Heavy Metal

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USS Boston (CA-69/CAG-1), a Baltimore class heavy cruiser turned missile cruiser

 

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08 May 1942, 11:18 am. Coral Sea, 170 nmi off Tagula Island. USS Lexington (CV-2) is under heavy attack of the Japanese dive and torpedo bombers. She will suffer two torpedo hits several minutes later.

 

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]USS Hornet (CV-12) operating near Okinawa, on 27 March 1945. The planes visible on deck belonged to Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17). The ship is painted in dazzle pattern Camouflage Measure 33, Design 3A

 

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Admiral Hipper location unknown, 1941

 

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Stern Turrets on USS Arizona B-39 circa 1918

 

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USS Colorado (BB-45) firing her forward 16"/45 guns during gunnery exercises, 29 October 1943

 

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Bismarck as seen from Tirpitz. Unknown date and location.

 

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USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 26 Jun 1944.

 

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Bismarck, 1940, before completing the sea trials. Seagulls make the photo even more awe-inspiring imo

 

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The battleships HMS Malaya, USS South Dakota and USS Alabama at sea, 7 July 1943

 

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Swiss museum restores German 1944 'King Tiger' tank to working order

 

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Bismarck as seen from Tirpitz. Unknown date and location.
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I wonder if that picture was taken from Tirpitz or Prinz Eugen?

 

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Happy Birthday KMS Tirpitz! (1011 × 554) Now here's a Tallboy. Have fun

 

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KMS Tirpitz undergoing sea trials in the Baltic, summer of 1941

 

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British heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire, brand new in 1930

 

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The battleship HMS King George V returns to Portsmouth after returning from the Pacific, 1 March 1946

 

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USS Yorktown (CV-5) in Dry Dock No. 1 at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, receiving urgent repairs from damage received during the Battle of the Coral Sea, she left Pearl Harbor the next day to participate in the Battle of Midway. 29 May, 1942

 

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Battleship USS New Mexico

 

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USS Missouri watching over USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor

 

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Civil War 572-ton "timberclad" river gunboat USS Conestoga