Naval Operations and Inspections

Images capture U.S. Navy activities, including crane operations on ships, hydrofoils on water, and inspections by naval personnel, evoking a sense of maritime teamwork and engagement.

A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is loaded into a Mark 25 launcher aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). The vessels have been deployed to the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Country: Bahrain(BHR)

Members of a boarding party from the guided missile destroyer USS WILLIAM V. PRATT (DDG-44), flagship of the Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF), inspect the Turkish freighter Rize K., the first freighter approved by the United Nations to deliver humanitarian aid to Iraq. The MIF was charged with enforcing U.N. sanctions against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

DN-ST-87-10394. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A close-up view of the bridge of the guided missile frigate USS DOYLE (FFG-39). Country: Caribbean Sea

The patrol combatant missile hydrofoil USS HERCULES (PHM-2) is silhouetted by the sun while underway in the gulf. The HERCULES operates out of Key West, Fla., as part of PHM Squadron 2, which is used extensively in the nation's drug interdiction program. Country: Gulf Of Mexico

A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is loaded into a Mark 25 launcher aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). The vessels have been deployed to the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Country: Bahrain(BHR)

DN-ST-85-05243. Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

On Board Hm Submarine Tribune, 1942 HMS TRIBUNE lying alongside the submarine depot ship HMS FORTH at Holy Loch, Scotland at dawn.

A flight deck crewman uses a forklift to load cargo onto a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter aboard the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1). The dock landing ship USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD-44) is in the background. The ships and their embarked Marines are at sea in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Northern Arabian Sea

DN-ST-86-07291. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

ENSIGN Stuart H. Johnston, right, keeps watch from the bridge of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) off the coast of North Carolina during the joint services exercise SOLID SHIELD '89. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '89 Base: USS Saipan (LHA 2) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Crewmembers of the USS TAURUS (PHM 3) man the rail during the commissioning ceremony for the hydrofoil. Base: Bremerton State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-08403. Base: Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crewmen prepare to launch a tow target from the aft deck of the guided missile destroyer USS KING (DDG-41) during exercise Unitas XXI. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A view of fuel lines extended between the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) and the Neosho class oiler USNS KAWISHIWI (TAO 146) during underway replenishment operations. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A starboard view of the patrol combatant missile hydrofoil USS HERCULES (PHM 2) underway in the gulf. The HERCULES operates out of Key West, Florida, as part of PHM Squadron 2, which is used extensively in the nation's drug interdiction program. Country: Gulf Of Mexico

A view of the forward deck of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62). The NEW JERSEY, after recently completing renovation and modernization, is undergoing sea trials prior to reactivation in January 1983. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Camouflaged USS Roper (DD-147) on Convoy Duty Photo by FAPSA, Norfolk, Va..

DN-ST-89-10834. Base: Naval Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-00286. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

221106-N-XB010-1017 EAST CHINA SEA (Nov. 6, 2022) - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) return in an assault amphibious vehicle (AAV) to the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) well deck during a certification for New Orleans Sailors and JSDF in preparation for Keen Sword 23 while in the East China Sea. Keen Sword is a joint, bilateral, biennial field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability and strengthen the ironclad Japan-U.S. alliance.

Marines fire M-1911 .45-caliber pistols as they take part in weapons training aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Country: Unknown

A crew member looks out at the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) from the doorway of a search and rescue helicopter flying over the Persian Gulf during maritime interdiction operations. Country: Unknown

The recovered Command Module from the first Apollo unmanned test flight, AS201, sits on the deck of the USS Boxer. The stack consisted of the Block 1 Command Service Module (CSM) and two Saturn rocket stages, and was designed to test the launch vehicle and CSM separation and rocket firing.

DN-ST-86-05283. Base: Naval Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-08334. Country: Caribbean Sea

A gunner's mate aboard the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1) performs maintenance on one of the ship's Mark 33 3-inch/50-caliber guns. The RALEIGH and its embarked Marines are at sea in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Northern Arabian Sea

DA-SC-87-05447. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-89-07504. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT 89 State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Crewmen of the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) stand easy as fuel is pumped aboard from the fleet oiler USNS WALTER S. DIEHL (T-AO-193) during an underway replenishment. Country: South China Sea

Members of the catapult crew watch as a Strike Fighter Squadron 37 (VFA-37) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft takes off from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). Country: Adriatic Sea

A amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) of the 3rd USMC Division is in the water with the Russian Navy Ropucha II class tank landing ship BDK-007 in the background. A second AAV is about to enter the water behind the Russian BTR-70 AAV. U.S. & Russian AAV battalions are involved in cross training operations near Vladivostok as part of the combined American-Russian disaster relief exercise. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATION FROM THE SEA Base: Vladivostok State: Siberia Country: Russia (RUS)

Contact mines partially covered by a tarpaulin on the deck of the captured Iranian mine-laying ship TRAN AJR. Country: Unknown

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DM-SC-87-12089. Base: Uss Guam (LPH 9) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A view of the upper bridge level of the amphibious transport dock USS TRENTON (LPD-14). Country: Unknown

A flight deck crewmen checks the rotor of a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 16 (HC-16) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Assistance to 'Boat People', in a small craft on South China Sea, April 3, 1975. Crewmen of the amphibious cargo ship USS Durham take on Vietnamese refugees. In 1975, people fled Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, after communist governments were established. (BSLOC_2015_14_138)

Sailors from the USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), say goodbye to their homeport of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Base: Naval Base, Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN)

Marine beachmasters use a TEREX 72-31MP2U/R forklift to load equipment aboard a utility landing craft during a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

DN-ST-89-08767. Country: Persian Gulf

A BGM-109 Tomahawk land-attack missile (TLAN) is launched from a Mark 143 armored box launcher (ABL) aboard the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Persian Gulf

"German U-Boat, U-858, surrenders to U.S. at rendezvous off Cape May, N.J., after being escorted there by DE's for 1000 miles. Boarding party from USS ATR-57 goes aboard. Blimp provides coverage overhead.".

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division exit the door of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during an air-drop exercise at the Sicily drop Zone. Fifty-five tons of heavy cargo and 204 paratroopers were successfully air-dropped from six C-17's to demonstrate the utility of the U.S. Air Force's newest airlifter to meet the Army's brigade air-drop requirement. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-02758. Base: USS Thach (FFG 43)

A U.S. Marine Corps M-998 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle plunges into the surf after being delivered to the beach as part of an amphibious exercise during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

010517-N-4790M-001. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Uss John S. Mccain (DDG 56) Country: Australia (AUS)

DN-ST-85-10201. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-88-03068. Base: Hampton Roads, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A foreign naval officer observes from the rail of the guided missile frigate USS DOYLE (FFG-39) as the German replenishment oiler FGS RHON (A-1443) conducts an underway replenishment with the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989) during exercise BALTOPS '93. DEYO is serving as exercise commander's flagship during the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '93 Country: Baltic Sea

A landing director signals instructions to a helicopter during flight operations aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61). Base: USS Iowa (BB 61) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A starboard bow view of three Soviet "Kanin" class guided missile destroyers underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-89-02257. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crewman aboard the USS AVENGER (CMC-1) retrieves a messenger line from a tug as preparations are made for loading the mine countermeasure ship aboard the Dutch heavy lift ship SUPER SERVANT 3. The SUPER SERVANT 3 will transport ADROIT and other minesweepers to the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD/STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

"USS Franklin (CV-13) returning to Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs following Jap bomb hit on March 19, 1945 in Inland Sea, Japan. Starboard quarter showing damage on the after end of the flight deck." Caption on Negative Sleeve: "Ill fated Essex class carrier returns to Brooklyn Navy Yard after the crew's heroic salvage efforts following Jap bomb hit, March 19, 1945.".

A view of the amidships section of the guided missile destroyer USS RICHARD E. BYRD (DDG 23), showing the ship's 26-foot power launch. On the left are three quick-release life raft containers. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Mark 7 16-inch/50 caliber gun is fired aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) as night shelling of Iraqi targets takes place along the northern Kuwaiti coast during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

A P-3 Orion aircraft passes over the rapid-response vehicle cargo ship USNS REGULUS (T-AKR-292) as the vessel is en route to Saudi Arabia to deliver equipment in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

DN-ST-86-06835. Base: USS Preserver (ARS 8) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

An aerial view of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) and other ships of Battle Group Bravo underway in formation. Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Hr.Ms fly camp vessel. Karel Doorman (1948-1968) The new island.

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70); the United States Navy's third Nimitz-class super carrier and named for Carl Vinson, a Congressman from Georgia, in recognition of his contributions to the U.S. Navy. The ship was launched in 1980, undertook her maiden voyage in 1983, and underwent refuelling and overhaul between 2005 and 2009

USS NEW MEXICO's 14'/50 guns bombarding Guam, during the invasion there. July 1944.

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