Warships at Anchor by Moonlight by Eduardo de Martino

Delft tile with a warship, by anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1680

"USS YORKTOWN (CV-5) operating in the Pacific, photographed from a Douglas TBD-1 torpedo plane that has just taken off from her deck. Other TBD and SBD aircraft are also ready to be launched. A F4F-3 'Wildcat' fighter is parked on the outrigger just forward of the island. The other ships in the company include the fleet oiler USS GUADALUPE (AO-32), a destroyer and a heavy cruiser. This view has been retouched to censor the CXAM-radar antenna mounted atop Yorktown's foremast."

Date April 1942

U.S. Navy photo: 80-G-640553

This is freaking cool! Is being carrier planes the only common thread? They weren't made by the same company, so I guess so. USN Aviation baby!! 🤘

USS North Carolina (BB-55)

Shipwreck by goeliath

HMS Birmingham ramming the German submarine U-15, 9 August 1914 - H.G. Swanwick

USS Missouri at the observance of the 50th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack (December 7, 1991)

Gymnastics on a warship

French vintage postcard

This is possibly my most ambitious map yet; a light warship based on Royal Navy brigs of the Napoleonic period. She is armed with twelve cannons, measures 95 feet with a beam of 25 feet, and carries a crew of up to 101 officers and sailors. A warship of this size should be suitable for a nautical campaign, as its shallow draft would allow it to venture places that heavier vessels wouldn't dare, and it carries just enough firepower to be troublesome but not overwhelming. This map comes in five layers; overhead view with the fighting tops and lower sails, forecastle and quarterdeck, gun deck, berth deck (which comes in day and night configurations for meals and sleeping), and a cargo hold (not pictured). This map is available on my patreon in full size PNG and VTT, without watermark, in grid/gridless & night/day variants.

The Battle of Trafalgar by John Christian Schetky

The Crescent Moon (detail), by Montague Dawson (1895-1973)

French Battleship Richelieu waiting for the President of the Republic Vincent Auriol for his trip to Dakar, in the harbor of Toulon, France.

Date: April 1947

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The Dam Busters. The Allies decided they needed to destroy some dams. The RAF used Lancaster bombers to "Skipbomb" using these drum shaped bombs and skipping them across the waters surface and into the wall of the Dam. It was a wild plan, but they freaking did it. They destroyed Dams by skipbombing with Lancaster bombers.. Just another tale of people pulling crazy shit off for victory in wartime.

The evolution of USS Texas, from a Standard battleship to a radar-equipped shore bombardment battleship.