SAAB B17

SAAB B17

LandSverige
RolleBombefly, rekognoscering
Første flyvning18. maj 1940
Bygget323

Den Saab 17 was a Swedish bomber-reconnaissance aircraft. The project was initiated in response to a request in 1938 from the Swedish air force for a reconnaissance aircraft that could replace the Fokker S 6. Design work began at the end of the 1930s as the L 10 by ASJA, but after the merger with Saab in 1939 it was renamed Saab 17. The wings were reinforced to make it possible for use as a dive bomber. Since there was a shortage of engines the aircraft were flown to their destination, where the engines were removed and returned for use by the next delivery. The aircraft was also made in three versions with different engines.

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USS Barry Destroyer

USS Barry (DD-933)

LandUsa
Klasse – TypeForrest Sherman – klasse destroyer
Lanceret1. oktober 1955
Nedlagt5. november 1982

USS Barry (DD-933) was one of eighteen Forrest Sherman–class destroyers of the United States Navy, and was the third US destroyer to be named for Commodore John Barry. Commissioned in 1954, she spent most of her career in the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, but also served in the Vietnam War, for which she earned two battle stars. Another notable aspect of her service was the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Decommissioned in 1982, she became the “Display Ship Barry” (DS Barry), a museum ship at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., in 1984.

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USS Salem

USS Salem (CA-139)

LandUsa
Klasse – TypeDes Moines-klassen – Tung krydser
Lanceret25. marts 1947
Nedlagt30. januar 1959

Det tredje USS Salem (CA-139) er en af tre tunge krydsere af Des Moines-klassen, der blev færdiggjort for den amerikanske flåde kort efter 2. verdenskrig. Hun blev taget i brug i 1949 og var verdens sidste tunge krydser, der kom i tjeneste, og den eneste, der stadig eksisterede. Hun blev taget ud af tjeneste i 1959 efter at have gjort tjeneste i Atlanterhavet og Middelhavet. Hun er åben for offentligheden som museumsskib i Quincy, Massachusetts

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Seehund tysk dværg ubåd

Seehund

LandGermnay
RolleDværg ubåd
Produceret1944–1945
Bygget285

Den Se hund (Tysk: "sæl"), også kendt som Type XXVII, var en dværg ubåd fremstillet af Nazityskland under Anden Verdenskrig. Designet i 1944 og drevet af to-mands besætninger, blev det brugt af Kriegsmarine (tysk flåde) i de sidste måneder af krigen, synker ni handelsskibe og beskadige yderligere tre, mens miste 35 både, for det meste tilskrives dårligt vejr. Den franske flåde brugte tre erobrede både efter krigen indtil 1953.

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Krupp Protze Kfz

TKrupp Kfz.81 Protze

LandGermnay
RolleArtilleritraktor / Utility truck
Produceret1934–1941
Bygget7000

L 2 H 43 og L 2 H 143 "Krupp-Protze” (unofficial designation) was a six-wheeled 6×4 German truck and artillery tractor produced between 1934 and 1941 and heavily used in World War II. It was powered by a 4-cylinder, 55 hp or, from 1936, 60 hp Krupp M 304 petrol engine. Its main purpose was to tow artillery, especially the PaK 36, and transport motorized infantry. This vehicle was extensively used on the Eastern Front, during the North African campaign and in France and Sicily. The “Krupp-Protze” was of relatively advanced design. Its fuel consumption was relatively high (24 Litres / 100 km on road) in comparison to the comparable Opel Blitz 1.5 t truck (16.5 liters / 100 km, produced 1938 – 1942). Total production was about 7,000 units.

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Type A Dværg ubåd

Type A Midget Submarine

LandJapans imperium
KlasseKō-hyōteki-klasse ubåd
PeriodeAnden Verdenskrig
ByggetUnknow

Den Type A Ko-hyoteki (甲標的甲型 Kō-hyōteki kō-gata, Target ‘A’, Type ‘A’) class was a class of Japanese midget submarines (Ko-hyoteki) used during World War II. They had hull numbers but no names. For simplicity, they are most often referred to by the hull number of the mother submarine. Thus, the midget carried by I-16-class submarine was known as I-16’s boat, or “I-16tou.” This class was followed by: Type B (甲標的乙型 Kō-hyōteki otsu-gata), Type C (甲標的丙型 Kō-hyōteki hei-gata), and Type D (甲標的丁型 Kō-hyōteki tei-gata), the last one better known as Kōryū

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USS Joseph Kennedy

USS Joseph P. Kennedy

LandUsa
KlasseDestroyer af gearing-klassen
Lanceret26. juli 1945
KælenavnJoey P

USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) er en tidligere destroyer af United States Navy Gearing-klassen. Skibet blev opkaldt efter løjtnant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., en flådeflyver, søn af den tidligere ambassadør i Storbritannien, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., og ældre bror til den fremtidige præsident John F. Kennedy. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. tjente med afbrydelser for modernisering indtil 1973. Blandt højdepunkterne i hendes tjeneste er blokaden af Cuba under den cubanske missilkrise og de flydende genopretningshold for Gemini 6 og Gemini 7. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. er udstillet som museumsskib i Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts. Hun blev tilføjet til National Register of Historic Places i 1976 og udpeget som et National Historic Landmark i 1989 som en af et lille antal overlevende Gearing-klasse destroyere.

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PT Båd PT-617

PT boat

LandUsa
KlasseDestroyereskorte i kanonklasse
Lanceret20. februar 1944
IdentifikationDE-766

A PT båd (forkortelse for patruljetorpedobåd) var et torpedobevæbnet hurtigt angrebsfartøj (MTB), som blev brugt af den amerikanske flåde under 2. Det var lille, hurtigt og billigt at bygge, værdsat for sin manøvredygtighed og hastighed, men hæmmet i begyndelsen af krigen af ineffektive torpedoer, begrænset bevæbning og forholdsvis skrøbelig konstruktion, der begrænsede nogle af varianterne til kystfarvande.

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USS Slater

USS Slater

LandUsa
KlasseDestroyereskorte i kanonklasse
Lanceret20. februar 1944
IdentifikationDE-766

USS Slater (DE-766) is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic (Greek) Navy. The ship was named for Frank O. Slater of Alabama, a sailor killed on the cruiser USS San Francisco during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry in action and the Purple Heart. Following service during World War II, the ship was transferred to Greece and renamed Aetos. Decommissioned in 1991, the destroyer escort was returned to the United States. USS Slater is now a museum ship on the Hudson River in Albany, New York, the only one of its kind afloat in the United States. (USS Stewart (DE-238) is exhibited at Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas, but located on dry land and USS Atherton (DE-169) is still in service in the Philippine Navy.) Slater was designated a National Historic Landmark on 2 March 2012

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Lynx Rekognosceringskøretøj

Lynx reconnaissance vehicle

LandUsa
RolleRekognosceringskøretøj
PeriodeUnknow
ByggetUnknow

Den Lynx rekognosceringskøretøj (manufacturer’s name: M113½ Command and Reconnaissance Vehicle, abbr. M113 C&R) is a United States-built tracked reconnaissance armoured fighting vehicle, which was employed by the armed forces of the Netherlands and Canada. Dutch vehicles were exported in the 1990s to Bahrain[1] and Chile, according to SIPRI 35 and 8 vehicles respectively. The M113½ was developed in 1963 as a private venture by FMC Corp., the manufacturer of the M113. It competed with the M114 but the US Army chose the M114 for production. The design was then offered to foreign buyers and gained the name Lynx when purchased by Canada.

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