
Growing up right out side Philadelphia had lot's of friends fathers working in the PNSY
My dad worked for Sun Oil which had their own ship yard building their tankers in house they use to let employes go for a ride on one of the check out rides I did it with my father unfortnatuly I cant recall the tanker's name.

tom

 

[Doc]

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) on her way to to San Diego, California after overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington - January 1983.

 

[bczoom]

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) on her way to to San Diego, California after overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington - January 1983.

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Is it me or do the planes aboard not look as sexy as the F/A-18 and equivalent that used to be on carriers? But they do fit quite a few more nowadays. I'm guessing they just catapult them at their targets.

 

[Doc]

CVA 66 USS America

 

[Doc]

CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson is the United States Navy's third Nimitz-class supercarrier. She is named for Carl Vinson, a congressman from Georgia, in recognition of his contributions to the U.S. Navy.

 

[Lenny]

Two Navy pictures of me in about 1968 or so:

 

[waybomb]

Finger on the trigger?

 

[bczoom]

Hitler mustache?