USS Jason (AR-8) at San Diego, California (USA), with four destroyers alonside (l-r): USS Cogswell (DD-651), USS Braine (DD-630), USS Hoel (DDG-13) and USS Stoddard (DD-566). 1964.
HMS Dauntless ship’s company assembled for a team photo on completion of the exercise Med Strike. CSG25.
HMS Diamond deployed to London, passing through the Thames flood barrier, to provide air defence during the coronation of King Charles III in 2023.
In 1942, USS Nautilus (SS-168) patrolled so close to the coast of Japan that the crew could see billboards advertising Asahi beer. The crew joked that they spent so much time in sight of the mainland that they deserved liberty in Yokohama.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) went overboard during a failed landing attempt on Tuesday, 6 May 2025, at around 9 p.m. local time. 2nd in a week.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman conducts flight operations in the Middle East region.
On this day in 1943, USS Gato surfaced to find an unexploded Japanese depth charge on the deck. Because the charge could not be rolled into the water for fear of it detonating, it was lifted into a life raft that had a slow leak and then placed in the path of a pursuing destroyer.
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