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A tank landing ship sunk by German E-boats off the Isle of Portland . / 50.45250°N 2.72583°W / 50.45250; -2.72583 ( USS LST-507) A Danish steamship sunk by UB-40 off Portland Bill . / 50.57028°N 3.08056°W / 50.57028; -3.08056 ( Radaas) An S-class submarine that sunk while under tow to be scrapped.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of ten Nimitz -class aircraft carriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States and General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Pictured December 20, 2012. / 36.94500°N 76.31306°W / 36.94500; -76.31306. Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command. The installation occupies about 4 miles (6.4 km) of waterfront space and 11 miles (18 km) of pier and wharf ...
HMS. Norfolk. (78) Norfolk in wartime camouflage. As she still has an X turret, this photo is pre-1944. HMS Norfolk was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy; along with her sister ship Dorsetshire she was part of a planned four-ship subclass. She served throughout the Second World War, where she was involved in the sinking of the ...
Maersk Alabama. hijacking. The Maersk Alabama hijacking began on 8 April 2009, when four pirates in the Somali Basin seized the Danish/U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama at a distance of 240 nautical miles (440 km; 280 mi) southeast of Eyl, Somalia. The siege ended after a rescue effort by the United States Navy on April 12th.
USS Harry S. Truman. USS. Harry S. Truman. USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz -class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. She is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling and repairing the Navy's ships. It is the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the U.S. Navy as well as the most comprehensive.
52.96219°N 0.64132°E. / 52.96219; 0.64132. Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Brancaster comprises Brancaster itself, together with Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale. The three villages form a more or less continuous settlement along the A149 at the edge of ...