Battleships and Men

[Major Shaitan Singh]

HMS Nelson


This is a collection of over 30 crew photos of various countries' battleships and battlecruisers. I have always found really impressive the size of these Kings of the Seas with the huge guns during the 19th century and the early 20th century. Moreover, the fact that these massive warships had a crew of thousands of men (the complement of some ships exceeded the 2,700 men!), larger that any kind of today's surface combatant. So, enjoy some nostalgic photos of these former giant rulers of the seas with their crews!


USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) or USS Arizona (BB-39)


Dunkerque battleship

USS Texas (BB-35)


USS Vermont (BB-20)


HMS Hood

 

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HMS Prince of Wales


HMS Indomitable


HMS King George V


HMS Hood


HMS Hood


HMS Lion


HMS Renown


HMS Duke of York

 

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USS California (BB-44)


USS Illinois (BB-7)


USS Louisiana (BB-19)


USS Kearsage (BB-5)


USS Kansas (BB-21)


USS Georgia (BB-15)


USS Virginia (BB-13)

 

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USS Arizona (BB-39)


USS Maine (BB-10)


IJN Nagato


USS Idaho (BB-42)


USS Connecticut (BB-18)


USS Michigan (BB-27)

 

[third eye]

Besides everything else I marvel at the coordination that must have gone into taking some of these pictures !

 

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USS Vermont (BB-20)


USS Florida (BB-30)


USS Maine (BB-10)



USS Virginia (BB-13)

 

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USS Missouri (BB-11)



USS New Jersey (BB-16)



USS Vermont (BB-20)


USS Florida (BB-30)



USS Maine (BB-10)



USS Virginia (BB-13)


General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, standing on an
anchor windlass speaking to the crew of the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in the Persian
Gulf on Sept. 1, 1990, during Operation Desert Shield.