Naval Historical Operations

Images depict historical naval operations, including demolition and reconnaissance efforts during World War II. The mood is serious, with a focus on military actions and naval vessels.

Diver Touches Lusitania -- Lowering the diver's platform to the wreck.After three months search, experts aboard the S.S. Orphir are satisfied that they hate found the Lusitania, which was torpedoed off Kinsale, Ireland in May 1915. Diver A. J. Jarratt, in the "Iron Man" diving suit, walked on the slime-covered side of the great wreck, which has lain in 300mft. of water for 20 years. In the darkness of the ocean bed he made out a line of huge rivets two inches across. The experts declare that there us other wreck in these waters with rivets of such dimensions. November 27, 1935.

"Frog Men" Of The Royal Navy -- "Frog Men" demonstrating how they overcame obstacles off the French Coast.This is the way the men of the Landing Craft Obstructing Clearance Units cleared the beaches off of Normandy for the invasion. September 12, 1945. (Photo by Topical Press).

AS-I and II , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

1st Lt. Charles M. Crane, 24, of Methuen, Mass., and 1st Lt. Donald A. Schultz of Salinas, Cal., were 30,000 feet over Germany, in their P-38 Lightning reconnaissance planes when they noticed a strange object shooting towards them from the ground

DDE-858 F.T. Berry , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Diver Touches Lusitania -- Lowering the diver's platform to the wreck.After three months search, experts aboard the S.S. Orphir are satisfied that they hate found the Lusitania, which was torpedoed off Kinsale, Ireland in May 1915. Diver A. J. Jarratt, in the "Iron Man" diving suit, walked on the slime-covered side of the great wreck, which has lain in 300mft. of water for 20 years. In the darkness of the ocean bed he made out a line of huge rivets two inches across. The experts declare that there us other wreck in these waters with rivets of such dimensions. November 27, 1935.

AG(Spar) , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

DD-842 Fiske , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Landing in Djambi; Before the departure of Palembang. Interior of a Dakota with KNIL soldiers on board. December 30, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Anefo photo collection. Marvo 2166 8817FLs. November 1, 1950

Nordenskjöld (depicted - name).Nordenskjöld (depicted - name)

Ymer (depicted - name).Ymer (depicted - name)

AVB 2 Tallahatchie County 19-NN-AVB 2 Tallahatchie County-164135 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

DD-821 Johnston , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Artillery coaches upstand, Cost Alta. Recorded in May 1916..

Armorship boosts.Sweden (depicted - name)

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The main plot in the operations room at Derby House, Liverpool showing restricted bombing areas. It was in this room that the Battle of the Atlantic was planned throughout the Second World War.

Once a present from Hitler to Mussolini, This de luxe armored railroad car captured in maples area is not serving as Anti-Aircraft defense for allied military trains operating ***** from maples to fighting front. February 14, 1944. (Photo by Official U.S. Army Photo).

AMS-97 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

U.S.S. New York, Detail of Concrete Backing 114 Way of Armor Bolt Hole (Plate L-C-P-I). Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

AGS-31 S.P. Lee , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Armorship boosts.Sweden (depicted - name)

The submarine shark propeller damage.The shark (depicted - name)

PRELUDE TO DESTRUCTION. .. 4,705 enemy motor vehicles were destroyed or damaged by fighter-bombers of the 19th Tactical Air Command in the 36 hour period following a medium bomber attack against the three-span 134 foot highway bridge

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A Handley Page Halifax is silhouetted against target indicators descending over the target during the bombing of a flying-bomb storage dump at Biennais, France, at 3.38 am on 6 July 1944

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Departure high representative of the crown to prique. On board the departing ship are members of the women's corps. February 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting army technical service in Meester Cornelis (Batavia). Workplace. February 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Scenes during a flight by Sunderland flying-boats manned by members of the royal Australian Air Force, while escorting high seas convoy.The Squadron is well on the way to greating a record for the number of hours flown on active service. Another mechanic climbs to the top of the huge fin of the flying boat to inspect the aerial. The ladder, ***** course is removed before the aircraft takes off *****. August 26, 1940. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Artwork: "FW-200 Attacking a British Freighter" Artist: Muller-Gera. Country: Unknown

Trench on the Montozzo.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Series Borneo; Book Borneo. Soldiers leave a Long house of Dajaks. June 1948. Borneo, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

Mulberry Harbours during the Allied Invasion of Normandy - June 1944 The 'West Wall' at Arromanches looking seaward. The line of blockships has already been sunk forming part of the line harbour breakwater.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Series Borneo; Book Borneo. Dajaks wash at a waterfall. June 1948. Borneo, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

AGM-22 Range Sentinel , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of the Johan van Oldebarnevelt?. Failed recording. November 4, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Tandjong Priok

Armorship boosts.Sweden (depicted - name)

American Flying Fortresses Raid German-Held Airfield in France -- A formation of Flying Fortresses of the Eighth U.S. Army Air Force crosses the German-held airfield at Amiens-Glissy, France, leaving in their wake a pattern of exploding bombs marked by rising columns of smoke. The Fortresses, based in Britain, have been concentrating on aircraft factories and airfields in France as well as on German military objectives along the Channel coast. October 24, 1943. (Photo by United States Office of War Information).

Prince Carl bottom damage.Prince Carl (pictured - name)

Area Near Hingham, MA ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Combined Road And Rail Bridge Over The Po River Near Cremona, Italy, Southeast Of Milan, Before 12 July 1944 Attack By The 12Th Air Force Martin B-26 Marauders Of The Mediterranean'S Oldest Medium Bomber Group.

AE-24 Pyro , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

AGOR-3 Robert D. Conrad , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Kya Hagesund bottom damage BB page.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

15 - July 22, 1897. The emptied balloon and the carrier ring. Production of the pictures was made by Associate Professor John Hertzberg in 1930 in photography, Technical College.

M-59 Karlsö (depicted - name).M-59 Karlsö (depicted - name)

A German plane bombing La Valetta, the greatest and most fortified part of Malta. August 06, 1942. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Annual existence of the armored troops in Bandoeng. Demonstrations Eskadron Fighting trucks KNIL. Tank ¨ineke¨ lays a bridge. November 23, 1946. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Regular checking up to keep torpedoes in running order is essential. The leading torpedo artificer is seen on the right at the rear door of the starboard upper tube on board the Dutch submarine O 14.

Area Near Hingham, MA ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Bruneval A Scale model in exact detail from the large reconnaissance photograph of the German radio-location station at Bruneval, Northern France.

ASPB MK 2 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Camouflage of a 280 mm howitzer of the Italian Army, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 16, April 16, 1916.

ATA 210 Catarba , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

AGEH-1 Plainview , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

DD-783 Gurke , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Armorship boosts.Sweden (depicted - name)

Misc. - Weapons - Rifles. March 17, 1953.

Mrs. Holbrook seen walking on the fort from which her husband had been taken off by helicopter after he had become dangerously ill. December 13, 1955. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

Second World War. Front pictures. Russia. Convoy of the German Wehrmacht. In a blanket of wound relatives of the German Wehrmacht on a vehicle

DD-865 Charles R. Ware , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Anefo photo collection. Snow around the Moerdijk. 28 February 1946. Moerdijk

Bombs Dropped By Planes Of The 463Rd Bombardment Group, 772Nd Bombardment Squadron, 15Th Air Force, Fall Toward The Railroad Bridge At Campodazzo, Italy, During A Mission On April 8. 1945

First Airborne Army Lands In Holland -- Parachutes continuing to fail on a landscape covered already by gliders and airbourne troops while Allied aircraft pass overhead. Picture taken from an R.A.F., Photograph Reconnect ***** spitfire of the scene in Holland when the First Allied Airbourne Army carried out its first great operation on September 17th. November 27, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Original caption: "E.C.W. Jan. 1936. Combination fire tank and stock trough. Continuous flow from spring developed by E.C.W.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Anefo photo collection. Mounting a bridge arch from the "water olobridge" in the bridge at Oosterbeek. October 1945. Oosterbeek

AG-153 Compass Island , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Portrait of Don Tadeo Bravo de Rivero Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828). Portrait of Don Tadeo Bravo de Rivero, 1806. Oil on canvas, 81 1/2 x 45 11/16in. (207 x 116cm). In their formal full-length portraits, Old and New World elites proudly defined themselves through their things. The colonial Peruvian nobleman Tadeo Bravo de Rivero sat for Francisco de Goya y Lucientes wearing the brilliant scarlet uniform of a cavalry officer. The medal of the chivalric Order of Santiago displayed on his lapel points to one of the ways that Creoles (American-born Spaniards) elevated their rank within the empires social and racial hierarchy. At the officers feet is a dog, the traditional symbol of fidelity, suggesting the subjects devotion to his king. European Art 1806

Art.Sect PRJ sleeve center.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

The stern of the Japanese submarine showing the extensive damage caused by an explosion. The picture was taken as the submarine was being swung ashore. June 10, 1942.

AGB-5 Ataten Island , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Artwork: "Down for Repairs" Artist: Norton Rock. Country: Unknown

Photograph of Maria Pujol Near Bimini. This image is one of a set of photographs taken of the fishing vessels involved in a shooting incident 12 March near Bimini. These photos were not released as no Coast Guard action was involved and the vessels were Bahamian and Cuban. The photos were shot with a K-20 aerial camera by an air crewman, and not by one of the rated photographers assigned.

AO-106 Navasota , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Exhibition space of the Marines Corps during the Fleet Days 1989.

Artwork: "Loading Stretcher Cases" Artist: Henry Koehler. Country: Unknown

Ruins of a town near Ypres Belgium, during World war Ione 1916

Attack On St. Nazaire -- This photograph was taken by an R.A.F. reconnaissance aircraft on the day before the raid took place. Note the look gate in position and compare with photo. August 22, 1942. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Gotland injury in tank.Gotland (depicted - name)

From His Position, A Boeing B-29 Alerted Gunner Of The 462Nd Bomb Group, Xx Bomber Command, Can See Another "Superfortress" Of His Group As He Scans The Sky For Enemy Aircraft. The Planes Are En Route To Bomb Targets At Anshan, Manchuria. China.

Gymnote was one of the world's first all-electric submarines and the first functional submarine equipped with torpedoes. Launched on 24 September 1888, following early experiments by Henri Dupuy de Lôme, and after his death, by Gustave Zédé (1825-1891) and Arthur Krebs. France, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1889

MTB's Insignia - British Navy. April 29, 1941.

A river light is directed against aircraft in the air, at night, about 1918-1930 A river light is directed against aircraft in the air, at night. Four military people in work. about 1918-1930. Picture from Eric Barrhed's collection from Air Force Museum's image archive. Fvmf.000893.

Bombs Dropped By Planes Of The 460Th Bomb Group, 763Rd Bomb Squadron, 15Th Air Force, Fall Toward Their Target, Despite Clouds Covering The Bologna Area Of Italy On April 16 1945.

Officials. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

DD-744 Blue , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Bizerte, Tunisia-On the second attack, made by Boeing B-17's, when the Axis convoy was nearing Bizerte, the Havenstein was bombed and a terrific explosion resulted.

Prince Carl bottom damage.Prince Carl (pictured - name)

AGB-5 Ataten Island , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Cheribon. Parade, various topics Tjikempek. Dough. October 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Armorship boosts.Sweden (depicted - name)

Lublin Concentration Camp in Poland. 9/13/44.

Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.

CLG 8 Topeka , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Artwork: "A Detail of a Ju-88" Artist: W. Traeger. Country: Unknown

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