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USS Proteus AS19 1980. The third USS Proteus (AS-19) was a Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy.

Proteus was laid down by the Moore Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California, 15 September 1941; launched 12 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Charles M. Cooke, Jr.; and commissioned 31 January 1944, Capt. Robert W. Berry in command. https://ift.tt/RNyTP6g from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/KVFYWig via IFTTT

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 16, 2019) The Belgian navy Karel Doorman-class frigate Leopold I (F930), left, and the Portuguese navy frigate NRP Francisco de Almeida (F334), right, conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201), center, as the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) transits behind them. Gridley is underway on a regularly-scheduled deployment as the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 to conduct maritime operations and provide a continuous maritime capability for NATO in the northern Atlantic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cameron Stoner/Released)

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HMS Impregnable naval training ship moored in Plymouth Devonport Harbour in Devon circa 1890-1900

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HMS MANXMAN – 1963 – HMS Manxman (N70) was an Abdiel-class minelayer. The ship is named for an inhabitant of the Isle of Man.

Commissioned on 7 June 1941, her first mission was the delivery of mines to Murmansk. Manxman then transferred to the Mediterranean, where she was employed on relief runs to Malta. In August she took part in Operation Mincemeat, which involved mine-laying in the Gulf of Genoa while disguised as the French destroyer Léopard. From OctoberContinue reading “HMS MANXMAN – 1963 – HMS Manxman (N70) was an Abdiel-class minelayer. The ship is named for an inhabitant of the Isle of Man.”

A rather opulent-looking troopship HMS Euphrates that was designed to shuttle between United Kingdom and India. Pictured in Valetta here, circa 1870s.

  HMS Euphrates was an iron-hulled troopship of the Euphrates class. She was designed for the transport of British troops to India, and launched in the River Mersey on 24 November 1866 by Laird Brothers of Birkenhead. She was the fourth and last Royal Navy ship to bear the name. from JC’s Naval, Maritime andContinue reading “A rather opulent-looking troopship HMS Euphrates that was designed to shuttle between United Kingdom and India. Pictured in Valetta here, circa 1870s.”