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USS Independence wearing an odd colour and operating with the Armada de Mexico (anyone told Donald the USN still talks to the Mexicans?) and HMCS Yellowknife. Operation Caribbe
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USS Bonhomme Richard LHD 6, the 'Bonny Dick'

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San Francisco Bay, 12 July 1986 - USS Worden (CG 18) returning to port. The ship had conducted a midshipmen's summer training cruise, in the Pacific.

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USS Normandy (CG 60) steams at sunset in the Atlantic Ocean while operating with the USS George Washington battle group

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Leahy-class guided missile cruiser USS Dale (DLG-19) launching a Terrier guided missile, while steaming off Point Mugu, California. April 1964.

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The U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class maritime security cutter USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750) returned Wednesday to its home port of Alameda following a 77-day counter-drug smuggling patrol.

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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52). July 30, 2019

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USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) at Naval Base San Diego on Sept 1, 2019, carrying the new Naval Strike Missiles for integration tests

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The Military Sealift Command ship USNS Concord (T-AFS-5) pulls alongside USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) in preparation for an (UNREP) evolution. Pacific Ocean, Nov. 9, 2002

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RIP to all those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. In memoriam, 7.5 tons of steel from the WTC was used in the construction of the bow section of the USS New York LPD-21.

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View of the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) firing a broadside in July 1988

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French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and US carrier USS John C. Stennis. I'm looking forward to th day QE2 joins this shot, three very different designs of supercarriers together.

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The Knox class frigate USS Paul FF1080 then and now.

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A silhouetted view of the USS Iowa anchored at sunset, 3 Mar 1986.

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The USS San Antonio transits through the Suez Canal September 23, 2008

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A very multi-national USS Dwight D. Eisenhower battlegroup off the coast of Florida, Sept 2019

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USS Savannah (CL-42) hit by a German radio-controlled bomb, while supporting Allied forces ashore during the Salerno operation, 11 September 1943. The bomb hit atop number three 6”/47 turret and penetrated deep into her hull before exploding.

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Forrestal in the Med in June 1970
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South Carolina CGN-37 underway in 1982

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Drydock Deluxe. Southwest Regional Maintenance Center supported the double docking of USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Stethem (DDG 63) in BAE Systems - Ship Repair's dry dock. San Diego, Rocktober 8, 2019.

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US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill being driven as if Russ was at the helm :D

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USS America operating F35Bs off the coast of California recently

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This shot of three classes together brings home how big they are compared to a Ticonderoga class cruiser.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 100), left, the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), back right, and the littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) moor to a pier in San Francisco for San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW), Oct. 8, 2019

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Like they say "Drive it like you stole it" :lol1:
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USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) moored pierside while participating in San Francisco Fleet Week 2019. October 8, 2019.

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USS LSM-152 in Measure 31 camouflage off the Charleston Navy Yard, SC, after commissioning, summer of 1944.

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USS Boxer (LHD-4) - Japan - 22 October 2019

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One of the US Navy's finest hours as a fighting force, 75 Years Ago Today: During the Battle of Samar, USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) prepares to launch her Wildcat fighters, while the USS White Plains (CVE-66) is straddled by 18 in (460 mm) shells from the Battleship Yamato. Oct 25, 1944

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) has completed repairs after her collision and is underway to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing. October 27, 2019.

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USS America with 13 F-35Bs on deck. The US Navy is testing a new 'Lightning Carrier' concept - loading an amphibious assault ship full of F-35Bs, essentially making them a light carrier. Oct 2019

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