Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Atago
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Friday, September 27, 2013
Heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis underway, September 27th 1939.
This ship, mentioned in the movie Jaws, delivered major components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to Tinian air base and was torpedoed during her return trip.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Sailors posing between the 16" guns of battleship HMS Nelson's A turret in July 1941.
These men were members of the South African Division of the Royal Naval Volunteers Reserve serving on board the battleship. Note the barrage balloons high above.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nelson_(28)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nelson_(28)
Monday, September 23, 2013
On board the Imperial Russian Navy protected cruiser Varyag in Philadelphia harbour, 1901.
Looks like a whistle is blowing steam behind the aft funnel.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Varyag_(1899)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Varyag_(1899)
Imperial Japanese Navy battlecruiser Kirishima undergoing maintenance and training at Sasebo, Japan, May 4th 1921.
Close-up view of her tripod mast and funnel.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kirishima
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kirishima
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Australian battlecruiser HMAS Australia passing the swing bridge at Kantara, Suez Canal, April 29th 1919.
The only capital ship to ever serve with the Royal Australian Navy is on her way home after the Great War.
Class details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Australia_(1911)
Class details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Australia_(1911)
Royal Sovereign-class predreadnought battleship HMS Hood in 1905.
One of the last low-freeboard battleships. The walls of her central citadel are notably sloped.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hood_(1891)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hood_(1891)
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Russian Imperial Navy coastal defence predreadnought battleships of the 3rd Baltic battleship division, early 1900s.
The three ships of the Admiral Ushakov class can be seen.
Class details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Ushakov_class_coastal_defense_ship
Class details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Ushakov_class_coastal_defense_ship
Friday, September 20, 2013
Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes, Bahia, 1942.
The prominent clock-like device near her topmast is a range clock. This device was used to communicate range (distance to target) between ships. Battleships preferably used to form a so-called battle line and fire broadsides at the enemy. Once one of them found the correct range (by straddling the enemy ship), she would indicate this distance on the clock-like display for others in the line to see and use (one hand meaning 10,000 yards, the other 1,000 yards). Bearing (direction towards target) was shown by compass-like markings on the sides of some turrets.
Example of bearing markers on the turrets of Queen Elizabeth: http://dennilfloss.blogspot.ca/2013/09/battleship-hms-queen-elizabeth-as-seen.html
Dreadnoughts used this visual method (with some officers training binoculars on the neighboring ships in a battle line to keep watch for this) before radio became the prevalent tool to transmit such information. Later still, radar provided each ship with both range and bearing.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_battleship_Minas_Geraes
Example of bearing markers on the turrets of Queen Elizabeth: http://dennilfloss.blogspot.ca/2013/09/battleship-hms-queen-elizabeth-as-seen.html
Dreadnoughts used this visual method (with some officers training binoculars on the neighboring ships in a battle line to keep watch for this) before radio became the prevalent tool to transmit such information. Later still, radar provided each ship with both range and bearing.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_battleship_Minas_Geraes
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
German battleship SMS Kaiser no later than 1915.
Although sometimes dated as 1916, the same photograph could be seen on a German World War I postcard, with one specimen for sale on Ebay said to be postmarked September 7th 1915.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Kaiser_(1911)
Light cruiser USS Birmingham passing a line to the tugboat Tooronga in Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne, November 8th 1945.
USS Birmingham is the ship that went alongside the stricken carrier USS Princeton on Oct 24, 1944 during the battle of Leyte Gulf to help fight fires and suffered extensive damage to her superstructure and considerable casualties (229 killed instantly, 400 wounded, and four men missing) when a large topside explosion shook the doomed carrier.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Birmingham_(CL-62)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Birmingham_(CL-62)
Monday, September 16, 2013
Italian guided missile cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi, Genoa, February 28th 1963.
With a markedly different appearance from her early days as a Condottieri class light cruiser.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Giuseppe_Garibaldi_(1936)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Giuseppe_Garibaldi_(1936)
Predreadnought battleship USS Oregon departing Seattle for Portland in 1925.
Where she will be moored on the Willamette River as a floating museum.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oregon_(BB-3)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oregon_(BB-3)
