The gun captain of this mount surveys the de-icing job before him on board the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) in South Korean waters.

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The gun captain of this mount surveys the de-icing job before him on board the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) in South Korean waters.

January 2025
Achive Photo Christmas 1929

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Sailors on board the battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) pose for a portrait in front of their Christmas decorations in late 1929.

December 2024
Symbolizing the Marine Corps’ victory in the Battle of Saipan, a rifleman stands atop the wreckage of Japanese planes destroyed in the fight for the Mariana Islands base.

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Symbolizing the Marine Corps’ victory in the Battle of Saipan, a rifleman stands atop the wreckage of Japanese planes destroyed in the fight for the Mariana Islands base.

November 2024
Crewmen of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651) hold a safety line for scuba divers in a rubber raft near the North Pole. The divers are preparing to observe and photograph the underside of the ice.

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Crewmen of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651) hold a safety line for scuba divers in a rubber raft near the North Pole.

October 2024
In this solid field of ice in the Bering Sea, two icebreakers try a tandem method of breaking ice. Ramming, backing, and ramming again, the vessels try forcing their way, side-by-side, in a parallel line.

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In this solid field of ice in the Bering Sea, two icebreakers try a tandem method of breaking ice.

September 2024
Retired professional boxer and Coast Guard Commander Jack Dempsey (left) gives an added punch when he referees a boxing match on the deck of a Coast Guard-manned troop transport headed for Europe during World War II.

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Retired professional boxer and Coast Guard Commander Jack Dempsey gives an added punch when he referees a boxing match on the deck of a Coast Guard-manned troop transport.

August 2024
A Grumman TBF Avenger lands on board the USS Charger (CVE-30) during flight training operations in the Chesapeake Bay area, 22 April 1944.

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A Grumman TBF Avenger lands on board the USS Charger (CVE-30) during flight training operations in the Chesapeake Bay area, 22 April 1944.

July 2024
The antisubmarine rocket (ASRoc) fire-control system was the first shipboard installation of a digital computer. The picture’s release date in June 1960 suggests it may have been taken on board the USS Norfolk (DL-1), which was evaluating ASRoc at the time.

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The antisubmarine rocket (ASRoc) fire-control system was the first shipboard installation of a digital computer.

June 2024
Take her down! Divers on board the Proteo prepare to lower away a fellow deep-sea diver in the ship’s 800-pound armored diving suit.

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Divers on board the Proteo prepare to lower away a fellow deep-sea diver in the ship’s 800-pound armored diving suit.

May 2024
WWW Hero A24

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Some of the Huskies going on the Navy’s 1947 Antarctic Expedition on the fantail of the USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8), shown with dog team drivers.

April 2024