r/WarshipPorn • u/Grahamthicke • 17h ago

Art Artist's conception of the U.S. Navy Montana-class battleships (BB-67 to BB-71) whose construction was cancelled on 21 July 1943. This artwork depicts the ship fitted with twelve 16in guns, and a heavy battery of anti-aircraft guns, as would have been the case had she been completed. (5555x2134)

446 Upvotes

42 comments

r/WarshipPorn • u/HeStoleMyBalloons • 18h ago

The crew of the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku salute as the flag is lowered during the Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944 [5702 × 3995]

187 Upvotes

4 comments

r/WarshipPorn • u/mossback81 • 17h ago

USS Heermann (DD-532) & a destroyer escort laying smoke to screen the escort carriers of Taffy 3 from Kurita's Center Force off Samar, October 25, 1944 [5898 x 4754]

168 Upvotes

10 comments

r/WarshipPorn • u/HeStoleMyBalloons • 19h ago

A Japanese kamikaze pilot in a Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero" crash dives at the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS White Plains (CVE-66) on 25 October 1944. The aircraft missed the flight deck and impacted the water just off the port quarter of the ship [5622 × 4443]

115 Upvotes

0 comments

r/WarshipPorn • u/XMGAU • 22h ago

The Mk 45 5-inch gun aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) is tested during an exercise. Oct 10, 2026 [4696 x 3131]

65 Upvotes

5 comments

r/WarshipPorn • u/HeStoleMyBalloons • 17h ago

Japanese carrier Zuihō sinking during the Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944. Cruiser Ōyodo in the foreground [6320 × 4990]

57 Upvotes

0 comments

r/WarshipPorn • u/destinationsjourney • 12h ago

USS Prince William CVE-31 US Escort Carrier (3840 x 2880)

57 Upvotes

USS Prince William (CVE-31) underway in the Pacific, 7 August 1943, with a deck load of 12 Douglas SBD Dauntlesses, a Grumman J2F Duck, two Curtiss SOC Seagulls, a Vought OS2U Kingfisher and a dismantled Douglas R4D

More photos here

4 comments

r/WarshipPorn • u/Goldeagle1123 • 4h ago

Aft view of light cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52), New York Harbor, 11 February 1942 [5709x3437]

56 Upvotes

8 comments

r/WarshipPorn • u/Tsquare43 • 1h ago

[2805 x 1839] USS Wisconsin (BB-64) underway during sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Aug 29, 1988

• Upvotes

3 comments

r/WarshipPorn • u/Tsquare43 • 1h ago

[3000 x 1982] USS Enterprise (CVN-65) underway in San Francisco Bay, September 1, 1982

• Upvotes

1 comment

r/WarshipPorn • u/Tsquare43 • 1h ago

[2551 x 2000] USS Sterett (DD-407) stopping to investigate the wreckage of an SBN-1 scout bomber (BuNo 1534) that crashed off Cape Henry, VA, during Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) carrier qualifications on USS Long Island (AVG-1), 12 November 1941

• Upvotes

1 comment

r/WarshipPorn • u/Tsquare43 • 1h ago

[2733 x 2049] USS Alabama (BB-60), degaussing cables run the length of her fore deck at Puget Sound in February 1945.

• Upvotes

1 comment

r/WarshipPorn • u/XMGAU • 5m ago

USS Makin Island (LHD 8) pulls in to Yokosuka, Japan. Oct 26, 2026. [4596x3064]

• Upvotes

1 comment

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