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Chinese sailors man their stations during an inspection by Admiral (ADM) James A. Lyons Jr., commander in chief, US Pacific Fleet. US Navy (USN) ships are visiting to China for the first time in 40 years

Chinese sailors man their stations during an inspection by Admiral (AD...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: China (CHN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Charles L. Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Chinese naval officers conduct a tour of their ship for the US Navy (USN) sailors during their first visit by the US Navy ships to China in 40 years

Chinese naval officers conduct a tour of their ship for the US Navy (U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Qingdao Country: China (CHN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Charles L. Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

A Soviet officer reviews two ranks of sailors standing at attention aboard the Slava class guided missile cruiser MARSHAL USTINOV (CG 088), as the ship approaches Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia. The MARSHAL USTINOV, the guided missile destroyer OTLICHNYY (DDG 434), and the replenishment oiler GENRIKH GASANOV are pulling into Norfolk for a five-day goodwill visit

A Soviet officer reviews two ranks of sailors standing at attention ab...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hampton Roads, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: ... More

A woman waves a greeting from behind a line of Soviet sailors. The Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) and the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59) are making the second goodwill visit by American warships to a Soviet port since World War II

A woman waves a greeting from behind a line of Soviet sailors. The Aeg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Scott Allen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

A port view of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) 2 Shirane Class Helicopter Destroyer KURAMA (DDG 144), with Japanese sailors manning the rails, assisted by tugboat Mister Mike sails past Naval Station San Diego. On the stern of the ship sits a Mitsubishi HSS-2B Sea King. The ship is participating in RIMPAC 92 (Rim of the Pacific Exercise 1992)

A port view of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) 2 Shir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC 92 Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 M. Corre... More

Sailors from the People's Republic of China, assigned to the Luhu Class Destroyer, HARIBING (DDG 112), prepare leader lines prior to mooring at the Naval Air Station North Island, California. This marks the first time Chinese warships have crossed the Pacific and visited the Continental United States. The destroyer HARIBING, Luda II Class Destroyer, ZHUHAI (DDG 166), and a supply ship, the Fusu Class, NANYUN (AOR/AK 953), (ZHUHAI and NANYUN not shown) stopped at Naval Station, North Island, San Diego, California, on March 21st, 1997

Sailors from the People's Republic of China, assigned to the Luhu Clas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Steven Batiz Release S... More

USS Theodore Roosevelt. Warship photograph collection

USS Theodore Roosevelt. Warship photograph collection

Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) cheer on the Navy during the Army vs. Navy football game. The first Army vs. Navy game was in 1890, and Navy has won the last 12 straight games.... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors watch from the fantail on board the USN experimental High Speed Vehicle 2 (HSV 2) Swift as the vessel shifts berths at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI).  The Swift is taking part in the multi-national maritime Exercise RIM OF THE PACIFIC 2004 (RIMPAC).  RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This yearßs exercise includes seven participating nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom and United States. RIMPAC is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region

US Navy (USN) Sailors watch from the fantail on board the USN experime...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 William R. Goodwin, Usn Release Status: Relea... More

060723-N-8977L-117 (Jul. 23, 2006)Chilean Sailors board the Chilean Type 22, Broadsword Class Batch 2 Missile Frigate ALMIRANTE WILLIAMS (FF 19) at Mejillones, Chile (CHL), in support of the United International Antisubmarine Warfare Exercise (UNITAS) Pacific Phase. U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Johansen Laurel (RELEASED)

060723-N-8977L-117 (Jul. 23, 2006)Chilean Sailors board the Chilean Ty...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS Base: Mejillones Country: Chile (CHL) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Johansen Laurel, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More

The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force JDS YAMAGIRI (TV 3515) is assisted by a tugboat as it enters U.S. Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 18, 2006. More than 1,000 Japanese Sailors are visiting Pearl Harbor during a worldwide training and international relations cruise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications SPECIALIST 1ST Class Dennis C. Cantrell) (Released)

The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force JDS YAMAGIRI (TV 3515) is ass...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Dennis Cantrell, USN Release S... More

Landing craft utility 1661 enters the well deck of

Landing craft utility 1661 enters the well deck of

Landing craft utility 1661 enters the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce. Ponce is underway conducting a training exercise to prepare for an upcoming deployment scheduled for later this y... More

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Davis Harris, left, fires a

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Davis Harris, left, fires a

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Davis Harris, left, fires a shot line to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3) from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious as... More

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transits

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transits

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transits back to its homeport of Norfolk, Va. Enterprise is returning from a deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, where the ship conducting marit... More

Boxer crew performs well deck exercises

Boxer crew performs well deck exercises

A sailor aboard Landing Craft Utility 1648, from Assault Craft Unit 1, signals for cargo to be loaded during well deck exercises aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). The U.S. Navy is constantly... More

Guests observe the inactivation ceremony of the aircraft

Guests observe the inactivation ceremony of the aircraft

Guests observe the inactivation ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise was commissioned Nov. 25, 1961, as the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The ceremony marks the end of ... More

The Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition

The Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition

The Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12) sails alongside the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during an ammunition onload. George H.W. Bush is cond... More

Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile

Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile

Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54) work to tie the rat guards to the mooring lines. Ford recently returned to its homeport of Naval Station Everett after an un... More

Landing craft utility. Warship photograph collection

Landing craft utility. Warship photograph collection

A landing craft utility assigned to Naval Beach Unit 7 transits White Beach in Okinawa with supplies for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU is deployed with the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready G... More

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) approaches the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) and the German navy frigate FGS Hamburg (F220) for a replenishment ... More

The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) is underway in the Atlantic Ocean while conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is a scenario-driven exercise aimed at integrating t... More

USS Ronald Reagan maintenance, San Diego, California

USS Ronald Reagan maintenance, San Diego, California

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is moored and covered in scaffolding and maintenance supplies as it undergoes a planned maintenance availability period. Ronald Reagan is home-ported in San Diego... More

Conducting operations in the Gulf of Oman

Conducting operations in the Gulf of Oman

The Italian navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550), front, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and the French navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91), conduct operations in the Gulf of ... More

Ssang Yong 2014. Warship photograph collection

Ssang Yong 2014. Warship photograph collection

The amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9), Expeditionary Strike Group 7, and Amphibious Squadron 11, transit in formation during exercise Ssang Yong 2014. The exercise is conducted annually in the R... More

Pride of Baltimore II - A large ship is docked at a dock

Pride of Baltimore II - A large ship is docked at a dock

The Pride of Baltimore II hosts visitors while at anchor next to Washington Navy Yard's display ship Barry on Washington D.C.'s Anacostia Riverwalk Trail. The ship, a working replica of the first Pride of Balti... More

A Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) fires rounds

A Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) fires rounds

A Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) fires rounds during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown is part of the Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group, c... More

Ensign Freddie Schukis, from Jacksonville, Fla., looks

Ensign Freddie Schukis, from Jacksonville, Fla., looks

Ensign Freddie Schukis, from Jacksonville, Fla., looks on from the starboard bridge wing as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) conducts an underway replenishment with the Mil... More

Sailors participate in command physical fitness training

Sailors participate in command physical fitness training

Sailors participate in command physical fitness training aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay. Green Bay is currently transiting to Sasebo, Japan, to join the U.S. 7th Fleet... More

U.S. 5 TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 15, 2017)

U.S. 5 TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 15, 2017)

U.S. 5 TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 15, 2017) - An SA-330 Puma helicopter assigned to the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) delivers supplies to the amphibious assault ship... More

180531-N-XT273-098 KLAIPEDA, Lithuania (May 31, 2018)

180531-N-XT273-098 KLAIPEDA, Lithuania (May 31, 2018)

180531-N-XT273-098 KLAIPEDA, Lithuania (May 31, 2018) Sailors aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) man the rails as the ship arrives in Klaipeda, Lithuania, May 31, 20... More

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 25, 2019)

191025-N-TF088-1030 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 25, 2019)

191025-N-TF088-1030 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 25, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) prepares to get underway from Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. Ford returned to sea... More

LEGO mini-figures are cleverly posed in the gallery

LEGO mini-figures are cleverly posed in the gallery

LEGO mini-figures are cleverly posed in the gallery of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum with a LEGO ship model of a Fletcher-Class Destroyer in preparation for the 9th Annual LEGO Brick by Brick Shipbuilding Even... More

Tigers line all available spaces at the top of the

Tigers line all available spaces at the top of the

Tigers line all available spaces at the top of the island to watch flight operations on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. More than 1,200 friends and family members joined Ronald Reagan... More

Sailors direct the movement of vehicles on the flight

Sailors direct the movement of vehicles on the flight

Sailors direct the movement of vehicles on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is making preparations to execute a homeport change from Bremerton, Wash., to San Die... More

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dusty

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dusty

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 delivers ammunition on the forecastle of the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) during a vertical re... More

The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) fires

The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) fires

The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) fires a close-in weapon system (CIWS) during a gunnery exercise. Gettysburg is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime ... More

Tug boats pull along side the amphibious transport

Tug boats pull along side the amphibious transport

Tug boats pull along side the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) in preparation for departure from Naval Station Norfolk. New York is transferring to Naval Station Mayport, Fla., as part of a ... More

Ships of Commander, Task Group 521 transit in formation

Ships of Commander, Task Group 521 transit in formation

Ships of Commander, Task Group 521 transit in formation during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX). With a quarter of the world's navies participating, including 6,500 Sailors from every re... More

151111-N-AD372-002 
CHINHAE, Republic of Korea (Nov.

151111-N-AD372-002 CHINHAE, Republic of Korea (Nov.

151111-N-AD372-002 CHINHAE, Republic of Korea (Nov. 11, 2015) Naval Air Crewmen (Helicopter) 2nd Class Bob Ross, assigned to Helicopter Squadron (HM) 14, waves to sailors aboard the Republic of Korea (ROK) min... More

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SEA OF JAPAN (June 1, 2017) The

170601-N-RM689-123 SEA OF JAPAN (June 1, 2017) The

170601-N-RM689-123 SEA OF JAPAN (June 1, 2017) The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, including the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champl... More

180615-N-YD204-0040 YOKOSUKA, Japan (June 15, 2018)

180615-N-YD204-0040 YOKOSUKA, Japan (June 15, 2018)

180615-N-YD204-0040 YOKOSUKA, Japan (June 15, 2018) -- Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) departs Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. Mercy is making port visits to Yokosuka and... More

Sailors connect the brow between the Ticonderoga-class

Sailors connect the brow between the Ticonderoga-class

Sailors connect the brow between the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley while making a scheduled port visit to Goa, In... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class LaShawn E. Sloan, operations

Petty Officer 3rd Class LaShawn E. Sloan, operations

Petty Officer 3rd Class LaShawn E. Sloan, operations specialist, the tactical information coordinator, monitors a radar system aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. Enterprise is on a scheduled underway ... More

The guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69), the

The guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69), the

The guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69), the guided-missile destroyers USS Porter (DDG 78) and USS Nitze (DDG 94) and the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transit back to their homeport of Norf... More

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) returns to Naval Station Norfolk after a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of Operation Enduring Freedo... More

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54) approaches the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) as it prepares for a replenishment at se... More

An SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter

An SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter

An SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Combat Squadron 26 conducts a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawa (T-AO 196) and the aircraft carrie... More

The mine countermeasures ship USS Sentry (MCM 3) gets

The mine countermeasures ship USS Sentry (MCM 3) gets

The mine countermeasures ship USS Sentry (MCM 3) gets underway in Bahrain. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Martin L. Carey/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps 7-ton truck enters the well deck

A U.S. Marine Corps 7-ton truck enters the well deck

A U.S. Marine Corps 7-ton truck enters the well deck aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock during stern gate marriage operations with Landing Craft Utility 1648, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 1.... More

Sailors man the rails aboard the guided-missile destroyer

Sailors man the rails aboard the guided-missile destroyer

Sailors man the rails aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson as it pulls away from the pier at Naval Base San Diego. Sampson is departing for a scheduled six-month, independent deployment to the wester... More

150817-N-MZ309-038 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 17, 2015) Japan

150817-N-MZ309-038 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 17, 2015) Japan

150817-N-MZ309-038 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 17, 2015) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer, JS Hyuga (DDH 181), transits San Diego Bay to Naval Base San Diego. Hyuga, tank landing ship JS Kunisaki (LST... More

LEGO ship model contestant entries in the home built

LEGO ship model contestant entries in the home built

LEGO ship model contestant entries in the home built category are on display during the 9th Annual LEGO Brick by Brick shipbuilding event. The free event is hosted by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum at the Decke... More

The color guard aboard the multipurpose amphibious

The color guard aboard the multipurpose amphibious

The color guard aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) parades the colors during a change of command ceremony where Capt. Steve Koehler relieved Capt. Sam Howard as the ship's comman... More

The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler

The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler

The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO-198) prepares to conduct a replenishment at sea in the Mediterranean Sea. The U.S. Navy is constantly deployed to preserve peace, prote... More

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) returns to Naval Station Norfolk after a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of Operation Enduring Freedo... More

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Ryan Bartholomew prepares to

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Ryan Bartholomew prepares to

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Ryan Bartholomew prepares to shoot a line during a replenishment at sea aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) prepare to man the rails... More

Ensign Alyssa Cook tracks the ship's course and speed

Ensign Alyssa Cook tracks the ship's course and speed

Ensign Alyssa Cook tracks the ship's course and speed during an underway replenishment aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110). William P. Lawrence is deployed to the U.S. 5th Flee... More

The Republic of Korea destroyer ROK Dae Jo Yeong (DDH

The Republic of Korea destroyer ROK Dae Jo Yeong (DDH

The Republic of Korea destroyer ROK Dae Jo Yeong (DDH 997) and the fast combat support ship ROK Hwacheon (AOE 59) moor to one another at a pier across from the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) on Joint... More

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 13, 2016) --  Secretary of

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 13, 2016) -- Secretary of

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 13, 2016) -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus takes selfies with Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Sailors at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding. Mabus ... More

170112-N-FT178-204 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 12, 2017) Ensign

170112-N-FT178-204 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 12, 2017) Ensign

170112-N-FT178-204 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 12, 2017) Ensign Nicholas Mehrbrodt fires an M240B machine gun off the starboard bridge wing of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) during ... More

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (March 17, 2019) USS Gerald R. Ford

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (March 17, 2019) USS Gerald R. Ford

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (March 17, 2019) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is maneuvered by tugboats in the James River during Ford's turn ship evolution. Ford is currently undergoing its post-shakedown availability at Hun... More

The visit, board, search and seizure team assigned

The visit, board, search and seizure team assigned

The visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) prepares to board a vessel as the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) is underway in the backgrou... More

170617-N-ZU404-119 BOSTON (June 17, 2017) Spectators

170617-N-ZU404-119 BOSTON (June 17, 2017) Spectators

170617-N-ZU404-119 BOSTON (June 17, 2017) Spectators view the Grand Parade of Sails from USS Cassin Young (DD 793) during Sail Boston 2017, June 17. USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) and more than 50 Tall Ships from ... More

First class petty officers and chief petty officers

First class petty officers and chief petty officers

First class petty officers and chief petty officers participate in a morning run on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting carrier qualifications in preparati... More

180620-N-JO245-019 
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 20, 2018)

180620-N-JO245-019 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 20, 2018)

180620-N-JO245-019 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 20, 2018) Sailors man the phone and distance line aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) during a refueling at sea with the fast combat supp... More

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 15, 2019)

190415-N-AS200-005 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 15, 2019)

190415-N-AS200-005 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 15, 2019) The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) transits the Mediterranean Sea, April 15, 2019. Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to... More

Capt. Dee Mewbourne, commanding officer of the aircraft

Capt. Dee Mewbourne, commanding officer of the aircraft

Capt. Dee Mewbourne, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, responds to questions by the media after Enterprise returned from a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of re... More

150817-N-WO404-091 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 17, 2015) CNO Adm.

150817-N-WO404-091 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 17, 2015) CNO Adm.

150817-N-WO404-091 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 17, 2015) CNO Adm. Jonathan Greenert speaks to Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during an all-hands call. Washington and its embarked ai... More

170105-N-BK384-081 
SAN DIEGO (Jan. 5, 2017) The aircraft

170105-N-BK384-081 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 5, 2017) The aircraft

170105-N-BK384-081 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 5, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departs Naval Air Station North Island. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is departing on a deployment to the ... More

151014-N-VC236-002 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 14, 2015)

151014-N-VC236-002 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 14, 2015)

151014-N-VC236-002 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 14, 2015) Ensign Joshua Denney, from Woodhaven, Mich., and Ensign Gabriela Winter, from Orlando, Fla., monitor refueling operations as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-m... More

160901-N-TO519-041 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sep. 1, 2016)

160901-N-TO519-041 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sep. 1, 2016)

160901-N-TO519-041 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sep. 1, 2016) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) lowers supplies onto the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64). Wasp is... More

180315-N-ZL062-0023 APRA HARBOR, Guam (March 15, 2018)

180315-N-ZL062-0023 APRA HARBOR, Guam (March 15, 2018)

180315-N-ZL062-0023 APRA HARBOR, Guam (March 15, 2018) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) heave line onto the forecastle during a sea and anchor detail. USS Antietam is forward... More

170912-N-HV059-017 HAAKONSVERN, Norway (Sept. 12, 2017)

170912-N-HV059-017 HAAKONSVERN, Norway (Sept. 12, 2017)

170912-N-HV059-017 HAAKONSVERN, Norway (Sept. 12, 2017) Ensign Jacob Darrah and Lt. j.g. Jonathan Shepard give a tour of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) to a group of Norwegi... More

170505-N-HV059-022 TROMSO, Norway (May 5, 2017) Boatswain's

170505-N-HV059-022 TROMSO, Norway (May 5, 2017) Boatswain's

170505-N-HV059-022 TROMSO, Norway (May 5, 2017) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Jacob Roeder secures a mooring line from the German fleet service ship FGS Oste (A 52) as the ship moors outboard of the Ticonderoga-class... More

180310-N-ZL062-0145 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 10, 2018)

180310-N-ZL062-0145 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 10, 2018)

180310-N-ZL062-0145 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 10, 2018) The Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE-8) launches it's drone for a missile exercise during MultiSail. MultiSail is a bilateral tr... More

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TROMSO, Norway (June 29, 2017)

170629-N-FQ994-045 TROMSO, Norway (June 29, 2017)

170629-N-FQ994-045 TROMSO, Norway (June 29, 2017) Sailors heave in mooring lines aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) as the ship departs Tromso, Norway. Ross is forward-de... More

160706-N-XG464-009
ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 6, 2016) The

160706-N-XG464-009 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 6, 2016) The

160706-N-XG464-009 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 6, 2016) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Mahan (DDG 72), right, and USS Laboon (DDG 58) participate in a divisional tactics exercise. The ships are... More

ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 11, 2017) – The guided-missile

ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 11, 2017) – The guided-missile

ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 11, 2017) – The guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) receives fuel from the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is underway conducting a series of qualificati... More

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SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 13, 2017) Sailors

170113-N-TH560-306 SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 13, 2017) Sailors

170113-N-TH560-306 SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 13, 2017) Sailors aboard dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) conduct an anchor drop test. Ashland, part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, is forward-depl... More

Sailors use some of the telephone booths on the pier beside the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64)

Sailors use some of the telephone booths on the pier beside the aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Release... More

Soviet Sailors wearing life vests stand on the bow of the Soviet Sovremennym Class Guided Missile Destroyer OTLICHNYY (DDG 434) as the ship is tied up at a pier.  The OTLICHNYY, the Guided Missile Cruiser MARSHAL USTINOV (CG 088) and the replenishment oiler GENRIKH GASANOV are in Norfolk for a five-day goodwill visit.  This is the first time that Soviet naval vessels have visited an American military port

Soviet Sailors wearing life vests stand on the bow of the Soviet Sovre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Elliott, USN Release Status: Re... More

US Sailors salute the American flag on the stern of their ship during colors.  The Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) and the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59) are making the second goodwill visit to a Soviet port by American warships since World War II

US Sailors salute the American flag on the stern of their ship during ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Ac) Mark Kettenhoffen, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

Sailors at the rail of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) look out at the crowd that has assembled to see them off.  GATES and the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59) are paying the second goodwill visit to a Soviet port by US warships since World War II

Sailors at the rail of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Scott Allen, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Local photographers move past a line of Soviet Sailors and the crowd behind them, to photograph arriving American warships.  The guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59) and the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) are making the second goodwill visit to a Soviet port by US naval vessels since World War II

Local photographers move past a line of Soviet Sailors and the crowd b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Scott Allen, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

US Sailors salute the American flag on entering port.  The Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) and the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59) are making the second goodwill visit to a Soviet port by American warships since World War II

US Sailors salute the American flag on entering port. The Aegis guide...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Ac) Mark Kettenhoffen, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

Two Chilean sailors flank a United States flag made from flowers during a wreath-laying ceremony at a marker dedicated to the 58 men who died aboard the United States frigate ESSEX when the ship was attacked by two British warships in the city's harbor on March 28, 1814. Four United States Navy ships have stopped in Valparaiso while taking part in the multinational naval exercise Unitas XXXII

Two Chilean sailors flank a United States flag made from flowers durin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Base: Valparaiso Country: Chile(CHL) Scene Camera Operator: LT Richard Boyle Release Status: Released to Public... More

Two Chilean sailors flank a U.S. flag made from flowers during a wreath-laying ceremony at a marker dedicated to the 58 men who died aboard the U.S. frigate ESSEX when the ship was attacked by two British warships in the city's harbor on March 28, 1814. Four U.S. Navy ships have stopped in Valparaiso while taking part in the multinational naval exercise Unitas XXXII

Two Chilean sailors flank a U.S. flag made from flowers during a wreat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Valparaiso Country: Chile(CHL) Scene Camera Operator: LT. Richard Boyle Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Chinese and American sailors enjoy a friendly game of soccer at Naval Air Station North Island while on liberty. This marks the first time Chinese warships have crossed the Pacific and visited the Continental United States. The destroyers HARBI and ZHUHA, and the supply ship NANCANG will moor next to the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64). The ships are expected to visit for five days

Chinese and American sailors enjoy a friendly game of soccer at Naval ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeffery S. Viano Release Status: Released to... More

Chinese sailors man the rails of the Luhu Class Destroyer HARIBING (DDG 112) with Naval Air Station North Island in the background. This marks the first time Chinese warships have crossed the Pacific and visited the Continental United States

Chinese sailors man the rails of the Luhu Class Destroyer HARIBING (DD...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Eric Murata Release St... More

The hospital ship USNS MERCY (T AH 19) prepares to receive injured soldiers on D-day during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

The hospital ship USNS MERCY (T AH 19) prepares to receive injured sol...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: USNS MERCY Scene Camera ... More

Royal Navy (RN) Sailors line the rails of the RN Aircraft Carrier, Her Majestys Ship (HMS), INVINCIBLE (R 05), as it arrives for a five-day port visit at in Naval Station (NS), Jacksonville, Florida (FL). A Royal Navy Westland Sea King HAS Mk 6 Helicopter is spotted on deck

Royal Navy (RN) Sailors line the rails of the RN Aircraft Carrier, Her...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Charles E. Hill, Usn Release ... More

In a ceremony pier side at the Battleship Missouri Memorial at Ford Island, US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Gary Roughead relieves ADM Walter F. Doran as Commander of the US Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT). PACFLT, the Navy's largest area of responsibility (AOR), is made up of approximately 200 ships and 1,400 aircraft, and more than 190,000 Sailors, Marines and civilians

In a ceremony pier side at the Battleship Missouri Memorial at Ford Is...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jennifer L. Bailey, Usn Release Status: Relea... More

Seaman James Clarke fires a shot line to the Military

Seaman James Clarke fires a shot line to the Military

Seaman James Clarke fires a shot line to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Lewis and Clark during a replenishment at sea aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall. Carter... More

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Chafee returns to Hawaii

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS Chafee returns to Hawaii

Sailors man the rails aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee as the ship makes her return to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after a three-month deployment in the western Pacific Ocean.

USS Freedom departs San Diego, San Diego, California

USS Freedom departs San Diego, San Diego, California

The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) departs San Diego on its way to conduct sea trials following a monthlong dry dock availability. Freedom, the lead ship of the Freedom variant of LCS, is expected to ... More

USS Hopper (DDG 70) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

USS Hopper (DDG 70) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

The guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled underway. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dustin W. Sisco/Released)

French navy frigate Aquitaine

French navy frigate Aquitaine

The French navy frigate Aquitaine (D650) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mollly Greendeer/Released)

The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) leads

The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) leads

The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) leads the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) as they transit the Pacific Ocean. Pele... More

Sailors and Marines assigned to the San Antonio-class

Sailors and Marines assigned to the San Antonio-class

Sailors and Marines assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) man the rails after the ship was officially commissioned during a ceremony at the Port of Anchorage. A... More

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Whitney Gutierrez fires a shot

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Whitney Gutierrez fires a shot

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Whitney Gutierrez fires a shot line from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) to the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman ... More

Replenishment at sea. Warship photograph collection

Replenishment at sea. Warship photograph collection

The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) sends cargo over to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment at sea. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deploy... More

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