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Australian troops wading ashore from landing craft at Tarakan Island on 1 May 1945

Australian troops wading ashore from landing craft at Tarakan Island o...

Australian troops wading ashore at Tarakan Island, Borneo, with beach obstacles and LSTs in background

FDR in Honolulu with MacArthur, Nimitz and Leahy, July 28, 1944

FDR in Honolulu with MacArthur, Nimitz and Leahy, July 28, 1944

208-PU-173-H-15: This Pearl Harbor conference bodes no good for the Japanese. Discussing Pacific strategy with his military and naval leaders, President Franklin D. Roosevelt listens to the points of view of ... More

SOC aircraft returns to USS Augusta

SOC aircraft returns to USS Augusta

80-G-68041: SOC aircraft returns to USS Augusta (CA-31) from patrol duty, June 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

161128-N-LV331-003 (31041700170)

161128-N-LV331-003 (31041700170)

161128-N-LV331-003 DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (Nov. 28, 2016) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus meets with Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Salman. Mabus is in the area as part of a multinati... More

Af A 50 1 (17177141752)

Af A 50 1 (17177141752)

AfA-50-1: Artwork of an African-American Sailor, possibly drawn by K.C.Wk, Hong Kong, China, 1952. NHHC Photograph Collection, Johnson Donation. (2/9/2011).

330-PSA-152-60 (USN 817091) (20674971774)

330-PSA-152-60 (USN 817091) (20674971774)

330-PSA-152-60 (USN 817091): Master Caption: U.S. Navy Icebreakers Reach Bellingshausen Sea. The Bellingshausen Sea was penetrated in February 1960 by two U.S. Navy ice-breakers USS Glacier and USS Burton Isl... More

330-CFD-DN-ST-92-10354 (37048852791)

330-CFD-DN-ST-92-10354 (37048852791)

330-CFD-DN-ST-92-10354: Hurricane Andrew, 1992. An overhead, port bow view of the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48) Med-moored in port. The Ashland is taking on supplies destined for Florida communities... More

Navy divers assisting Gemini-6 crew members Stafford and Schirra during recovery of Gemini 6 - S65-61886 (26667379786)

Navy divers assisting Gemini-6 crew members Stafford and Schirra durin...

S65-61886 (16 Dec. 1965) --- A water level view of Navy divers assisting Gemini-6 crew members Stafford and Schirra to open hatches after landing in the Atlantic. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and... More

Admiral Nimitz (USN) decorates Lieutenant Colonel Carlson (USMC) on Guadalcanal, 30 September 1942 (127-GW-894-50883)

Admiral Nimitz (USN) decorates Lieutenant Colonel Carlson (USMC) on Gu...

Visiting Guadalcanal on 30 September 1942, U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, CinCPac, took time to decorate Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, CO, 2d Raider Battalion; MajGen Vandegrift, in rear; and, fro... More

TRAAC (330-PSA-262-61, USN 710980, 21836863865) (cropped)

TRAAC (330-PSA-262-61, USN 710980, 21836863865) (cropped)

330-PSA-262-61 (USN 710980): Transit IV-B, Navy navigational satellite and its pickaback rider Transit Research and Altitude Control (TRAAC), an experiment in altitude stabilization by use of the Earth’s gravi... More

US Navy 171201-N-NO147-002 Chaplain and Lieutenant Junior Grade Aloysius H. Schmitt undated (cropped)

US Navy 171201-N-NO147-002 Chaplain and Lieutenant Junior Grade Aloysi...

171201-N-NO147-002 WASHINGTON (Dec. 1, 2017) An undated file photo of Lt. j.g. Aloysius H. Schmitt who was killed during the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo Courtesy of Loras Col... More

The 13th littoral combat ship, the future USS Wichita (LCS 13) launches sideways (29725271776)

The 13th littoral combat ship, the future USS Wichita (LCS 13) launche...

160917-N-N0101-101 MARINETTE, Wisc. (Sept. 17, 2016) The 13th littoral combat ship, the future USS Wichita (LCS 13) launches sideways into the Menominee River after being christening by ship sponsor Kate Lehrer... More

330-CFD-DN-SD-06-05801 (36793374130)

330-CFD-DN-SD-06-05801 (36793374130)

330-CFD-DN-SD-06-05801: Hurricane Wilma, 2005. The US Navy (USN) Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West, Florida (FL) flooded after being hit by Category 3 Hurricane Wilma, October 24, 2005. Photographed by Lieute... More

80-G-205294 (18087587683)

80-G-205294 (18087587683)

80-G-205294: Aerial of Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, during an attack by U.S. Navy planes. Shown is a huge explosion after a strike on Japanese ships, November 1943. (6/11/2015).

80-G-287121 (18087575853)

80-G-287121 (18087575853)

80-G-287121: USS Indianapolis (CA 35), off Guam, July 18, 1944. Left to right: Admirals Chester W. Nimitz; Ernest J. King; and Raymond A. Spruance. Indianapolis was Spruance’s flagship. (6/11/2015).

80-KN-21869 (17047749800)

80-KN-21869 (17047749800)

80-KN-21869. Lieutenant Commander Everett Alvarez, Jr. "Welcome Home" Sketch by combat artist, Dante H. Bertoni at the Welcoming Ceremonies at Clark Air Force Base, Philippine Islands upon Alvarez' return ... More

180912-M-JQ384-102 (43975292514)

180912-M-JQ384-102 (43975292514)

180912-M-JQ384-102 CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 12, 2018) Cots are set up at an emergency shelter, Sept. 12, 2018, at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., as Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast. It... More

330-CFD-DM-SD-98-02818 (37049021391)

330-CFD-DM-SD-98-02818 (37049021391)

30-CFD-DM-SD-98-02818: Hurricane Bertha, 1996. Damage in and around Marine Force Atlantic (MARFORLANT) Headquarters fter Hurricane Bertha, July 13, 1996. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections... More

Australian troops wading ashore at Tarakan Island on 1 May 1945

Australian troops wading ashore at Tarakan Island on 1 May 1945

Australian troops wading ashore at Tarakan Island, Borneo, with beach obstacles and LSTs in background, P-Day. USS LST 993, left center, the pipes in the foreground are part of these left by oilfield workers.

Douglas AD-1 Skyraider in flight, circa in 1946 (USN 707865)

Douglas AD-1 Skyraider in flight, circa in 1946 (USN 707865)

A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-1 Skyraider in flight, circa in 1946. It is armed with two Tiny Tim rockets and twelve HVAR rockets.'Original description:The “Skyraider” (AD) is the U.S. Navy’s first line carrier attac... More

Mitsubishi G4M “Betty” landing at Ie Shima

Mitsubishi G4M “Betty” landing at Ie Shima

80-G-490352: Surrender of Japan, August-September 1945. After circling three times, a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M “Betty” which carried the envoys from Japan landed at Ie Shima airfield before proceeding to the Ph... More

USS Nausett 1865

USS Nausett 1865

A cropped engraving of the USS Nausett. The engraving clearly shows the large wooden "raft" surrounding the iron hull, the revolving turret with its two 11-inch guns amidships, and a tall stack along with rowb... More

330-CFD-DN-SC-86-08821 (22865456274)cropped

330-CFD-DN-SC-86-08821 (22865456274)cropped

330-CFD-DN-SC-86-08821: A port view of frigate USS Ouellet (FF-1077) underway off Oahu, Hawaii, 5/15/1986. PH2 Powell, USN. (OPA-NARA II-2015/12/03).

H43170 (17164505692)

H43170 (17164505692)

Captain Thomas Truxtun, USN. “A representation of the medal presented by the United States to Thomas Truxtun esquire, and a copy of the Resolution of Congress, approved 29 March 1800, in honor of the action be... More

NH 48149 (26950061763)

NH 48149 (26950061763)

NH 48149 : Charles A. Lindbergh, USA On 11 June 1927, taken at the Washington Navy Yard, showing a portion of the crowd thronging to greet Lindbergh as the USS MEMPHIS docked. In the right background is the pre... More

Gas NRL 15499 (18646215146)

Gas NRL 15499 (18646215146)

NRL 15499: American Expedition Forces. Tests of Mustard Gas, France, 1918. NHHC Photograph Collection, NR&L 15499.

80-G-426873 (25994984635)

80-G-426873 (25994984635)

80-G-426873: Yalta Conference (Crimea), February 4 to 11, 1945. Onboard warship during the Crimean Conferences at Yalta, Russia. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown with Arab Dignitary. Fleet Admiral ... More

USA C-543 (25485204160)

USA C-543 (25485204160)

USA C-543 (Color): Yalta Conference, February 1945 Allied leaders pose in the courtyard of Livadia Palace, Yalta, during the conference. Those seated are (from left to right): Prime Minister Winston Churchil... More

170929-N-ZN152-0010 (36740992883)

170929-N-ZN152-0010 (36740992883)

170929-N-ZN152-0010 NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 29, 2017) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departs Naval Station Norfolk to support humanitarian relief operations. The Department of Def... More

330-CFD-DN-SD-06-09344 (36793372500)

330-CFD-DN-SD-06-09344 (36793372500)

330-CFD-DN-SD-06-09344: Hurricane Isabel, 2003. The US Navy (USN) Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is tied securely to the pier as it awaits the full force of Hurricane Isabel. The KEAR... More

FDR inspecting hospital in Hawaii, July 29, 1944

FDR inspecting hospital in Hawaii, July 29, 1944

80-G-46217: President Franklin D. Roosevelt visits the hospital in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. The President addresses the staff and wounded personnel at Aiea Heights during his visit to the new Naval hospi... More

FDR addressing 7th Infantry Division in Hawaii, July 27, 1944

FDR addressing 7th Infantry Division in Hawaii, July 27, 1944

208-PU-173-H-20: President Roosevelt Visits Hawaii. Microphones and carrying power to the President’s voice as he addresses the U.S. Army’s famous Seventh Division on the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.... More

Douglas AD-1 Skyraider in flight, circa in 1946 (USN 707865)

Douglas AD-1 Skyraider in flight, circa in 1946 (USN 707865)

A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-1 Skyraider in flight, circa in 1946. It is armed with two Tiny Tim rockets and twelve HVAR rockets.'Original description:The “Skyraider” (AD) is the U.S. Navy’s first line carrier attac... More

G479814 (16868286209) (cropped)

G479814 (16868286209) (cropped)

80-G-479814. McDonnell F2H-2 “Banshee” Fighter drops a 250 pound bomb on a North Korean target, 6 March 1953. Plane is from USS Kearsarge (CVA 33). In August 1952, the “Banshee” first saw combat off the ea... More

United States Army officer tortured to death by Chinese on Hill 1051 in Korea, 1951

United States Army officer tortured to death by Chinese on Hill 1051 i...

80-G-429619: Korean War: At What Cost. Atrocities on Hill 1051 in Korea. The body of a U.S. Army officer, tortured to death by Chinese Communist. He had been shot through both hands and his feet had been bur... More

330-CFD-DN-SD-06-03681 (37019344652)

330-CFD-DN-SD-06-03681 (37019344652)

330-CFD-DN-SD-06-03681: Hurricane Katrina, 2005. US Navy (USN) MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopters lift off from the flight deck of the USN Whidbey Island Class: Dock Landing Ship, USS TORTUGA (LSD 46), while the s... More

Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889 (24129937106)

Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889 (24129937106)

NH 2151: Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889. Scene in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, soon after the storm. The view looks about southwestward, with USS Nipsic beached in the foreground. Beyond her stern is USS ... More

80-G-32400 (18432033924)

80-G-32400 (18432033924)

80-G-32400: North African Invasion, November 1942. French destroyer Milan (partially visible, right), destroyer Albatros (center) and light cruiser Primauguet (upper center) beached off Casablanca, Morocco on... More

NH 48107 (26575545413)

NH 48107 (26575545413)

NH 48107: Ships moored off the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Photographed from the stern of USS Minatanomoh, circa 1865-66. Ships in the foreground are the monitors Chimo and Tonawanda. Beyond them is the ex-CS... More

80-G-426880 (25994989305)

80-G-426880 (25994989305)

80-G-426880: Yalta Conference (Crimea), February 4 to 11, 1945. President Franklin D. Roosevelt with Mr. Edward Stettinius and Mr. Harry Hopkins. Photograph released February 1945. U.S. Navy Photograph, now... More

SBD-5, Majuro, 1944

SBD-5, Majuro, 1944

SBD-5 from USS Lexington (CV 16) over Majuro Atoll.

Bill Clinton (26155160139)

Bill Clinton (26155160139)

428-GX-USN-1180054: USS Arkansas (CGN-41), October 15, 1980. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is welcomed to the speaker’s stand after being introduced by Captain Dennis S. Read, Commanding Officer of Arkansas... More

26 A Dassance In Field NAVY (17131715902)

26 A Dassance In Field NAVY (17131715902)

081216-N-2555T-058 FORT JACKSON, S.C. (Dec. 16, 2008) Force Master Chief, Charles L. Dassance, Network Warfare Command, discusses training with Sailors attending Individual Augmentee training. Dassance is one o... More

美海军陆战队士兵在青岛圣弥额尔座堂的弥撒

美海军陆战队士兵在青岛圣弥额尔座堂的弥撒

中文(简体):美国海军陆战队第六师随军神父尤金·B.凯利在青岛圣弥额尔主教座堂的弥撒上为三千名海军陆战队士兵布道 English: Original description: 127-GW-219-226144: Father Eugene B. Kelly, Sixth Division Chaplain delivers sermon to 3,000 Marines during Solemn Pontifi... More

80-G-700284 (25206717116) (cropped)

80-G-700284 (25206717116) (cropped)

80-G-700284: Potsdam Conference, 17 July – 2 August 1945. HMS Renown (battleship) at Plymouth, England. Photographed released August 2nd, 1945. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National A... More

Marine Corps barrage balloon unit in training 1942

Marine Corps barrage balloon unit in training 1942

Lot-1822-10: Marine Corps Base, Parris Island, South Carolina, May 1942. The Marines have the situation well in hand. That goes for anything they tackle-like the barrage balloon, for example. Special Marin... More

Main radars aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42), 27 October 1945 (Lot 10625-13)

Main radars aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42), 27 October 1945...

Lot 10625-13: Navy Day, 27 October 1945. Distant Navy planes are framed by huge radar equipment on the superstructure of USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) during commissioning of the ship at the New York (B... More

SS Vaterland at Sea

SS Vaterland at Sea

Lot 2771-2: Brochures for the Hamburg-American Line. German ocean liner Vaterland. Turned over to the U.S. Navy after America’s entry into World War I, she became USS Leviathan, July 1917 and served as a troo... More

SS James Withycombe Survivors

SS James Withycombe Survivors

80-G-207587: Liberty Ship SS James Withycombe which went aground off Fort Randolph, Canal Zone, December 19, 1943. Shown: Crew coming ashore. Withycombe was a complete loss. Note, USCGC Bodega was also g... More

H56896 (17140177786)

H56896 (17140177786)

View of American frigate USS Constellation capturing the French frigate l’Insurgente within view of Basseerre, 9 February 1799. Copied from the Collection of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Corcoran Gallery, # 190. ... More

Af A 60 4 (16557937903)

Af A 60 4 (16557937903)

AfA-60-4: SD2 John J. Parker, USN, receives Certificate of Appreciation from Admiral Charles D. Griffin, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, upon his detachment from CINCSOUTH Mess, June 9, 1967... More

LC-USZ62-112542 (24400628080)

LC-USZ62-112542 (24400628080)

LC-USZ62-112542: Yalta Conference, February 4-11 1945. Crimean Conference--President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Marshal Joseph Stalin are shown with others around the confe... More

H76555 (16545934603)

H76555 (16545934603)

On 12 October 1800, USS Boston captured French frigate Le Berceau, one of the French ships that was plaguing the American coast. After a bloody engagement, Boston brought her prize back to the United States. T... More

081125-N-7987H-069 (16971148108)

081125-N-7987H-069 (16971148108)

081125-N-7987H-069 NORFOLK, Va. (Nov. 25, 2008) — Chief Thomas "Two Feathers" Lewis of the unrecognized "Chowanoke Indian Nation," formerly the Meherrin-Chowanoke Tribe, thanks guest for attending the Native A... More

PH constabulary pledge to US and UN

PH constabulary pledge to US and UN

Filipinos Pledge Allegiance to the U.S. In unbroken fighting spirit, the troops of the First Regiment, the Philippine Constabulary, swear allegiance to the U.S. Flag and to the cause of the United Nations. Off... More

Bill Clinton (37221476354) (cropped)

Bill Clinton (37221476354) (cropped)

428-GX-USN-1180050: USS Arkansas (CGN-41), October 15, 1980. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton waits to speak during Commissioning Ceremonies at Norfolk, Virginia. Clinton served as the 42nd President of the U... More

330-CFD-DN-SC-93-00152 (37001110356)

330-CFD-DN-SC-93-00152 (37001110356)

330-CFD-DN-SC-93-00152: Hurricane Andrew, 1992. A member of a naval mobile construction battalion (Seabee) directs the driver of a forklift being used to position a Seabee equipment container during disaster... More

Af A 70 6 (16555238744)

Af A 70 6 (16555238744)

AfA-70-6: Collage of notable African-Americans who have served in the U.S. Navy. NHHC Photographic Section, Navy Subject Files, Minorities, African-Americans. (12/31/2009).

H00142 (17165534961)

H00142 (17165534961)

Captain Charles S. Stewart, USN. Born 28 July 1778 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died on 6 November 1869 at Bordentown, New Jersey. Copied from the book entitled, “Frigate Constitution,” page 204. NHHC... More

H60618 (16979941439)

H60618 (16979941439)

USS Constellation versus French frigate la Vengeance in the West Indies, 2 February 1800. Artwork by J. O. Davidson. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 60618.

200-S-KWG-34 (18232591479)

200-S-KWG-34 (18232591479)

200-S-KWG-34: Korean Expedition, May-July 1871. USS Benicia (1869-1884). At anchor in the Han River, Korea. Also at NHHC as NH 66305. (6/2/2015).

H56897 (16978336808)

H56897 (16978336808)

Battle between USS Constellation and the French frigate l’Insurgente, 9 February 1779. Artwork from a painting by Charles R. Patterson. The ships Constellation and Insurgente engaged in a running fight for ... More

Hazel Scott on December 17, 1943 playing at Naval Station Great Lakes - 80-G-294759 (28080175326) (cropped)

Hazel Scott on December 17, 1943 playing at Naval Station Great Lakes ...

80-G-294759: Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois. Pianist Hazel Scott making a guest appearance at the training station. Released December 17, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the col... More

Lockheed DP-2E Neptune with Ryan BQM-34 Firebee at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California (USA), 6 March 1969 (USN 1142398)

Lockheed DP-2E Neptune with Ryan BQM-34 Firebee at Naval Air Station P...

A U.S. Navy Ryan BQM-34 Firebee target drone on a stand at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California (USA), 6 March 1969. A Lockheed DP-2E Neptune drone control aircraft is parked behind the drone.

North American RA-5C Vigilante aboard USS Saratoga (CVA-60), 10 December 1963 (USN 1097021)

North American RA-5C Vigilante aboard USS Saratoga (CVA-60), 10 Decemb...

A U.S. Navy pilot manning a North American RA-5C Vigilante aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CVA-60), 10 December 1963.

Afterdeck of the Japanese transport Kinugawa Maru at Guadalcanal, 4 May 1943 (80-G-41287)

Afterdeck of the Japanese transport Kinugawa Maru at Guadalcanal, 4 Ma...

View of the battered afterdeck of the Japanese troop transport Kinugawa Maru, beached during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-15 November 1942. The photo was taken on 4 May 1943.

NH 45963 (27104620240)

NH 45963 (27104620240)

NH 45963: Monitor Montage, signed by Thomas Fitch Rowland. It includes photographs of the "Monitor Shiphouse" and USS Puritan on the building ways at the Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, New York, and an a... More

DN-ST-84-07572 (19084032495)

DN-ST-84-07572 (19084032495)

DN-ST-84-07572: Gas Turbine System Technician Second Class Steve Miller monitors the controls at the engineer’s station board the patrol combatant missile hydrofoil USS Gemini (PHM-6), 1 January 1983. Photog... More

H66641 (17140171066)

H66641 (17140171066)

Captain John Barry, Continental Navy (1745-1803). Engraved portrait by J. Rodgers, published during the 19th Century by Virtue, Emmins & Co., New York, as part of a print entitled "American Naval Commanders". ... More

H56893 (17164491532)

H56893 (17164491532)

USS Constellation chasing the French frigate l’Insurgente, 9 February 1799. Photograph of original line engraving, painted, engraved, published by E. Savage. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 56893.

26-G-2343 (17285578943)

26-G-2343 (17285578943)

26-G-2343: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Army troops wade ashore on "Omaha" Beach during the "D-Day" landings, 6 June 1944. They were brought to the beach by a Coast Guard manned LCVP. Photograph from the U.S... More

80-G-259446 (17539618443)

80-G-259446 (17539618443)

80-G-259446: Battle of Kolombangara, July 12-13, 1943. Side view of the damaged USS Honolulu (CL 48) at Tulagi Harbor, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Note, Admiral Halsey’s sign. Photographed by PHOM1/C Ge... More

80-G-429656 (32354987172)

80-G-429656 (32354987172)

80-G-429656: Korean War: Aviation. A direct hit on enemy mine layers is scored by Marine “Corsair” with a napalm bomb, during close air support by the First Marine Aircraft flying from USS Bataan (CVL 29) to ... More

Sinking of the German submarine U-175, 17 April 1943 (26-G-1512)

Sinking of the German submarine U-175, 17 April 1943 (26-G-1512)

Sinking of German submarine U-175, 17 April 1943. The submarine was driven to the surface south-west of Ireland through depth-charging by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Spencer (WPG-36). It was then scuttle... More

Higgins PT Boats CIty Park New Orleans NH 44482

Higgins PT Boats CIty Park New Orleans NH 44482

NH 44482: Higgins Type PT Boats on the assembly line at Higgins Industries City Park Plant, New Orleans, Louisiana, during World War II. The boats completion state advanced from the rear of the photograph t... More

USS Selfridge (DD-357) fitted with temporary bow, 24 January 1944 (80-G-316295)

USS Selfridge (DD-357) fitted with temporary bow, 24 January 1944 (80-...

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Selfridge (DD-357) upon arrival at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 24 January 1944. She lost her bow after a torpedo hit during the Battle of Vella Lavella on 6... More

FDR visits Naval Training Station at Newport August 12, 1940

FDR visits Naval Training Station at Newport August 12, 1940

Lot-4263-39: President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s visit to U.S. Navy installations in the arears around Newport, Rhode Island, August 1940. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox Collection. Photographed through Myl... More

LC-DIG-HEC-27918 (19022494483) (3x4a)

LC-DIG-HEC-27918 (19022494483) (3x4a)

LC-DIG-HEC-27918: Secretary of the Navy, Charles Edison, pictured on January 5, 1940. He was appointed as Secretary as Claude A. Swanson died several months previously. Edison served from January 2, 1940 t... More

Victory markings on a Douglas SBD Dauntless on Guadalcanal, 26 August 1942 (80-G-14200)

Victory markings on a Douglas SBD Dauntless on Guadalcanal, 26 August ...

A U.S. soldier paints a third Japanese flag on a Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, signifying Japanese planes shot down in attacks on the Solomon Islands, 26 August 1942. Note that this type of aircraft was an attack a... More

80-G-287122 (18925525005)

80-G-287122 (18925525005)

80-G-287122: Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN, Commander Fifth Fleet on board flagship USS Indianapolis (CA 35), July 18, 1944. Left to right, Lieutenant Junior Grade H.B. Chessher, Jr., USNR; Lieutenant G... More

428GX-N1150452 (19078242552)

428GX-N1150452 (19078242552)

428-GX-USN-1150505: Hydrofoil patrol gunboat USS Tucumcari (PGH-2), foil-borne during a high-speed run, May 1971. Photographed by PH1 Claude V. Sneed. NHHC Photograph Collection, Naval Subjects, Ships.

428GX-N1160403 (18898004809)

428GX-N1160403 (18898004809)

428-GX-USN 1160403: Workmen in a cherry picker hose down the patrol hydrofoil (guided missile) USS Pegasus (PHM-1) prior to the launching ceremony, 8 November 1974. Photographed by PH2 Paul E. Burns. NHHC ... More

80-G-31607 (18432027754)

80-G-31607 (18432027754)

80-G-31607: North African Invasion, November 1942. French light cruiser Primauguet beached off Casablanca, Morocco in November 1942. She had been badly damaged during the Battle of Casablanca on 8 November, a... More

Mc Donnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II of VF-74 escorts Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 over USS Nimitz (CVN-68), 15 July 1976 (428-GX-USN 1169106)

Mc Donnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II of VF-74 escorts Soviet Tupolev Tu-...

A U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron 74 (VF 74) F-4J Phantom II fighter aircraft escorts a Soviet TU-95 “Bear” reconnaissance bomber flying off the starboard side of USS Nimitz (CVN-68), 15 July 1976.

DN-SN-84-01402 (16536425974)

DN-SN-84-01402 (16536425974)

Seaman Roger Bruce Littlejohn, a radioman aboard the frigate USS WHIPPLE (FF-1062), proofreads a perforated tape in the ship's communication center. Littlejohn is an American Indian.

80-G-K-13946 (19279131188)

80-G-K-13946 (19279131188)

80-G-K-13946: Brigader General Harry Schmidt, USMC. Photographed in 1942, while he was assistant to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National ... More

Former U.S. Navy Prisoners of War of Vietnam visit Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet at at Naval Air Station North Island, California (USA), 7 March 1973 (428-GX-USN 1155208)

Former U.S. Navy Prisoners of War of Vietnam visit Commander, Naval Ai...

Former U.S. Navy Prisoners of War of Vietnam (left to right), Captains Harry T. Jenkins, Howard E. Rutledge and James B. Stockdale, look at a model of the F-14A Tomcat fighter, held by Vice Admiral Thomas J. W... More

Leipzig Image1

Leipzig Image1

German light cruiser Leipzig, starboard view, 1937. Division of Naval Intelligence, Identification and Characteristics Section, June 1943.

15 A Rear Adm Holmes With Patrol NAVY (16947113099)

15 A Rear Adm Holmes With Patrol NAVY (16947113099)

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German submarine U-801 underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 17 March 1944 (80-G-222854)

German submarine U-801 underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 17 March 1944...

Air Attacks on German U-boats, WWII. Original description: U-801 was sunk on 17 March 1944, by a Fido homing torpedo by two Avenger and one Wildcat aircraft (VC-6) from USS Block Island, along with depth charg... More

FDR Election Eve Radio Address to the Nation November 4, 1938

FDR Election Eve Radio Address to the Nation November 4, 1938

208-PU-168-G-20: President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcasting from his Hyde Park, New York, home on November 4th, 1938. Office of War Information Collection. (2016/08/30).

Douglas AD Skyraider crash off USS Leyte (CV-32), 10 November 1950 (80-G-426241)

Douglas AD Skyraider crash off USS Leyte (CV-32), 10 November 1950 (80...

U.S. Navy Ensign D.F. Kirkpatrick of Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35) "Black Panthers" abandons his Douglas AD-3 Skyraider after crashing against a 5” turret and crashing over the side of the aircraft carrier USS Le... More

North American RA-5C Vigilantes of RVAH-5 are launched from USS Saratoga (CVA-60), 17 April 1964 (USN 1097020)

North American RA-5C Vigilantes of RVAH-5 are launched from USS Sarato...

U.S. Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante (BuNo 150839, 150841, ?) of Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 5 (RVAH-5) "Savage Sons" take off from the on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CVA... More

USS Marmora (1862-1865)

USS Marmora (1862-1865)

NH 51798: USS Marmora (1862-1865). Photographed on the Western Rivers during the Civil War. A side-wheel river steamer is in the background, beyond Marmora's pilothouse. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Comma... More

A wounded Marine is evacuated in a stretcher attached to a HTL Helicopter from Kari San Mountain, June 4, 1951

A wounded Marine is evacuated in a stretcher attached to a HTL Helicop...

80-G-429695: Korean War: At What Cost. A wounded Marine is evacuated in a stretcher attached to a HTL Helicopter from Kari San Mountain, June 4, 1951. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the ... More

Douglas SBD Dauntless in flight over Guadalcanal, in 1943 (LC-Lot-801-26)

Douglas SBD Dauntless in flight over Guadalcanal, in 1943 (LC-Lot-801-...

A U.S. U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD Dauntless in flight over Guadalcanal, in 1943. The plane was named "The Milk Wagon to Munda Plane". The Japanese airfield at Munda, New Georgia, was almost daily attacked b... More

161227-N-DX698-289 (31639747310)

161227-N-DX698-289 (31639747310)

161227-N-DX698-289 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Dec. 27, 2016) U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on Kilo Pier at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam while Japanese Prime Minister looks on. President Obam... More

German UC-56 U-boat (27858471034)

German UC-56 U-boat (27858471034)

Lot-5410-6: German UC-56, Driven to Internment by Christabel, the smallest of American Armed Yachts in France, which damaged the submarine, so that it had to make port 24 May 1918 at Santander, Spain, there thi... More

80-G-238397 (18920231012)

80-G-238397 (18920231012)

80-G-238397: Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, USMC, (left), Commander Fifth Amphibious Corps; Major General Thomas E. Watson, center, Commanding General, Second Marine Division, and Admiral Raymond A. Spr... More

80-G-32407 (18432000594)

80-G-32407 (18432000594)

80-G-32407: North African Invasion, November 1942. French Navy and commercial ships in Casablanca harbor, Morocco after the battle of 8 November 1942. The two damaged 1500-tonne destroyers at left wear ident... More

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