HMS Iron Duke (foreground), 1939

HMS Iron Duke was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead shipof her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Bow view of USS Texas BB-35 at sea during a North Atlantic Convoy Escort in 1942

LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer

The tail section of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (A/C No. 239789) was damaged by enemy flak during a mission flown by the 379th Bomb Group on December 20, 1943.

NARA: 193709628

USS Alabama (BB-60) at anchor in Casco Bay, Maine in late December 1942.

Note: the Vought OS2U Kingfishers on the starboard catapult.

NARA: 175539984, 178141108

USS Alabama looking great in ‘42

USS Missouri (BB-63) en route from Panama to San Francisco, on November 22, 1944. In the background is an escort carrier (CVE).

Note: Missouri is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 22D.

NHHC: 80-G-288333

a textbook melty-melty drippy-drippy landing from this TBM Avenger