USS Sable (IX-81), formerly the side-paddlewheel passenger ship Greater Buffalo, during her service as a training ship on the Great Lakes. 51,000 landings were made on her during the war. Note the Wildcat nose down on the deck with an interested crowd inspecting the mishap.
Japanese battleship Fusō, at speed, during trials after her 1933 rebuild. The towering "pagoda" superstructure was becoming a hallmark of Japanese naval designs at this time. Fusō would be sunk at Suriago Strait in 1944. Only 10 of her 1,900 crew would survive.
US 6th Fleet flagship USS Mount Whitney sails with Russian Northern Fleet Project 1155 large ASW ship / Udaloy-class destroyer Severomorsk during joint exercise, 2010
During Operation Juno on June 8th, 1940 after 1738hrs, the port rear duel 15cm secondary turret of battleship Gneisenau engages the unseen destroyers HMS Ardent & HMS Acasta as they try to protect the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious. *photograph from a private collection
A94-983 CAC Sabre RAAF. This aircraft was recovered from the graveyard by 75 Squadron RAAF and restored to flying condition in 1978. Location isEast Gippsland, Victoria, Australia c1988. (all credit to Steve Given)
The unique Royal Navy F-4K Phantoms with their longer nose wheel, British avionics and powered by Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines, you could tell them apart.