Michele Florio
@FlMichele69
A volte combattendo, di tanto in tanto incassando, talvolta rischiando, spesso tacendo...
The sailing training ships of the #ItalianNavy🇮🇹 Sailing Ship Amerigo Vespucci Built 1931🇮🇹 Service 1931÷present Schooner Palinuro Built 1934🇫🇷 Service 1955÷present Brig Italia Built 1993🇮🇹 Service 2007÷present @ItalianNavy @SM_Difesa




Un Harrier GR9 de la RAF a punto de tomar en la cubierta del portaaviones HMS Ark Royal. 📸: Gregg Macready
A terrific shot by Gregg Macready of a GR9 Harrier preparing to land onboard HMS Ark Royal.
USS Bowfin (SS-287) completed 9 war patrols & was part of the Operation Barney wolfpack. Now a museum ship at Pearl Harbor & the owner of Adm O'Kane's cribbage board, held by the oldest Pacific Fleet fast attack, currently USS Scranton (SSN 756) with Squadron 11 in San Diego.
Related unique battle flag - OTD the keel was laid for USS Bowfin (SS-287), only submarine to take out a bus with a torpedo‼️💥 On her 6th war patrol, Bowfin launched torpedoes at vessels moored at a Minami Daito harbor, destroying the pier, crane, & bus as shown on her battle…
Submarine USS Dace (left) at her commissioning, New London, Connecticut, United States, 23 Jul 1943.
Submarines #USSGudgeon SS567 (1952-1983) Tang Class 📷 13 June 1957 #PacificOcean @USNavy 🇺🇲

🇺🇸🤝🇮🇹 📍ADRIATIC SEA – The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), guided-missile destroyers USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) and USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) integrated their force with Italian Navy frigate ITS Spartaco Schergat (F598) beginning July 20, 2025.
Θερινός Εκπαιδευτικός Πλους της Σχολής Μονίμων Υπαξιωματικών Ναυτικού 🔗hellenicnavy.gr/therinos-ekpai… #HellenicNavy #Hellenic #Navy
Aircraft carrier CVL #INSVikrant R11 (1961-1997) Majestic Class 📷 1971 @indiannavy 🇮🇳

Talk about unity! 🇫🇷🇸🇪 The French and Swedish navies are teaming up to test Sweden's fast combat boats from a French amphibious helicopter carrier. The tests are taking place in balmy waters, a brand-new environment for these speedy vessels!
La Marine nationale est présente en Indopacifique pour protéger nos territoires ultramarins, garantir la liberté de navigation et défendre les intérêts français. ➡️90% de notre ZEE ➡️1,8 million de citoyens français ➡️90% du commerce mondial
The USS Enterprise conducted flight training when steaming from Hawaii to Tonga on 23 Jul 1942. Here, upon landing, a TBF Avenger slid off the flight deck into the catwalks; no injuries.
Horst Wessel in the Baltic Sea while sailing from Pillau, Germany (now Baltijsk, Russia) to Sassnitz, Rügen island, Germany, 23 Jul 1937
#OTD in 1968, carrier suitability trials for the F-111B were conducted aboard USS Coral Sea. The plane was a variant of the Air Force's F-111 Aardvark. It had been considered to fill Navy's need for a new carrier-based interceptor but was deemed too heavy. The F-14 got the job.
Coming soon Barb III, Block V Virginia-class SSN 804. I hope her crest includes a train 😏
80 years ago today the first WWII assault landing on the Japanese home islands occurred when 8 crewmembers picked by "Lucky" Fluckey from USS Barb (SS-220) went ashore at Karafuto, Japan & placed a 55-pound demolition charge on train tracks, destroying a train.🚂💣💥
80 years ago today the first WWII assault landing on the Japanese home islands occurred when 8 crewmembers picked by "Lucky" Fluckey from USS Barb (SS-220) went ashore at Karafuto, Japan & placed a 55-pound demolition charge on train tracks, destroying a train.🚂💣💥
Motor torpedo boats PT #HMCSMBT406 (1944) Vosper 72" Class 📷 #WW2 March-July 1944 @LibraryArchives @RoyalCanNavy 🇨🇦

🐬Aujourd’hui, c’est la #JournéeMondialeDesDauphins ! Compagnons joueurs, ils croisent souvent la route de nos bâtiments en mer 🚢 les marins ne s’en lassent jamais.
●水野行雄作品展開催中! 長く『モデルアート艦船模型スペシャル』や『学研 太平洋戦史シリーズ』の表紙画を担当されてきた画家・イラストレーター水野行雄先生の作品展を第二次世界大戦・太平洋戦争終結80周年記念イベントの一環として8月3日(日)まで開催。 ✳︎原画を販売中です。 #清澄白河
G’day Darwin! 👋 It’s great to be in the Northern Territory- we’re looking forward to getting to know the Top End of Australia 🇦🇺🦘
A warm welcome 👋 UK’s flagship @HMSPWLS sails into Darwin today – the first RN aircraft carrier to visit Australia in a generation. #CSG25 #TalismanSabre2025 @COMUKCSG royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/july…
HMCS St. John's (FFH 340) Halifax-class frigate eastbound in the Strait of Gibraltar - July 23, 2025 SRC: TW-@Gibdan1
🇺🇸 @USNavy Sikorsky HH-60H Sea Hawk helo from HS-5 "Nightdippers" over 🇩🇪 @deutschemarine Sachsen-class #frigate FGS 'Hamburg' (F220)in the Mediterranean Sea with USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. 15 Mar, 2013 #warship #navy #naval #F220 #helicopter