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2021 Naval & Maritime Photo Contest

Winners of the 2021 Naval & Maritime Photo Contest
December 2021
Proceedings
Vol. 147/12/1426
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First Place

Sheringham Point Lighthouse, Vancouver

Let There Be Light

LtCdr Colin Dudeck, Royal Canadian Navy

HMCS Yellowknife sails past Sheringham Point Lighthouse on Vancouver Island. (10 August 2021)

Second Place

Diving onto a Submarine

Diving Onto A Submarine 

MC2 Alex Perlman, U.S. Navy

Navy divers assigned to Naval Special Warfare Command conduct operations with the fast-attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN-777) off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. (18 June 2021)

Third Place

signaling

Last Light 

MC3 Gray Gibson, U.S. Navy

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Third Class Daniel Peevers signals to an aircraft elevator operator in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) during a replenishment at sea in the Arabian Sea. (4 August 2021)

Honorable Mentions

setting sun

Setting Sun

MA1 Arthur Hrostowski, U.S. Navy

A 2019 setting sun over Souda Bay, Greece.

Helicopter

Snow Landing

LT Wryan Webb, U.S. Coast Guard

An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter  from USCG Air Station Traverse City practices snow landings in northern Michigan.

Aleutian Sunset

Aleutian Sunset

LCDR Ian Starr, U.S. Coast Guard

The sun sets around midnight in the Gulf of Alaska during the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley’s (WMEC-39) summer 2021 patrol.

Lefka Ori

Lefka Ori

MA1 Arthur Hrostowski, U.S. Navy

The White Mountains in Greece backdropped behind Souda Bay harbor in 2019.

Snow Landing in Black & White

Snow Landing in Black & White

LT Wryan Webb, U.S. Coast Guard

An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from USCG Air Station Traverse City practices snow landings in northern Michigan.

USS Tulsa (LCS-16)

USS Tulsa (LCS-16)

Troy Vail, U.S. Army veteran

From the fantail of the ex-USS Iowa (BB-61) , the lights from the pier, ship’s deck, and Vincent Thomas Bridge accent the unique design of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship. (30 August 2019)

Cape Disappointment

Cape Disappointment

George Campbell, U.S. Navy veteran

Cape Disappointment, WA. (January 2020)

Centenary Celebration

Centenary Celebration

2LT USMC Grant Hoel

Marine Corps Major John Tashjian celebrates his 100th birthday, 10 July 2021, at the Chino planes of Fame Museum. Major Tashjian is under the nose of a Vought F4U-1 Corsair he flew as a member of VMF-441 in the Marshall Islands in 1944. 

Fuel Offload

Fuel Offload

MC2 Zachary Melvin, U.S. Navy

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuels) Second Class Thomas Watson, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) air department, prepares to offload fuel from one of the fuel sponsons. (17 August 2021)

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

MC3 Jackson Adkins USN

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) completes the third scheduled explosive event of full ship shock trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. (8 August 2021)

dragonflies

This Isn’t Weird, Right?

LCDR Ian Starr, U.S. Coast Guard

A swarm of dragonflies rests on one of the USCGC Aquidneck’s (WPB-1309) halyards in the Arabian Gulf. (2013)

Naval Academy Chapel

Eternal

Claire Eskdale

Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Maryland. In honor of Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent.

Land, Air, Sea

Land, Air, Sea

Midshipman Christian Hall, U.S. Navy

Off the coast of Mayport, Florida. (May 2021–July 2021)

Approaching Storm

Approaching Storm

Dan Kehlenbach, U.S. Coast Guard veteran

 

Portland Head Light­—Maine. (March 2004) 

Channel Islands

Channel Islands

BM1 John Rogers, U.S. Coast Guard

Channel Islands Harbor sunset in California. 

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