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Aerial view of Iranian frigate Sahand burning after air attack Operati...

An aerial view of the Iranian frigate IS SAHAND burning after being attacked by aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 11 from the aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) in retaliation for the mining of the guided miss... More

Battle of Midway, June 1942 (23876676272)

80-G-457861: Battle of Midway, June 1942. The burning Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma, photographed from a U.S. Navy aircraft during the afternoon of 6 June 1942, after she had been bombed by planes from USS En... More

Burning Japanese warship off Truk 1944

A burning Japanese warship off Truk Lagoon, as seen from a plane from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6).

Flight deck of USS Yorktown (CV-5) after damage at Midway 1942

Black smoke pours from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), at circa 1400 hrs on 4 June 1942, after she suffered hits from Japanese dive bombers during the Battle of Midway. Note the sailor in th... More

Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu burning on 5 June 1942 (NH 73064)

The burning Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu, photographed by a Yokosuka B4Y aircraft from the carrier Hosho shortly after sunrise on 5 June 1942. Hiryu sank a few hours later. Note collapsed flight deck at righ... More

Japanese Aircraft Carrier Zuiho

The Japanese carrier Zuiho pictured during the Battle of Cape Engano. Note the battle damage to her flight deck. This photograph was shot by a U.S. Navy Grumman TBM Avenger from Torpedo Squadron VT-20 from the ... More

Japanese destroyer sinking in Ormoc Bay 1944

A Japanese destroyer burns and sinks off Leyte, Philippine Islands after being attacked by U.S. carrier planes, 11 November 1944. The destroyers Hamanami, Naganami, Shimakaze and Wakatsuki were sunk on that day... More

Japanese destroyer sinking Nov 1944

A Japanese destroyer Wakatsuki burns off Leyte, Philippine Islands after being attacked by U.S. carrier planes, 11 November 1944. 350 U.S. Navy aircraft sank the destroyers Hamanami, Naganami, Shimakaze, and Wa... More

Japanese light cruiser Katori burning off Truk in February 1944

The Japanese light cruiser Katori burning off Truk Lagoon, as seen from U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron Six (VT-6) from USS Intrepid (CV-11) on 17 February 1944. The destroyer Maikaze is in t... More

Japanese light cruiser Katori burning off Truk, Feb. 1944

The Japanese light cruiser Katori burning off Truk, after having been damaged by U.S. Navy aircraft. It was later sunk by gunfire from USS New Orleans (CA-32), USS Minneapolis (CA-36), and torpedoes from USS Ra... More

Second kamikaze hits USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) 11 May 1945

A second Japanese kamikaze, an Mitsubishi A6M Zero piloted by Ensign Kiyoshi Ogawa, hits the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) amidships, circa 1005 hrs, 11 May 1945.

Shoho under attack. Japanese empire during World War Two.

The Japanese light carrier Shoho under attack by U.S. Navy planes on 7 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Note the Douglas TBD Devastator in lower center/left and two or three other U.S. Navy aircraft... More

Sinking of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) 02

The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) damaged the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942. The Yorktown lists heavily to the port side with smoke billowing from her funnel after an attack by Japanese aircraft dur... More

USS Bunker Hill CV-17 Pasadena CL-65 1945

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning on 11 May 1945. The Cleveland-class cruiser USS Pasadena (CL-65) is visible on the right.

USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) alongside of USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) on...

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) on fire after being hit by two Kamikazes on 11 May 1945. The Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) is alongside fighting fires, ba... More

USS Enterprise (CV-6) hit by kamikaze 1945

The forward elevator of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) is blown circa 120 m into the air after a kamikaze hit on 14 May 1945.

USS Franklin (CV-13) burning and listing in March 1945

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) burning and listing after being hit by two bombs off Japan on 19 March 1945.

USS Franklin (CV-13) burning in 1945

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) burning after being hit by two bombs off Japan on 19 March 1945.

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) under fire at Samar 1944

The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) is straddled by fire from Japanese surface ships during the Battle off Samar.

USS Intrepid (CV-11) listing 1945

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11) pictured in the Pacific after being hit by kamikaze aircraft, 16 April 1945.

USS Lexington (CV-2) hit and burning during the Battle of the Coral Se...

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) hit and burning, during the later part of the Japanese air attack on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Note the anti-aircraft bursts in the vicin... More

USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24 1523explosion

Torpedoes aboard the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) explode on 24 October 1944, after she was bombed by a Japanese aircraft during the Battle for Leyte Gulf. The light cruiser USS Reno ... More

USS Princeton (CVL-23) underway afire with USS Reno (CL-96) in October...

The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) underway and afire after a bomb hit on 24 October 1944. The light cruiser USS Reno (CL-96) is visible on the right.

USS Reno (CL-96) and USS Morrison (DD-560) near the burning USS Prince...

The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire after a bomb hit on 24 October 1944. The light cruiser USS Reno (CL-96) and the destroyer USS Morrison (DD-560) are closing to aid the carrier.

USS Suwannee (CVE-27) hit by Kamikaze Oct 1944

A Kamikaze hits the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Suwannee (CVE-27) in the waters off the Philippines on 26 October 1944. The photo was taken from the USS Sangamon (CVE-26).

127 mm twin turret burning aboard USS Franklin (CV-13) on 19 March 194...

View of the after 5"/38 twin gun mount of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) burning, as her crew tried to control fires on 19 March 1945. The carrier had been hit by a Japanese air attack whil... More

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning colour 1945

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning on 11 May 1945. The Cleveland-class cruiser USS Pasadena (CL-65) is visible on the left.

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning on 11 May 1945 (colour)

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burning on 11 May 1945. The Cleveland-class cruiser USS Pasadena (CL-65) is visible on the left.

USS Mississinewa (AO-59) sinking at Ulithi in November 1944

The U.S. Navy fleet oiler USS Patuxent (AO-44) on fire as a result of an internal explosion in the paint locker on the foc'sle while off Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945 two days prior to the invasion on 19 February ... More

US Navy 060321-O-9999N-001 The Motor Vessel Hyundai Fortune burns in t...

Gulf of Aden (March 21, 2006) – The Motor Vessel Hyundai Fortune burns in the Gulf of Aden, approximately 43 miles off the coast of Yemen. The Royal Netherlands Navy ship HNLMS De Zeven Provincien (F802) and t... More

Torpedoed Japanese destroyer Harusame off Wewak on 24 January 1943

The Japanese destroyer Harusame, photographed through the periscope ot the U.S. Navy submarine USS Wahoo (SS-238) after she had been torpedoed by the submarine near Wewak, New Guinea, on 24 January 1943. Harusa... More

SS Potrero Del Llano burns after being torpedoed

US Navy Photo 80-G-43431 - Mexican oil tanker SS Potrero Del Llano burns near Miami, Florida on May 14, 1942 after being torpedoed by German U-boat U-564

USS Savannah (CL-42) is hit by a German guided bomb, off Salerno, 11 S...

USS Savannah (CL-42) is hit by a German radio-controlled en:glide bomb, while supporting Allied forces ashore during the Salerno operation, 11 September 1943. The bomb hit the top of the ship's number three 6"/... More

USS O'Brien (DD-725) fighting fires on USS Ward (APD-16) in Ormoc Bay,...

The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Ward (APD-16) burning in Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, after she was hit by a Kamikaze on 7 December 1944. The destroyer USS O'Brien (DD-725) is fighting fires fro... More

USS Smith (DD-378) burning after being hit by crashing Japanese plane ...

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Smith (DD-378) burning after she was hit by a crashing Japanese Nakajima B5N2 torpedo plane during an attack on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of the Sa... More

Tomahawk missile sinking USS Agerholm (DD-826) 1982

A U.S. Navy UGM-109 Tomamhawk cruise missile hits (and sinks) the target ship, the decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer USS Agerholm (DD-826), off Point Mugu, California (USA). The Tomahawk was launched from ... More

USS Longshaw (DD-559) burning 18 May 1945

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Longshaw burning on 18 May 1945. On the morning of 18 May 1945, following a four-day period of fire support, Longshaw, en route to her patrol area, ran aground on a coral reef just ... More

USS Stewart (DD-224) being sunk as target02 1946

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Stewart (DD-224) being sunk as a target off California on 24 May 1946. A ship prepares to rake her with 40 mm Bofors guns. Stewart had been captured by the Japanese damaged and sunk... More

USS George F. Elliott, burning off Guadalcanal, August 8, 1942

The U.S. Navy destroyer-minesweeper USS Hopkins (DMS-13) steams past the transport area between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, 8 August 1942. The ship burning in the left center distance is USS George F. Elliott (AP-1... More

Sinking HMAS Canberra (D33) with US destroyers on 9 August 1942

U.S. Navy destroyers remove the crew from the sinking Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra (D33) after the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942. USS Blue (DD-387) is alongside Canberra´s port bow,... More

USS Helm (DD-388) assists USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) after she was hit ...

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Helm (DD-388) assists the light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) after she was hit by a Kamikaze, while operating off Luzon, Philippines, on 30 October 1944. 92 crewmen di... More

Damaged HMAS Canberra (D33) with US destroyers on 9 August 1942

HMAS Canberra (D33) burning and sinking on 9 August 1942 (LC-Lot-801-1...

The Royal Australian Navy heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra (D33) burning and sinking on 9 August 1942, following the Battle of Savo Island. She was later scuttled that day. The destroyer next to her is probably USS... More

Japanese destroyer Suzutsuki under attack in the East China Sea, 7 Apr...

Operation Ten-Go, 7 April 1945: the Japanese destroyer Suzutsuki under attack in the East China Sea. Later, she was hit in the bows by torpedo. She managed to return to Japan by steaming backwards.

F6F-3 of VF-9 over Japanese destroyer Tachikaze in February 1944

The U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat from Fighting Squadron 9 (VF-9) flies over the beached Japanese destroyer Tachikaze, during Task Force 58's strikes on the Japanese naval base at Truk, Caroline Islands, 16-1... More

Battleship row ablaze from south 1941

View of "Battleship Row" at Pearl Harbor. The capsized U.S. Navy battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) is visible in the center, USS Maryland (BB-46) is visible barely visible through the smoke behind the Oklahoma. ... More

Burning ships at Pearl Harbor

The U.S. Navy battleships USS West Virginia (BB-48) (sunken at left) and USS Tennessee (BB-43) shrouded in smoke following the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor.

USS Hancock (CV-19) burning after kamikaze hit 1945

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) burns after being hit by a kamikaze suicide plane off Okinawa, 7 April 1945. The gun barrels in the foreground belong to the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59).

Crewmen fighting fires aboard USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), on 30 October...

The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) burning aft after she was hit by a Kamikaze, while operating off Luzon, Philippines, on 30 October 1944. Flight deck crewmen are moving undamaged ... More

USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) burning after she was hit by a Kamikaze off ...

The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) burning aft after she was hit by a Kamikaze, while operating off Luzon, Philippines, on 30 October 1944. Members of the Marine Detachment on board... More

USS Essex (CV-9) is hit by a Kamikaze off the Philippines on 25 Novemb...

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) is hit on the flight deck amidships by a Japanese Kamikaze, during operations off the Philippines, 25 November 1944.

USS Yorktown (CV-5) burning after the first attack by Japanese dive bo...

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) burning after the first attack by Japanese dive bombers during the Battle of Midway. 日本語: ヨークタウン (USS Yorktown, CV-5)

USS Yorktown (CV-5) burning after first Japanese attack at Midway 1942

Black smoke pours from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), at circa 1400 hrs on 4 June 1942, after she suffered hits from Japanese dive bombers during the Battle of Midway.

Damaged USS Yorktown (CV-5) and Astoria (CA-34) at Midway 1942

Scene on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway, shortly after she was hit by three Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. Dense smoke is from fires in her uptakes, caused ... More

USS Enterprise (CV-6) is hit by kamikaze on 14 May 1945 (80-G-323565)

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) being hit by a Japanese bomb-laden kamikaze on 14 May 1945. The ship's forward elevator was blown approximately 400 feet into the air from the force of the ... More

USS Enterprise (CV-6) hit by kamikaze on 21 May 1945 (80-G-323565)

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) being hit by a Japanese bomb-laden kamikaze on 21 May 1945. The ship's forward elevator was blown approximately 400 feet into the air from the force of the ... More

USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) after kamikaze hit, January 1945

USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) afire after she was hit by a "Kamikaze" attack off Formosa, 21 January 1945. Photographed from USS Miami (CL-89). A Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplane is on the cruiser's starboard cata... More

USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) burning in Jan 1945

the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) afire after she was hit by a "Kamikaze" attack off Formosa, 21 January 1945.

USS Saratoga Kamikaze hit 21 February 1945

العربية: حاملة الطائرات يو إس إس ساراتوغا بعد تعرضها لهجوم من الكاميكازي والذي أدى أيضاً لمقتل 123 من طاقمها، 21 فبراير 1945 The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) burning after five "Kamikaze" sui... More

USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24

Smoke rises after a massive explosion in the hangar deck of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), shortly after she was hit by a Japanese bomb while operating off the Philippines on 24 O... More

USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24 1

Loss of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), 24 October 1944: Smoke rises from an explosion in Princeton's hangar deck at 1005 hrs. on 24 October 1944, shortly after she was hit by a Jap... More

USS Princeton (CVL-23) damaged 2

Loss of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) off the Philippines on 24 October 1944: View of Princeton's after port side and flight deck, seen from the light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62... More

USS Reno fighting fires on USS Princeton

The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Reno (CL-96) stands off the starboard quarter of the light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), while fighting fires on board the bombed carrier, 24 October 1944. Note Reno'... More

USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire

The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire at about 1004 hours on 24 October 1944, soon after she was hit by a Japanese bomb during operations off the Philippines. This view shows smoke r... More

USS Princeton (CVL-23) after 2nd explosion

The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62), at left, and a destroyer pull away from the light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) following the big explosion that destroyed the carrier's stern at ab... More

USS Princeton (CVL-23) 2nd explosion

Heavy (second) explosion aft aboard the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), with the light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) alongside, 24 October 1944.

USS Princeton (CVL-23) damaged 1

Loss of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) off the Philippines on 24 October 1944: View of Princeton's port midships area, showing her collapsed forward aircraft elevator and shattered ... More

USS Franklin (CV-13) burning, 19 March 1945, seen from USS Santa Fe (C...

USS Franklin (CV-13) burning off the Japanese coast after she was hit by air attack, 19 March 1945. Photographed from USS Santa Fe (CL-60), which was alongside to help with firefighting and rescue work.

USS Franklin (CV-13) burning in the distance 1945

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) burning after being hit by two bombs off Japan on 19 March 1945.

Sangamon class carrier hit off Samar 1944

U.S. Navy escort carriers pictured at sea during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The photograph was probably taken from USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), which was part of Task Unit 77.4.1 (Taffy I), together with the USS San... More

USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) burns off Iwo Jima, 21 February 1945

Fires range on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) off Iwo Jima, on 21 February 1945. The ship was attacked by four aircraft. All were shot down, but the last slithered ove... More

Leyte Gambier Bay Straddle

Shoho g17026

Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho is torpedoed, during attacks by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942.

Japanese carrier shoho attacked by torpedo planes 1942

The Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942. A U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo plane is visible against the smoke in the center of the view.

Japanese carrier Shokaku under attack at Coral Sea 1942

Bombs burst near the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku as she was attacked by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes in the morning of 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Flames from a bomb hit on her forecastle... More

Shokaku attacked in Coral sea

The Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku under attack by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes, during the morning of 8 May 1942. Splashes from dive bombers' near misses are visible off the ship's starboard side as she makes... More

Battle Coral Sea Shokaku g17031

Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku under dive bombing attacks by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes, during the morning of 8 May 1942. Flames are visible from a bomb hit on her forecastle.

Zuikaku Cape Engano

Zuikaku under air attack during the Battle off Cape Engaño.

Japanese cruiser under attack 26 October 1944

A Japanese Mogami-class cruiser under attack by U.S. Navy aircraft of Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) following the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 26 October 1944. A Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver of Bombing Squadron 7 (VB-7) is ... More

Japanese cruiser Mikuma burning with DD 1942

The Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma afire and dead in the water on 6 June 1942, as seen from a U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 dive bomber, probably from USS Hornet (CV-8) during the day's third attack by planes from Hor... More

Cargo ship USS Ophir (ID 2800) burning at Gibraltar in November 1918

The U.S. Navy cargo ship USS Ophir (ID 2800) burning at Gibraltar in November 1918. Ophir caught fire and burned for three days before sinking at Gibraltar on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918. The original phot... More

USS Ogden (LPD-5) being sunk during RIMPAC 2014

The decommissioned U.S. Navy dock landing ship USS Ogden (LPD-5) is hit by a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from the Royal Norwegian Navy frigate KNM Fridtjof Nansen (F 310) during a Sink Exercise (SINKEX) as part... More

Japanese freighter beached an burning on the Indochina coast on 12 Jan...

A Japanese ship beached and burning after strikes attacks by U.S. Navy aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) off the coast of French Indochina, 12 January 1945. The ship was identified as the... More

US Navy 100710-N-4281P-799 The ex-USS New Orleans (LPH 11) takes fire ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2010) The ex-USS New Orleans (LPH 11) takes fire from a line of surface combat ships from four countries during a sinking exercise as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010. RIMPAC is... More

US Navy 101027-N-1854W-179 ailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer ...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 27, 2010) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) fire a .50-caliber machine gun at the ex-USNS Saturn during a sinking exercise. Mitscher and other ships assigne... More

US Navy 101027-N-6632S-469 Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser U...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 27, 2010) Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) observe the Ex-USNS Saturn during a sinking exercise. Gettysburg and other ships assigned to the George H.W. Bush... More

US Navy 101027-N-1854W-115 Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 27, 2010) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) observe the approach of the ex-USNS Saturn during a sinking exercise. Mitscher and other ships assigned to the G... More

US Navy 101027-N-8913A-382 The ex-USNS Saturn suffers extensive damage...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 27, 2010) The ex-USNS Saturn suffers extensive damage and is ablaze during a sinking exercise. Ships assigned to the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group fired live ammunition at the ship... More

US Navy 101027-N-8913A-252 Rounds from a Mk-15 Phalanx Close-in Weapon...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 27, 2010) Rounds from a Mk-15 Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) from the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) impact the ex-USNS Saturn during a sinking exercise. Mitscher an... More

US Navy 050429-N-7130B-188 A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat battles a si...

San Diego, Calif. (April 29, 2005) - A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat battles a simulated vessel fire in San Diego harbor during a training evolution. Maritime assistance is only one of ways the Coast Guard serv... More

US Navy 050429-N-7130B-184 A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat battles a si...

US Navy 050512-N-1350S-003 Motor Vessel Olympias burns in the early mo...

Persian Gulf (May 12, 2005) - Motor Vessel Olympias burns in the early morning hours. Sailors stationed aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) rescued 27 people from the burning vessel in the ... More

USS Bates (APD-47) burning off Ie Shima, Japan, 25 May 1945 (NH 66450)

The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Bates (APD-47) burning off Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands (Japan), after a suicide attack by three Japanese planes, 25 May 1945. The first dropped a bomb, scoring a near miss w... More

Greek ships under air attack in April 1941

The Greek battleship Kilkis under attack by German Junkers Ju 87B Stuka dive bombers, at the Greek naval base at Salamis, 23 April 1941. In the lower left, in the floating dock, is the destroyer Vasilefs Georgi... More