Sailors line up on deck of battleship HMS King George V as she enters Apra Harbor (Guam) in 1945.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_King_George_V_(41)

Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen in 1938.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_coastal_defence_ship_Väinämöinen

Soviet battleship Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya (former Gangut) in 1934.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battleship_Gangut_(1911)

Battleship USS Missouri ploughing through rough seas while accompaning carriers towards Japan, 1945.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)

German battlecruiser Scharnhorst returning to Kiel, April 1939.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst

Crew relaxing near main armament on the French fast battleship/battlecruiser Dunkerque.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Dunkerque

Battleship USS New Mexico, October 21st 1944, Puget Sound Navy Yard.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Mexico_(BB-40)

Argentine Navy battleship Moreno, Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City, October 1914.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_Moreno

French predreadnought battleship Charles Martel.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Charles_Martel

Predreadnought battleship HMS Montagu in 1903.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Montagu_(1901)

German battleship Bismarck at the mouth of the Elbe, December 7th 1940.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_Bismarck

Italian battleship Giulio Cesare after reconstruction.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Giulio_Cesare

Battleship USS Tennessee under way, May 1943 after her refit.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)

Italian predreadnought battleship Benedetto Brin.

With the Ammiraglio di Saint Bon aft.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Benedetto_Brin
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Ammiraglio_di_Saint_Bon

Crew exercising on deck of Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Musashi, June/July 1942.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Musashi

Battlecruiser HMS Hood, Australia, March 17th 1924.

Photo of this beautiful ship taken during her 1923-1924 world tour through the dominions.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hood_(51)

British light cruiser HMS Orion, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, February 20th 1942.

Underway right after her refit was completed.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Orion_(85)

Italian predreadnought battleship Regina Margherita.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Regina_Margherita

Imperial Russian Navy predreadnought battleship Tri Sviatitelia at anchor, Sevatopol, 1917.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battleship_Tri_Sviatitelia

German armoured cruiser SMS Roon, probably during US visit in 1907.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Roon

Battleship USS Iowa departing after having bombarded communist installations in Wonsan Harbour, April 27th 1952.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-61)

French light cruiser De Grasse in Genoa, June 9th 1961.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cruiser_De_Grasse

Imperial Japanese navy predreadnought battleship Asahi in 1906.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Asahi

Battleship HMS Valiant at anchor in 1943.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Valiant_(1914)

Battleship USS Arizona upon completion of modernization, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, March 2nd 1931.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_(BB-39)