Heavy Metal

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Lake Carrier USS Sable (IX-81) (training ship) underway on Lake Michigan, 1944-1945. An FM-2 Fighter takes off from her deck

 

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Aerial view of Japanese battleship Hyūga, after her first overhaul, May/June 1927

 

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Broadside view of the American fast battleship USS South Dakota, at Phildadelphia Navy Yard, 4 June 1942

 

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Broadside view of the American fast battleship USS South Dakota, at Phildadelphia Navy Yard, 4 June 1942
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BB-57

 

[Old Mike]

Aerial view of Japanese battleship Hyūga, after her first overhaul, May/June 1927
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After the IJN lost four carriers at the Battle of Midway, Hyuga and sister Ise were reconfigured as hybrids. Their two aft turrets were removed and flight decks were built and catapults were added. They were to operate float planes for attack and reconnaissance, but they never received the aircraft or pilots. They spent most of the rest of the war transporting troops and supplies, and escorting convoys. There were plans to convert the two Fuso class ships also, but it never happened.

 

[Rustyrodknocker]

Not so heavy metal spotted yesterday with an A body in the background.

 

[67newport]

Battleships USS Texas, USS Maryland, USS Arizona, and USS Nevada cruising under the incomplete Golden Gate Bridge in 1936

 

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USS Iowa Under Golden Gate Bridge in 2012 On Her Final Voyage To Become A Museum Ship

 

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USS John Rodgers DD-574, later ARM Cuitláhuac (E 01) with Mexico. 59 years 2 months and 9 days of service

 

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IJN Kagerō-class Destroyer Arashi, Dec 1940

 

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USS Bennington (CVS-20) with Apollo 4, Nov 9, 1967

 

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Unknown Japanese warship taken after surrender. Note the "No Visitors" painted on turret.

 

[Old Mike]

Unknown Japanese warship taken after surrender. Note the "No Visitors" painted on turret.
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Looks like the Nagato. Ended up being the only Japanese battleship to survive the war. She was used as a target during Operation Crossroads nuclear bomb tests. She survived the first blast, but was sunk after the second. The “no visitors” may be after the first as she was probably contaminated.

 

[67newport]

USS Lexington CV-2 serving as an electrical power plant at Tacoma, WA in 1929

 

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Forward superstructure of the Admiral Graf Spee, likely late 1930's

 

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USS North Carolina (BB-55). At sea during her shakedown cruise, circa April-May 1941. Note what appears to be false-bow-wave camouflage forward, possibly the result of wave action on her new paint

 

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USS Northampton (CA-26) refueling from the fleet oiler USS Cimarron (AO-22), during the "Doolittle Raid" operation, April 1942

 

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HMS Barham fitting out

 

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The ironclad battleship HMS Trafalgar.

 

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SMS Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel.