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USS Missouri (BB-63) in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 13 October 1945, while en route from the Pacific to New York City to take part in Navy Day celebrations.
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SOURCE: photo 80-G-701369 from the Naval History and Heritage Command. by @naval_firepower

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The “B” turret of the wreck of the light cruiser HMAS Sydney. You can clearly see in the photo the point of impact from a 15cm shell of the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran in the engagement where both ships would sink on 19 November 1941.
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Source: photo courtesy of WA Museum by @naval_firepower

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USS Prinz Eugen passing through the Gatineau locks of the Panama Canal in 1946. Note that “A” turret guns are missing, as they had been removed prior at the Philadelphia Navy Yard for testing.
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Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration photo ID: 80-G-365071 by @naval_firepower

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Newsreel footage of Royal Navy battleship HMS King George V conducting gunnery drills, circa 1942.
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Source: The Ministry of Information film, now in public domain. by @naval_firepower

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Aerial view of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) filmed at Newport News Shipyard, Virginia just after its launch in 1933.
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Source: video from newsroom.ap.org by @naval_firepower

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Damage received to Royal Navy minelaying-destroyer HMS Express after striking a mine off the Dutch coast in the early hours of 1 September 1940. As shown in these photos, Express’ bow was blown clean off up to the bridge. The explosion killed 58 of her crew. The photos her are taken from fellow destroyer HMS Kelvin. Miraculously, Express did not sink and returned to service in October in 1941.
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Source: ©️ IWM (A 537), IWM (A 533). by @naval_firepower

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The battleship HMS Resolution and aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal filmed from HMS Barham as apart of Operation Menace, the unsuccessful allied attempt to capture the Vichy French port of Dakar in September 1940.
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Source: Film belong to the Imperial War Museum’s archive, catalog ADM 526. by @naval_firepower

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The Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Phoebe with HM King George VI and HM Queen Elizabeth on board, coming into Belfast, 1942.
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Source: ©️IWM A 10039 by @naval_firepower

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Starboard bow view of U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Savannah (CL-42) while steaming in the Savannah River, Savannah Georgia while attending Navy Day celebrations on or about 27 October 1945.
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U.S. Navy photo. by @naval_firepower

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Forward 5”/38 twin mounts of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11) trained on the starboard bow, with the island beyond between August and December 1944.
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Source Naval History and Heritage Command photograph #: 80-G-K-15627 by @naval_firepower

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The Royal Navy battleship HMS Anson (79) underway at Devonport, Plymouth, March 1945. Anson would accompany her sister ship Duke of York in joining the British Pacific Fleet, where she would see out the remainder of the Second World War
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Source: public domain, IWM FL 707 by @naval_firepower

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USS Essex (CV-9) underway during her first Korean War deployment, circa August 1951-March 1952. Two F2H-2 Banshees of Fighter Squadron 172 (VF-172) are flying by in the foreground, preparing to land.
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SOURCE: U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command catalog #: NH 97270 by @naval_firepower

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