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An undated photograph provided by Naval History and Heritage Command of a model of USS Monitor by Floyd Houston.

An undated photograph provided by Naval History and Heritage Command o...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 19, 2013) An undated photograph provided by Naval History and Heritage Command of a model of USS Monitor by Floyd Houston. The Brooklyn-built Monitor made nautical history after being designed ... More

An undated photo shows the burning of San Roque, Philippines, during the Spanish American War. The photo is from a glass slide recently discovered in the photo archives at Naval History and Heritage Command.

An undated photo shows the burning of San Roque, Philippines, during t...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 06, 2014) An undated photo shows the burning of San Roque, Philippines, during the Spanish-American War. The photo is from a glass slide recently discovered in the photo archives at Naval Histo... More

An undated photo shows soldiers manning a battle signal corps station during the Spanish American War.

An undated photo shows soldiers manning a battle signal corps station ...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 06, 2014) An undated photo shows soldiers manning a battle signal corps station during the Spanish American War. The photo is from a glass slide recently discovered in the photo archives at Nav... More

A proud Naval History. Squadron Logos in Hangar One at Moffett Federal Airfield, California. ARC-2010-ACD10-0099-010

A proud Naval History. Squadron Logos in Hangar One at Moffett Federal...

A proud Naval History. Squadron Logos in Hangar One at Moffett Federal Airfield, California.

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution and Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston personnel handle lines to move Constitution from berth 2 to berth 1.

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution and Naval History and Heritage Co...

CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 06, 2011) Sailors assigned to USS Constitution and Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston personnel handle lines to move Constitution from berth 2 to berth 1 at Charlestow... More

Ship restorers from Naval History and Heritage Command work to raise USS Constitution's Mizzen Topgallant Royal Mast into place.

Ship restorers from Naval History and Heritage Command work to raise U...

BOSTON (Apr. 03, 2018) Ship restorers from Naval History and Heritage Command work to raise USS Constitution's Mizzen Topgallant Royal Mast into place. The square-rigged frigate is America's Ship of State and t... More

Ship's riggers assigned to Naval History and Heritage Command, Detachment Boston, apply braces to USS Constitution's main mainmast yard before putting the yard back into place.

Ship's riggers assigned to Naval History and Heritage Command, Detachm...

BOSTON (May. 31, 2018) Ship's riggers assigned to Naval History and Heritage Command, Detachment Boston, apply braces to USS Constitution's main mainmast yard before putting the yard back into place. The square... More

Captain Hallock “Hal” Mohler, assigned to Commander,

Captain Hallock “Hal” Mohler, assigned to Commander,

Captain Hallock “Hal” Mohler, assigned to Commander, U.S. Second Fleet looks at a photo in the Captain’s wardroom aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64). Mohler served aboard the ... More

Rear Adm. Dennis E. FitzPatrick, commander of Strike

Rear Adm. Dennis E. FitzPatrick, commander of Strike

Rear Adm. Dennis E. FitzPatrick, commander of Strike Force Training Atlantic, arrives aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) to witness the ship participate in li... More

Museum Director, John Pentangelo of the Hampton Roads

Museum Director, John Pentangelo of the Hampton Roads

Museum Director, John Pentangelo of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, provides a guided tour for members of the American Society of Naval Engineers-Tidewater Section of the museum’s gallery. The tour allowed the ... More

A volunteer welcomes, orients and provides some roving

A volunteer welcomes, orients and provides some roving

A volunteer welcomes, orients and provides some roving interpretation to visitors during the 9th Annual LEGO Brick by Brick Shipbuilding Event. The free event is hosted by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum at the ... More

Rick Brown, a volunteer docent with the Hampton Roads

Rick Brown, a volunteer docent with the Hampton Roads

Rick Brown, a volunteer docent with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, leads a tour for a group of Sailors assigned to the USS Wasp (LHD-1) of the museum’s gallery. During the tour, sailors had the opportunity to ... More

Submitted photo by Clay Farrington. Another view of

Submitted photo by Clay Farrington. Another view of

Submitted photo by Clay Farrington. Another view of Jim Reid's knife featuring its sheath, made by enlisted Aircrew Survival Equipmentmen aboard the aircraft carrier Intrepid (CVS 11). HRNM 2003-392D-001, Gift ... More

Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper looks at artifacts

Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper looks at artifacts

Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper looks at artifacts related to the U.S. Navy’s role during the Vietnam War as Museum Director John Pentangelo provides some brief historical notes. Secretary Esper arrived at t... More

Public Affairs Staff Members from the U.S Navy’s Research

Public Affairs Staff Members from the U.S Navy’s Research

Public Affairs Staff Members from the U.S Navy’s Research Laboratory provide a hands-on learning opportunity for 5th grade students from Norfolk Public Schools during Naval Station Norfolk’s 2nd Annual STEM Day... More

Courtesy Photo submitted by Laura Orr. 5th Grade Students

Courtesy Photo submitted by Laura Orr. 5th Grade Students

Courtesy Photo submitted by Laura Orr. 5th Grade Students from Riverdale Elementary in Franklin, Virginia try their hands at building LEGO models during a recent Educational Outreach event. The museum hosts a r... More

Coach Zach Rivera, a US Navy Veteran and Adam Anglin,

Coach Zach Rivera, a US Navy Veteran and Adam Anglin,

Coach Zach Rivera, a US Navy Veteran and Adam Anglin, a member of the Virginia Army National Guard, point out the roles of players on the field for little leaguers of Ocean View Little League’s Tigers Coach Pit... More

Katherine Renfrew, the Registrar with the Hampton Roads

Katherine Renfrew, the Registrar with the Hampton Roads

Katherine Renfrew, the Registrar with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, leads a short tour of their Annex Building and Special Collections Facility for new Chief Petty Officer Selectees. A group of 25 CPO Selecte... More

Jan Herman, former Chief Medical History of the Navy

Jan Herman, former Chief Medical History of the Navy

Jan Herman, former Chief Medical History of the Navy from 1979-2012, shares a conversation with Capt. Jerome Hinson, CHP, USN, Fleet Chaplain with US Fleet Forces Command during a moderated evening panel at the... More

Chris Gwinn and Gregg Goodell, both Park Rangers at

Chris Gwinn and Gregg Goodell, both Park Rangers at

Chris Gwinn and Gregg Goodell, both Park Rangers at Gettysburg National Military Park walk through the exhibits at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, in Norfolk, Virginia. Both Rangers visited the museum to see th... More

Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.), a volunteer at the Hampton

Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.), a volunteer at the Hampton

Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.), a volunteer at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, shows sailors some of the artifacts stored at the museum’s special collections and archives facility aboard Naval Station Norfolk. The... More

An info-graphic which highlights the service of the

An info-graphic which highlights the service of the

An info-graphic which highlights the service of the USS Robert E. Peary (FF 1073) on May 5, 1979. On that day, her crew rescued over 400 South Vietnamese refugees fleeing then war-torn Vietnam four years after ... More

STGCM(SW/IUSS) Andre A. Delarosa, from the USS Paul

STGCM(SW/IUSS) Andre A. Delarosa, from the USS Paul

STGCM(SW/IUSS) Andre A. Delarosa, from the USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) re-enlists in a morning ceremony held in front of family and members of his command aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64). The Wisconsin is an I... More

USS Pueblo (AGER-2) Veteran Earl Phares speaks to CPO

USS Pueblo (AGER-2) Veteran Earl Phares speaks to CPO

USS Pueblo (AGER-2) Veteran Earl Phares speaks to CPO Selectees from area commands aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) and at the Nauticus pavilion. He retired from the US Navy at as a Senior Chief in 1995, and re... More

CPO Selectees from the USNS Herschel Woody Williams

CPO Selectees from the USNS Herschel Woody Williams

CPO Selectees from the USNS Herschel Woody Williams (T-ESB-4) pose for a group picture aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) during the 18th Annual CPO Heritage Days training event. The Wisconsin is moored permanent... More

Public Affairs Staff Members from the U.S Navy’s Research

Public Affairs Staff Members from the U.S Navy’s Research

Public Affairs Staff Members from the U.S Navy’s Research Laboratory provide a hands-on learning opportunity for 5th grade students from Norfolk Public Schools during Naval Station Norfolk’s 2nd Annual STEM Day... More

Museum Director, John Pentangelo of the Hampton Roads

Museum Director, John Pentangelo of the Hampton Roads

Museum Director, John Pentangelo of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, provides a guided tour for members of the American Society of Naval Engineers-Tidewater Section of the museum’s gallery. The tour allowed the ... More

YN2(AW/SW/IW) Michael Kirkman, assigned to VFA-31

YN2(AW/SW/IW) Michael Kirkman, assigned to VFA-31

YN2(AW/SW/IW) Michael Kirkman, assigned to VFA-31 re-enlisted aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB 64) in-front of members of his command and family. The ceremony was hosted by the ... More

CPO Selectees compete for the title of the Best Mess

CPO Selectees compete for the title of the Best Mess

CPO Selectees compete for the title of the Best Mess during a cadence and guidon competition during the 18th Annual CPO Heritage Days. This annual event is hosted by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, in conjuncti... More

Members of the American Society of Naval Engineers-Tidewater

Members of the American Society of Naval Engineers-Tidewater

Members of the American Society of Naval Engineers-Tidewater Section, tour the gallery of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. The museum, located on the second deck of the Nauticus Campus in Downtown Norfolk, allow... More

CPO Selectees from the USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) pose for

CPO Selectees from the USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) pose for

CPO Selectees from the USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) pose for a group picture aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) during the 18th Annual CPO Heritage Days training event. The Wisconsin is moored permanently next to the Ha... More

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, converged at the Aberdeen Barn restaurant in Virginia Beach, Virginia for a volunteer appreciation luncheon. The luncheon and awards ceremony wa... More

CPO Selectees pose for a group picture aboard the USS

CPO Selectees pose for a group picture aboard the USS

CPO Selectees pose for a group picture aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) during the 18th Annual CPO Heritage Days training event. The Wisconsin is moored permanently next to the Hampton Roads Museum as a museum ... More

Guidons displayed aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64)

Guidons displayed aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64)

Guidons displayed aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) are reviewed during the 18th Annual CPO Heritage Days Event. This annual event is hosted by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, in conjunction with local Chief Pet... More

CPO Selectees from Tidewater CPOA, pose for a group

CPO Selectees from Tidewater CPOA, pose for a group

CPO Selectees from Tidewater CPOA, pose for a group picture aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) during the 18th Annual CPO Heritage Days training event. The Wisconsin is moored permanently next to the Hampton Road... More

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, converged at the Aberdeen Barn restaurant in Virginia Beach, Virginia for a volunteer appreciation luncheon. The luncheon and awards ceremony wa... More

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, converged at the Aberdeen Barn restaurant in Virginia Beach, Virginia for a volunteer appreciation luncheon. The luncheon and awards ceremony wa... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum held a ceremony aboard

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum held a ceremony aboard

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum held a ceremony aboard the fantail of the USS Wisconsin (BB 64) to mark the signing of the armistice that ended the First World War. Museum Director, John Pentangelo provided some... More

Sharon D'Angelo (left) is presented with a service

Sharon D'Angelo (left) is presented with a service

Sharon D'Angelo (left) is presented with a service award by John Pentangelo, Museum Director at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum during their Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon (US Navy Photo by Max Lonzanida/Released).

HMS Ark Royal - 30th January 1984

HMS Ark Royal - 30th January 1984

HMS Ark Royal was the former flagship of the Royal Navy. One of three Invincible class aircraft carriers she was affectionately known as The Mighty Ark. Her keel was laid by Swan Hunter at Wallsend on 7th Dece... More

HMS Comus at the Wallsend shipyard

HMS Comus at the Wallsend shipyard

View of HMS Comus alongside Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard, seen from south side of River Tyne, c1915 (TWAM ref. DS.SWH/5/3/4/2/B187)...HMS Comus was launched on 16 December 1914 at the Wallsend Yard ... More

Sumatra (ship, 1926) - NH 696

Sumatra (ship, 1926) - NH 696

"Northern light cruiser SUMATRA from Holland (Netherlands)". Public domain photograph of Navy warship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SM U-110 (submarine, 1917) - NH 2092 - cropped

SM U-110 (submarine, 1917) - NH 2092 - cropped

" German U 110 with 4'1" gun forward and 22-pr. Gun aft. Received March 30, 1918." This version was cropped by uploader.

Stonewall (ship, 1864) - NH 42861 - cropped

Stonewall (ship, 1864) - NH 42861 - cropped

"At Ferrol, Spain, in March 1865. The original print is mounted on a carte de visite. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph." This vers... More

James River, Virginia, near Dutch Gap - 111-B-5374

James River, Virginia, near Dutch Gap - 111-B-5374

Union warships on the river, in about 1865. USS Casco (1864-1875) is in the center. Moored beyond her are at least four Double-ender paddle-wheel gunboats, two screw gunboats and two monitors, plus (to the left... More

U.S. Navy Nurses - 111-SC-47436

U.S. Navy Nurses - 111-SC-47436

On board the transport USS George Washington, December 1918. The collars of their coat-capes bear the leaf, acorn and anchor insignia of the Navy Nurse Corps. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in... More

USS Saratoga (CC-3) - 19-N-11989

USS Saratoga (CC-3) - 19-N-11989

Under construction at the New York Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 30 September 1921. View shows the stern plates, seen from starboard, extending out over the Delaware River. Photograph from ... More

USS New York (BB-34) underway at high speed on 29 May 1915 (19-N-13046)

USS New York (BB-34) underway at high speed on 29 May 1915 (19-N-13046...

The U.S. Navy battleship USS New York (BB-34) underway at high speed on 29 May 1915.

USS Stockton - 19-N-13948

USS Stockton - 19-N-13948

(Torpedo Boat # 32) At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, October 1901. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS DeLong - 19-N-14-22-9

USS DeLong - 19-N-14-22-9

(Torpedo Boat # 28) Fitting out on 1 July 1901. She was built by George Lawley & Sons, South Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Torpedo Boats at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York - 19-N-14-24-12

Torpedo Boats at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York - 19-N-14-...

In November 1900. They are, from left to right: USS Winslow (Torpedo Boat # 5); USS Ericsson (Torpedo Boat # 2); USS Cushing (Torpedo Boat # 1); USS MacKenzie (Torpedo Boat # 17); and USS Porter (Torpedo Boat #... More

USS Talbot - 19-N-15-15-4

USS Talbot - 19-N-15-15-4

(Torpedo Boat # 15) At the New York Navy Yard, November 1900. The armored cruiser New York is in the background. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Smith (DD-378) - 19-N-17716

USS Smith (DD-378) - 19-N-17716

At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 September 1936, two days after she went into commission. The destroyer astern of Smith is Preston (DD-379), which was still fitting out. Photograph from the Bureau o... More

USS Smith (DD-378) USS Preston (DD-379) - 19-N-17722

USS Smith (DD-378) USS Preston (DD-379) - 19-N-17722

USS Smith (DD-378) (left) and USS Preston (DD-379) Under construction at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 1 July 1935. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Henley (DD-391) USS Pompano (SS-181) - 19-N-18021

USS Henley (DD-391) USS Pompano (SS-181) - 19-N-18021

USS Henley (DD-391), at right, and USS Pompano (SS-181), at left, under construction at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 16 April 1936. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Viking 1898, US Navy Photo

USS Viking 1898, US Navy Photo

(1898-1899) Off the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, after being fitted for naval service, 21 May 1898. Ship in right background is probably USS Aileen (1898-1920), another yacht converted for use in the... More

USS Iowa - 19-N-1985, US Navy Photo

USS Iowa - 19-N-1985, US Navy Photo

(Battleship # 4) Underway, circa 1918, during her World War I service. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Pigeon - 19-N-2260 - A black and white photo of a large boat

USS Pigeon - 19-N-2260 - A black and white photo of a large boat

(AM-47) In port, 7 July 1919, at about the time she was delivered to the Navy. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Grampus (SS-207) - 19-N-23818

USS Grampus (SS-207) - 19-N-23818

Off Groton, Connecticut, during her trials, 26 March 1941. Photographed by her builder, the Electric Boat Company, of Groton. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Osprey (AM-56) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, 19 April 1941

USS Osprey (AM-56) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, 19 April 1941

(AM-56) Off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 19 April 1941. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Alchiba (AK-23) - 19-N-24206

USS Alchiba (AK-23) - 19-N-24206

Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 18 June 1941. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Prometheus (AR-3) - 19-N-24256

USS Prometheus (AR-3) - 19-N-24256

Laid up at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, during reconditioning for return to active service, 3 June 1941. Crane barge YSD-15 is beyond her stern. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collecti... More

USS Argonne - 19-N-25207

USS Argonne - 19-N-25207

(AG-31) At the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 11 August 1941 during a refit. The ship is painted in Measure One camouflage and is flying signal flags showing her hull number, G31. The four-piper destroyers (or destr... More

USS Morris (DD-417) - 19-N-26590

USS Morris (DD-417) - 19-N-26590

(DD-417) In drydock at the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, in January 1942. She is being refitted before sailing for the Pacific. Note signal flags airing, details of her 5/38 gun houses and her Measure 1... More

USS San Diego (CL-53) in Boston Harbor on 10 January 1942 (19-N-27236)

USS San Diego (CL-53) in Boston Harbor on 10 January 1942 (19-N-27236)

The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS San Diego (CL-53) in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts (USA), on 10 January 1942. Note ice and snow on the ship.Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Reid (DD-369) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 22 March 1942 (19-N-28719)

USS Reid (DD-369) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA)...

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Reid (DD-369) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 22 March 1942.

USS Macdonough (DD-351) - 19-N-30319

USS Macdonough (DD-351) - 19-N-30319

Plan view of the ship's starboard side, forward, while she was at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 29 May 1942. Note details of motor boat (lower left), pilothouse and main battery gun director. Photograph from the B... More

USS Humboldt (AVP-21) - 19-N-30376

USS Humboldt (AVP-21) - 19-N-30376

USS Humboldt (AVP-21) being christened by the sponsor, Mrs. William T. Tarrant, at the Boston Navy Yard on 17 March 1941. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Matagorda (AVP-22) - 19-N-30421

USS Matagorda (AVP-22) - 19-N-30421

USS Matagorda (AVP-22) just after her launching at the Boston Navy Yard on 18 March 1941. The stern of her sister, USS Humboldt (AVP-21), launched a day earlier, is visible to the left. Photograph from the Bure... More

USS Quincy (CA-39) - 19-N-30725

USS Quincy (CA-39) - 19-N-30725

View on board, looking forward over the boat deck from the secondary conn, while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard after her last overhaul, 29 May 1942. Crude # 1 in white circle (center) marks the locatio... More

USS Quincy (CA-39) - 19-N-30727

USS Quincy (CA-39) - 19-N-30727

View taken at New York Navy Yard, NY, 29 May, 1942, looking forward from fantail, on centerline. Note covered .50 cal AA/MG (L&R), 1.1" guns. USS Marblehead (CL-12) in left background. USS Juneau (CL-52) in bac... More

USS Honolulu (CL-48) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 26 October 1942 (19-N-36362)

USS Honolulu (CL-48) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 26 October ...

The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Honolulu (CL-48) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 26 October 1942.

USS Otus (AS-20) near the Cavite Naval Shipyard, Philippines, on 10 September 1941 (19-N-41414)

USS Otus (AS-20) near the Cavite Naval Shipyard, Philippines, on 10 Se...

The U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Otus (AS-20) near the Cavite Naval Shipyard, Philippines, on 10 September 1941, after her (so-called) "preliminary" conversion to a submarine tender there. Note the row of por... More

Launch of USS J. Richard Ward (DE-243) at Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas (USA), on 6 January 1943 (19-N-47821)

Launch of USS J. Richard Ward (DE-243) at Brown Shipbuilding, Houston,...

Launch of the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS J. Richard Ward (DE-243) at the Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, Texas (USA), on 6 January 1943.

USS Brackett (DE-41) off the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 1 November 1943 (19-N-53904)

USS Brackett (DE-41) off the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 1 November ...

The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Brackett (DE-41) off the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington (USA), on 1 November 1943.

USS Louisville (CA-28) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 17 December 1943 (19-N-57222)

USS Louisville (CA-28) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 17 Decemb...

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA-28) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 17 December 1943. The ship's camouflage scheme is probably Measure 32, Design 6d. Note that no hull nu... More

USS Hector - 19-N-61-8-10

USS Hector - 19-N-61-8-10

(Collier # 7) At anchor in New York Harbor, 3 October 1911, at the time of the Naval Review there. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

USS Wyoming - 19-N-7-9-3

USS Wyoming - 19-N-7-9-3

(Monitor # 10) Under construction on Slip Number 3 at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, 30 June 1900. The sign at left identifies the other ships built on this slip, including the U.S. cruisers C... More

USS Corson (AVP-37) off Houghton, Washington (USA), on 29 November 1944 (19-N-79904)

USS Corson (AVP-37) off Houghton, Washington (USA), on 29 November 194...

The U.S. Navy small seaplane tender USS Corson (AVP-37) off the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington (USA), on 29 November 1944. The ship is wearing Camouflage Measure 33, Design 1F. She was commissi... More

USS Bainbridge - 19-N-8229

USS Bainbridge - 19-N-8229

Fitting out at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 29 October 1920. Note that the captioning on the photograph identifies the ship as Destroyer No. 249 and that the builder's hul... More

USS Pensacola (CA-24) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 29 June 1945 (19-N-87787)

USS Pensacola (CA-24) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (...

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Pensacola (CA-24) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 29 June 1945. Note that her foremast has been cut drastically to reduce topweight.

1908 Messina earthquake NH 1177

1908 Messina earthquake NH 1177

NH 1177: Messina Earthquake, 28 December 1908. Refugees waiting for transportation at Messina, Sicily, where USS Culgoa and USS Yankton fed many hungry earthquake survivors. Photographed in January 1909. Col... More

26-G-1575 Sinking of German submarine U-175, by USCGC Spencer, 17 April 1943

26-G-1575 Sinking of German submarine U-175, by USCGC Spencer, 17 Apri...

Coastguardman William Crumbaugh, PharmM1c, wipes blood from the face of the submarine's chief engineer, after he was rescued by USCGC Spencer. He had been wounded by shrapnel in the action that sank his submari... More

80-G-13031 (21825218032)

80-G-13031 (21825218032)

80-G-13031: USS West Virginia (BB 48) in Drydock Number One at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, damage to port stern, June 1942. Probably taken at the same time as NH 64488, June 11, 1942. (9/29/2015).

Camouflage Measure 32, Design 16D - 80-G-162039

Camouflage Measure 32, Design 16D - 80-G-162039

Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for battleships of the BB-43 class. This plan, dated 20 December 1943, shows the ship's port side. It was approved by Captain Henry A. In... More

USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) prepare to launch planes during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942 (80-G-16569)

USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) prepare to launch planes ...

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) during the Battle of the Coral Sea, seen from USS Yorktown (CV-5), 8 May 1942. Large number of planes on deck and low sun indicate that the photo was taken ea... More

Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 - 80-G-19942

Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 - 80-G-19942

USS Arizona (BB-39) sunk and burning furiously, 7 December 1941. Her forward magazines had exploded when she was hit by a Japanese bomb. At left, men on the stern of USS Tennessee (BB-43) are playing fire hoses... More

USS Uhlmann (DD-687) underway off New York City (USA) on 7 December 1943 (80-G-202908)

USS Uhlmann (DD-687) underway off New York City (USA) on 7 December 19...

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Uhlmann (DD-687) underway off New York City (USA) on 7 December 1943.

USS Brownson (DD-518) off Kodiak, Alaska, on 13 September 1943 (80-G-213217)

USS Brownson (DD-518) off Kodiak, Alaska, on 13 September 1943 (80-G-2...

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Brownson (DD-518) off Kodiak, Alaska (USA), on 13 September 1943.

Survivors of the German submarine U-515 climb aboard USS Chatelain (DE-149) on 9 April 1944 (80-G-228417)

Survivors of the German submarine U-515 climb aboard USS Chatelain (DE...

Survivors of the German submarine U-515 climb aboard the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Chatelain (DE-149) on 9 April 1944, after their boat was sunk by escorts Task Group 21.12, USS Chatelain (DE-149), USS Pil... More

USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116) underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia (USA), on 4 July 1944 (80-G-235158)

USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116) underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia (...

The U.S. Navy troop transport USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116) underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia (USA), on 4 July 1944, soon after completion. The photo was taken from an aircraft assigned to Naval Air Statio... More

Launch of USS George E. Davis (DE-357) at the Consolidated Steel Corporation on 8 April 1944 (80-G-268354)

Launch of USS George E. Davis (DE-357) at the Consolidated Steel Corpo...

Launch of the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS George E. Davis (DE-357) at the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas (USA), on 8 April 1944.

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) and escorts making smoke off Samar 1944

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) and escorts making smoke off Samar 1944

The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) and her escorts pictured amidst a smoke screen during the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944. Gambier Bay is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 15A. Th... More

Aerial view of Pagoda Hill at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, circa in August 1942 (80-G-29356-411c)

Aerial view of Pagoda Hill at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, circa in A...

Aerial view of "Pagoda Hill" at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. The view seems to be taken shortly after its occupation by U.S. forces.

USS Santa Fe (CL-60) at sea on 12 December 1944 (80-G-301357)

USS Santa Fe (CL-60) at sea on 12 December 1944 (80-G-301357)

The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Santa Fe (CL-60) at sea during the Philippines campaign, 12 December 1944. The battleship USS Washington (BB-56) is alongside an oiler in the center background.

USS Portland (CA-33) transfers survivors of USS Yorktown (CV-5) to USS Fulton (AS-11), 7 June 1942 (80-G-312028)

USS Portland (CA-33) transfers survivors of USS Yorktown (CV-5) to USS...

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland (CA-33), right, transfers survivors of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) to the submarine tender USS Fulton (AS-11), left, on 7 June 1942, following the Battle of... More

Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 - 80-G-32463

Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 - 80-G-32463

Scene on the southeastern part of Ford Island, looking northeasterly, with USS California (BB-44) in right center, listing to port after being hit by Japanese aerial torpedoes and bombs. Official U.S. Navy Phot... More

Japanese battleship Yamato is hit by a bomb during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944 (80-G-325952)

Japanese battleship Yamato is hit by a bomb during the Battle of the S...

Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944: The Japanese battleship Yamato is hit by a bomb near her forward 460mm gun turret, during attacks by U.S. carrier planes as she transited the Sibuyan Sea. This hit di... More

USS San Francisco (CA-38) enters San Francisco Bay, December 1942

USS San Francisco (CA-38) enters San Francisco Bay, December 1942

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38) steams under the Golden Gate Bridge to enter San Francisco Bay, California (USA), on a foggy 11 December 1942. She was en route to the Mare Island Naval Shi... More

Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull of VS-201 parked on USS Long Island (AVG-1), 16 December 1941 (80-G-413479-C)

Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull of VS-201 parked on USS Long Island (AVG-1), 16...

A U.S. Navy Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull of Scouting Squadron 201 (VS-201) parked on the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Long Island (AVG-1) on 16 December 1941.

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