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Audience members listen to a speaker during a memorial service for four chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony commemorates the 50th anniversary of Dorchester's sailing from Pier 11, Staten Island, N.Y

Audience members listen to a speaker during a memorial service for fou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

A aerial port view of the aircraft carrier CORAL SEA (CV-43) showing the progress of the scraping operation at the Seawitch Marine Salvage Company at the Fairfield Marine Terminal. Large sections of the flight deck and all the outborne elevators have already been cut away. The hulk of the merchant ship S.S. SEAWITCH lies on the opposite side of the pier from the carrier

A aerial port view of the aircraft carrier CORAL SEA (CV-43) showing t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Marty N. Goppert Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Survivors from torpedoed merchant ship. Queenstown, Ireland

Survivors from torpedoed merchant ship. Queenstown, Ireland

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Armed with an M14 rifle, a sailor aboard the patrol combatant missile hydrofoil USS TAURUS (PHM 3) keeps an eye on a small merchant ship that was stopped after it made an abrupt course change. The TAURUS and the other hydrofoils of PHM Squadron 2 patrol the waters around Florida as part of the nation's drug interdiction program

Armed with an M14 rifle, a sailor aboard the patrol combatant missile ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Taurus (PHM 3) Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Ac) Mark S. Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A view of Military Sealift Command ships undergoing conversion at the Norfolk Dry Dock Co. piers on the Elizabeth River.  The SS C.V. STAGHOUND is in the foreground and the SS CHEMICAL DISCOVER is next to the blue merchant ship

A view of Military Sealift Command ships undergoing conversion at the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) Release Status: Releas... More

A merchant ship is moored at the port of Ras Shukhair during Operation INTENSE LOOK

A merchant ship is moored at the port of Ras Shukhair during Operation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM C. Pedrick Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

An air-to-air right side view of a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 12 (HM-12) RH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter flying over a merchant ship

An air-to-air right side view of a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 D.E. Erickson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The Military Sealift Command-chartered freighter CAPE BON (T-AK-5059) stands at pierside with cargo holds open in preparation for taking on equipment and ordnance for redeployment to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. A merchant ship is docked behind the CAPE BON

The Military Sealift Command-chartered freighter CAPE BON (T-AK-5059) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: LT. Gary W. Butterworth Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Armed with an M14 rifle, a sailor aboard the patrol combatant missile hydrofoil USS TAURUS (PHM 3) keeps an eye on a small merchant ship that was stopped after it made an abrupt course change. The TAURUS and the other hydrofoils of PHM Squadron 2 patrol the waters around Florida as part of the nation's drug interdiction program

Armed with an M14 rifle, a sailor aboard the patrol combatant missile ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Taurus (PHM 3) Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Ac) Mark S. Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A merchant ship is seen through the porthole of a Naval Air Reserve Patrol Squadron 64 (VP-64) P-3 Orion aircraft during active duty training

A merchant ship is seen through the porthole of a Naval Air Reserve Pa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

Chaplain (CAPT.) George P. McClosky, command chaplain, Naval Station, N.Y., presents the invocation during the memorial service for the four chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony commemorates the 50th anniversary of Dorchester's sailing from Pier 11, Staten Island, N.Y

Chaplain (CAPT.) George P. McClosky, command chaplain, Naval Station, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

Members of an honor guard commit a wreath to the sea during a memorial service for the four chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony is taking place on the 50th anniversary of the Dorchester's sailing from Pier II, Staten Island, N.Y

Members of an honor guard commit a wreath to the sea during a memorial...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

Pallets of supplies are moved by forklift after being off-loaded from a Merchant ship at the transit warehouse or T-shed. The ships are bringing in supplies to support the Migrant Camps

Pallets of supplies are moved by forklift after being off-loaded from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PO3 Lou Caporaletti, Jr. Release... More

A right rear view of an RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter in flight, in use by Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) sweeping for mines during Operation INTENSE LOOK. A civilian merchant ship can be seen in the background

A right rear view of an RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter in flight, in u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Country: Gulf Of Suez Scene Camera Operator: PHCM C. Pedrick Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

CAPT. Gordon E. Kauffman, commanding officer, Naval Station, New York, and Guy V. Molinari, borough president, Staten Island, stand during a wreath laying ceremony, part of the 50th anniversary of the sailing of the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester from Pier 11, Staten Island. The wreath laying ceremony is being conducted in memory of the four chaplains who lost their lives when the Dorchester sank during World War II

CAPT. Gordon E. Kauffman, commanding officer, Naval Station, New York,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

A port side view of the destroyer USS SPRUENCE (DD-963) off the coast of Haiti. In the foreground is a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) from the destroyers boarding team on its way to board a merchant ship for inspection. All commercial and private vessels entering Haiti are to be inspected for contraband under the United Nations (UN) embargo decree

A port side view of the destroyer USS SPRUENCE (DD-963) off the coast ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Country: Caribbean Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John Sokolowski Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

An aerial view of a small merchant ship steaming south of England, taken through the window of a P-3B Orion aircraft of Naval Air Reserve Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68). Exact Date Shot Unknown

An aerial view of a small merchant ship steaming south of England, tak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Larry Franklin Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A sailor manning an M-60 machine gun aboard the patrol combatant missile hydrofoil USS TAURUS (PHM-3) keeps an eye on a small merchant ship that was stopped after it made an abrupt course change. The TAURUS and the other hydrofoils of PHM Squadron 2 patrol the waters around Florida as part of the nation's drug interdiction program

A sailor manning an M-60 machine gun aboard the patrol combatant missi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhoffen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A merchant ship, left, and a captured Iraqi vessel lie tied up to the dock after the re-opening of the city's port facility following Operation Desert Storm

A merchant ship, left, and a captured Iraqi vessel lie tied up to the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joe Gawlowicz Release Status: Released to P... More

The Military Sealift Command-chartered freighter CAPE BON (T-AK-5059) stands at pierside with cargo holds open. The vessel will be taking on equipment and ordnance for redeployment to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. A merchant ship is docked behind the CAPE BON

The Military Sealift Command-chartered freighter CAPE BON (T-AK-5059) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Freighter Cape Bon Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: LT. Gary W. Butterworth Release Sta... More

The commanding officer of a U.S. Navy guided-missile

The commanding officer of a U.S. Navy guided-missile

The commanding officer of a U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser monitors the pirated motor vessel Faina off the coast of Somalia Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008 while one of his helicopters provides aerial surveillance. ... More

The tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181) is utilized to assist in the rescue of crewmen from the sinking Panamanian ship "SKY ONE" visible off the Sumter's starboard bow. Another merchant ship is also visible in the background

The tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181) is utilized to assist in t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Tommy Lynaugh, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

The Military Sealift Command-chartered freighter CAPE BON (T-AK-5059) stands at pierside with cargo holds open. The vessel will be taking on equipment and ordnance for redeployment to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. A merchant ship is docked behind the CAPE BON

The Military Sealift Command-chartered freighter CAPE BON (T-AK-5059) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: LT. Gary W. Butterworth Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Members of an honor guard commit a wreath to the sea during a memorial service honoring the four chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony is taking place on the 50th anniversary of the Dorchester's sailing from Pier II, Staten Island, N.Y

Members of an honor guard commit a wreath to the sea during a memorial...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

CAPT. Gordon E. Kauffman, commanding officer, Naval Staiton, New York, welcomes guests to a memorial service honoring the four chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony is taking place on the 50th anniversary of the Dorchester's sailing from Pier II, Staten Island, N.Y

CAPT. Gordon E. Kauffman, commanding officer, Naval Staiton, New York,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

Boarding party from the training frigate USS AINSWORTH (FFT-1090) proceeds in a small boat over to the Haitian bound merchant ship BLACK EAGLE to carry out the 100th boarding of a vessel since the United Nations embargo was put in place on October 18, 1993. The AINSWORTH is part of Combined Joint Task Force 120 which is implementing Operation Support Democracy. The operation includes forces from Argentina, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom

Boarding party from the training frigate USS AINSWORTH (FFT-1090) proc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Country: Caribbean Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Carol J. Cline Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A merchant ship tied at the pier

A merchant ship tied at the pier

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Casablanca Country: Morocco (MAR) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglass P. Tesner Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Chaplains hold candles during a memorial service honoring the four chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony commemorates the 50th anniversary of Dorchester's sailing from Pier 11, Staten Island, N.Y

Chaplains hold candles during a memorial service honoring the four cha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

An aerial starboard quarter view of a merchant ship, taken from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter

An aerial starboard quarter view of a merchant ship, taken from a CH-4...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 David Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view from inside an RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter of a civilian merchant ship underway during Operation INTENSE LOOK. The RH-53D is assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14)

A view from inside an RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter of a civilian mer...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Gulf Of Suez Scene Camera Operator: PHCM C. Pedrick Release Status: Rele... More

The guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39) steams between a merchant ship and a civilian pleasure craft as it takes part in a parade of ships at the start of Fleet Week

The guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39) steams between a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Fleming Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

A video cameraman films loading operations from a helicopter as the Military Sealift Command-chartered freighter CAPE BON (T-AK-5059) and a merchant ship stand at pierside. The vessels are taking on equipment and ordnance for redeployment to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

A video cameraman films loading operations from a helicopter as the Mi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: LT. Gary W. Butterworth Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A wreath is committed to the sea during a memorial service honoring the four chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony commemorates the 50th anniversary of Dorchester's sailing from Pier 11, Staten Island, N.Y

A wreath is committed to the sea during a memorial service honoring th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

A color guard presents the colors during a memorial service honoring the four chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony is taking place on the 50th anniversary of the Dorchester's sailing from Pier II, Staten Island, N.Y

A color guard presents the colors during a memorial service honoring t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

Untitled - Political cartoon, public domain image

Untitled - Political cartoon, public domain image

Berryman Political Cartoon Collection Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

M-939 series 5-ton cargo trucks are unloaded from a merchant ship at Pier1 during exercise Cold Winter '87

M-939 series 5-ton cargo trucks are unloaded from a merchant ship at P...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER '87 Base: Trondheim Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. J. D. Gonzales Release Status: Released to... More

Armed with an M-14 rifle, a sailor aboard the patrol combatant missile hydrofoil USS TAURUS (PHM-3) keeps an eye on a small merchant ship that was stopped after it made an abrupt course change. The TAURUS and the other hydrofoils of PHM Squadron 2 patrol the waters around Florida as part of the nation's drug interdiction program

Armed with an M-14 rifle, a sailor aboard the patrol combatant missile...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Ac) Scott M. Allen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Chaplains link arms during a ceremony honoring four other chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony is taking place on the 50th anniversary of the Dorchester's sailing from Pier II, Staten Island, N.Y

Chaplains link arms during a ceremony honoring four other chaplains wh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

Members of an honor guard commit a wreath to the sea during a memorial service for the four chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony is taking place on the 50th anniversary of the Dorchester's sailing from Pier II, Staten Island, N.Y

Members of an honor guard commit a wreath to the sea during a memorial...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

Guests stand during a memorial service for the four chaplains who lost their lives when the merchant ship S.S. Dorchester sank during World War II. The ceremony is taking place on the 50th anniversary of the Dorchester's sailing from Pier II, Staten Island, N.Y

Guests stand during a memorial service for the four chaplains who lost...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cw03 Ed Bailey Release Status: Relea... More

Lost submarine is found

Lost submarine is found

In this undated file photo the submarine USS Grunion is seen underway. Grunion was reported lost on August 16, 1942 after reporting firing on an enemy destroyer, sinking three destroyer-type vessels, and attack... More

M939 series 5-ton cargo trucks are unloaded from a merchant ship at Pier 1 during Exercise COLD WINTER'87

M939 series 5-ton cargo trucks are unloaded from a merchant ship at Pi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Base: Trondheim Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL J.D. Gonzales Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Marines watch from the flight deck as a boom lifts

Marines watch from the flight deck as a boom lifts

Marines watch from the flight deck as a boom lifts a mobile maintenance facility aboard the SS Wright (T-AVB 3) in Morehead City, N.C., July 30, 2014, in preparation for Exercise Carolina Dragon 14. During the... More

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Arriving in Hawaii in style

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Arriving in Hawaii in style

Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell man the rails as the ship makes her way pierside to Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Russell returned to homeport after a six-month deploym... More

Cpl. Susana Carrera watches as she lowers a rope attached

Cpl. Susana Carrera watches as she lowers a rope attached

Cpl. Susana Carrera watches as she lowers a rope attached to a boom into the cargo hold aboard the SS Wright (T-AVB 3) in Morehead City, N.C., July 30, 2014, in preparation for Exercise Carolina Dragon 14. Car... More

Marines guide a boom after unloading a mobile maintenance

Marines guide a boom after unloading a mobile maintenance

Marines guide a boom after unloading a mobile maintenance facility container aboard the SS Wright (T-AVB 3) at Morehead City, N.C., July 30, 2014 in preparation for Exercise Carolina Dragon 14. During the exerc... More

Marines guide a boom after unloading a mobile maintenance

Marines guide a boom after unloading a mobile maintenance

Marines guide a boom after unloading a mobile maintenance facility container aboard the SS Wright (T-AVB 3) at Morehead City, N.C., July 30, 2014, in preparation for Exercise Carolina Dragon 14. During the exer... More

Vehicles are unloaded from a merchant ship at Pier 1 during Exercise COLD WINTER'87

Vehicles are unloaded from a merchant ship at Pier 1 during Exercise C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL J.D. Gonzales Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Cpl. John Hayes guides a boom from the flight deck

Cpl. John Hayes guides a boom from the flight deck

Cpl. John Hayes guides a boom from the flight deck aboard the SS Wright (T-AVB 3) in Morehead City, N.C., July 30, 2014, in preparation for Exercise Carolina Dragon 14. Hayes is a mobility technician with Mari... More

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