TIL the WW2 tank landing ship USS Iredell County is still in the active service of the Indonesian Navy as the Teluk Bone. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS…
HMAS Anzac trained with two Indonesian Navy ships recently during a training exercise in the waters off Surabaya, Indonesia, as apart of IndoPacificEndeavour21. [4000x2670]
[3648x2736] [OC] Almirante Latorre (FFG-14), ex HMNLS Jacob van Heemskecrk moored at Valparaíso on December of 2014. Now this frigate is removed from the Chilean Navy active ships list and replaced by an ex australian navy Adelaide class frigate.
[1080x608] Leaked picture of Indonesian Navy KRI Golok Stealth Trimaran FAC-M. This ship is the 2nd generation of the ill fated KRI Klewang which caught on fire in 2012. reddit.com/gallery/p83da4
Sailors of the King George V-class battleship HMS Prince of Wales, abandon ship, to the E-class destroyer HMS Express (H61) of the British Royal Navy - moments after this photo was taken the list towards the port side increased and destroyer Express had to sail away, December 10th, 1941. [800 x 592]
Wikipedia has a list of every active ship, by class, in the Royal Navy. Has this sort of information always been in the public domain? For example, were there publicly-available sources of this information during WW2, WW1, or the Napoleonic Wars?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Navy_ships
TIL that the USS Constitution, built in 1797 is the world’s oldest ship still afloat and is still in active service in the US Navy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS…
TIL the second oldest active Navy ship, the USS Pueblo is held captive by North Korea and used as a tourist attraction military.com/history/seco…
HTMS Chakri Naruebet, the flag ship of the Royal Thai Navy and smallest active aircraft carrier in the world, though due to a lack of funds spends most of her time docked, the matador harrier’s were retired and now only carries helicopters (1024x768)
TIL that the Indonesian Army nearly conducted an amphibious landing in Somalia in order to free the crew of an Indonesian cargo ship captured by pirates. The plan was never executed because the pirates were all killed by Indonesian Special Forces and the hostages freed before they made it to shore. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_…
[todayilearned] TIL that the USS Constitution, built in 1797 is the world’s oldest ship still afloat and is still in active service in the US Navy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS…
Australian Navy ships join search for missing Indonesian submarine abc.net.au/news/2021-04-2…
Turns out, it was just a model. (Image courtesy of the Indonesian Navy) instagram.com/p/CYApU8FKP…
The Command Master Chief of my ship when I was in the Navy, BMCM Ernest Scherman. Enlisted 1944, 47 years on active duty. Lotta gold on that sleeve!
[3648 x 2736] The salvage ship Kommuna at the Navy Day parade in Sevastopol earlier this week. Laid down in November 1912, it is currently the oldest ship still in active service with the Russian Navy.
1 oz Copper medallion struck from copper sheathing recycled from the oldest active commissioned ship in the US Navy, USS CONSTITUTION.
[2560×1500] Search and rescue ship "Commune". The oldest ship in active service within the Russian Navy, she was built in 1916.
TIL that a US Navy commissioned ship is currently captured by North Korea. The USS Pueblo is still listed in the active roster. npr.org/2018/01/23/580076…
TIL that the Indonesian Army nearly conducted an amphibious landing in Somalia in order to free the crew of an Indonesian cargo ship captured by pirates. The plan was never executed because the pirates were all killed by Indonesian Special Forces and the hostages freed before they made it to shore. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_…
