Battleships and Men

Photo collection by D-Mitch

 

USS Missouri (BB-63)

HMS Nelson

This is a collection of approximately 100 crew photos of various countries' battleships and battlecruisers. I have always found really impressive the size of these Kings of the Seas, the so-called "Castles of Steel" or "The Floating Fortresses", with the huge guns during the 19th century and the early 20th century. Moreover, the fact that these massive warships had a crew of thousands of men (the complement of some ships exceeded the 2,700 men!), larger that any kind of today's surface combatant. So, enjoy some nostalgic photos of these former giant rulers of the seas with their crews! If you have similar photos, please share them with me and I will include them in this collection!


USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) or USS Arizona (BB-39)

French battleship Dunkerque

USS Texas (BB-35)









 

USS Vermont (BB-20)




HMS Hood

HMS Prince of Wales

HMS Indomitable

HMS King George V

HMS Hood

HMS Hood

 






HMS Lion






HMS Duke of York

HMS Renown

USS California (BB-44)

HMAS Australia and her crew in 1918

 

USS Illinois (BB-7)

USS Louisiana (BB-19)

USS Kearsage (BB-5)

USS Kansas (BB-21)






USS Georgia (BB-15)

USS Virginia (BB-13)

USS Arizona (BB-39)

USS Maine (BB-10)

Battleship IJN Nagato

HMS Iron Duke and her crew in 1916



USS Kearsage (BB-5)

USS Iowa (BB-4)

USS Texas (BB-35)

USS Utah (BB-31)

USS New Mexico (BB-40)

USS Washington (BB-56)

USS Arizona (BB-39)

USS Wyoming (BB-32)

USS Idaho (BB-42)

USS Connecticut (BB-18)

USS Michigan (BB-27)




USS Minnesota (BB-22)



USS Missouri (BB-11)



USS New Jersey (BB-16)



USS Vermont (BB-20)






USS Maine (BB-10)

USS Virginia (BB-13)

USS Florida (BB-30)

French battleship Strasbourg

Jean Bart (1911)

Paris

HMS Nelson

HMS Canada

HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Barham

HMS Vanguard

HMS Malaya

HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Renown in 1919

USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

USS Minnesota (BB-22)

USS Arkansas (BB-33)


 


USS Rhode Island (BB-17)





USS North Dakota (BB-29)






Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre




Turkish battlecruiser Yavuz









USS Florida (BB-33)

Jean Bart (Richelieu class, late '50s)



The crew of the Russian battleship
Andrei Pervozvanny

USS Texas (BB-35)

Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre in 1948

USS Indiana (BB-58)

USS Arkansas (BB-33)

USS Arkansas (BB-33)

USS Arkansas (BB-33)



USS South Carolina (BB-26)





USS Missouri (BB-63)

HMS Hood at the Panam Canal, 1924

HMS King George V

Italian battleship Littorio

USS Utah battleship in 1912

Impressive photo of the USS Missouri battleship

General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, standing on an anchor windlass speaking to the crew of the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in the Persian Gulf on Sept. 1, 1990, during Operation Desert Shield.