Naval Operations and Navigation

Historic images of naval officers engaged in navigation and control aboard ships during World War II, highlighting maritime military operations.

Blinded soldiers. January 07, 1946.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War On board HMS RODNEY the Navigating Officer at work with the Battenberg (instrument on his left) which helps him to get in the right position when altering course in relation to another ship.

Anefo photo collection. Marvo Hydrographic day on board HR. Ms. Luymes on the North Sea, the Lieutenant at sea Drs. P. Kamerling Bre Trekkalen. June 6, 1963. North Sea

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The helmsman of HMSM SERAPH, Leading Seaman C T Bastone, at his controls while the submarine was in Holyhead harbour. Leading Seaman Bastone, who had been in the Royal Navy for eleven years, was bombed out of London and went to live at Althorne, Essex.

Blinded soldiers. January 07, 1946.

John M. Walch Of Pittsburgh, Pa., Navigation Instructor And 1St Lt. Jesse L. Mayo Of Saratoga, Texas, Navigation Instructor, Are Seen At Work In The Control Room At An Airbase At Bovington, England. 22 July 1943.

Aviation- Qantas Airways Pilots. November 3, 1955.

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Soldier behind a typewriter, probably in Malacca. March 1946. Malacca, Malaysia

Radio Operator Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Hell'S Angels. 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 6 June 1943.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Surgeon Lieutenant, seated in his laboratory aboard HMS RODNEY, is amaking an examination through a microscope.

A US Air Force master sergeant works in the US Joint Detention center during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Scene inside the cabin of High Speed Launch HSL 110 on patrol off the North African coast. The commanding officer (right) points something out to the coxswain who is steering the vessel. HSL 110 was based at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, for rescue duties.

Anefo photo collection. REPORTAGE MOD. September 24, 1947

The crew of the submarine Hr.Ms. Walrus (S 802) or from Hr.Ms. Sea lion (S 803), both formulated by Practicesmal part 5, at work with the periscope, January / February 1956.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Men, equipment, check. undated

Boiler Technician 3rd Class (BT3) Jeff Truett checks an oil sample aboard the frigate USS TRUETT (FF-1095). BT3 TRUETT is the son of CHIEF PETTY Officer Quincy H. Truett, the ship's namesake, who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for valor in action while serving in Vietnam. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff installing equipment. An unidentified White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member installs equipment in an unknown location.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Operations , Naga Headhunters War

DN-SN-85-11091. Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Departure of the troop transport ship Kota Inten. The Army Commander General Buurman of Vreeden during his speech to the repatriating soldiers on the Kota Ontten. June 15, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Fire line engineer A / B Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (1953-1972) During Journey Smaldeel 1

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Radio telegraphist engaged in sending a morse message. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

""Remember the Pies Your Mother Made"". This image depicts U.S. Coast Guardsmen preparing their own meals aboard their plane in the Aleutians.

Addis Ababa - Marine Security Guard Residence - 1978, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Photographic assistant runs developed aerial-reconnaissance film through a contact printer in a photographic trailer at a landing ground in Egypt.

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Soldiers write a letter home in Kamp Morib Beach on Malacca. March 5, 1946. Malacca, Malaysia

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

Watching the Wings of the Navy. on Board HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean, December 1942. Officers of HMS FORMIDABLE watching Fleet Air Arm from what they call 'Goofer's Gallery'.

DN-SN-85-07577. Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

921 Light air target artillery department. Military serves equipment, belonging to the KL / MPQ-3002 (VUXY) firing radar. There is widespread confusion about the nicknames 'vuxy' and 'waxy' for the radar systems used in the fifty and sixty in the air volin windows. In the relevant photo descriptions in the image bank of the NiMH, the following is assumed that the KL / MPS-3003 warning and detection radar was originally called 'waxy' and the KL / MPQ-3002 firing radar 'VUXY'.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Buitenzorg 1st series. Occupation ? From the telephone office. December 17, 1948. Bogor, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Fishing inspection in the North Sea with the frigate of predator class Hr.Ms. Wolf (F 817) (1954-1984) (EX-USS PCE 1607). During the Stilluish period in Hamburg there is time for relaxation and maintenance.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

M/Sgt. Harry B. Good Of Toledo, Ohio Cleans And Checks Aerial Cameras After The Return Of The Planes From A Bombing Mission. Molesworth, England. 18 September 1943.

Civilian staff of the connecting troops are part of a z.g. 18 set. A portable transmission receiver, working on short wave with amplitude modulation. The lifespan of the road grieving was not very long. A subsequent renowned AVO universal meter is on the workbench.

Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker Autographs The 94Th Fighter Squadron Insignia On A Poster At A 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Base In Italy.

DN-SN-87-07268. Base: Naval Facility, Subic Bay Country: Philippines (PHL)

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

Commander of a submarine looks through the periscope. -

The Women's Royal Naval Service during the First World War, Britain WRNS clerks at work onboard HMS ESSEX while based at Devonport during the First World War.

Royal Air Force Marine Branch, 1939-1945. The interior of a High Speed Launch based at Dover, Kent, showing the navigation officer in the foreground working out his course, watched by the Master.

DM-SN-85-02862. Subject Operation/Series: KERNAL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT Anderson and Loading Crew Supervisor, SSGT Ron Lowery, left to right, load GBU-12 laser guided bombs on an F-4 Phantom II aircraft. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Two hurricane hunters in an airplane

Italian Prisoners of War in Britain- Everyday Life at An Italian Pow Camp, England, UK, 1945 Camp chief Vezio Deon Cardin and his assistant Sergeant Major Giuseppe Alessandria relax in their small bedroom at the N.144 Italian workers camp near London.

Anefo photo collection. Sint Nicolaas preparation. November 30, 1945

Intelligence section of the 4th Army in Wladimir Wolinsky Rroom of the Oberkommissär; Russia, Volhynia; photographer: Kriegsvermessung 4.

National Fire Service on War Production- War work in a Fire Station, London, England, UK, 1943 Firemen of the NFS at a fire station of the River Thames Formation make paddles for assault craft for the Admiralty. The paddles arrive roughly-shaped from a factory and the firemen must finish them by hand. Nearest to camera to furthest from camera, they are: Fireman G R De Vere, Fireman P E Prestidge, Fireman H S Bellingham (who went to the factory to learn the process and then taught his colleagues) and Fireman H W E Upjohn.

These 8th Air Force Boeing...

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Airport. Weather station. January 29, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection First World War. The German Russian ceasefire from Brest-Litowsk. On the Russian telegraph device Brest-st. Petersburg. In the middle Delegation Secretary L. Karakhan, right next to him Captain V. Lipski. December 1917. Brest, Brest-Litovsk, Brest-Litowsk, Lithuania

Anefo photo collection. Sint Nicolaas cakes DueceKater. December 4, 1945

Radio Operator ca. 1910-1920.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reportage Dajeuhkolot (Bandoeng sector). 2nd COMPAGNIE AAT POWER AND DRAYTERS. On the right the Major R.J commander. Vermeulen, left a lieutenant. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. BB erss as exercise 7 days in a bunker onde ground too mountain and valley, the connecting service. October 24, 1960. Berg en Dal

DF-SN-86-12631. Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

12/31/1918. Health Services of the Yankee Army. Recognition by means of Rays (X) On board a Hospital ship. Photo: Paul Thompson.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 4th Infantry Brigade ready for advance to Wingi. Two soldiers, whose sitting is a second lieutenant) consider papers on a desk in an office. December 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Austerlitz Huize Woudschoten. January 7, 1946. Austerlitz

Ross shows visitor a saw from a swordfish. August 29, 1951.

At Teletype Machines In Headquarters Of The 12Th Air Force Are T/4 Florence S. Roth Of New Orleans, Lousiana., And T/5 Frances Spooner Of Ely, Mn, Members Of An Air Wac Platoon. Italy.

Poll photo collection. Repatriation service India. The clothing center in Ataka. December 1945. Ataka, Egypt

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. The pilot and navigator of a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF enjoy some refreshments while on convoy escort duty in the Atlantic.

The Dockyard Cinema Maintenance Unit, Rosyth, Scotland, January 1944 Wren B Brocklies of the Dockyard Cinema Maintenance Unit in Rosyth checking film in the re-wind room in January 1944. On the wall, a previous visitor has drawn caricatures of Churchill as a sailor and Hitler in tears; they are initialled and dated LAZ, ENSA, 29/5/43.

Anefo photo collection. Radioactive army recipients in Delft. July 11, 1961. Delft, South Holland

Clerk Working A Teletype Machine At 3Rd Air Commando Headquarters. One Machine Has Contact With 6Th Army And The Other With The 5Th Air Force. Weather Data, Situation Information, And Other Messages Are Sent Over These Wires. Philippine Islands, 25 May

Curtiss P40 Warhawk Fighter Plane With Simulated Bullet Holes For Training in Applying Patches

Class on the administration of plasma to Air Crew members, Nadzab, New Guinea.

Frank Forde - Former Deputy Prime Minister Aust. also Former Minister of the Army - Personality. July 24, 1944.

***** For The Guns - Loading drums of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets aboard a destroyer in the North sea. October 15, 1940. (Photo by London News Agency Photos).

Anefo photo collection. Diamond cutter. November 8, 1945

Assembly of service stores, given the execution at the time also mentioned service bike.

Milvas in the telephone exchange in De Bunker at the Headquarters General Staff in the Princess Julianakanne, The Hague.

Vintage Photograph. Men operating the Missile Master System.

Smiling escapee is hauled into West Berlin from a tunnel under the Berlin Wall, West Berlin, Germany, 1964.

Pow Agreement Signed -- Rear Adm. John Daniel, left, and Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho, opposite him, sign the agreement in behalf of UN and Communist forces respectively to exchange sick and wounded prisoners of war. The exchange is to start on or before April 21. April 11, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

DF-SN-85-11947. Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Captain P.S. Waters is briefed by Lieutenant Peterson as he tours the Computer Science School at the Data Processing Installation.

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

Rear Admiral I G Glennie. 10 February 1943, on Board HMS Tyne. Rear Admiral I G Glennie at his desk on HMS TYNE.

British-Soviet Frontier Post In Germany.Two Russians look in to get warm at the stove, after being cleared at the control point office; Lance Corporal John Webster, Blackheath, Birmingham, is the host. The Russians are on their way to Frankfurt, in the American zone.July 8, 1947. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Gov's Isl.: soldiers being shaved

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

Instruments (Navigational) (See Also: Merchant Shipping General Files - Bridged Bridge-Scenes, Chromometers, Compasses, Direction Finders, Distress Signals, Engine Rooms, Navigation, Radar, Radio Sextants, Telegraphs Wheels, Wheel House, Merchant Shipping). September 24, 1951.

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

Misc. - Weapons. March 24, 1950.;Misc. - Weapons.

Men Of The 503Rd Armament Group At Work In England. 3 September 1944.

Anefo photo collection. Reaction research safe traffic in Dordrecht. January 13, 1960. Dordrecht

Milvas in the telephone exchange in De Bunker at the Headquarters General Staff in the Princess Julianakanne, The Hague.

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard visits jubilating explosive clearance service in Culemborg; Prince Bernhard looks at exhibited material. November 7, 1984. Culemborg

921 Light air target artillery department. Military serves equipment, belonging to the KL / MPQ-3002 (VUXY) firing radar. There is widespread confusion about the nicknames 'vuxy' and 'waxy' for the radar systems used in the fifty and sixty in the air volin windows. In the relevant photo descriptions in the image bank of the NiMH, the following is assumed that the KL / MPS-3003 warning and detection radar was originally called 'waxy' and the KL / MPQ-3002 firing radar 'VUXY'.

Ships Telegraph. May 12, 1948.

Hand Tool Exhibit - Cambrai (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Lucas Bols. December 7, 1945

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

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