Kaiserliche Marine battleship Schleswig-Holstein at speed circa WW1 or earlier. During the war she was considered a "five minute ship" because that was how long she was expected to survive in a gunfight with a RN dreadnought.
Stern view of the Italian aircraft carrier Aquila (Eagle) sometime after her 1942/3 conversion from the passenger liner Roma. If finished, her airwing might have included Fiat G.50/B and Reggiane Re.2001 OR Serie II aircraft.
Fecha: Otoño de 1925. Lugar: Mar de Liguria, frente a La Spezia, Italia. Acontecimiento: El acorazado italiano Andrea Doria realiza ejercicios de artillería tras su reparación de 4 meses. 5 de sus 13 cañones de 305 mm/46 Modelo 1909 están disparando. Estado actual: Desguazado en 1960-62, vida...
Sailors line the rails of HMS Hood as she prepares to depart Fremantle for Albany with the rest of the Special Service Squadron on March 1, 1924. Notice the folded flying-off platform on her B turret.
A crowd watches the arrival of HMS Hood to Fremantle Harbour on February 27, 1924 as one of two stops during the Empire Cruise's visit to Western Australia.
German light cruiser Nürnberg. Note the float plane (probably an Arado 196) flying very low over her stern. Nürnberg would survive the war and was given to the Soviet Union as reparations. She remained in service until the late 50's.
When USS California (BB-44) was launched the braking mechanisms were inadequate and she crossed the Napa River, wrecked a small dock and got stuck in the mud stern first (as seen in this photo). She was not damaged and was refloated with the next tide.
British M4 Sherman DDs of Squadron B of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars support the advance of No. 4 Commando, 1st Special Service Brigade in the village of Ouistreham, June 6th, 1944.
Men of Troop B, 1st Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, and their M-48 Patton tank in an position in the jungles in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, June 1969.